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''A Public Affair'' is the fifth studio album by American pop singer Jessica Simpson. The album was released on August 26, 2006 in the United States by Epic Records. The album is Simpson's first effort following her divorce from Nick Lachey in early 2006.〔http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/Jessica-Simpson/biography/〕〔http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/jessica-simpson/biography〕 The album was produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Cory Rooney, Scott Storch, Stargate and Lester Mendez. Simpson appears as a co-writer of nine of the thirteen songs on the album. ''A Public Affair'' received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its musical diversity from Simpson's previous albums, while also criticizing its length. The album debuted at #5 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 with first-week sales of 101,000 copies. ''A Public Affair'' has sold 500,000 units in the US and 1,000,000 copies worldwide to date.〔http://www.jessicasimpsonmusic.net/biography.php〕〔http://poponthepop.com/2008/09/18/jessica-simpsons-do-you-know-country-album-tops-billboard-country-chart/〕 It is the last pop album Simpson released before switching to country music. Three singles were released from the record, the lead single, "A Public Affair" was the album's most successful single, became Simpson's sixth top-twenty single in the US and her third song to reach number 14 tied with "With You" (2004) and "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" (2005). The next single, "I Belong to Me", failed to chart on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The third single "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" was released as a promo single. Her version of the song barely made the Pop 100, and failed to make the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, however, it charted to no. 20 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100, which is equivalent to no. 120. Simpson's version has new lyrics and only preserves the chorus of the song.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= A Public Affair – Awards )〕 The UK version was released on February 12, 2007 and included the video for "A Public Affair" and the audio for "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" as UK bonus tracks. ==Production== MTV first reported that Simpson's first album after her divorce would be released in late 2005. It was also reported that Simpson had parted ways with Columbia, and would release future albums through Epic Records. Simpson was inspired by Janet Jackson for the album, saying "I do love singing ballads, but I took a different approach. I didn't do a big string-session type of ballad I'm used to." "I took more of a Janet Jackson approach. More of an 'Earth Angel' type of approach." Simpson contacted Jackson's main producers Jam and Lewis to produce several songs on the album. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Public Affair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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