Freak of Nature

For the US edition of the album, three tracks from the album were remixed ("One Day in Your Life", "You'll Never Be Alone", and "Don't Stop (Doin' It)"). A new track, "I Thought I Told You That", a collaboration with Faith Evans, was also included on the US album. A collectors edition of the album was released in Europe in November 2002, featuring a bonus disc containing "I Thought I Told You That", a cover version of the Disney song "Someday My Prince Will Come", and "Boom" (which served as the 2002 FIFA World Cup official song), as well as three remixes and two live recordings.

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last=Promis |first=Jose F |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/freak-of-nature-mw0000017733 |title=Freak of Nature – Anastacia |website=AllMusic |access-date=July 4, 2011 |quote=...continues with the late-'80s bombastic funk/soul/pop revival...}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = B{{cite magazine |last=Bautz |first=Mark |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2002/06/28/freak-nature/ |title=Freak of Nature |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |issue=660–661 |date=June 28, 2002 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |archive-date=September 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927121945/http://www.ew.com/article/2002/06/28/freak-nature |url-status=dead }}

| rev4 = Entertainment.ie

| rev4score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web |last=Lynch |first=Andrew |url=http://entertainment.ie/album-review/Anastacia-Freak-of-Nature/1758.htm |title=Anastacia – Freak of Nature |publisher=entertainment.ie |date=3 November 2001 |access-date=July 4, 2011}}

| rev5 = NME

| rev5score = 2/10{{cite web |last=Pattison |first=Louis |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/5938 |title=Anastacia : Freak Of Nature |work=NME |date=January 7, 2002 |access-date=August 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403040222/http://www.nme.com/reviews/5938 |archive-date=April 3, 2015}}

| rev6 = Q

| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Gennoe |first=Dan |title=Masterblaster |magazine=Q |date=December 2001 |page=120 |issn=0955-4955}}

| rev7 = Slant Magazine

| rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/anastacia-freak-of-nature |title=Anastacia: Freak of Nature |work=Slant Magazine |date=June 24, 2002 |access-date=August 1, 2015}}

| rev8 = Yahoo! Music

| rev8score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite web |last=Salmon |first=James |url=http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/22969.html |title=Anastacia – 'Freak Of Nature' |website=Yahoo! Music |date=November 26, 2001 |access-date=July 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135728/http://uk.launch.yahoo.com/l_reviews_a/22969.html |archive-date=July 18, 2011}}

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AllMusic editor Jose F. Promis found that Freak of Nature "continues with the late-'80s bombastic funk/soul/pop revival ushered in by her debut, Not That Kind, but this time there's a few more ballads in the mix [...] Reminiscent of Taylor Dayne at times, Anastacia successfully avoids the sophomore slump by delivering an album full of raw emotion, power, and musicality which manages to improve upon its predecessor." Entertainment Weekly noted that "Anastacia is really about R&B – in the Patti LaBelle-meets-Deborah Cox mode. Her second CD, Freak of Nature, is bombastic and overproduced, but Anastacia has major-league pipes, solid rhythm, and an ear for the commercial hook."

Aidin Vaziri from Rolling Stone wrote that Freak of Nature "is pure polish. With producer Rick Wake overseeing a majority of the cuts, the songs are tempered with as much plucky R&B; passion as they are cold hard dollar signs. Anastacia eases off the pummeling power ballads that made up most of her debut, but there are still moments of sheer overkill."{{cite magazine |last=Vaziri |first=Aidin |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/anastacia/albums/album/279946/review/5944724/freak_of_nature |title=Anastacia: Freak Of Nature |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=June 18, 2002 |access-date=July 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618234928/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/anastacia/albums/album/279946/review/5944724/freak_of_nature |archive-date=June 18, 2008}} Similarly, Yahoo! Music{{'}}s James Salmon Overall cited the album as "highly polished, well-penned pop album that is given a much-needed edge by a performer whose voice should be bottled and donated to scientific research." He felt that "Anastacia does manage to vary both tempo and mood with considerable skill. Just when you think she's about to grind to an insipid halt she snaps out of it with good old fashioned pop rants against the male species."

Slant Magazine{{'}}s Sal Cinquemani fel that Freak of Nature "steers clear of the power ballads that weighed down her debut. Though the album’s highlight is the summery, midtempo "Overdue Goodbye," Anastacia should keep the sloppy slow numbers to a minimum and, like a good bombastic diva-in-training, keep her eye on the dancefloor." In a negative review, Entertainment.ie wrote: "Anastacia's choice of material is consistently weak, largely built around 80's style power ballads that make her sound like a poor man's Tina Turner. Only on a handful of heavy, dramatic funk tracks is she allowed to really show what she can do. Freak of Nature is not without its merits as a pop album, but its title flatters itself." NME{{'}}s Louis Pattison called the album an "inauspicious follow-up" and a "relic of pop days gone by".

