Not That Kind

by Anastacia

Overview

As revealed in the multiple pictures in the CD package and in the video featured as part of the disc's multi-media content, Anastacia is, in appearance, yet another teen dream with cascades of blonde hair and an exposed navel (though perhaps her ever-present, and ever-changing, spectacles are supposed to signal a higher intellectual content). But her musical models aren't Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera, they are Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Martha Wash. Anastacia possesses a big, expressive alto voice that her many co-writers and producers (primarily Rik Wake [Celine Dion, Mariah Carey] and the team of ex-Color Me Badd member Sam Watters and Louis Biancaniello, though Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers, authors of 'N Sync's "God Must Have Spent a Little More Time on You," have two tracks) use in updated R&B, dance, and funk tracks. "I'm Outta Love," which just missed topping the dance charts, is an aggressive dancefloor item, and its follow-up, the title song, is in a funk style reminiscent of Aretha Franklin's '80s work. "I Ask of You" is one of those slow, deliberate big ballads that recalls "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" as well as that song's singer, Jennifer Holliday. And so it goes. The only real misstep on the album is the inevitable Diane Warren adult contemporary romantic ballad, "Late Last Night," which forces the singer to rein in her voice, though even then she doesn't really negotiate its lyrical complexity. Despite her toothsome appearance, Anastacia may be too old school to break through in the U.S., though this album has been a commercial success overseas. (The American version has been altered from the foreign one, with a couple of tracks added and dropped.) But Macy Gray demonstrated that a broad audience may respond to an older style if the singer herself is distinguished enough. Anastacia doesn't have the kind of unique timbre that Gray does -- in fact, the minute she opens her mouth she starts reminding you of other singers, especially Aretha Franklin -- but she is clearly a big talent, and that should count for something. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	07/29/2003
Label:	Epic
UPC:	5099749741225

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Anastacia   Primary Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
BeBe Winans   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Shirien Taylor   Violin
Curtis King, Jr.   Percussion,Guitar (Bass)
Rickey Minor   Bass
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk   Vocals (Background)
Keith Anthony Fluitt   Vocals (Background)
Robert Bailey   Guitar
Thomas R. Yezzi   Vocals
Patrick Carroll   Percussion
Belinda Whitney-Barratt   Violin
Jeannie Tracey   Vocals (Background)
Joel Pitchon   Violin
Dean Pleasants   Bass,Guitar
Chris Goercke   Guitar
Angela Joy Brusegar   Vocals (Background)
Rob Bailey   Guitar
Chris Camozzi   Guitar
Regis Iandiorio   Violin
Craig Derry   Vocals (Background)
Evan Rogers   Vocals (Background)
Fonzi Thornton   Vocals (Background)
Russ DeSalvo   Guitar,Keyboards,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Diane Louie   Keyboards
Ann Leathers   Violin
Richie Jones   Drums,Guitar
Tom Barney   Bass
Herman Jackson   Piano,Keyboards
Dennis Johnson   Scratching
Kevin Owens   Vocals (Background)
Barbara Laurie   Vocals (Background)
Carl Potts   Guitar
Vernon Black   Guitar
Audrey Martells   Vocals (Background)
Bob Cadway   Guitar (Electric)
Keith Henderson   Guitar
Cindy Mizelle   Vocals (Background)
Chieli Minucci   Guitar
Bashiri Johnson   Percussion
Kevin Cloud   Drums
Sharon Bryant   Vocals (Background)
Paul Jackson, Jr.   Guitar
Audrey Wheeler   Vocals (Background)
Lynne Fiddmont-Linsey   Vocals (Background)
John Nevin   Bass
Steve Wolfe   Drums
Lynn Davis   Vocals (Background)
Leon Pendarvis   Piano
Valerie Pinkston   Vocals (Background)
Luis Conte   Percussion
Rob Mathes   Vocals (Background)
Louis Biancaniello   Drums,Keyboards
Katreese Barnes   Vocals (Background)
Ron Hall   Bass
Ricky Lawson   Drums
Nicki Richards   Vocals (Background)
Rayford Griffin   Drums
Eric Kupper   Guitar,Keyboards
Sharlotte Gibson   Vocals (Background)
Sam Watters   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Tim Gant   Keyboards
Gary Haase   Bass

Technical Credits

Damon Butler   Lyricist,Composer
Ray Ruffin   Composer,Lyricist
Denise Rich   Composer,Lyricist
Curtis King, Jr.   Drum Programming
Denny Kleiman   Composer,Lyricist
Rickey Minor   Producer
Michael Blum   Producer
Anastacia Lyn Newkirk   Composer,Lyricist
David Zeller   Engineer
Peter Lord Morehand   Composer,Lyricist
Jive   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Composer
David Frazer   Mixing Engineer,Engineer
Chris Brooke   Assistant Engineer
Damon Sharpe   Composer,Lyricist
Ethan Mates   Engineer
Diane Warren   Composer,Lyricist
Thomas R. Yezzi   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Al Hemberger   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Stevie Wonder   Composer,Lyricist
Patrick Carroll   Drum Programming
Dan Hetzel   Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Marc Russell   Coordination
T.J. Parker   Composer
Peter Lord Moreland   Composer
Trey Parker   Composer,Lyricist
Jive Jones   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Canela Cox   Composer,Lyricist
Sylvester Stewart   Composer,Lyricist
Evan Rogers   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Russ DeSalvo   Arranger
Peter Mokran   Mixing Engineer
Richie Jones   Arranger,Producer,Mixing Engineer,Drum Programming
Marvin Young   Composer,Lyricist
Mike Fennel   Engineer
Yvonne Wright   Composer,Lyricist
Jim Annunziato   Mixing Engineer,Assistant Engineer
Dave Scheuer   Engineer
Joe Ernst   Mixing Engineer
Thomas Rounds   Assistant Engineer
Dave Zeller   Engineer
Bob Cadway   Engineer
David Sharpe   Composer
Carl Sturken   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Greg Bieck   Composer,Lyricist
Greg Lawson   Composer,Lyricist
Travon Potts   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Anastacia   Composer,Lyricist
Ed Miller   Engineer
Gary Wright   Composer,Lyricist
Eric Sanicola   Assistant Engineer
Charlie "Steele" Pennachio   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Wil Wheaton   Composer,Lyricist
Ryan Hewitt   Assistant Engineer
Louis Biancaniello   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Ron Last   Assistant Engineer
Oji Pierce   Composer,Lyricist
Ric Wake   Arranger,Producer
Sam Watters   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Will Wheaton   Composer