''RA'' (stylized as ''R∆'') is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter and record producer
Simon Curtis. It was released
independently on June 7, 2011. The album peaked at number 20 on the
''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Albums
Top Dance/Electronic Albums, Dance/Electronic Albums (formerly Top Electronic Albums) is a music chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine which ranks the top-selling electronic music albums in the United States based on sales compiled by ...
chart.
Background and composition
Curtis described ''RA'' as a "diary of where my mind has been during the past year of my life, dealing with deep betrayal, heartache, sex and the exploration of what lengths someone will go to to achieve his destiny" and said ''8-Bit Heart'' was "a plea for love" and that ''RA'' "doesn't want anything to do with it."
Critical reception
Sam Lansky
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of MuuMuse noted the influence of
Britney Spears
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as well as
Darren Hayes
Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May 1972) is an Australian singer and songwriter. He was the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden until their disbandment. Their 1997 album ''Savage Garden (Savage Garden album), Savage Garden'' peaked a ...
on the album and said that while Curtis "knows that creating music that makes us want to dance is imperative" he, "like Darren, ... writes out of some very private vulnerability, documenting the darkest pieces of himself – the rage and the resentment, the envy and the cynicism – in a way that makes the music so much more compelling than it would be if he’d kept it all neatly compartmentalized."
Track listing
Charts
References
External links
Official website
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2011 albums
Self-released albums