Fantasy Ride

Fantasy Ride is the third studio album by American singer Ciara, first released on May 3, 2009, by Jive Records, LaFace Records and Sony Music Entertainment. The album was recorded between 2007 and 2009. Ciara was executive producer on the album along with co-executive Mark Pitts and, Ciara worked with several record producers, including Blac Elvis, Benny Blanco, Blade, Jasper Cameron, The Clutch, Darkchild, Danja, Dr. Luke, Jason Nevins, Jim Beanz, Los da Maestro, Ne-Yo, Osinachi Nwaneri, Polow da Don, The-Dream, Tricky Stewart, Justin Timberlake, T-Pain. The album featured several guest appearances from several different R&B and hip hop artists like Timberlake, Ludacris, Chris Brown, Young Jeezy, The-Dream, Missy Elliott. Musically, Fantasy Ride is a departure from Ciara's crunk sound, which was on her first two albums and features a mixture of R&B, hip hop and dance music in the album's overall sound. For the album, Ciara created a super hero character called "Super C" who "is a character that people will learn more about on this record. That is my alter ego. Super C doesn't hold back. She is definitely aggressive. She goes hard. Super C can do some magical and funky things. She works hard. She dances to the 10th power. She does everything to the 10th power."^[1]

Fantasy Ride
Studio album by Ciara
Released	May 3, 2009
Recorded	2007–2009
Genre	Hip hop dance R&B
Length	50:46
Label	Jive LaFace Sony Music
Producer	Blac Elvis Benny Blanco Blade The Clutch Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Danja Dr. Luke Jason Nevins Jim Beanz Los Da Mystro Ne-Yo Syience Osinachi Nwaneri Polow da Don Terius "The-Dream" Nash C. "Tricky" Stewart Chris N Teeb Justin Timberlake Rob Knox T-Pain
Ciara chronology
Ciara: The Evolution (2006) Fantasy Ride (2009) Basic Instinct (2010)
Singles from Fantasy Ride
"Go Girl" Released: September 26, 2008 "Never Ever" Released: January 19, 2009 "Love Sex Magic" Released: March 3, 2009 "Work" Released: July 24, 2009

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B[3]
The Guardian	[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Newsday	B[6]
Pitchfork	4.4/10[7]
PopMatters	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Slant Magazine	[10]
Yahoo! Music UK	[11]

Fantasy Ride received mixed reviews from music critics.^[12]

Track listing

Standard editions

Fantasy Ride track listing
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ciara to the Stage"	Don Vito Tricky Stewart Blade[a]	3:46
2.	"Love Sex Magic" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	The Y's	3:40
3.	"High Price" (featuring Ludacris)	Tricky Stewart The-Dream	4:03
4.	"Turntables" (featuring Chris Brown)	Danja	4:32
5.	"Like a Surgeon"	Tricky Stewart The-Dream	4:27
6.	"Never Ever" (featuring Young Jeezy)	Ester Dean Polow da Don Elvis Williams	4:33
7.	"Lover's Thing" (featuring The-Dream)	Los da Mystro	3:28
8.	"Work" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Danja The Incredible Lago[b]	4:06
9.	"Pucker Up"	Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins Osinachi Nwaneri	3:52
10.	"G Is for Girl (A–Z)"	The Y's	3:37
11.	"Keep Dancin' on Me"	Tricky Stewart The-Dream	3:33
12.	"Tell Me What Your Name Is"	Dr. Luke Benny Blanco	3:38
13.	"I Don't Remember"	Polow da Don	3:48
Total length:			50:46

US iTunes Store pre-order bonus track[13]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"When I"	Dreshan "Champ Champ" Smith	4:03
Total length:			54:49

Europe bonus track[13]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Echo"	Danja	3:38
Total length:			54:24

iTunes Store bonus tracks[14][15][16]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Echo"	Danja	3:38
15.	"Never Ever" (Mike D Radio Remix)	Dean Polow da Don Williams Mike D[c]	4:03
Total length:			58:27

Japan bonus tracks[17]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Echo"	Danja	3:38
15.	"Go Girl" (featuring T-Pain)	T-Pain Cameron	4:30
16.	"Never Ever" (Mirk Radio Mix)	Dean Polow da Don Williams Mirk[c]	5:01
Total length:			63:55

