Through collaboration and commission, Jackie brings elements of the English tradition to new people and places; bringing a much needed calm and joy to those who hear it.

Spoiler alert; is Spanish Lady actually about Catherine of Aragon or have I been reading too much Hilary Mantel? There's also the pretty boy wall poster fodder ( Leif Garrett and John Travolta), bubblegum ( Chicory Tip), early disco, soul and, in the last track of the third CD, a snatch of new wave and a hint of the decade to come with The Boomtown Rats. In October 2014, Ciara posted a photo of her and record producer Polow da Don, who previously worked with her on her 2006 hit " Promise" and on 2009's " Never Ever".The fourth track " Dance like We're Making Love" was named a sultry and sensual midtempo pop song that has been compared to Janet Jackson. Fly" has "'80s electro sample" and a "zwurpingly odd Squarepusher chords", [25] with lyrics where Ciara insists that both her and a former lover should find happiness elsewhere. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 8 reviews.

In a positive note, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times claimed that "'Jackie' is among Ciara's strongest albums, and her most varied. Nolan Feeney of Time noted that "'Jackie' rivals 2013's self-titled quasi-comeback as Ciara's most consistent and self-assured record to date. Ciara Covers L'Uomo Vogue, Talks About Her Sixth Album: "I Talk Openly And Honestly About My Emotions" ". In August 2014, Ciara posted on her Instagram account a photo of herself and American record producer Dr.Following their very public break-up, Ciara's album release was further postponed to 2015, [6] and during this time the singer "quietly" recorded new music, while concentrating on motherhood. He later tempered his enthusiasm for the record, however, writing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981) that Wexler's attempt at modernizing DeShannon nearly succeeded. The dance-pop "One Woman Army", [23] a song written as the title track to the scrapped project of the same name, [22] has "fizzy synths and club sirens" [24] and robo-military march. Then in March 2015, Ciara announced that she would release Jackie in May 2015 and that she planned on touring the US later in the year. Following her departure from her previous record label, Ciara signed a new deal with Epic Records, and released her self-titled fifth studio album in July 2013.