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{{Infobox album
#REDIRECT [[Animal (Kesha album)]] {{R from alternate spelling}}
| Name = Animal
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Ke$ha]]
| Cover = AnimalKesha.jpg
| Released = {{Start date|2010|01|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Animal-Ke-ha/dp/B002YT88TU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1260021231&sr=8-2 |title=Animal: Ke$ha: Amazon.co.uk: Music |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2009-12-09}}</ref><br /><small>(see [[#Release history|release history]])</small>
| Recorded = 2008—2009
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Electronic dance music|electronic]], [[Dance music|dance]]
| Label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]
| Length = 46:19
| Producer = [[Benny Blanco]], [[Dr. Luke]] <small>(also [[Executive producer|exec.]])</small>, [[Max Martin]]
| Reviews = * ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' (unfavorable)<ref name="Reed">Reed, James. [http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2010/01/04/kehas_time_is_up/ Review: ''Animal'']. ''[[The Boston Globe]]''. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.</ref>
* ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (B+)<ref name="Wood">Wood, Mikael. [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20334275,00.html Review: ''Animal'']. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.</ref>
* ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' {{Rating|3|4}}<ref name="Powers">Powers, Ann. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/01/album-review-keha-is-a-wisecracking-animal.html Review: ''Animal'']. ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.</ref>
* ''[[Planet Ill]]'' {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="shelz.">shelz. [http://planetill.com/2010/01/album-review-keha-animal/ Album Review: ''Animal'']. ''Planetill.com''. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.</ref>

* ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Rosen">Rosen, Jody. [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/keha/albums/album/31445629/review/31633404/animal Review: ''Animal'']. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.</ref>
| Last album =
| This album = '''''Animal'''''<br />(2010)
| Next album =
| Misc = {{Singles
| Name = Animal
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[Tik Tok (song)|TiK ToK]]
| single 1 date = October 5, 2009
| single 2 =
| single 2 date =
}}
}}

'''''Animal''''' is the [[Studio album|debut album]] of American [[Pop music|pop]] singer-songwriter [[Ke$ha]], released January 5, 2010 on [[RCA Records]] in the United States.<ref name="redhot">{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/red-hot-pop-sensation-keha-to-release-debut-album---animal---on-january-5-2010-78439387.html|title=Red-Hot Pop Sensation Ke$ha to Release Debut Album - Animal - on January 5, 2010|publisher=RCA Music Group|date=3 December 2009|accessdate=2009-12-04}}</ref> The first single, "[[Tik Tok (song)|TiK ToK]]" was released to US radio on October 5, 2009.<ref name="fmqb" /> It is set to be released in the United Kingdom in April 2010.

==Background==
Ke$ha was featured on [[Flo Rida]]'s single, "[[Right Round]]". Then it was announced that she had signed with [[RCA Records]]<ref name="BB">{{citation|url=http://www.billboard.com/news#/features/breaking-entering-ke-ha-1004048466.story|title=Breaking & Entering: Ke$ha|first=Sandra|last=Gordon|date=25 November 2009|accessdate=2009-11-26|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|work=Billboard}}</ref> through Dr. Luke and was working on her debut album,<ref name="rcarecords">{{citation|url=http://rcarecords.com/artists.php#Kesha|title=Official Bio|publisher=RCA Records|accessdate=2009-10-20}}</ref> ''Animal'', which was released on January 5, 2010 in the US. She told ''[[DigitalSpy]]'' that when it came to her music she wanted to "give people something that brings them joy. There are artists who do more serious acoustic stuff, and I really admire them, but what I want to bring to the table is just fucking fun."<ref name="ds">{{citation|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a186156/keha.html|title=Interview - Ke$ha|first=Nicke|last=Levine|accessdate=2009-11-13|date=13 November 2009|publisher=Digital Spy Limited}}</ref>

==Release and promotion==
She performed five songs for a Live Session with MTV UK, "TiK ToK", "Dinosaur", "Blah Blah Blah", "Backstabber" and "Party At A Rich Dude's House".<ref name="mtv">{{citation|url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/kesha/session/keha|title=MTV.co.uk Live Sessions|publisher=MTV Networks|accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref> The first three songs were used for the ''MTV Push'' program that is broadcast on MTV channels worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.co.uk/news/15023/0/|publisher=Columbia Records|date=2 November 2009|title=Watch Ke$ha on MTV Push!|accessdate=2009-11-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.mtvnetworks.co.uk/worldstage|title=MTV NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL ROLLS-OUT MTV WORLD STAGE & MTV PUSH|accessdate=2009-11-17|publisher=MTV Networks UK}}</ref> "TiK ToK" was used to promote season six of ''[[Project Runway]]'' and was featured in the 2009 reboot of ''[[Melrose Place (2009 TV series)|Melrose Place]]''<ref name="melrose">{{citation|url=http://www.cwtv.com/thecw/mpmusic|title=Melrose Place Music Hub|accessdate=2009-11-16|publisher=The CW Television Network}} Choose Your Episode - Nightingale and Canon</ref> and [[The Hills]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/shows/the_hills/season_5/episode_music.jhtml?episodeID=161298|publisher=MTV Networks|title=The Hills › Songs From the Show|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref> Other two songs, "Boots & Boys" and "Blah Blah Blah", were used in two episodes of the new ''Melrose Place'' as well.<ref name="melrose" />

