Oh Aaron Explained

Oh Aaron
Type:studio
Artist:Aaron Carter
Cover:Oh Aaron (Aaron Carter album - cover art).jpg
Alt:A male teenager with blonde hair is wearing an orange t-shirt and a bead necklace. The artist's name is colored in black and orange, and the album title is colored in white.
Released:August 7, 2001
Recorded:2001
Label:Jive
Prev Title:Aaron's Party (Come Get It)
Prev Year:2000
Next Title:Another Earthquake!
Next Year:2002

Oh Aaron is the third studio album by American teen pop singer Aaron Carter, released in the summer of 2001 as his second album through Jive Records. The album features three collaborations with No Secrets and his older brother Nick. Despite receiving mixed reviews and not being as successful internationally as his second album, it found success in the US, peaking at number seven and being certified Platinum by the RIAA, and subsequently becoming Aaron's second top 10 album and second platinum-selling album.

Oh Aaron was accompanied by a concert DVD of the same name, which was released on March 26, 2002, and included footage of his 2001 concert in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as music videos and interviews.

Play Along Toys also created an Aaron Carter action figure in conjunction with the album's release.

Singles

Critical reception

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine commended Carter's voice for sounding less childish but criticized his performance of kid-friendly songs with adolescent overtones and sexual themes, and the producers for utilizing "cut and paste commercialism" with various genres throughout the track listing, saying it comes across as "disturbing pandering". Beth Johnson from Entertainment Weekly said about the record, "Preteens across the country can rejoice: 13-year-old cutie-pie Aaron Carter has released his second sing-along album in less than a year. Apparently A.C. (as he name-checks himself) knows what his fans like: cheery BSB/'N Sync-style raps, puppy-love ballads, and songs with "You" in the title (there are four of them). As harmless (for kids) as it is unlistenable (for adults)."

In their look at the Least Essential Albums of 2001, The A.V. Club awarded Oh Aaron the title of Least Essential Awkward Adolescence, with Stephen Thompson saying, "[A]ppearing to have aged about five years since 2000's Aaron's Party (Come Get It) and now possessing a voice that's gone from chirpy to unsure, the singer/rapper seems ill-suited for inching his way into artistic relevance as he begins to sprout facial hair and think about muscle cars."[1]

Track listing

Notes

Personnel

Vocals

Instrumentation

Production

Artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001–2002)! scope="col"
Peak
position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[2] 33
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[3] 73

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)!scope="col"
Position
US Billboard 200[4] 153
Chart (2002)Position
US Billboard 200[5] 144

Notes and References

  1. Least Essential Albums of 2001. Thompson. Stephen. The A.V. Club. The Onion. December 12, 2001. November 3, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20060329110922/http://www.avclub.com/content/node/24910/1/1. March 29, 2006. dead.
  2. Web site: Albums : Top 100. Jam!. August 31, 2001. April 11, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20041027062735/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicCharts/prev_083001_ALBUMS.html. October 27, 2004.
  3. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970-2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9.
  4. Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2001. Billboard. May 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150602150021/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2001/top-billboard-200-albums/. June 2, 2015. dead.
  5. Year-End Charts: Billboard 200 Albums - 2002. Billboard. May 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20221012200644/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2002/top-billboard-200-albums. October 12, 2022. live.