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The cover artwork to Kala, designed by Steve Loveridge, features neon fractal patterns and repeated slogans, including "Fight On! Fight On! Fight On!", which surrounds her image on the front cover. [34] The cover was considered garish, prompting The Village Voice to comment "Maybe one day [she'll] make an album cover that it doesn't hurt to ...
Her second album, Kala, was released in 2007 along with the single "Boyz" and was also praised by critics, drawing more extensively from African, Tamil and Caribbean music. It proved much more commercially successful than her debut, reaching number 18 on the US Billboard 200 and number 21 on the UK Albums Chart .
By year end, Kala was named the best album of 2007 by publications including Rolling Stone and Blender. [85] Metacritic reported in 2010 that Kala was the tenth Best-Reviewed Electronic/Dance Album on the website of the 2000–09 decade, one position below her debut album Arular. [ 61 ]
The album, inspired by her father Arul Pragasam's involvement in the Tamil independence movement in Sri Lanka, heavily incorporates themes of conflict and revolution into dance songs. [4] [5] [6] While M.I.A. wanted to work with American producer Timbaland for Arular ' s follow-up album Kala (2007), her application for a long-term US work visa ...
The album's cover features the singer's face almost completely hidden by YouTube player bars. [47] MTV's Kyle Anderson described the cover, which was previewed in June 2010, as "a typically busy, trippy, disorienting piece of art" and speculated that it might be "a statement about 21st century privacy". [ 48 ]
Kala: Top Electronic Album: Nominated 2008: M.I.A. Top Hot Dance Singles Sales Artist Nominated [5] Top Electronic Artist: Won Kala: Top Electronic Album: Won "Paper Planes" Top Hot Dance Single Sales: Nominated
Ahead of the album release and upcoming tour, kicking off in April, Cara caught up with PEOPLE to discuss her latest partnership, Love & Hyperbole, the forthcoming 10th anniversary of her 2015 ...
Following the moderate chart performance of "Boyz", "Jimmy" was released in Japan in July 2007 as the album's lead single, and the second single in other countries.XL Recordings distributed "Jimmy" in CD single, 7" and 12" formats in the UK on 10 November 2007, however the song leaked in the country prior to release while the singer was on tour. [1]