===Singles===
"[[TiK ToK (song)|TiK ToK]]" was the first single from the album. The song was serviced to US radio on October 5, 2009.<ref name="fmqb">{{citation|url=http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=69239#29|title=FMQB CHR Airplay Archive 2009|publisher=Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Inc.|accessdate=2009-11-16}} 10/5 Mainstream</ref> The song reached number one on New Zealand, Canada and Australia's national singles charts, and also reached number one on the [[Billboard Hot 100]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/hot-100?chartDate=2009-11-28|title=Hot 100|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|work=Billboard|accessdate=2009-11-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/news#/news/ke-ha-bumps-jay-z-clocks-first-hot-100-no-1004055379.story |title=Latest Music News, Band, Artist, Musician & Music Video News |publisher=Billboard.com |date= |accessdate=2009-12-31}}</ref> In the UK, the song peaked at number four.<ref>{{citation|url=http://theofficialcharts.com/top40_singles_last.php?week=1&end=08/11/2009%20-%2014/11/2009|accessdate=2009-11-06|title=TOP 40 SINGLES ARCHIVE|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company}} WEEK 46 : 08/11/2009 - 14/11/2009</ref> According to [[SoundScan]], it was downloaded 610,000 times as a [[digital single]], serving as the highest number of digital singles sold by a female artist in one week, and the second highest overall.<ref name="digital">Columnist. [http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/keha-makes-us-digital-sales-history-1857667.html Ke$ha Makes US Digital Sales History]. ''[[The Independent]]''. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.</ref>

==Reception==
''[[The Boston Globe]]''{{'}}s James Reed wrote a scathing review of the album, stating that it was difficult to discern that Ke$ha had co-written every song on the album because she sounded "vapid and faceless, as if she doesn’t even believe what she’s singing." He went on to call the album "flat and vacuous" and denounced ''Animal'' as "a shallow hodgepodge of 2009’s tried-and-true formulas," and said "you can almost hear the clock counting down her fifteen minutes of fame" <ref name="Reed"/> ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' writer Mikael Wood gave it a B+ rating and stated that although the artist herself was the most brazen in the dance-pop field, she did right in employing Dr.Luke to frame her work.<ref name="Wood"/>

==Track listing==
{{tracklist
| writing_credits = yes

| title1 = Your Love Is My Drug
| writer1 = Kesha Sebert, Pebe Sebert, Joshua Coleman
| length1 = 3:07

| title2 = [[TiK ToK (song) |TiK ToK]]
| writer2 = K Sebert, [[Dr. Luke]], [[Benny Blanco|Benjamin Levin]]
| length2 = 3:19

| title3 = Take It Off
| writer3 = K Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, & Claude Kelly
| length3 = 3:35

| title4 = Kiss N Tell
| writer4 = K Sebert, Gottwald, Max Martin, & Shellback
| length4 = 3:27

| title5 = Stephen
| writer5 = K Sebert, David Gamson, P Sebert & Oliver Leiber
| length5 = 3:32

| title6 = Blah Blah Blah
| note6 = featuring [[3OH!3]]
| writer6 = K Sebert, Levin, Neon Hitch & Sean Foreman
| length6 = 2:52

| title7 = Hungover
| writer7 = K Sebert, Gottwald, Martin & Shellback
| length7 = 3:52

| title8 = Party At A Rich Dude's House
| writer8 = K Sebert, Shellback & Levin
| length8 = 2:55

| title9 = Backstabber
| writer9 = K Sebert, Gamson, Marc Nelkin & Jon Ingoldsby
| length9 = 3:06

| title10 = Blind
| writer10 = K Sebert, Gottwald, Vic Korh & Coleman
| length10 = 3:17

| title11 = Dinosaur
| writer11 = K Sebert, Martin, Levin & Shellback
| length11 = 2:55

| title12 = Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
| writer12 = K Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, & Greg Kurstin
| length12 = 3:29

| title13 = Boots & Boys
| writer13 = K Sebert, Tom Neville, Olivia Nervo, & Miriam Nervo
| length13 = 2:56

| title14 = Animal
| writer14 = K Sebert, Gottwald, Kurstin & P Sebert
| length14 = 3:57
}}

