Aaron's Party (Come Get It)

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Aaron's Party (Come Get It)
Aaron Carter - Aaron's Party album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000 (2000-09-26)
Recorded2000
Genre
Length36:46
Label Jive
Producer
  • Steve Mac
  • Steve Lunt
  • Timmy Allen
  • Larry "Rock" Campbell
  • Rose & Foster
  • Jimmy Bralower
  • Andy Goldman
  • Paul Umbach
Aaron Carter chronology
Aaron Carter
(1997)
Aaron's Party (Come Get It)
(2000)
Oh Aaron
(2001)
Singles from Aaron's Party (Come Get It)
  1. "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)"
    Released: August 1, 2000 [2]
  2. "I Want Candy"
    Released: September 4, 2000 [3]
  3. "Bounce"
    Released: December 4, 2000
  4. "That's How I Beat Shaq"
    Released: January 6, 2001 [4]

Aaron's Party (Come Get It) is the second studio album by American pop singer Aaron Carter. It serves as the follow-up to his international debut album. Aaron's Party was released in the fall of 2000 becoming his first album under Jive Records. It includes the singles "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "I Want Candy", "Bounce", and "That's How I Beat Shaq". The album was also certified 3× platinum by the RIAA for selling over 3 million copies in the United States, making it Carter's most successful album.

Contents

Synopsis

All of the songs on the standard album were separated by interludes, added in the pre-gaps of each song. Their lengths span from a one-second-long interlude titled "Let's Go" to a skit over a minute long titled "Teacher".

In some regions, "(Have Some) Fun with the Funk" (also available on the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack) and "Hang On Sloopy" were released as bonus tracks, bringing those releases' total number of songs to 14. Some releases of the album also have differences; instead of "Hang On Sloopy" as a bonus track, the UK edition included "Jump, Jump", which also featured on the test pressing of the album. The European version notably omitted "Life is a Party" (available on the soundtrack of The Other Me).

The Japanese edition (as well as having both bonus tracks and a spoken "Aaron Message") had a completely different album cover; some versions of this cover include it being completely orange apart from a circle around Carter's face at a party. The party cover is the main cover for some editions as well.

Promotion and tour

The songs "Girl You Shine", "I Want Candy", "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "That's How I Beat Shaq", and "Bounce" were played frequently on Radio Disney whereas the videos of "I Want Candy", "That's How I Beat Shaq", "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", and "Bounce" received heavy rotation on MTV, BET, VH1, Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. He also made several appearances on Nickelodeon and opened concerts for Britney Spears and the Backstreet Boys. Late in 2000, the album was certified platinum. One of his songs, "Iko Iko" was featured in the 2000 movie The Little Vampire , later included to the soundtrack album which is released ten days before the movie premiere. "Girl You Shine" was featured on Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 2 in early 2000. "Bounce" is featured on Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 4. Carter promoted his album by performing "I Want Candy" on Lizzie McGuire on March 13, 2001. That same month, he and fellow teen star Samantha Mumba performed at a concert held at Disney MGM Studios that aired on the Disney Channel titled Aaron Carter and Samantha Mumba in Concert. Carter's part of the concert can be seen on the DVD Aaron's Party: Live in Concert along with the music video of "That's How I Beat Shaq" along with clips of him at Disney World, his 13th birthday, and Carter recording his then-upcoming album Oh Aaron .

Carter embarked on the Aaron's Party Tour in the summer of 2001 with his sister and the A*Teens as the opening act.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C− [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]

The album received mixed reviews from music critics. Jon Azpiri from AllMusic gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that like "bubblegum acts of the past" the only value of the album is to be "pure kitsch" and the album being "the sort of album you look back on years after its release and mock with ironic glee". [1] David Browne from Entertainment Weekly described the album as "a collection of rhythmic, ultradisposable jingles delivered in the chirpy voice of its leading tyke" and gave the album a C−. [5] Rob Sheffield from Rolling Stone gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that Carter "discovers the thrills of impending puberty with a helping hand from "My Internet Girl" and chirps the least metaphorical version of "I Want Candy" ever". He also criticized the singer's voice, calling it "too Buffy" and "not Jordy enough". [6]

Track listing

Aaron's Party (Come Get It) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction: Come to the Party" 0:21
2."Aaron's Party (Come Get It)" ("Interlude: Candy Call" – 0:38)
3:24
3."I Want Candy" ("Interlude: Big Brother" – 0:27)3:13
4."Bounce" ("Interlude: Yes!" – 0:10)
3:19
5."My Internet Girl" ("Interlude: I Can See Her Voice" – 0:07)
  • Lee Curie
  • Georgie Dennis
  • Philip Nicholas
4:00
6."That's How I Beat Shaq" ("Interlude: Let's Go" – 0:01)
  • Kierulf
  • Schwartz
  • Thomas Slovinski
3:25
7."The Clapping Song" ("Interlude: Snappy Burger" – 0:46)
2:58
8."Iko Iko" ("Interlude: Teacher" – 1:05) James Crawford 2:41
9."Real Good Time" ("Interlude: Lunch at the Studio" – 0:34)3:14
10."Tell Me What You Want" ("Interlude: Stuffed!" – 0:06) Lamont Dozier 3:12
11."Girl You Shine" ("Interlude: Big Bad 'Shine-y' Beat Box" – 0:27)
3:21
International editions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Life is a Party" (from the Disney Channel Original Movie The Other Me ; non-US bonus track)
  • Andy Goldman
  • James Dean Hicks
  • Jamie Houston
3:25
13."(Have Some) Fun with the Funk" (bonus track in some regions)Stephen Lunt3:32
14."Hang On Sloopy" (bonus track in some regions)3:21
15."Jump Jump" (bonus track in some regions)
  • Deni Lew
  • Nicky Graham
2:37

On most CD editions, each interlude was placed in the pre-gap before the following track. On some, the interludes were included as separate tracks.

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for Aaron's Party (Come Get It)
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [15] Gold50,000^
United States (RIAA) [16] 3× Platinum3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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