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Full Moon
Studio album by Brandy
Released	February 25, 2002 March 5, 2002 March 26, 2002
Recorded	2000-2001; The Record Planet (Los Angeles, California), Darkchild Studios (Pleasantville, New Jersey), Human Rhythm Studios (Los Angeles, California), The Hit Factory (New York City, New York), The Studios (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre	R&B
Length	70:34
Label	Atlantic Records 83493
Producer	Brandy Norwood, Warryn Campbell, Mike City, Keith Crouch, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III, Robert "Big Bert" Smith
Professional reviews
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Brandy chronology
Never Say Never (1998) Full Moon (2002) Afrodisiac (2004) Singles from Full Moon "What About Us" Released: February 2002 "Full Moon" Released: June 2002 "He Is" Released: September 2002

Full Moon is the third studio album by American R&B singer Brandy, released by Atlantic Records on February 25, 2002 outside North America, and on March 5, 2002 (see 2002 in music) in Canada and the United States. Brandy primarily worked with Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins on the majority of the album's production.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Production and title 1.2 Release and reception 2 Track listing 2.1 Bonus tracks 3 Credits and personnel 3.1 Production 4 Charts and certification 5 Notes

After a lengthy hiatus that saw the end of the Moesha television series, and a flurry of tabloid headlines discussing her bout with "dehydration", Brandy eventually entered recording studios in mid-2000 to start work on her then-untitled third album with producer Rodney Jerkins, and his Darkchild crew, among Fred Jerkins III, Nora Payne, and LaShawn Daniels.^[1] While Jerkins contributed most to the album and moreover served as its executive producer, Norwood also worked with producers Keith Crouch, Mike City, Warryn Campbell, and Robert "Big Bert" Smith. In addition, she also recorded with Babyface, Soulshock & Karlin, The Neptunes, and rapper Ja Rule, but none of the songs written with them made the final tracklisting.^[2][3]

Although the singer revealed that the album's "focus was very much on the technical," and "about how it sounded,"^[4] Brandy regarded Full Moon as a pure concept album based on the development of a male-female relationship: "It's definitely the concept for the album--me falling in love, then going through some turbulence, and then, at the end, I find the person that I really want to be with--so it's a great concept and it's a great experience that I had."^[5] In an interview with MTV News Norwood told, that she entitled the album Full Moon, because she had done a "complete circle" and felt "whole": "All of that's reflected in the music. It's autobiographical. Everything that I've gone through in the last three years is reflected."^[6]

Although Full Moon was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Contemporary R&B Album", media reception for the album was generally mixed. While most professional reviewers saw comparisons to Michael Jackson's 2001 studio album Invincible, the album was praised for Brandy and Jerkins' idea of "forward-thinking musical maturity" and the growth of Norwood's "now scratchy, evocative edge" in her voice. By contrast, Rolling Stone Magazine declared Full Moon as "frantic, faceless, fake-sexy R&B," and Andy Kellman from All Music Guide cited the album "more mature and consistent" but "too lengthy." However, Brandy's third album became a global success: Full Moon debuted on top of the U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop albums chart, and at number two on the Billboard 200, selling more than 155,000 copies in its first week of release.^[7] Sales declined soon but uniformly continuous, and the album eventually received a platinum certification by the RIAA for more than one million copies shipped to stores.^[8] While the album entered the top twenty on the majority of the charts it appeared on oustide the United States, it also reached the top ten in Switzerland, Germany, Canada, and the UK.

