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Dec 13, 2010It's one of the few effective Euro-flavored club numbers to be fronted by an R&B artist. Altogether, this is one of 2010's finest pop-R&B albums -- Ciara's best yet.
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Dec 10, 2010It's come late, but Basic Instinct is one of the best RnB albums of the year.
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Dec 13, 2010The singer works with hit-makers The-Dream and Tricky Stewart on several tracks; unfortunately, it seems they've saved their best hooks for their next gig.
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Dec 9, 2010Always a strong singles artist, Ciara has struggled to find enough memorable material to fill an album. She comes closer than ever on her fourth full-length, Basic Instinct.
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Dec 14, 2010Basic Instinct offers enough android booty bass action to satisfy those who like their rhythms complicated but repetitive and hooks foreseeable from a mile away, but pleasant enough when they arrive.
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Jan 7, 2011Let's face it, outside of the obvious singles, it's filler town.
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Dec 13, 2010Suddenly, the underachieving diva starts to look like real competition for crossover starlets like Rihanna and Leona Lewis.
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Jan 3, 2011Celebrity, commodity, singer, sex object, cyborg - Ciara just about fuses all of them on Basic Instinct, her fourth studio album.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 36 out of 79
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Mixed: 17 out of 79
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Negative: 26 out of 79
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