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The Evolution - Ciara
  • Band Name: Ciara
  • Record Label: LaFace
  • Release Date: Dec 5, 2006
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Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

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  • Summary: The R&B singer's second album is laced with spoken-word interludes. 50 Cent, Lil Jon, and Chamillionaire lend a hand.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 20
  3. Negative: 0 out of 20
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    The dance songs are rugged and terrific, but eventually the tempos slow and the album drags.
  2. Rolling Stone
    60
    Ciara's still prone to diva blandness and silly little pop songs.
  3. All Music Guide
    60
    As expected, there are plenty of tracks geared toward letting loose and dancing, and most of them do deliver, even if they don't seem quite as fresh as Ciara's past hits.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 24
  3. Negative: 7 out of 24
  1. HalordV.
    10
    Masterpiece!
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. TerronM
    4
    I only liked 2 songs on the whole album. It is completely different from her first album- I guess that's what truly makes it an evolution... but not necessarily a good one.… Expand
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  3. T.JB
    3
    Besides two or three songs, the cd is horrible. I listened to it once all the way through and could hardly tell when a new song was on. Why?...Because all the beats are the same. It just drags on and on and on and on. Ciaras' "singing" style fits in with todays "singers" though, you know?...the Fergies, Gwen Stefani, Cassie, and Pussycat Dolls of the world.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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