#	Title
1.	"B-Rocka Intro"	1:19
2.	"Full Moon"	4:08
3.	"I Thought"	4:29
4.	"When You Touch Me"	5:42
5.	"Like This"	4:32
6.	"All in Me"	4:00
7.	"Apart"	4:27
8.	"Can We"	4:43
9.	"What About Us?"	4:12
10.	"Anybody"	4:50
11.	"Nothing"	4:48
12.	"It's Not Worth It"	4:23
13.	"He Is"	4:21
14.	"Come a Little Closer"	4:32
15.	"Love Wouldn't Count Me Out"	4:19
16.	"WOW"	4:12

17.	"Die Without You" (with Ray-J) [U.S. bonus]	3:56
18.	"Another Day in Paradise" (with Ray-J) [EU bonus]	4:12
19.	"I Wanna Fall in Love" [Japanese bonus]	3:52

Lori Andrews - strings Larry Gold - cello Edward Green - strings Gerald Heyward - drums Jubu - guitar Suzie Katayama - conductor Lila Kazakova - strings Kimbo - violin Eugene Mechtovich - strings Patrick Morgan - strings

Michele Nardone - strings Isaac Phillips - guitar Robin Ross - strings Marston Smith - strings Thomas Tally - strings Charles Veal, Jr. - strings Zheng Wang - strings Joe "Flip" Wilson - piano Tibor Zelig - strings Yihuaw Zhao - strings

• Executive producers: Craig Kallmann, Brandy Norwood, Ron Shapiro
• Vocal producer: Brandy
• Vocal assistance: Ray-J, Joe Lewis Thomas Michael Jackson
• Engineers: Jim Bottari, Stuart Brawley, Reginald Dozier, Jan Fairchild, Thor Laewe, Michael "Wolf" Reaves
• Assistant engineers: J.D. Andrew, Kenneth B. Hertz, Michael Huff, Marc Stephen Lee, Steve Robillard, Javier Valverde
• Mixing: Jon Gass, Brad Gilderman, Manny Marroquin, Dave Pensado, Dexter Simmons
• Mastering: Tom Coyne
• A&R: Andrew Feigenbaum, Craig Kallman, Brandy Norwood
• Design: Thomas Bricker
• Art Direction: Thomas Bricker
• Photography: Marc Baptiste

Chart (2002)	Provider	Peak position	Certification	Sales
Australian Albums Chart	ARIA	13 [9]
Austrian Albums Chart	Media Control	54 [9]
Belgian Albums Chart	Ultratop/Nielsen	26
Canadian Top 50	CRIA/Nielsen SoundScan	8	Gold	50,000+
Dutch Albums Chart	Nielsen	23 [9]
French Albums Chart	SNEP/IFOP	12 [9]
German Albums Chart	Media Control	8 [9]
Japanese Albums Chart	Oricon	15
New Zealand Albums Chart	RIANZ	14 [9]
Norwegian Albums Chart	VG Nett	24 [9]
Swedish Albums Chart	GLF	20 [9]
Swiss Albums Chart	Media Control	7 [9]
UK Top 75 Albums	BPI/The Official UK Charts Company	9	Gold	100,000+
U.S. Billboard 200	Billboard	2	Platinum	1,000,000+
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums		1
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums		2

v • d • e Brandy
Studio albums	Brandy • Never Say Never • Full Moon • Afrodisiac • Fifth studio album
Other albums	The Best of Brandy
EPs	U Don't Know Me • The Brandy Star Profile • Rhino Hi-Five: Brandy
DVDs	The Videos • VH1 Divas 1999 • Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella
Singles	"I Wanna Be Down" • "Baby" • "Best Friend" • "Brokenhearted" • "Sittin' up in My Room" • "Missing You" • "The Boy Is Mine" • "Top of the World" • "Have You Ever?" • "Angel in Disguise" • "Almost Doesn't Count" • "U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To)" • "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You"" • "Never Say Never" • "Another Day in Paradise" • "What About Us?" • "Full Moon" • "He Is" • "Talk About Our Love" • "Who Is She 2 U" • "Afrodisiac" •
Other Songs	"Turn It Up" • "Wake Up Everybody"
Filmography	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella • I Still Know What You Did Last Summer • Double Platinum • Osmosis Jones
Related topics	Discography • Filmography • Videography • Awards and nominations • Moesha • Ray J • 2006 car accident • Brandy products