Another Earthquake! is the fourth studio album by American teen pop singer Aaron Carter, released on September 3, 2002. The album continued Carter's early-2000s teen pop sound, combining dance-pop tracks, hip hop influences, and pop ballads aimed at a young audience. To promote the record, Carter embarked on the Rock, Rap and Retro Tour, with Jump 5, No Secrets, and Triple Image serving as opening acts. Commercially, the album debuted at number 18 on the Billboard 200 chart, and became Carter's final studio album released under Jive Records.
Backgound and release Carter said that he was unaware that Baha Men would be featured on "Summertime" until after the collaboration had already been arranged. He stated: "I felt like they used me to support another artist, and that’s not right. I'm not their caretaker. I'm not here to support them. They should do their own thing and work for it like I did".
The singer promoted the album on the Rock, Rap and Retro Tour, with Jump 5, No Secrets, and Triple Image as opening acts.
Critical reception
AllMusic considered it "his best album to date" and "an overlooked hidden treasure of the teen pop movement of the early 2000s", while noting that the record remained enjoyable "despite Carter's voice". Entertainment Weekly joked that the album found the singer "by turns, a sensitive boyfriend" and "a warrior for the downtrodden", while noting that "Funky A rips off Nelly's 'Ride Wit Me' and most of the Will Smith oeuvre", making him "an even more credible white-rap threat than LFO". The Nando Times considered it "a perfectly reasonable follow-up" to Aaron Carter's earlier albums, highlighting songs like "My First Ride" as "spirited" and noting that the singer "shows maturity" on tracks such as "When It Comes to You" and "Summertime".
Yahoo! wrote that the album is filled with "aerobic beats, good-time feelings and tons of hooks", comparing its teen pop sound to "a steady diet of candy and soda". The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette criticized the album for its "ill-advised" attempts at rap and overly commercial teen-pop sound, though it noted that the album improved on ballads like "Keep Believing" and guitar-pop tracks such as "To All The Girls", praising Carter for understanding his young audience. The New Straits Times described it as "serviceable-pop with tightly coiled grooves" and said that its songs were "as engaging as they are frothy", while criticizing the album's "90s-style pop sterility". In another review, the same journal described Another Earthquake! as "a fantastic voyage filled with spirited songs and infectious grooves", praising its "sturdy" songwriting and stating that it was "the first Aaron Carter album that's actually fun for the intended audience", calling it "his best album to date".
Commercial performance The album made its chart debut at number 18 on the US Billboard 200 (with 41,000 units sold),Dixie Chicks 'Home' Again At No. 1 (9/12/2002) /www.billboard.com. Retrieved January 8, 2016 but fell to number 41 (21,000 units) in its second week.Joe d'angelo (9/18/2002) Dixie Chicks Keep Their Home At Top Of Albums Chart MTV.com Retrieved January 6, 2016Billboard Magazine The Billboard 200 (October 5, 2002) Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Vol. 114, Nº 40 p.78 Retrieved January 8, 2016 This album was much less successful than Oh Aaron,Marcus Gilmer, Jason Heller, Steven Hyden, Genevieve Koski, and Keith Phipps (January 23, 2012) Maybe 1 million Lou Bega fans can be wrong: 14 albums that surprisingly went platinum The Onion, Inc. The A.V. Club Retrieved January 8, 2016 and would be Carter's third and final studio album with Jive Records.
Track listing
Singles "Another Earthquake!" "Summertime" (featuring Baha Men) "To All the Girls" "Do You Remember"
Charts + Weekly chart performance for Another Earthquake! Chart (2002) PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon)Oricon Archive - past 2002 release date - Another Earthquake! www.oricon.co.jp Retrieved January 6, 201655
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