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Nelly Furtado - Loose [Target Exclusive]

Primary Performer
Nelly Furtado
Album Title
Loose [Target Exclusive]
Release Date
2006 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
If Nelly Furtado's nearly impenetrable 2003 sophomore effort, Folklore, proved anything, it was that this modern-day singer/songwriter is smart and ambitious yet doesn't quite have a handle on those very qualities. Dabbling in worldbeat and chronicling the perils of immediate success, she indulged herself without a care for the audience -- and the audience responded in kind, as the album barely cracked the Billboard Top 40, spawned no hits, and sold about a quarter of what her Grammy-winning debut did. Read More...
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