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List Price: $26.49 | | Label: Japanese Import
Salesrank: 634445
Released: April 22, 2003 |
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| Used Price: $66.75 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
Asian Version featuring Three Bonus Tracks: 'if Your Girl Only Knew', 'we Need a Resolution', and 'rock the Boat', and a Bonus Video CD (Playable on Most Dvd Players) with 11 Videos, and a TV Advert from Japan featuring Aaliyah.
I Care 4 U Reviews:
Classic, Timeless, & Cherish-able! 
2009-09-28 - As the world of R&B continues to evolve and transform one thing is apparent, the memory and life of Aaliyah will always live on! Not only did her music inspire positive messages, excellent R&B melodies, but it created a sound that up to this day no other artist can compare--she is one in a million and definitely the highest, most exalted one in the R&B history! This Double Disc has a CD of Aaliyah's most popular songs along a VCD with videos along a behind the scenes and a Japanese Commercial plus bonus Miss You. No matter how many years pass this CD/VCD doesn't loose it's value or get dull or boring. Already fans will have a masterpiece to cherish and new listeners will get to see a special music artist who had the qualities few can ever acquire or even possess. She had class, distinction, talent, drive, motivation, confidence, and professionalism. But most of all she was a person who gave out a positive vibe, helped others and wanted to set a good example through her music.
The CD portion has an array of songs [17 vs. 14 on other releases] definitely worth mentioning but I will pick my top favorites to sum things up. The 3 bonus tracks are: If Your Girl Only Knew, We Need A Resolution, feat. Timbaland and Rock The Boat. My favorite song is I Care 4 U because it gives a woman [lover] the power to feel strong to help a guy [another lover] in need. It's soft, tender, sweet, yet not overly done. When she sings that she will wipe his tears -- that just gives it such a loving vibe. Another favorite song would be Try Again for the message behind it. I like the fact that failure doesn't necessarily need to equate to giving up but to giving yourself another chance to give it another shot. Her musical sound is very high energy and uplifting too. To name one more song I'd say "At Your Best" since her vocals sound totally amazing. Her voice is soft, mellow, smooth, yet strong in a listener friendly way.
From the VCD part, I enjoyed all her videos tremendously. They are the following: One In A Million, Are You That Somebody, Try Again, We Need A Resolution, More Than A Woman, Back In One Piece (feat. DMX), Four Page Letter, Got To Give It Up (Remix), Rock Da Boat, Japanamation Commercial, Aaliyah Behind The Scenes and the bonus Miss You. All the videos are 5 stars with my top three being We Need A Resolution, Rock Da Boat, and Are You That Somebody. The Behind The Scenes had Aaliyah explaining her self-titled album in full detail describing the meaning of each song, the producers, and how she put her work together. Timbaland was seen quite often in the interview along other producers. Timbaland and Aaliyah had a special chemistry that is very noticeable when you see the video We Need A Resolution and when they spoke of one another. This portion of the VCD was hard to watch without feeling a bit sad wishing Aaliyah would be alive today. But her memory is never gone nor is her love from all the fans, new listeners, and family. No matter how many years pass this will be a classic album to put her memory alive forever and ever. She will pave the way for new R&B artists to imitate her and perhaps bring back the class, distinction, devotion, and talent that is rarely seen these days!
This is an excellent purchase and I highly recommend it for anybody who loves R&B. The music has a bouncy fun uplifting beat, with some high energy songs, some low key, some edgy types, and other middle ground. It's a taste of all kinds of styles incorporated into one. If you are undecided with the release to choose I can say this Asian release does not have a menu to pick the video you want to watch yet it has extra tracks on the CD and 1 on the VCD, the Japan Edition is not viewable in the United States unless you have a region free player, and the other single CDs don't have the videos. There is another double disc with some videos but it does not contain all of these. So be sure to get the best and enjoy the music, videos, and R&B princess of the past, present, and future!
*The VCD is viewable in US players
you will always be my baby girl
2004-05-19 - well i have different opinions of the release of this album.
first i'm not completely satisfied with the US track listing, i think would've been better to include all her singles and maybe some remixes and then release a B sides album.
the artwork is better on this edition is the same pic of the back cover with this purple end.
the bonus tracks may worth the value of the CD
the VCD includes 'miss you' wich in the US version is not included
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