Star Kitty's Revenge

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Star Kitty's Revenge
Star Kitty's Revenge (Joi album) cover art.jpg
Studio album by
Joi
ReleasedMarch 19, 2002
Recorded2000
Genre Neo soul
Label Universal
Producer Raphael Saadiq, Charles Suitt, Bernasky Wall, Kelvin Wooten, Brian Fleming, Joi, Rondal Rucker, Charles Pettaway
Joi chronology
The Pendulum Vibe
(1994)
Star Kitty's Revenge
(2002)
Tennessee Slim Is the Bomb
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [2]
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin 8/10 [5]
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Yahoo! Music mixed [7]

Star Kitty's Revenge is the third studio album by American recording artist Joi, released on March 19, 2002, by Universal Records.

Contents

The album received generally positive reviews from music critics upon its release. [8] In The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004), Rolling Stone journalist Jon Caramanica writes that the album "reeked of the unique stank of Atlanta's Dungeon Family collective" and that "for all Kitty's raunch, Joi still takes the opportunity to flex her impressive, Betty Davis-style vocals on more traditional material.". [4]

Track listing

  1. "Alright, I'm Back"
  2. "It's Your Life"
  3. "17" of Snow"
  4. "Y'All Better Be Glad"
  5. "Techno Pimp"
  6. "Crave"
  7. "Munchies for Your Love"
  8. "Lick (with Sleepy Brown)"
  9. "What If I Kissed You Right Now?"
  10. "Why They Do What They Do"
  11. "Get On"
  12. "You're a Whore"
  13. "I'm a Woman"
  14. "He's Still a Nigga"
  15. "Nicole"
  16. "Missing You"
  17. "Agnus Dei"
  18. "Jefferson St. Joe"
  19. "Keypsiia, Age 4" (bonus track)

Charts

Charts (2002)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 168
US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 64

Notes

  1. "Review: Star Kitty's Revenge". Blender . February 2002. p. 112.
  2. Browne, David (March 22, 2002). "Star Kitty's Revenge Review". Entertainment Weekly . No. 645. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  3. Caramanica, Jon (April 25, 2002). "Recordings: Joi, Star Kitty's Revenge, 4 Stars". Rolling Stone . No. 894. Archived from the original on September 20, 2003. Retrieved 2012-06-29.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. 1 2 Cross, Charles R. (2004). "Joi". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp.  437. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  5. Green, Tony (March 2002). "Review: Star Kitty's Revenge". Spin . Vol. 18, no. 3. p. 129. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  6. Singleton, Sun (March 2002). "Review: Star Kitty's Revenge". Vibe . Vol. 10, no. 3. p. 174. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  7. Leroy, Dan (April 18, 2002). "Joi Reviews". Yahoo! Music. Yahoo!. Archived from the original on 2012-06-29. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  8. "Star Kitty's Revenge Reviews, Ratings, Credits, and More". Metacritic. CBS Interactive . Retrieved 2012-06-29.

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