{{tracklist
| collapsed = yes
| headline = [[iTunes Store]] pre-order bonus track

| title15 = TiK ToK (Tom Neville's Crunk & Med Mix)
| writer15 = K Sebert, Dr. Luke, B. Blanco
| length15 = 6:53
}}

==Release history==
{{Refimprove|date=January 2010}}

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|-
! Region
! Date
! Label
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| January 1, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=345418050&s=143452 |title=iTunes Store |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date= |accessdate=2009-12-31}}</ref>
| [[RCA Records]]/[[Jive Records]]
|-
| [[Spain]]
| rowspan="2"| January 4, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=345418050&s=143454 |title=iTunes Store |publisher=Itunes.apple.com |date= |accessdate=2009-12-31}}</ref>
| [[RCA Records]]/[[Jive Records]]
|-
| [[Hungary]]
| [[Sony Music Entertainment]]
|-
| [[United States]]
| rowspan="2"|January 5, 2010
| [[RCA Records]]
|-
| [[Canada]]
| rowspan="7" style="text-align:center;"|Sony Music Entertainment
|-
| [[Australia]]
| January 8, 2010
|-
| [[Portugal]]
| January 11, 2010<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.pt/Lancamentos.php |title=Sony Music Entertainment (Portugal) |publisher=Sonymusic.pt |date=2009-12-14 |accessdate=2009-12-31}}</ref>
|-
| [[Germany]]
| rowspan="3"| January 15, 2010
|-
| [[Austria]]
|-
| [[Belgium]]
|-
| [[France]]
| January 25, 2010
|-
| [[Italy]]
| January 26, 2010
| [[RCA Records]]
|-
| [[Finland]]
| rowspan="4"|January 27, 2010<ref>{{cite web|author=Kesha |url=http://www.levykauppax.fi/artist/kesha/animal/ |title=Kesha : Animal - Levykauppa Äx |publisher=Levykauppax.fi |date= |accessdate=2009-12-31}}</ref>
| rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|Sony Music Entertainment
|-
| [[Norway]]
|-
| [[Denmark]]
|-
| [[Sweden]]
|-
| [[Brazil]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mtv.uol.com.br/inside/blog/adam-lambert-e-keha-dois-nomes-gringos-que-ser%C3%A3o-investidos-no-mercado-nacional |title=Ke$ha aposta para o mercado nacional em 2010 |publisher=mtv.uol.com.br |date= |accessdate=2009-12-10}}</ref>
| January 2010
|-
| [[United Kingdom]]
| April 12, 2010
|-
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

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Revision as of 21:45, 5 January 2010

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Animal is the debut album of American pop singer-songwriter Ke$ha, released January 5, 2010 on RCA Records in the United States.[7] The first single, "TiK ToK" was released to US radio on October 5, 2009.[8] It is set to be released in the United Kingdom in April 2010.

Background

Ke$ha was featured on Flo Rida's single, "Right Round". Then it was announced that she had signed with RCA Records[9] through Dr. Luke and was working on her debut album,[10] Animal, which was released on January 5, 2010 in the US. She told DigitalSpy that when it came to her music she wanted to "give people something that brings them joy. There are artists who do more serious acoustic stuff, and I really admire them, but what I want to bring to the table is just fucking fun."[11]

Release and promotion

She performed five songs for a Live Session with MTV UK, "TiK ToK", "Dinosaur", "Blah Blah Blah", "Backstabber" and "Party At A Rich Dude's House".[12] The first three songs were used for the MTV Push program that is broadcast on MTV channels worldwide.[13][14] "TiK ToK" was used to promote season six of Project Runway and was featured in the 2009 reboot of Melrose Place[15] and The Hills.[16] Other two songs, "Boots & Boys" and "Blah Blah Blah", were used in two episodes of the new Melrose Place as well.[15]

Singles

"TiK ToK" was the first single from the album. The song was serviced to US radio on October 5, 2009.[8] The song reached number one on New Zealand, Canada and Australia's national singles charts, and also reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.[17][18] In the UK, the song peaked at number four.[19] According to SoundScan, it was downloaded 610,000 times as a digital single, serving as the highest number of digital singles sold by a female artist in one week, and the second highest overall.[20]

