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On June 7th 2006, Nelly Furtado released her third studio album Loose through Geffen Records and Mosley Music Group.

The album's tracklist was mainly produced by her collaborators Timbaland and Danja. The sound they achieved together was an R&B pop infused with hip-hop, urban, electronic and even tropical influences that was pivotal in reshaping the pop sound landscape of the mid to late 2000s.

Critical reception and commercial performance

At the time of release Loose received mostly positive reviews from critics holding a Metacritic score of 71/100. Among some famous publications, NME has rated it 8/10, Pitchfork 6.4/10, Rolling Stones gave a 3/5 stars, while The Guardian did 4/5 stars.

Commercially, Loose was an absolute international hit, debuting at number 1 in the US Billboard 200 while selling 219000 copies in its' first week. The album peaked at number 4 in both UK and Australia and manged to top the charts in Canada, Germany and many more other European countries. As of today, Loose sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.

Loose also spawned a few mega hit singles like Promiscuous and Say It Right which both topped the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as dozens of international charts. Other notable major successes were achieved by Maneater which was the first Furtado song to top the UK singles chart and All Good Things Come To An End, that dominated the European airwaves and charts in 2006-2007.

In today's pop culture

Loose is highly praised and remembered among fans as one of the standout albums of the mid 2000s pop and often compared against other era's pop girl beloved masterpieces like Fergie's The Dutchess or Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby.

The album is also assiciated among the likes of Britney Spears' Blackout or Justin Timberlake's Future Sex / Love Sounds ,as one of the most influential acts that changed the sound of mainstream pop music in the following years.

Questions

1. What is your general opinion about Loose and how do you view it compared to other albums from it's era.
2. What are your favorite and least favorite tracks from Loose?
3. If you are a fan or you are familiar with Nelly Furtado's very diverse discography, how would you rank the album among her entire music catalogue?

My answers

1. I think Loose is objectively within the top 10 best mainstream pop albums of the 2000s and personally my favorite alongside Avril Lavigne's Under My Skin and JT's FS/LS.
2. I consider Loose an almost unskippable album for what it is, but my favorite tracks are All Good Things Come To An End which is my favorite song of all time, and besides it I also really love Say It Right and the very underrated Wait For You which should have been a smash hit single. Other favs are Runaway, What I Wanted, Afraid or Undercover. Let My Hair Down would be my least favorite track and the only song from Loose that is not in my playlist.
3. As a really huge Nelly Furtado fan I am having Loose at 2nd in my personal ranking after Folklore, and very close to both The Spirit Indestructibile or Whoa Nelly.

Album Cover

Album

On June 7th 2006, Nelly Furtado released her third studio album Loose through Geffen Records and Mosley Music Group.

The album's tracklist was mainly produced by her collaborators Timbaland and Danja. The sound they achieved together was an R&B pop infused with hip-hop, urban, electronic and even tropical influences that was pivotal in reshaping the pop sound landscape of the mid to late 2000s.

Critical reception and commercial performance

At the time of release Loose received mostly positive reviews from critics holding a Metacritic score of 71/100. Among some famous publications, NME has rated it 8/10, Pitchfork 6.4/10, Rolling Stones gave a 3/5 stars, while The Guardian did 4/5 stars.

Commercially, Loose was an absolute international hit, debuting at number 1 in the US Billboard 200 while selling 219000 copies in its' first week. The album peaked at number 4 in both UK and Australia and manged to top the charts in Canada, Germany and many more other European countries. As of today, Loose sold more than 12 million copies worldwide.

Loose also spawned a few mega hit singles like Promiscuous and Say It Right which both topped the US Billboard Hot 100 as well as dozens of international charts. Other notable major successes were achieved by Maneater which was the first Furtado song to top the UK singles chart and All Good Things Come To An End, that dominated the European airwaves and charts in 2006-2007.

In today's pop culture

Loose is highly praised and remembered among fans as one of the standout albums of the mid 2000s pop and often compared against other era's pop girl beloved masterpieces like Fergie's The Dutchess or Gwen Stefani's Love Angel Music Baby.

The album is also assiciated among the likes of Britney Spears' Blackout or Justin Timberlake's Future Sex / Love Sounds ,as one of the most influential acts that changed the sound of mainstream pop music in the following years.

Questions

1. What is your general opinion about Loose and how do you view it compared to other albums from it's era.
2. What are your favorite and least favorite tracks from Loose?
3. If you are a fan or you are familiar with Nelly Furtado's very diverse discography, how would you rank the album among her entire music catalogue?

My answers

1. I think Loose is objectively within the top 10 best mainstream pop albums of the 2000s and personally my favorite alongside Avril Lavigne's Under My Skin and JT's FS/LS.
2. I consider Loose an almost unskippable album for what it is, but my favorite tracks are All Good Things Come To An End which is my favorite song of all time, and besides it I also really love Say It Right and the very underrated Wait For You which should have been a smash hit single. Other favs are Runaway, What I Wanted, Afraid or Undercover. Let My Hair Down would be my least favorite track and the only song from Loose that is not in my playlist.
3. As a really huge Nelly Furtado fan I am having Loose at 2nd in my personal ranking after Folklore, and very close to both The Spirit Indestructibile or Whoa Nelly.