''Aaron's Party (Come Get It)'' is the second studio album by American pop singer

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. It serves as the follow-up to his international debut album. ''Aaron's Party'' was released in the fall of 2000 becoming his first album under

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. It includes the singles " Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "

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", "Bounce", and "

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". The album was also certified 3× platinum by the

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for selling over 3 million copies in the United States, making it Carter's most successful album.

Synopsis

All of the songs on the standard album were separated by interludes, added in the pre-gaps of each song. Their lengths span from a one-second-long interlude titled "Let's Go" to a skit over a minute long titled "Teacher". In some regions, "(Have Some) Fun with the Funk" (also available on the ''Pokémon: The First Movie'' soundtrack) and "

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" were released as bonus tracks, bringing those releases' total number of songs to 14. Some releases of the album also have differences; instead of "Hang On Sloopy" as a bonus track, the UK edition included "Jump, Jump", which also featured on the test pressing of the album. The European version notably added "Life is a Party" (available on ''The Other Me'' soundtrack). The Japanese edition (as well as having both bonus tracks and a spoken "Aaron Message") had a completely different album cover; some versions of this cover include it being completely orange apart from a circle around Carter's face at a party. The party cover is the main cover for some editions as well.

Promotion and tour

The songs "Girl You Shine", "I Want Candy", "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", "That's How I Beat Shaq", and "Bounce" were played frequently on

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whereas the videos of "I Want Candy", "

", "Aaron's Party (Come Get It)", and "Bounce" received heavy rotation on

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and

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. He also made several appearances on Nickelodeon and opened concerts for

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and the

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. Late in 2000, the album was certified platinum. One of his songs, "Iko Iko" was featured in the 2000 movie '' The Little Vampire'', later included to the soundtrack album which is released ten days before the movie premiere. "Girl You Shine" was featured on '' Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 2'' in early 2000. "Bounce" is featured on ''Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 4''. Carter promoted his album by performing "I Want Candy" on ''

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'' on March 13, 2001. That same month, he and fellow teen star

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performed at a concert held at Disney MGM Studios that aired on the

titled ''Aaron Carter and Samantha Mumba in Concert''. Carter's part of the concert can be seen on the

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'' Aaron's Party: Live in Concert'' along with the music video of "That's How I Beat Shaq" along with clips of him at Disney World, his 13th birthday, and Carter recording his then-upcoming album ''

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''. Carter embarked on the Aaron's Party Tour in the summer of 2001 with his sister and the

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as the opening act.

Critical reception

The album received mixed reviews from

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. Jon Azpiri from

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gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that like "bubblegum acts of the past" the only value of the album is to be "pure kitsch" and the album being "the sort of album you look back on years after its release and mock with ironic glee". David Browne from ''

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'' described the album as "a collection of rhythmic, ultradisposable jingles delivered in the chirpy voice of its leading tyke" and gave the album a C−. Rob Sheffield from ''

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'' gave the album two out of five stars and wrote that Carter "discovers the thrills of impending puberty with a helping hand from "My Internet Girl" and chirps the least metaphorical version of "I Want Candy" ever". He also criticized the singer's voice, calling it "too Buffy" and "not Jody enough".

Track listing

On most CD editions, each interlude was placed in the pre-gap before the following track, while on others, the interludes were placed as their own separate tracks.

Synopsis

Promotion and tour

Critical reception

Track listing

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References