Reception

The Boston Globe's James Reed wrote a scathing review of the album, stating that it was difficult to discern that Ke$ha had co-written every song on the album because she sounded "vapid and faceless, as if she doesn’t even believe what she’s singing." He went on to call the album "flat and vacuous" and denounced Animal as "a shallow hodgepodge of 2009’s tried-and-true formulas," and said "you can almost hear the clock counting down her fifteen minutes of fame" [2] Entertainment Weekly writer Mikael Wood gave it a B+ rating and stated that although the artist herself was the most brazen in the dance-pop field, she did right in employing Dr.Luke to frame her work.[3]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Your Love Is My Drug"Kesha Sebert, Pebe Sebert, Joshua Coleman3:07
2."TiK ToK"K Sebert, Dr. Luke, Benjamin Levin3:19
3."Take It Off"K Sebert, Lukasz Gottwald, & Claude Kelly3:35
4."Kiss N Tell"K Sebert, Gottwald, Max Martin, & Shellback3:27
5."Stephen"K Sebert, David Gamson, P Sebert & Oliver Leiber3:32
6."Blah Blah Blah" (featuring 3OH!3)K Sebert, Levin, Neon Hitch & Sean Foreman2:52
7."Hungover"K Sebert, Gottwald, Martin & Shellback3:52
8."Party At A Rich Dude's House"K Sebert, Shellback & Levin2:55
9."Backstabber"K Sebert, Gamson, Marc Nelkin & Jon Ingoldsby3:06
10."Blind"K Sebert, Gottwald, Vic Korh & Coleman3:17
11."Dinosaur"K Sebert, Martin, Levin & Shellback2:55
12."Dancing With Tears In My Eyes"K Sebert, Gottwald, Levin, & Greg Kurstin3:29
13."Boots & Boys"K Sebert, Tom Neville, Olivia Nervo, & Miriam Nervo2:56
14."Animal"K Sebert, Gottwald, Kurstin & P Sebert3:57
iTunes Store pre-order bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."TiK ToK (Tom Neville's Crunk & Med Mix)"K Sebert, Dr. Luke, B. Blanco6:53

Release history


Region Date Label
Netherlands January 1, 2010[21] RCA Records/Jive Records
Spain January 4, 2010[22] RCA Records/Jive Records
Hungary Sony Music Entertainment
United States January 5, 2010 RCA Records
Canada Sony Music Entertainment
Australia January 8, 2010
Portugal January 11, 2010[23]
Germany January 15, 2010
Austria
Belgium
France January 25, 2010
Italy January 26, 2010 RCA Records
Finland January 27, 2010[24] Sony Music Entertainment
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Brazil[25] January 2010
United Kingdom April 12, 2010

References

  1. ^ "Animal: Ke$ha: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
  2. ^ a b Reed, James. Review: Animal. The Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  3. ^ a b Wood, Mikael. Review: Animal. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  4. ^ Powers, Ann. Review: Animal. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  5. ^ shelz. Album Review: Animal. Planetill.com. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  6. ^ Rosen, Jody. Review: Animal. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  7. ^ "Red-Hot Pop Sensation Ke$ha to Release Debut Album - Animal - on January 5, 2010" (Press release). RCA Music Group. 3 December 2009. Retrieved 2009-12-04.
  8. ^ a b FMQB CHR Airplay Archive 2009, Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Inc., retrieved 2009-11-16 10/5 Mainstream
  9. ^ Gordon, Sandra (25 November 2009), "Breaking & Entering: Ke$ha", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., retrieved 2009-11-26
  10. ^ Official Bio, RCA Records, retrieved 2009-10-20
  11. ^ Levine, Nicke (13 November 2009), Interview - Ke$ha, Digital Spy Limited, retrieved 2009-11-13
  12. ^ MTV.co.uk Live Sessions, MTV Networks, retrieved 2009-11-20
  13. ^ "Watch Ke$ha on MTV Push!". Columbia Records. 2 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-11-06.
  14. ^ "MTV NETWORKS INTERNATIONAL ROLLS-OUT MTV WORLD STAGE & MTV PUSH" (Press release). MTV Networks UK. Retrieved 2009-11-17.
  15. ^ a b Melrose Place Music Hub, The CW Television Network, retrieved 2009-11-16 Choose Your Episode - Nightingale and Canon
  16. ^ "The Hills › Songs From the Show". MTV Networks. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
  17. ^ "Hot 100", Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc., retrieved 2009-11-20
  18. ^ "Latest Music News, Band, Artist, Musician & Music Video News". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  19. ^ TOP 40 SINGLES ARCHIVE, The Official UK Charts Company, retrieved 2009-11-06 WEEK 46 : 08/11/2009 - 14/11/2009
  20. ^ Columnist. Ke$ha Makes US Digital Sales History. The Independent. Retrieved on 2010-01-05.
  21. ^ "iTunes Store". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  22. ^ "iTunes Store". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  23. ^ "Sony Music Entertainment (Portugal)". Sonymusic.pt. 2009-12-14. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  24. ^ Kesha. "Kesha : Animal - Levykauppa Äx". Levykauppax.fi. Retrieved 2009-12-31.
  25. ^ "Ke$ha aposta para o mercado nacional em 2010". mtv.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
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