Whoa, Nelly!
by Nelly Furtado
User Score
8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 97 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 97
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 97
  3. Negative: 12 out of 97

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  1. BabyAngelMartinez
    Sep 8, 2003
    1
    I only like one song, that's why I gave it a 1.

Awards & Rankings

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#41 Best Album of 2000
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#25 Most Discussed Album of 2000
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#27 Most Shared Album of 2000

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. CDNow
    80
    Weaving fragmented elements of hip-hop, folk, and bossa nova, Whoa, Nelly! is one wildly entertaining multicultural jam.... Though her lyrics are a lot smarter than today's average pop offering, they do wear the more common clichés of hippy-chick wisdom a little too proudly at times. But that's OK: If she's got to get her cosmic ya-yas out, the first record's the place to do it.
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  2. Dot Music
    80
    Okay, so it suffers from repetition in places and the last pair of songs are arguably disposable, but this collection shines and sparkles as an impressive debut.
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  3. AllMusic
    80
    From that first play, it's evident that Furtado is indeed an audacious songwriter, not at all hesitant to bare her emotions, tackle winding melodies, and bend boundaries to the point that much of the record sounds like folk-pop tinged with bossa nova and backed by a production designed for TLC.
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