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| Released | September 2, 2005 | |||
| Length | 61:29 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
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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
| Aggregate scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (61/100)[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Billboard | (favorable)[3] |
| Blender | [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C−[5] |
| The Guardian | [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Vibe | [8] |
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.[1]
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."[8] Rolling Stone's 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."[7] Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian said that "Clothes Drop is a typically canny and diverse selection: bona fide dancehall cuts interspersed with hooky pop."[6] Entertainment Weekly's 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)."[5] 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."[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Clothes Drop" |
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| 4:04 |
| 2. | "Ready fi di Ride" |
| Kelly | 3:34 |
| 3. | "Broadway" |
| Shippy | 2:35 |
| 4. | "Wild 2nite" (featuring Olivia) |
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| 3:29 |
| 5. | "Back in the Days" (featuring Rayvon) |
| Fletcher | 4:00 |
| 6. | "Supa Hypnotic" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) |
| Soulshock & Karlin | 3:35 |
| 7. | "Would You Be" (featuring Brian "Gold" Thompson) |
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| 4:16 |
| 8. | "Stand Up" (featuring Natasha Watkins) |
| Livingston | 3:34 |
| 9. | "Repent" |
| Kelly | 3:42 |
| 10. | "Luv Me Up" |
| Kelly | 3:31 |
| 11. | "Ahead in Life" |
| Colon | 3:16 |
| 12. | "Ultimatum" |
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| 3:33 |
| 13. | "Shut Up & Dance" (featuring will.i.am) |
| will.i.am | 3:24 |
| 14. | "Don't Ask Her That" (featuring Nicole Scherzinger) |
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| 4:25 |
| 15. | "Road Block" (featuring Rikrok) |
| Pizzonia | 3:32 |
| 16. | "Gone with Angels" |
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| 4:05 |
| 17. | "Letter to My Kids" |
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| 2:54 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18. | "Hold Me" |
| Pizzonia | 3:03 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18. | "Goodie Goodie"" |
| Pizzonia | 3:20 |
| 19. | "Sexy Gyal Whind" |
| Pizzonia | 3:03 |
Notes
- ^[a] 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.[10]
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Charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[11] | 61 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[12] | 70 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] | 62 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] | 31 |
| US Reggae Albums (Billboard)[15] | 2 |
| US Billboard 200[16] | 144 |
References
- ^ a b "Reviews for Clothes Drop by Shaggy". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 5, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
- ^ Jeffries, David. "Clothes Drop - Shaggy". AllMusic. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2011.
- ^ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 24, 2005 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Caramanica, Jon. "Shaggy - Clothesdrop". Blender. Alpha Media Group. Archived from the original on November 30, 2005. Retrieved June 3, 2016.
- ^ a b Browne, David (September 16, 2005). "Clothesdrop". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 11, 2016. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Lynskey, Dorian (September 16, 2005). "Shaggy: Clothes Drop". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on September 19, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Hoard, Christian (September 22, 2005). "Shaggy: Clothes Drop". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on October 2, 2007. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
- ^ a b Kenner, Rob (October 11, 2005). "Shaggy - Clothesdrop (Geffen) / Sean Paul - The Trinity (VP/Atlantic)". Vibe. Vibe Media. Archived from the original on November 25, 2005. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ "Clothes Drop by Shaggy on Amazon Music - Amazon.co.uk". Amazon UK.
- ^ Clothes Drop (booklet). Shaggy. Geffen Records. 2005.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Austriancharts.at – Shaggy – Clothes Drop" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – Shaggy – Clothes Drop". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Shaggy – Clothes Drop" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Shaggy – Clothes Drop". Hung Medien. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Shaggy Chart History (Reggae Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
- ^ "Shaggy Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2022.
