Basic Instinct (album)

Basic Instinct is the fourth studio album by American recording artist Ciara. It was released on December 10, 2010, by LaFace Records and Jive Records. Executively produced by A&R agent Mark Pitts, Ciara, Tricky Stewart and The-Dream, Basic Instinct returns Ciara to her urban roots with mid-tempo R&B, hip hop and dance songs.

Critical response

Basic Instinct received, on average, positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72.

Track listings

Notes
Track listing and credits taken from album booklet.
 denotes a vocal producer
 denotes a co-producer
"Basic Instinct (U Got Me)" samples "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.
"Heavy Rotation" contains a portion of "Baby Baby" written by Rogers Andrell, Brian Flemming and Gerald J. Coats.

Personnel
Credits for Basic Instinct adapted from Allmusic.[ Credits: Basic Instinct]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2010-12-21.

The Agency – Producer
Alex Al – Bass
Chris Bellman – Mastering
Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges – Composer
Ciara Harris – Executive Producer, Composer, Primary vocals
Martin Cooke – Assistant Engineer
Steven Dennis – Assistant Engineer, Mixing Assistant
Lauren Evans – Background vocals
Iain Findlay – Assistant Engineer
Yolonda Frederick – Make-Up
Chris Galland – Assistant Engineer
Jesus Garnica – Mixing Assistant
Steven Gomillion – Photography
Josh Goodwin – Vocal Engineer
Mark Gray – Mixing Assistant
Josh Gudwin – Vocal Engineer
Kuk Harrell – Vocal Engineer, Vocal Producer
Travis Harrington – Mixing Assistant
Jaycen Joshua – Mixing
Dennis Leupold – Photography
Giancarlo Lino – Mixing Assistant
Chris Bellman – Audio mastering

Mike Molina – Composer
Monte Neuble – Keyboards
Terius "The-Dream" Nash – Executive Producer, Producer
Luis Navarro – Assistant Engineer
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan – Engineer
Mark Pitts – Executive Producer, A&R
Zachariah Redding – Assistant Engineer
Marni Senofonte – Stylist
Kelly Sheehan – Engineer
Jason Sherwood – Assistant Engineer
Kenneth "Soundz" Colby – Producer, Composer
Christopher "Tricky" Stewart – Executive Producer, Composer, Producer
Anthony Taglianetti – Assistant Engineer
Brian "B-Luv" Thomas – Engineer
Michael Thompson – Guitar
Pat Thrall – Engineer, Vocal Effect
Randy Urbanski – Assistant Engineer
Courtney Walter – Art Direction, Design
Tyler "T-Minus" Williams – Composer, Producer
Kiyah Wright – Hair Stylist
Andrew Wuepper – Engineer, Mixing

Charts

Weekly charts
 Chart (2010) Peakposition Australia Urban Albums Chart 22French Digital Albums Chart 46Swiss Albums Chart 83 UK R&B Albums Chart 30 U.S. Billboard 200 44 U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 11

Year-end charts
 Chart (2010) Peakposition U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 67

Release history
+List of release dates, showing country, record label, and catalog number Region Date Format Label CatalogAustraliaDecember 10, 2010CD, digital downloadSony Music88697720922GermanyDigital download, CDSweden886977209222France December 13, 2010United KingdomRCA Records 88697720922United States December 14, 2010Digital download, CDLaFace, Jive Records886977209222Brazil CDSony MusicJapanDecember 15, 2010 Standard edition (CD)Sony Music Japan SICP2848 Deluxe edition (CD+DVD) SICP2846Netherlands December 24, 2010 Digital download, CD Sony Music 88697720922

References

Category:2010 albums
Category:Ciara albums
Category:Hip hop albums
Category:Dance albums
Category:R&B albums