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Mixed or average reviews- based on 79 Ratings
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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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Dec 23, 2010Congrats Critics, yet another overrated Album. Unless you are a Hoodrat that can easily mistake a fast food place for a 5 star restaurant then this isnt for you. Not 1 song is beyond mediocre & most are just plain bad. Even her counterpart Keri hilson's album is better & atleast she can hold a half way decent note & a cpl good songs.
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Dec 15, 2010
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Dec 20, 2010This wasnt an album i expected to be so good. Definitely one of the surprise packages of the year. This album defines R&B, it has everything you would want from an R&B album. Theres not one song where i felt the need to skip the song and also there are least 5 very very good songs. The album definitely shows the talent she has. Very impressive from Ciara.
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Dec 17, 2010This is one of the best R&B album of this year. Ciara is pure talent and she is trying to show everybody her skills as an artist. Maybe she doesn't have the big marketing machine than others artists have but her talent will stand for her.
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Dec 18, 2010
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Dec 19, 2010It seems that Ciara finaly has a finely produced record filled with boy bashing anthems, guaranteed floor fillers and nice soft ballads. "Basic Instinct" may be better than her 2009 release "Fantasy Ride" but it is definitely not her best work. It's an album worth listening to but it won't keep you interested for long.
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Jan 4, 2011Loving Ciara's work. This album has multiple good tracks and a few songs that will withstand the fading of tracks off playlists. Ride, Gimme Dat and Turn It Up are tracks worth mentioning. The overall thought to this album is good, but not as impressive as hoped to be for a "come back" as most critics mention her sales (though I loved Fantasy Ride).
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May 29, 2011It's a terrible shame that Ciara's most critically-acclaimed album is the one that was such a flop that she was dropped from her record label. All the songs are great. My favorite is "You Can Get It".
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Aug 14, 2013I have listened to better R&B artists, but Ciara put herself near the top with "Basic Instinct", and with songs like "Heavy Rotation" and "Turn It Up", how is this at the bottom?
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Jun 25, 2021It's a great classic album I love Ciara and Basic Instinct is a great album and the songs are awesome and great to dance to! I’m a huge fan of Ciara and my favorite songs are Ride, Heavy Rotation, Speechless, I run it, and Gimmie Dat
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Jan 7, 2011Let's face it, outside of the obvious singles, it's filler town.
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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.
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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.