Freak of Nature

Anastacia

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 18, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000066HQP
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (138 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #79,856 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Singer Anastacia is definitely prone to no-frills caveats: "I'm a freak of nature," she declares on her sophomore album's opening title track, "You better beware of danger." And so begins the journey into this Taylor Dayne doppelgänger's musical world, a place populated with overblown rock-funk-R&B tracks signed, sealed, and delivered with the sole intent of freakifying the Chicago-based songstress stateside (she's sold over 7 million albums worldwide). Replete with melismatic wails (on power ballads like "I Dreamed You" and "You'll Never Be Alone"), hard-edged, don't-mess-with-me manifestos ("Paid My Dues," "Why'd You Lie to Me"), and a requisite superstar cameo (Faith Evans sits in on "I Thought I Told You That"), Anastacia works the funky-white-girl thing with all she's got. And though most of her material is fairly schlocky, this onetime contestant from MTV's The Cut has a thick creamy purr of voice that carries the run-of-the-mill material and prevents the entire affair from invoking a caveat emptor. --Sylvia W. Chan

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, wow,wow, WOW what a BOOM, what a FREAK OF NATURE!!!, October 24, 2002

By	LUIS LOPEZ (LIMA, LIMA Peru) - See all my reviews

I must say that ANASTACIA is the singer of the millenium her first mega hit album "NOT THAT KIND" was a boom in Eurpoe it sold over 5 million copies and the songs became classic there i can say this because i travel a lot to Europe.
This time is FREAK OF NATURE the album has and increible rhythm all the songs are fantastic, there are dance songs which them you can dance until you fall down to the floor Anastacia's voice is unique she has a mix between TINA TURNER and TAYLOR DAYNE, also sings soft ballads, Anastacia is one of those rare singers that you love or hate but i'm sure the everyone is gonna love her every time that i play this cd with friends they love and the buy her cd's i'm sure that everybody who buy's her first or second cd buy's the other one.
FREAK OF NATURE hitted all the charts in Europe and topped almost all them it sold to date up to 4 million copies and in the US it also became a hit charting in BILLBOARD it debuted at #27 and has sold around 500,000 in just a couple of months, the first US single was ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE which reached #1 in Billboard and #1 in 17 countries in Europe, the first international single was PAID MY DUES also touched #1 in several territories and the upcoming single is WHY'D YOU LIE TO ME.
My favorite songs in the album are: ONE DAY IN YOUR LIFE, HOW COME THE WORLD, YOU'LL NEVER BE ALONE, PAID MY DUES, SECRETS AND DON'T STOP.
The album also includes the song IF I TOLD YOU THAT where features FAITH EVANS.
I highly recommend this album to everyone.
I wish that Anastacia wins a Grammy this year because after all her hits she desrves at least one.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great CD!, June 24, 2002

By	Jason (Albuquerque, New Mexico United States) - See all my reviews

I own over two hundred CDs. I can honestly say that this CD is one of, if not *the*, best.

Anastacia's voice is very unique, and her style of songwriting is refreshing, especially now, in the days of Alicia Keys and Tweet (Both very good artists, I might add. Their version of writing is very "old-school," though.).

Anastacia is by far one of the most talented women in show buisness. If you watched VH1's "Diva's", you would have seen her onstage with Celine Dion, easily matching Celine's voice. That is quite a feat.

I would highly suggest this CD.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but the import version is a lot better, June 19, 2002

By	Erica Anderson (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

...The difference between the US version of "Freak of Nature" and the import version is that "I Thought I Told You That" is only available on the US release, plus the production of the first single "One Day In Your Life" is slightly differently than the import version. Personally I prefer the import version of the song. On the US release, the song lacks the oomph that the import version has. It sounds like the producer was aiming to mkae the song a ballad which is a terrible idea. "I Thought I Told You That", a duet with Faith Evans is fairly good but nothing to write home about. It doesn't have the sonic punch of "I'm Outta Love" and "One Day In Your Life". Still it is a good song. Both singers sounds good together. Both Faith and Anastacia have powerful vocals so they are evenly matched. Overall, I think it is almost silly to buy this album if you already own an import copy of it. Hopefully "I Thought I Told You That" will be a b-side on a future single, if it isn't already. If you don't own a copy of "Freak of Nature", then get this version. It is a lot cheaper than going for the import (but well worth the money I thought).