Wanderland
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Wanderland is the second album by R&B artist Kelis, released in 2001 (see 2001 in music).
Kelis was living in Europe at the time and it was first released in Europe. The album was more experimental than the previous album and was a modest success chart-wise. According to Kelis her American record company Virgin at the time did not like the Wanderland album. The record executives at Virgin felt the album material didn't have a strong enough singles and therefore did not release in the United States. [1] Kelis did return to the United States later on where she fell in love with and later married Nas.
The album only spawned one single, "Young, Fresh N' New", which became her third solo top 40 hit in the U.K. Unfortunately though, the single was not a particularly big hit elsewhere.
Despite the album only being a moderate success, two tracks featured on Wanderland went on to be used elsewhere. "Flash Back" (re-titled "Flashback") was featured on her third album Tasty and a new version of "Popular Thug", which replaced Pusha T from Clipse with Nas, was featured on The Neptunes' album The Neptunes Presents... Clones.
Personnel
| Kelis | vocals |
| C Minus | scratching |
| Tom Dumont | guitar |
| Fieldy | bass |
| Tony Kanal | bass |
| Adrian Young | drums |
Track listing
| # | Title | Written by | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 1:11 |
| 2. | "Young, Fresh N' New" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 4:37 |
| 3. | "Flash Back" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Popular Thug" | Hugo, Jones, Williams | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Daddy" | Hugo, Thornton, Williams | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Scared Money" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 4:00 |
| 7. | "Shooting Stars" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 6:18 |
| 8. | "Digital World" | Hugo, Porter, Williams | 4:25 |
| 9. | "Perfect Day" | Dumont, Hugo, Kanal, Stefani, Williams | 3:56 |
| 10. | "Easy Come, Easy Go" | Clinton, Collins, Hugo, Patterson, Rogers, Tilmon, Williams, Worrell, Wright, Young | 3:33 |
| 11. | "Junkie" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 2:57 |
| 12. | "Get Even" | Hugo, Williams | 4:12 |
| 13. | "Mr. U.F.O. Man" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 4:27 |
| 14. | "Little Suzie" | Hugo, Rogers, Williams | 11:48 |
Hidden track "I Don't Care" can be found on some editions at the end of "Little Suzie". Other editions have an extended mix of the "Intro."
Singles
Production
| Producers | Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams |
| Executive producers | Chad Hugo, Rob Walker, Pharrell Williams |
| Engineers | Andrew Coleman, Brian Garten |
| Mixing | Serban Ghenea, Ken Ifill |
| A&R | Keith Wood |
| Instrumentation | Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams |
| Arrangers | Chad Hugo, Pharrell Williams |
| Cover photo | Michelle Laurita |
| Photography | Pauline St. Denis |
Charts
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 2001 | "Young, Fresh N' New" | UK Singles Chart | 32 |