Deluxe editions

Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Echo"	Danja	3:38
15.	"I'm On"	Chris Grayson Khatneeb Muhammad	3:56
Total length:			58:20

Deluxe edition DVD[18]
No.	Title	Content type	Length
1.	"The Photoshoot"	behind the scenes footage	6:23
2.	"In the Studio"	behind the scenes footage	6:38
3.	"At Rehearsal"	behind the scenes footage	4:19
4.	"The Making of Love Sex Magic"	behind the scenes footage	10:38
5.	"Love Sex Magic" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	music video	3:41
6.	"The Making of Never Ever"	behind the scenes footage	3:54
7.	"Never Ever" (featuring Young Jeezy)	music video	5:10
8.	"The Making of Go Girl"	behind the scenes footage	5:55
9.	"Go Girl" (featuring T-Pain)	music video	4:05
Total length:			50:43

Japan deluxe edition bonus tracks[19]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Echo"	Danja	3:38
15.	"I'm On"	Grayson Muhammad	3:56
16.	"Go Girl" (featuring T-Pain)	T-Pain Cameron	4:30
17.	"Never Ever" (Mirk Radio Mix)	Dean Polow da Don Williams Mirk[c]	5:01
18.	"Love Sex Magic" (Electric Bounce Remix)	The Y's Jason Nevins[C]	3:12
Total length:			71:11

iTunes Store bonus track version bonus tracks[20]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
14.	"Echo"	Danja	3:38
15.	"I'm On"	Grayson Muhammad	3:56
16.	"Fit of Love"	Reggie "Syience" Perry	3:18
17.	"Never Ever" (Mike D Radio Remix)	Dean Polow da Don Williams Mirk[c]	4:03
18.	"When I"	Dreshan "Champ Champ" Smith	4:03
Total length:			69:52

iTunes Store deluxe/extended versions[21][22]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
16.	"Never Ever" (Mike D Radio Remix)	Dean Polow da Don Williams Mirk[c]	4:03
17.	"Behind the Scenes In the Studio"		6:37
18.	"Behind the Scenes At Rehearsal"		4:18
19.	"Behind the Scenes At the Photo Shoot & With the Illustrator"		6:22
20.	"Making of: Go Girl"		5:54
21.	"Making of: Never Ever"		3:53
22.	"Making of: Love Sex Magic"		10:37
Total length:			100:12

EP version

Fantasy Ride – The Mini Collection (EP)[23][24]
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Sex Magic" (featuring Justin Timberlake)	The Y's	3:40
2.	"Work" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Danja The Incredible Lago[b]	4:05
3.	"Work (remix)" (Pokerface club edit)	Danja The Incredible Lago[b]	4:08
4.	"Goodies (remix)" (featuring T.I. and Jazze Pha)	Lil Jon Garrett	4:21
5.	"1,2 Step" (featuring Missy Elliott)	Jazze Pha Pierre Medore	3:22
6.	"Like a Boy"	Calvo Da Gr8	3:56
Total length:			23:42

Notes

• ^{^[a]} signifies a co-producer
• ^{^[b]} signifies a vocal producer
• ^{^[c]} signifies an additional production for remix

