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So Amazin'
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 12 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 18 votes
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Album Info
Label: Def Jam
Release Date: 16 May 2006
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): R&B, Pop
Summary
Young Jeezy and the Three 6 Mafia guest on the R&B singer's third album.
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Dot Music
It's almost the perfect R&B album; cool, sexy, inventive and suitably stylish throughout. All that's missing is a couple of killer singles.
Read Full Review >PopMatters
All in all, Milian’s got a good thing going, despite a few lyrical hiccups, a couple of lackluster hooks, and some obvious influences.
Read Full Review >E! Online
Unfortunately, she has also followed Ms. Knowles' lead in recording overly earnest, confessional ballads.
Read Full Review >Vibe
Though So Amazin' is ripe with sexuality, it's also a surface-dwelling effort devoid of any profound insights. [May 2006, p.137]
All Music Guide
Milian's weakness remains ballads; the few that are here are more like placeholders that merely apply some forced variety to the album.
Read Full Review >Rolling Stone
The beats and some sharp songwriting keep Milian's unremarkably airy voice from having to stand on its own. [18 May 2006, p.229]
Prefix Magazine
So Amazin' may not be the huge leap in artistic achievement she may have hoped for, but it is a step in the right direction.
Read Full Review >Entertainment Weekly
Milian's limp attempt at a sassy, streets-friendly R&B sound simply lacks bite and believability. [19 May 2006, p.76]
Billboard
Though Milian often comes off as a third-rate Beyoncé, her feathery soprano captivates when her lyrics do not.
Read Full Review >Stylus Magazine
So Amazin’ isn’t quite pop and it isn’t quite rebellion--it’s straight-up high school.
Read Full Review >Spin
Nice, sure, but whatever happened to naughty. [Jun 2006, p.82]
Slant Magazine
The only personality displayed on So Amazin' is that of her contemporaries and predecessors.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 18 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Prasanna gave it a9:
Let me just say this album is a hit amongst all my friends, my mother even loved the songs when she was listening to in my car. Quite often have my friends asked for the song titles, one being a dj. Veryy nice album though get rid of "Who's gonna ride" and it would of been a 10
Diana L gave it a10:
It's great from beginning to end.
dd dd gave it a10:
i loved it
kim gave it a9:
Very Good album. I do agree there needs to be more ballads and she seems to have had obvious influences. Overall, I think she did a good job. There is only one song I don't really like.
Myilsand V gave it a10:
I must say I was not feeling ALL the songs but I did vibe with most of them. Gonna tell everybody is the BEST ever!
Kamal J gave it a4:
This album should be titled So Copyright, because Christina has simply taken some of her favourite songs from other artists and asked Cool and Dre to recreate them to match her thin and airy voice. She sounds like Ashanti in Twisted. I bought this album with high expectations and only got an album that screams I WANT TO BE BEYONCE'.
Colby S gave it a0:
This is corporate-engineered bullshit with no other purpose than to pull in money from fourteen-year-old trend whores.
