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The Dutchess
Fergie
Retail Price (not our price): $13.98
Release Date: 2006-09-19
Manufacturer: Interscope Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
If you thought Black Eyed Pea-sized bites of Fergie might be all you could handle--that a full plate of Fergie is possibly too much for any discerning musical palate--The Dutchess might change your mind. For here the lumpen lady throws caution to the wind and threads her pop needle with an ambitious ribbon of yet-to-be-conquered genres: reggae and ska on "Mary Jane Shoes," with Rita Marley; vintage soul on "Here I Come"; '80s hip-hop on "Fergalicious"; and sophisticated R&B on the John Legend-assisted "Finally." It's a tremendous and unpredictable expenditure of effort that mostly pays off--echoes of more talented vocalists like Pink, Beyoncé, and Christina Aguilera poke through in places. But while unbridled messing about can pay handsome artistic dividends (here, the guitar-propelled rock-like track "Big Girls Don't Cry" coughs them up), ultimately it's when Fergie's at her Peas-iest that she's most lovable; cases in point are the raunchily irresistible "London Bridge," which earned every week of its chart-topping success, and the will.i.am-assisted "Clumsy," a girl-group-styled bump-a-thon that showcases Fergie's coolest and most distinctive asset--her personality--to winning effect. --Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5

1) This CD is the BOMB!!!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I LOVE IT, ALL OF IT. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE WORDS OF THE SONGS WHICH HAVE DEEP/REAL MEANING SUCH AS "PEDESTAL" AND "BIG GIRLS" JUST TO NAME A FEW BEFORE YOU PASS JUDGEMENT. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A BIT WILD UNTIL I REALLY LISTENED TO WHAT SHE WAS SAYING, JUST LIKE MISS WINEHOUSE IF YOU DON'T LISTEN YOU WILL MISS THE MESSAGE.

2) Good cd   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
a good cd that's sales speak for themselves. some great songs, but generally ok songs all around.

3) Dopeeee Album <3   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
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4) What Was She Thinking?   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
I just want to start off by saying that I love Fergie, but that this album is just a bunch of junk! She should get back together with B.E.P. and start to make the music she sounds good doing. In her first ever solo album, she has made herself sound terrible.First off, most of the songs on the album aren't even sung very well. Her voice isn't made for belting out the high notes like a Christina Agulara or Miriah Carrie. She just can't pull it off. Also, most of the songs are about completely nothing. They are a bunch of girly pop fluff songs with no deep insightful meaning to them at all. Don't get me wrong, I liked a few of them, but it's just not my style. I think if she ever does another solo album, which is most likely a garuntee because of the success of the first one, she should write songs from her heart, not songs like Fergalicious and Glamourous. Give us someting with true feeling and not some cheesey pop stuff.

5) not factory sealed   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
although this CD was delvered timely and at a good price. **This product was N O T factory sealed. This product seems to have been resealed. Not happy with getting a used product under the pretence that it was new.