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Aaron's Party (Come Get It) (2000)

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Carter's most successful album sold over 3 million copies in the United States, yet critics gave it mixed reviews and some called it a cartoonish novelty.

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Album story

Overview

• Aaron's Party (Come Get It) is the second studio album by American pop singer Aaron Carter
• It follows his international debut album
• Released in the fall of 2000 (26 September 2000), his first album on Jive Records
• Singles: the title track, 'I Want Candy', and 'That's How I Beat Shaq'
• Certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for over 3 million US copies, making it Carter's most successful album
• Standard edition: all songs are separated by interludes placed in the pre-gap of each song
• Interludes run from a one-second 'Let's Go' to a skit over a minute long called 'Teacher'
• Some regions added bonus tracks '(Have Some) Fun with the Funk' and 'Hang On Sloopy', bringing those releases to 14 songs
• The UK edition included 'Jump, Jump' instead of 'Hang On Sloopy'; the European version added 'Life is a Party'
• The Japanese edition has a completely different cover

Background

• Carter said in August 2000 that the second album differed from the debut, mainly because his voice had matured
• He described the record as a relaxed album meant to capture the atmosphere of a house party
• He named 'Real Good Time' and 'Bounce' as his two favorite songs on it
• The album draws on rhythm and blues and mixes singing with rap, which Carter reportedly preferred to sing at that time
• The album came out when Carter was about twelve years old

Recording

• 'Hang On Sloopy', a remake of an older song with a lively beat, was recorded in the Aaron's Party sessions in May 2000
• Despite being recorded then, it is not on the standard track list and appears only as a bonus track on some editions

Cover

• The party cover is the main cover for some editions
• Some versions of the Japanese cover are fully orange except for a circle around Carter's face at a party

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Aaron Charles Carter (1987–2022) was an American singer and rapper.
• He began performing at age seven after his brother Nick formed the Backstreet Boys' group.
• He was the lead singer of Dead End at age seven before leaving after two years to pursue pop music.

Career

• He made his first solo appearance at age nine, opening for the Backstreet Boys in Berlin in March 1997.
• His self-titled debut album (1997) sold one million copies worldwide.
• His second album, Aaron's Party (Come Get It) (2000), sold over three million copies in the United States.
• Oh Aaron (2001) went platinum; he also acted in Lizzie McGuire and played JoJo in the Broadway musical Seussical.
• He joined Dancing with the Stars in 2009 and starred in the off-Broadway production of The Fantasticks in 2011.
• His final album, Blacklisted, was released two days after his death in 2022.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The album received mixed reviews from music critics.
• AllMusic: Jon Azpiri gave it two out of five stars, saying its only value is as pure kitsch in the vein of past bubblegum acts
• Entertainment Weekly: David Browne described it as a collection of rhythmic, ultradisposable jingles sung in the chirpy voice of its leading tyke, and gave it a C−
• Rolling Stone: Rob Sheffield gave it two out of five stars, saying Carter finds the thrills of impending puberty with help from 'My Internet Girl' and sings the least metaphorical version of 'I Want Candy' ever
• Rolling Stone also criticized Carter's voice, calling it too Buffy and not Jody enough
• Boston Herald called it more juvenile than Nick Carter's work and said Carter is not a strong balladeer, and recommended that its audience be strictly limited to Radio Disney listeners
• Houston Chronicle called the songs surprisingly mature despite sounding childish at first, and praised 'Real Good Time' for its guitar-driven beats
• The Morning Call described the album as finely assembled, praising the title track's bubblegum rap and the faded soul of 'Tell Me What You Want'
• The Evening Post called the album deeply disturbing and criticized the 'I Want Candy' version as a profanation of the Bow Wow Wow recording

Records

• Billboard 200: peaked at number four and stayed on the chart for 67 weeks
• Italian reporting also notes a fourth-place peak on the US chart
• Certified 3× platinum by the RIAA, with over 3 million copies sold in the US
• Certified platinum in late 2000, before the later 3× platinum certification
• First-week US sales of 70,000 copies, with the album selling strongly over Christmas 2000 and returning to the Top 50 in 2001

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Carter performed 'I Want Candy' on the TV show Lizzie McGuire on March 13, 2001 to promote the album.
• Carter embarked on the Aaron's Party Tour in the summer of 2001 with his sister and the A*Teens as the opening act.
• Carter opened concerts for Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys and made several appearances on Nickelodeon.
• Shaquille O'Neal said he once turned down the chance to sign the Backstreet Boys, who recorded an early demo in his home studio, and that he is the subject of 'That's How I Beat Shaq', after Carter beat him at a game of H-O-R-S-E.
• The album came out when Carter was just twelve years old, and was accompanied by two DVDs of the same name, one with music videos and one with a live concert and interviews.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · pt.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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