Her remarkable Epic/Daylight debut album, Not That Kind ( due out June, 2000 ), can't be classified simply as any one thing: dance music, pop music, rock, r&b. Featuring the premier single 'I'm Outta Love, the album is a blend of all these sounds and morea compelling collection of original songs drawing on the full spectrum of this gifted artist's musical influences and life experience.
Not That Kind finds the singer collaborating with some of the industy's most skilled pop craftsmen. The most prominent is Grammy Award winner Ric Wake, whose resum� includes major hits by Mariah Carey, Celine Dion, and Taylor Dane. Rick produced the moving ballad ''Nothin' At All'' and also brought his expert touch to ''Not That Kind''--an Anastacia song with an arrangement that echoes prime Stevie Wonder--and to ''Wishing Well,'' a mid-tempo track with an unforgettable chorus. Ric and The Shadowmen co-produced the rock-flavored ''Cowboys & Kisses,'' which was co-written by Anastacia.
Sam Watters of Color Me Badd and Louis Biancaniello produced four standout tracks including ''Made For Lovin' You,'' ''Don't You Wanna,'' ''I Ask Of You'', and the eminently danceable ''I'm Outta Love.'' Sam and Louis co-wrote all four songs with Anastacia.
Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers are the hitmaking composers of N'Sync's
(A Little More Time On You). Sturken and Rogers produced two tracks:
''Same Old Story,'' co-written with Anastacia; and ''Who's Gonna Stop The Rain.''
''Most of these songs were written quickly and spontaneously,'' says the singer, ''and that's how I sang them. Because if I'm singing the song too long or too many times, it becomes contrived. I'm no longer singing the way I want to sing, but the way I think the song should be sang.''
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