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Personnel includes: Anastacia, Faith Evans (vocals); Miklos Malek (various instruments); Eric Kupper (acoustic & electric guitars, keyboards, bass, drums); Chieli Minucci (acoustic & electric guitars); Chris Camozzi (guitar); Joel Derouin, Becky Bunnell (violin); Roland Kata, Denyse Buffum (viola); Larry Corbett (cello); Sharon Bryant, Audrey Wheeler, Nicole Renee (background vocals). Producers: Richie Jones, Ric Wake, Sam Watters, Louie Biancaniello. Personnel: Anastacia (vocals, background vocals); Eric Kupper (guitar, acoustic guitar, keyboards, talking drum); Billy Mann (guitar, background vocals); Chris Camozzi, Dameon Aranda (guitar); Russ DeSalvo (acoustic guitar, keyboards); Chieli Minucci (acoustic guitar); Rob Bailey (electric guitar); John Wittenberg, Edmund Stein, Mario de León, Bob Peterson, Becky Bunnell, Eve Butler, Norm Hughes, Ruth Johnson, Charles Everett, Joel Derouin, Kirstin Fife, Peter Kent, Maria Newman, Susan Chatman (violin); Jason Crosby (fiddle); Roland Kata, Matthew Funes , Roland Kato, Denyse Buffum (viola); Dan Tobin Smith, Daniel Smith, Suzie Katayama, Larry Corbett (cello); Shane Keister (piano); Louis Biancaniello (keyboards, programming); Patrick Carroll (bass guitar, drum programming, percussion programming); Mark Russell (bass guitar); Richie Jones (drums, percussion, drum programming); Carol Steele (percussion); Sam Watters, Curtis King, Angela Fisher, Danny Madden, Kemba Francis, Thomassina Atkins, Jeanie Tracy, Lamenga Kafi, Nicki Richards, Paulette McWilliams, Sharon Bryant, Audrey Wheeler (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Jim Annunziato; Dan Hetzel; Louis Biancaniello; Richie Jones; Bob Cadway. Recording information: Cove City Sound Studios, L.I., NY; Encore Studios, Burbank, CA; Homesite 13; Ocean Way, LA; Ocean Way, Los Angeles, CA; Right Track Recording, New York, NY; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; The Dream Factory, New York, NY; Universal Music Publishing. Photographer: Isabel Snyder. Arrangers: Eric Kupper; Sam Watters; David Campbell ; Louis Biancaniello; Rick Wake; Richie Jones; Russ DeSalvo. Sporting the cleavage-and-bare-midriff look that's requisite early-21st century pop femme-wear, the New York-born blonde bombshell Anastacia drops her sophomore album with all the subtlety of a Pamela Anderson video. Her vocals avoid the little-girl breathlessness of a Britney Spears or Mandy Moore--instead, she projects an unmistakable earthiness and raw sexuality, notably in the album's title track and "Why'd You Lie to Me?," both of which find her in feisty mood. Anastacia also channels Chaka Khan in the Brazilian-inflected rhythms of "Don't Cha Wanna," and shows her quieter (if no less uncompromising) side in the charming "Overdue Goodbye." With the addition of a couple of Celine Dion-style ballads ("Hold On," "I Dreamed You") that also lighten the mood, FREAK OF NATURE is a well-rounded effort.