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 47:14

| title1 = Freak of Nature

| writer1 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Richie Jones|Eric Kupper|Billy Mann}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Ric Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = Paid My Dues

| writer2 = {{hlist|Greg Lawson|Damon Sharpe|LaMenga Kafi|Anastacia}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 3:21

| title3 = Overdue Goodbye

| writer3 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Mann}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 4:34

| title4 = You'll Never Be Alone

| writer4 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Sam Watters|Louis Biancaniello}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters}}

| length4 = 4:21

| title5 = One Day in Your Life

| writer5 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters}}

| length5 = 3:28

| title6 = How Come the World Won't Stop

| writer6 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Mann}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length6 = 4:03

| title7 = Why'd You Lie to Me

| writer7 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Sharpe|Lawson|Trey Parker|Damon Butler|Canela Cox}}

| extra7 = Wake

| length7 = 3:43

| title8 = Don'tcha Wanna

| writer8 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello|Stevie Wonder|Yvonne Wright}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters}}

| length8 = 3:43

| title9 = Secrets

| writer9 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Brian James}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 5:22

| title10 = Don't Stop (Doin' It)

| writer10 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters}}

| length10 = 4:21

| title11 = I Dreamed You

| writer11 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Derek Bramble|Lindy Robbins}}

| extra11 = Wake

| length11 = 5:04

| title12 = Overdue Goodbye (Reprise)

| writer12 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Mann}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length12 = 1:35

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{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition bonus track

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title13 = Boom

| note13 = 2002 FIFA World Cup official song

| writer13 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Glen Ballard}}

| extra13 = Ballard

| length13 = 3:19

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = US edition{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/freak-of-nature-us-bonus-track-mr0000830797 |title=Freak of Nature [US Bonus Track] – Anastacia |website=AllMusic |access-date=January 12, 2013}}

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 51:35

| title1 = Freak of Nature

| writer1 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Jones|Kupper|Mann}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length1 = 3:39

| title2 = Paid My Dues

| writer2 = {{hlist|Lawson|Sharpe|Kafi|Anastacia}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length2 = 3:21

| title3 = Overdue Goodbye

| writer3 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Mann}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 4:34

| title4 = You'll Never Be Alone

| note4 = US version

| writer4 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 4:39

| title5 = One Day in Your Life

| note5 = US version

| writer5 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}|Wake{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length5 = 3:50

| title6 = How Come the World Won't Stop

| writer6 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Mann}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length6 = 4:03

| title7 = I Thought I Told You That

| note7 = featuring Faith Evans

| writer7 = {{hlist|Miklós Malek|Nicole Renée|Anastacia}}

| extra7 = Wake

| length7 = 3:35

| title8 = Why'd You Lie to Me

| writer8 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Sharpe|Lawson|Parker|Butler|Cox}}

| extra8 = Wake

| length8 = 3:43

| title9 = Don'tcha Wanna

| writer9 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello|Wonder|Wright}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters}}

| length9 = 3:43

| title10 = Secrets

| writer10 = {{hlist|Anastacia|James}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length10 = 5:22

| title11 = Don't Stop (Doin' It)

| note11 = US version

| writer11 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Biancaniello|Watters|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}|Shawn Lucas{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length11 = 4:27

| title12 = I Dreamed You

| writer12 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Bramble|Robbins}}

| extra12 = Wake

| length12 = 5:04

| title13 = Overdue Goodbye (Reprise)

| writer13 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Mann}}

| extra13 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length13 = 1:35

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Collectors edition bonus disc

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 42:49

| title1 = I Thought I Told You That

| note1 = featuring Faith Evans

| writer1 = {{hlist|Malek|Renée|Anastacia}}

| extra1 = Wake

| length1 = 3:35

| title2 = Someday My Prince Will Come

| writer2 = {{hlist|Frank Churchill|Larry Morey}}

| extra2 = Ballard

| length2 = 3:44

| title3 = Boom

| note3 = 2002 FIFA World Cup official song

| writer3 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Ballard}}

| extra3 = Ballard

| length3 = 3:19

| title4 = Paid My Dues

| note4 = The S-Man's Darkstar Mix

| writer4 = {{hlist|Lawson|Sharpe|Kafi|Anastacia}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}|Roger Sanchez{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length4 = 5:17

| title5 = One Day in Your Life

| note5 = Hex Hector/Mac Quayle Club Mix

| writer5 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Watters|Biancaniello}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|Wake|Jones{{ref|a|[a]}}|Hector{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length5 = 10:12

| title6 = Why'd You Lie to Me

| note6 = Nu Soul DNB Mix

| writer6 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Sharpe|Lawson|Parker|Butler|Cox}}

| extra6 = {{hlist|Wake|Charlie Rosario{{ref|b|[b]}}|Maurice Joshua{{ref|b|[b]}}}}

| length6 = 6:38

| title7 = Freak of Nature

| note7 = live from Japan, September 13, 2002

| writer7 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Jones|Kupper|Mann}}

| extra7 = Chuckii Booker

| length7 = 4:23

| title8 = Overdue Goodbye

| note8 = live from Japan, September 13, 2002

| writer8 = {{hlist|Anastacia|Mann}}

| extra8 = Booker

| length8 = 5:41

}}

Notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|a}}}} signifies an additional producer
• {{sup|{{note|b|b}}}} signifies a remixer
• "Boom" does not appear on the UK collectors edition bonus disc

Sample credits

• "Don'tcha Wanna" contains portions of "I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)" by Stevie Wonder.{{cite AV media notes |title=Freak of Nature |others=Anastacia |year=2001 |type=liner notes |publisher=Epic Records |id=EPC 504757 2}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Finland|artist=Anastacia|title=Freak of Nature|award=Platinum|type=album|accessdate=April 11, 2009|salesamount=39,275}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Anastacia|title=Freak of Nature|award=Gold|number=2|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2002|date=November 6, 2002|accessdate=May 3, 2018}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|artist=Anastacia|title=Freak of Nature|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=2001|access-date=16 November 2021}}

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Poland|artist=Anastacia|title=Freak of Natore|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2001|certyear=2002|certmonth=8|date=August 28, 2002|accessdate=June 12, 2010}}

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