Personnel

• Marcella "Ms. Lago" Araica – audio mixing (tracks 4, 6, 8), additional production (8), recording engineer (4, 8)
• Chris Athens – mastering
• Jim Beanz – vocal arrangement (track 4)
• Benjamin "Benny Blanco" Levin – drums, keyboards, programming, producer (track 12)
• Derek Blanks – photographer
• Brandon "Blade" Bowles – music producer (track 1)
• Chris Brown – vocals, vocal arrangement (track 4)
• Bernard Chang – illustrations
• Aubry Delane – assistant recording engineer (track 13)
• Carlos "Los da Mystro" McKinney – music producer (track 7)
• Mike Donaldson – recording engineer, audio mixing (track 9)
• Mike Elizondo – instrumentation (tracks 2, 10)
• Paul Foley – recording engineer (tracks 2, 10)
• Yolonda Frederick – make-up
• Serban Ghenea – audio mixing (track 12)
• Lukasz "Dr. Luke" Gottwald – guitar, drums, keyboards, music programming, production (track 12)
• Tatiana Gottwald – assistant recording engineer (track 12)
• Matty Green – audio mixing assistant (tracks 2, 10)
• Mariel Haenn – stylist
• Christy Hall – production assistant (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11)
• John Hanes – additional Pro-Tools recording engineer (track 12)
• Kuk Harrell – vocal producer (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11), vocal recording engineer (3, 5, 7, 11), mixing technician
• Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – music producer, audio mixing, vocal producer (track 9)
• Rob Knox – instrumentation (tracks 2, 10)
• Giancarlo Lino – audio mixing assistant (tracks 1, 5, 11)
• Carlton Lynn – recording engineer (tracks 6, 13)
• Andile Majozi – assistant
• Terius "The-Dream" Nash – songwriter (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11), co-producer (3, 5, 11), vocals (7), vocal arrangement
• Candice Nelson – songwriter, vocal arrangement (track 4)
• Jared Newcomb – audio mixing assistant (tracks 4, 6, 8)
• Osinachi Nwaneri – music producer (track 9)
• Carlos Oyanedel – audio mixing assistant (tracks 9, 13)
• Dave Pensado – audio mixing (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7, 11)
• Mark Pitts – executive producer
• Jamal "Polow da Don" Jones – producer (tracks 6, 13)
• Ramon Rivas – assistant recording engineer (track 12)
• Tim Roberts – assistant Pro-Tools recording engineer (track 12)
• Todd Rubenstein – assistant recording engineer (track 12)
• Becky Scott – production coordination (track 12)
• Kelly "Becky 4 Real" Sheehan – instrumental recording engineer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11)
• Vanessa Silberma – production coordination (track 12)
• Gary "G" Silver – production coordination (track 12)
• Spike Stent – audio mixing (tracks 2, 10)
• Christopher "Tricky" Stewart – music producer (tracks 1, 3, 5, 11)
• Phil Tan – audio mixing (tracks 9, 13)
• Faheem "T-Pain" Najm – producer ("Go Girl")
• Brian "B Luv" Thomas – instrumental recording engineer (tracks 3, 5)
• Pat Thrall – instrumental recording engineer (tracks 1, 3)
• Randy Urbanski – audio mixing assistant (tracks 1, 3)
• Courtney Walter – art direction, design
• Elvis "Blac Elvis" Williams – producer (track 6)
• Emily Wright – recording engineer, vocal editing (track 12)
• Kiyah Wright – hair stylist
• Andrew Wuepper – audio mixing assistant (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11)

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for Fantasy Ride Chart (2009) Peak position Argentinean Albums (CAPIF)[25] 9 Australian Albums (ARIA)[26] 39 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[27] 58 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[28] 21 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[29] 36 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[30] 22 European Top 100 Albums (Billboard)[31] 20 French Albums (SNEP)[32] 34 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[33] 77 Irish Albums (OCC)[34] 10 Italian Albums (FIMI)[35] 69 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[36] 18 Polish Albums (ZPAV)[37] 38 Scottish Albums (OCC)[38] 17 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[39] 13 UK Albums (OCC)[40] 9 UK R&B Albums (OCC)[37] 2 US Billboard 200[41] 3 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[42] 2 World Albums Top 40 (Billboard)[37] 4

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for Fantasy Ride Chart (2009) Position US Billboard 200[43] 190 US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[44] 51

Release history

Release history for Fantasy Ride

Region	Edition	Date	Label
United Kingdom	Standard (download + bonus tracks)	May 3, 2009[45][46]	RCA
	Standard (Single disc + bonus track)	May 4, 2009[47]
	Extended (CD + DVD content)	May 5, 2009
United States[48]	Standard (single disc) Limited (CD + DVD content)		LaFace
Canada[49]	Standard (single disc) Limited (CD+DVD content)		Sony Music
Japan[50]	Standard (single disc)	May 13, 2009	Sony Music Japan
Brazil[51]		May 15, 2009	Sony Music
Japan[52]	Limited (CD + DVD content)	May 27, 2009	Sony Music Japan
Germany[53][54]	Standard (single disc) Limited (CD + DVD content)	June 5, 2009	Sony Music
United Kingdom[55]	The Mini Collection	July 27, 2009	RCA