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Fantasy Ride - Ciara
  • Band Name: Ciara
  • Record Label: La Face
  • Release Date: May 5, 2009
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61 out of 100

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8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 15 Ratings

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  • Summary: The third album for the Atlanta, Georgia singer features guest appearances by Missy Elliot, Justin Timberlake, The-Dream, Ludacris, Chris Brown, and Young Jeezy.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. The Guardian
    80
    At her best, her pace is furious, and keeping up is exhilarating.
  2. PopMatters
    60
    Fantasy Ride is at worst a highly competent contemporary R&B album. It's also oftentimes thrilling, which is no small feat considering how much the album was labored over and how often its format and players were changed.
  3. Billboard
    60
    On 'High Price,' where she takes her vocals to an opera-like pitch, and her collaboration with the-Dream, 'Lover's Things,' whose faint tenor would seem like an ideal match, Ciara seems to go almost unnoticed. Thankfully, 'Work,' featuring Missy Elliott, has Ciara showing fly-girl antics over a house-like, clap-laden production, and the breakup song 'Never Ever,' featuring Young Jeezy, which samples 'If You Don't Know Me by Now,' pick up the slack.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 1 out of 5
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  2. DerekB
    9
    Work and Like A Surgeon are among the best songs of the year.
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