Sex Therapy:session CD

MUSIC

R&B / SOUL

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Mrs. Sexy

2. Sex Therapy

3. Meipl? ~ (featuring Jay

4. Make U Love Me

5. It's In The Mornin ~ (featuring Snoop Dogg)

6. Shakin' It 4 Daddy ~ (featuring Nicki Minaj)

7. Elevatas ~ (featuring Kid Cudi)

8. Rollacoasta

9. Million Dolla Baby

10. 2 Luv Birds

11. Jus Right

12. Diamonds

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Audio Mixers: Richard Travali; Robin Thicke; Teddy Riley; Bill Malina; Jeff Bhasker.
	Recording information: Blue Jay Studios; Chung King Studios; Germano Studios; Henson Studios; No Excuses Studios, Santa Monica, CA; Record Plant Recording Studios; Studio 609 West; Teddy Riley Studios; Thom Thom Studios.
	Photographer: Yu Tsai .
	Sex Therapy is an evasive maneuver to prevent Robin Thicke from being pigeonholed as a "grown folks" R&B singer. It's evident that hits -- more specifically, appealing to younger listeners -- is the goal. While Thicke's previous album, Something Else, did well on the album charts, it maintained a classicist sound throughout, produced only one major single, and featured only one appearance from a guest MC. Sex Therapy, however, enlists Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, the Game, Kid Cudi, and Nicki "Stick shift the ding-a-ling" Minaj -- not to mention Estelle and Jazmine Sullivan, both of whom contribute excellent background vocals on their respective appearances. Thicke heightens the brashness downplayed on Something Else, best applied on the title track, where the cunning contrast between his masculine certitude and feather-light falsetto is in full effect. That he does it while lifting the melody from "It's My Party" -- as a near-replication of the pulse from the Art of Noise's "Moments in Love" drifts in the background -- makes it all the more daring and remarkable. Sometimes the results are either dopey (if lighthearted), as on "Meipl?," or humorously awkward, as on "Shakin' It 4 Daddy," where the oft-repeated hook "She shakin' it for daddy, she shakin' it for me" must make some listeners think of Thicke and his father instead of just Thicke. The album does not represent a total abandonment of the qualities that have connected with the singer's adult fans. "Mrs. Sexy," based on Eric B. & Rakim's Al Green-sampling "Mahogany" (to the point where he does not bother to change a line that references his skin tone), is as buttery and elegant as anything he has recorded. On "Million Dolla Baby," he takes his Marvin Gaye fixation another step forward, using "Trouble Man" as its backbone; even if it strikes you as corny, you have to admit that it is pretty slick. Above all, he continues to put one of the best voices in R&B to good use. ~ Andy Kellman
Engineer: Ann Mincieli; Brandon Kilgour; Jeremy Stevenson; Ari Raskin; Teddy Riley; Bill Malina
Musical Guests
	Jay-Z
	Snoop Dogg
	Nicki Minaj
	Kid Cudi
	Estelle
	The Game

Compilation Appearances

	Curtis (Explicit Version)
	Curtis
	Declaration
	Essence Music Festival Volume 1
	Tha Carter Iii(Explicit Version)
	Deeper Than Rap(Explicit Version)
	Deeper Than Rap(Limited Edition)(Explicit Version)
	Untitled(Explicit Version)
	Untitled
	Untitled
	Valentine's Day (Original Soundtrack)
	Q Soul Bossa Nostra
	Despicable Me (Ost)
	Slow Grind
	Essence Music Festival 15Th Ann Vol 2
	Lost & Found
	Tha Carter Iii(Explicit Version)
	Tha Carter Iii(Explicit Version)

Associated Artists and Works

Thicke, Alan

Technical Info

	Release Date : 12/15/2009
	Original Release Date : 2009
	Catalog ID : B001384802
	Label : Interscope (USA)
	Number of Discs : 1
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 06025272879974

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.82)
- "He takes a few more risks on his fourth album, slinging falsetto boasts and come-ons over futuristic assists from rappers like Jay-Z and The Game." -- Grade: B

Billboard (p.32)
- "[H]e flexes an eclectic streak...moving from the steamy soul sonics of the title track to the club-friendly bounce of 'Shakin' It 4 Daddy' to the dark electro-rock of 'Elevatas.'"

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Sex Therapy:session (2009)

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