Basic Instinct (album)

Basic Instinct
Studio album by Ciara
Released	December 10, 2010 (2010-12-10)
Recorded	2009–2010
Genre	Hip hop dance R&B
Length	43:39
Label	LaFace Jive
Producer	C. "Tricky" Stewart (exec.) Terius "The-Dream" Nash (exec.) Ciara (exec.) The Agency T-Minus Soundz Kuk Harrell Terius "The-Dream" Nash Infinity Mark Pitts
Ciara chronology
Fantasy Ride (2009) Basic Instinct (2010) Ciara (2013)
Singles from Basic Instinct
"Ride" Released: April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19) "Speechless" Released: September 7, 2010 (2010-09-07) "Gimmie Dat" Released: October 15, 2010 (2010-10-15)

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
BBC Online	favorable[2]
The Boston Globe	mixed[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
New York Daily News	[6]
The New York Times	favorable[7]
Slant Magazine	[8]
USA Today	[9]
The Washington Post	unfavorable[10]

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.^[11]

Track listings

Basic Instinct – Standard version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Basic Instinct (U Got Me)"	Ciara Harris Terius "The-Dream" Nash C. "Tricky" Stewart	Stewart Nash Kuk Harrell^[a]	3:29
2.	"Ride" (featuring Ludacris)	Harris Nash Stewart Christopher Bridges	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	4:34
3.	"Gimmie Dat"	Harris Stewart Kenneth Coby	Stewart Soundz Harrell^[a]	4:11
4.	"Heavy Rotation"	Harris Coby Mike Molina Nelson Kyle Rogers Andrell Brian Flemming Gerald J Coats	The Agency (Molina and Kyle) Soundz^[b] Harrell^[a]	4:08
5.	"Girls Get Your Money"	Harris Nash Stewart	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	3:32
6.	"Yeah I Know"	Harris Coby Jordan Suecof	Infinity Harrell^[a]	3:44
7.	"Speechless"	Harris Nash Stewart	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	4:08
8.	"You Can Get It"	Harris Nash Stewart	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	4:00
9.	"Turn It Up" (featuring Usher)	Harris Ester Dean Usher Raymond Tyler "T-Minus" Williams H. Humphrey	Stewart T-Minus Harrell^[a]	3:08
10.	"Wants for Dinner"	Harris Nash Stewart	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	3:31
11.	"I Run It"	Harris Nash Stewart	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	5:15

Basic Instinct – iTunes Store pre-order bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"Listen to My Song"	Harris Nash Stewart	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	5:22

Basic Instinct – Japanese edition bonus track[12]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
12.	"This Is What Love Is"	Harris Nash Stewart	Stewart Nash Harrell^[a]	4:21

Basic Instinct – Japanese edition bonus DVD[13] and iTunes deluxe edition bonus videos[14]
No.	Title	Director	Length
1.	"Goodies" (featuring Petey Pablo)	Benny Boom	3:56
2.	"1, 2 Step" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Boom	3:24
3.	"Get Up" (featuring Chamillionaire)	Joseph Kahn	4:59
4.	"Promise"	Diane Martel	4:28
5.	"Like a Boy"	Martel	3:57
6.	"Can't Leave 'em Alone" (featuring 50 Cent)	Fat Cats	4:09
7.	"Never Ever" (featuring Young Jeezy)	Chris Robinson	5:10
8.	"Go Girl" (featuring T-Pain)	Melina	4:04
9.	"Love Sex Magic" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	Martel	3:04
10.	"Ride" (featuring Ludacris)	Martel	4:39

Notes

• Track listing and credits taken from album booklet.^[15]
• ^{^a} denotes a vocal producer
• ^{^b} denotes a co-producer
• "Basic Instinct (U Got Me)" samples "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor.^[15]
• "Heavy Rotation" contains a portion of "Baby Baby" written by Rogers Andrell, Brian Flemming and Gerald J. Coats.^[15]

Personnel

Credits for Basic Instinct adapted from Allmusic.^[16]

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)	Peak position
Australia Urban Albums Chart[17]	22
French Digital Albums Chart[18]	46
Swiss Albums Chart[19]	83
UK R&B Albums Chart[20]	30
U.S. Billboard 200[21]	44
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[22]	11

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums[23]	67

Release history

List of release dates, showing country, record label, and catalog number

Region	Date	Format	Label	Catalog
Australia[24]	December 10, 2010	CD, digital download	Sony Music	88697720922
Germany[25]		Digital download, CD
Sweden[26]				886977209222
France[27]	December 13, 2010
United Kingdom[28]			RCA Records	88697720922
United States[29]	December 14, 2010	Digital download, CD	LaFace, Jive Records	886977209222
Brazil[30]		CD	Sony Music
Japan	December 15, 2010	Standard edition (CD)[31]	Sony Music Japan	SICP2848
		Deluxe edition (CD+DVD)[32]		SICP2846
Netherlands[33]	December 24, 2010	Digital download, CD	Sony Music	88697720922

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