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Jessica Simpson
Public Affair
Genres: Pop, Broadway & Vocalists

Track Listings (13) - Disc #1
1. A Public Affair
2. You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)
3. B.O.Y.
4. If You Were Mine
5. Walkin' 'Round In A Circle
6. The Lover In Me
7. Swing With Me
8. Push Your Tush
9. Back To You
10. Between You & I
11. I Don't Want To Care
12. Fired Up
13. Let Him Fly

CD Details

All Artists: Jessica Simpson
Title: Public Affair
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Sony Bmg Europe
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 8/29/2006
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Dance Pop, Teen Pop, Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 828768321522, 0828768321522, 0886970595926, 886970027328, 088697059592, 082876832152

Synopsis

Amazon.com

A Public Affair is a disco-studded, stunningly entertaining, 13-song slab of energetic white-girl pop. From the summer-fizzy first song and title track--which lifts, improbably, from both Madonna and the Supremes--Simpson tears out of the gate refusing to fall back on stale-sounding power ballads, something of a signature in the past. "You Spin Me Round" updates the Dead or Alive '80s hit; the vampy and innovative "B.O.Y." borrows from a vintage Cars track; and "Walkin' 'Round in a Circle," about as sleepy a track as you'll find here, seems to put a kind of pop spit-shine on a tune both Stevie Nicks and Ryan Adams popularized. Later tracks, including the excellent Louis Prima-inspired "Swing with Me" and the shockingly urban-sounding "Fired Up," bring Simpson's inner femme fatale to the fore. Let's hope it doesn't slink away anytime soon--other Simpson discs have been forgettable, but this is an affair to remember. --Tammy La Gorce

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CD Reviews

JESSICA SIMPSON "A PUBLIC AFFAIR"

Pete Doherty | UK | 09/15/2008

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I've been a fan of Jessica Simpson's since "I Wanna Love You Forever" and after listening to that song, if you do become a fan, it's clear why...her voice. I like her as a person, she can be funny on Newlyweds, personally I think it's a bit of an act, I don't think she's as stupid as she makes out, but if she is, good for her for making loads of money.

Back to the music, her latest album is country, some people haven't taken to it and some people will just dismiss it simply because it's Jessica Simpson, I personally love it, but that's a different review. On "A Public Affar" the songs are just like her first two albums, very pop, but for me, it's her voice that always comes out on top, she might not be in the same league as Mariah Carey or Tina Arena, vocally, but she's way ahead of most singers who are having success these days. I think "Walkin' 'Round In A Circle," "The Lover In Me" and "Back To You" are the three best songs on the album, "Walkin' 'Round In A Circle" and "The Lover In Me" are two catchy midtempo songs and "Back To You" is a nice ballad that shows her voice of nicely, any of the three (if not all) should have been released as singles.

I think "A Public Affair," "You Spin Me Round (Like A Record)," "If You Were Mine," "Walkin' 'Round In A Circle," "The Lover In Me," "Swing With Me," "Push Your Tush," (even with it's cheesey lyrics) "Back To You," "I Don't Want To Care" and "I Belong To Me" are all brilliant songs, I'm not that keen on "B.O.Y.," "Between You & I," "Fired Up" and "Let Him Fly" but the rest of the album is great."

What I think of A Public Affair.

hungup555 | 03/16/2010

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I don't have too much to say about A Public Affair. I have the CD for it. I just find it sad she didn't release any more singles after I Belong To Me. There were a lot of great tracks to release for the third single, like Fired Up, Lover In Me, and If You Were Mine.

To be honest, Jessica deserves so much more than what she's given credit to. A lot of people say she's not good and all that. Sure Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera came out on top with there CDs but Jessica Simpson deserved to be up there with them. This artist, Jessica Simpson, deserves better. I'll admit I'm not too fond of her music but she does have a number of songs that I do like."

The Best Song is Not Even on This Version of the CD!

J. Moreau | Nottingham, MD | 06/08/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

""I Belong to Me" is the best song on this cd, and its only on the Extra Track Edition that costs more. Go figure.

I love Jessica and try to support her and her music. Yet this cd was a stretch even for this fan. The songs range from mediocre ("A Public Affair") to horrid ("Push the Tush") and I would give the cd 1 star if Simpson's voice wasn't so great. This cd is over-done with the crazy beats often overshadowing Simpson's voice. She tries to cover many different genres on one cd; yet, she never seems to get it quite right. She seems lost, she's trying to do too much and we just end up with a forgetable album."