Clothes Drop is the seventh studio album released by Jamaican singer Shaggy. It was released by Geffen Records on September 2, 2005. When the album was released promotionally in 2004, it was debated that the album would not be commercially released. However, over a year later, the album was officially released.
Critical reception
Clothes Drop garnered positive reviews from music critics who praised the diverse avenues of dancehall and pop music the tracks go through. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 61, based on 7 reviews.
Rob Kenner of Vibe gave praise to Shaggy's dynamic vocal delivery and his taste for old-school dancehall in romantic dance tracks and depth-filled social tunes, saying that "Clothesdrop seamlessly blends Shaggy's sharpest pop sensibilities with his (much slept-on) roughneck pedigree." Rolling Stones Christian Hoard felt the album carried an amalgam of tracks ranging from hip-hop-styled and club-oriented to mind-numbingly generic and a bit preachy, saying that "[T]he entire album has a mixed-bag feel, but "Would You Be" shows that his gift for winsome melody and R&B clarity is mostly intact." Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian said that "Clothes Drop is a typically canny and diverse selection: bona fide dancehall cuts interspersed with hooky pop." Entertainment Weeklys David Browne said that despite tracks like "Repent" that better display his talents, he found Shaggy trying to regain his hit-making glory days with middling results, concluding that "Maybe he should lose the monotonous, low-rent beats and banal-hook girls (and boys)." Writing for Blender, Jon Caramanica heavily criticized Shaggy for attempting to showcase his dancehall credentials with a grating voice and without a featured artist to work lyrics off like Rikrok, saying that "Instead, there’s a Black Eyed Pea (“Shut Up and Dance”), a Pussycat Doll (“Supa Hypnotic”) and the palpable sweat of a man trying to figure out what he’s good at, a decade too late."
Track listing
Notes signifies additional producer
Sample credits "Broadway" contains a sample of "Broader than Broadway" as written by Barrington Levy. "Stand Up" contains a sample of "Stop That Man" as written by Derrick Harriott. "Shut Up & Dance" contains elements of "Genius of Love" as written by Tom Tom Club.
Credits and personnel Credits lifted from the liner notes of Clothes Drop.
C. Duck Anderson – Background Vocals Alex Cantrall – Producer, Musician Chico Chin – Musician Armando Colon – Producer, Engineer, Musician Heather Cummings – Background Vocals J. Curtis – Guitar Sly Dunbar – Producer, Musician Cliff Feiman – Production Coordination Neal Ferrazzani – Assistant Michael Fletcher – Producer, Musician Chris Gehringer – Mastering Brian Gold – Background Vocals Tony Gold – Background Vocals Tony Green – Musician Maurice Gregory – Musician Damion Hall – Engineer Nellee Hooper – Vocal Producer
Kameron Houff – Engineer A. Kelly – Musician Tony Kelly – Producer, Engineer, Musician, Revision Martin Kierszenbaum – Keyboards, A&R Robert Livingston – Producer, Overdubs, Executive Producer Robert Lyn – Musician Thom Panunzio – Producer, Mixing Shaun "Sting Int'l" Pizzonia – Producer, Engineer, Overdubs, Executive Producer, Mixing, Musician Claude "Weakhand" Reynolds – Mixing J. Peter Robinson – Art Direction Robbie Shakespeare – Producer, Musician Fabian Smith – Keyboard Overdubs Soulshock – Producer, Engineer, Musician Scott Storch – Producer Lincoln Thomas – Guitar Gita Williams – Product Manager
Charts +Weekly chart performance for Clothes Drop Chart (2005) Peak position
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