Seven of its 12 songs were co-written by Fantasia, so it's a little surprising that the fourth album from the American Idol winner doesn't bear a title like Here I Am or I, Fantasia.
Nearly a decade removed from her nationally televised triumph, Fantasia's not only contributing significantly to the songwriting process, she continues to draw top-rank, well-matched collaborators such as songwriter and producer Harmony Samuels (Keyshia Cole's "Enough of No Love," Ariana Grande's "The Way"), who had a hand in each song.
Since Fantasia and Harmony drive so much of the material, Side Effects of You is a more personal, more consistent set of songs than Free Yourself, Fantasia, and Back to Me.
That's not to say there isn't a multitude of sounds within the several high points.
They include "Lose to Win," which rather brilliantly samples and twists Commodores' mournful-yet-uplifting 1985 hit "Nightshift"; the dexterous, part-reggae "Ain't All Bad," and the perfectly poised and hard-hitting "End of Me." And then there's "Change Your Mind," which daringly incorporates Whitney Houston's "I'm Your Baby Tonight" (1990) and should not work yet does so in a convincing manner.
Throughout, Fantasia's approach is as refined as ever.
She rarely wails.
A few songs come up short, such as the stodgy and frilly "If I Was a Bird," the merely passable title track (a theatrical ballad co-written by Emeli Sandé), and the peppy, drama-flicking "Lighthouse" (a better fit, cursing excepted, for Chrisette Michele), but they're not glaring.
Seven or eight years after she was supposed to be an AI punch line in another line of work, Fantasia has released her finest album yet.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ain't All BadFantasia Barrino, Courtney Harrell, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels | Fantasia, Harmony Samuels | Play | 03:57 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 2 | If I Was a BirdFantasia Barrino, Thomas Lumpkins, Harmony Samuels | Fantasia, Harmony Samuels | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 3 | Girl Talk (Interlude) | Fantasia | Play | 01:47 | 4 MB | 9 MB |
| 4 | Without MeFantasia Barrino, Missy Elliott, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels, Kyle Stewart | Fantasia, Harmony Samuels | Play | 04:30 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | Side Effects of YouClaudia Bryant, Ben Harrison, Shahid Khan, Emeli Sandé | Fantasia | Play | 03:25 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Get It RightFantasia Barrino, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels, Amber Streeter | Fantasia, Harmony Samuels | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 7 | So Much to ProveFantasia Barrino, Eric Bellinger, Courtney Harrell, Al Sherrod Lambert, Harmony Samuels | Fantasia, Harmony Samuels | Play | 02:28 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 8 | Change Your MindFantasia Barrino, Kenneth Edmonds, Al Sherrod Lambert, Antonio Reid, Harmony Samuels | Fantasia, Harmony Samuels | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 9 | LighthouseEvan "Kidd" Bogart, Vanessa Brown, Harmony Samuels | Fantasia, Harmony Samuels | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 10 | Supernatural Love | Fantasia, Big K.R.I.T. | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 34 mins | 78 MB | |||||
| 34 mins | 228 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Angell | Violin |
| 2 | Monisa Angell | Viola |
| 3 | J. "Lonn" Bareal, Jr. | Vocal Producer |
| 4 | Fantasia Barrino | Composer |
| 5 | Eric Bellinger | Composer |
| 6 | Big K.R.I.T. | Featured Artist |
| 7 | Evan "Kidd" Bogart | Composer |
| 8 | Vanessa Brown | Composer |
| 9 | Claudia Bryant | Composer |
| 10 | Alice Butts | Design |
| 11 | Jose Cardoza | Engineer, Mixing |
| 12 | John Catchings | Cello |
| 13 | Hugo Chegwin | Musician |
| 14 | Jonny Coffer | Strings |
| 15 | Craze | Additional Production |
| 16 | Harry Craze | Musician |
| 17 | David Davidson | Violin |
| 18 | Brian Dickens | Management |
| 19 | Kenneth Edmonds | Composer |
| 20 | Missy Elliott | Composer, Featured Artist |
| 21 | Fantasia | Primary Artist |
| 22 | Tiffany Fred | Composer |
| 23 | Franne Golde | Composer |
| 24 | Erwin Gorostiza | Art Direction, Creative Director |
| 25 | H-Money | Producer |
| 26 | Francisca Hall | Composer |
| 27 | Courtney Harrell | Composer, Vocals |
| 28 | Trehy Harris | Assistant |
| 29 | Ben Harrison | Composer, Musician |
| 30 | Shon Henton | Guitar |
| 31 | Hoax | Additional Production |
| 32 | Marty James | Composer |
| 33 | Jaycen Joshua | Mixing |
| 34 | Yolanda Johnson | Vocals |
| 35 | Jennifer Jordan | Vocals |
| 36 | Ronald Kelly | Drums, Horn Arrangements |
| 37 | Shahid Khan | Composer, Musician |
| 38 | Carlos King | Engineer, Mixing |
| 39 | Dave Kutch | Mastering |
| 40 | Al Sherrod Lambert | Composer, Vocal Producer |
| 41 | Dennis Lambert | Composer |
| 42 | Philip Lassiter | String Arrangements |
| 43 | Thomas Lumpkins | Composer |
| 44 | Andrea Martin | Composer, Producer, Vocal Producer |
| 45 | Mylah Morales | Make-Up |
| 46 | Mia Morgan | Stylist |
| 47 | Joel Mott | String Arrangements |
| 48 | Keith Naftaly | A&R |
| 49 | Naughty Boy | Producer |
| 50 | Walter Orange | Composer |
| 51 | The Regiment Horns | Horn |
| 52 | Antonio Reid | Composer |
| 53 | Amber Riley | Vocals |
| 54 | Kelly Rowland | Featured Artist |
| 55 | Harmony Samuels | Composer, Horn Arrangements, Primary Artist, Producer, Vocal Producer, Vocals |
| 56 | Emeli Sandé | Cello, Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 57 | Tiwa Savage | Composer |
| 58 | Dontay Savoy | Hair Stylist |
| 59 | Justin Scott | Composer |
| 60 | Adonis Shropshire | Composer |
| 61 | Pamela Sixfin | Violin |
| 62 | Kyle Stewart | Composer |
| 63 | Amber Streeter | Composer |
| 64 | Jasmin Tadjiky | Musician |
| 65 | JinJoo TheGuitarGirl | Guitar |
| 66 | Lance Tolbert | Bass |
| 67 | Karen Winkelmann | Violin |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |