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Christina Aguilera
Back to Basics (2006)
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Track List
01) Intro (Back to Basics)
02) Makes Me Wanna Pray
03) Back in the Day
04) Ain't No Other Man
05) Understand
06) Slow Down Baby
07) Oh Mother
08) F.U.S.S.
09) On Our Way
10) Without You
11) Still Dirrty
12) Here to Stay
13) Thank You (Dedication to Fans...)
Cd 2
01) Enter the Circus
02) Welcome
03) Candyman
04) Nasty Naughty Boy
05) I Got Trouble
06) Hurt
07) Mercy on Me
08) Save Me From Myself
09) The Right Man

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First Released

2006

Genre

Pop

Mood

Energetic

Style

Rock/Pop

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Release Format

Album

Record Label Release

RCA

World Sales Figure

4,500,000 copies

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Back to Basics es el quinto álbum de estudio de la artista estadounidense Christina Aguilera, lanzado en agosto de 2006 por RCA Records como un álbum doble. Sirviendo como productora ejecutiva, contó con colaboradores como DJ Premier, Rich Harrison, Rob Lewis, Mark Ronson y Linda Perry. Las sesiones de grabación comenzaron en enero de 2005 y finalizaron en abril de 2006, en Chalice Recording Studios y Record Plant. Inspirada por sus ídolos de las décadas de 1920 y 1940, incluidos Billie Holiday, Otis Redding, Etta James y Ella Fitzgerald, Aguilera buscó traer inspiraciones de jazz, blues y soul de la vieja escuela con un estilo modernizado a Back to Basics. Principalmente un disco de pop y R&B, el primer medio disco combina R&B de la vieja escuela y moderno con elementos urbanos y de hip hop con la mayoría de las canciones empleando muestras de trompa, mientras que la segunda mitad contiene todas las pistas grabadas en vivo (con la excepción de "Candyman") . Líricamente, el álbum está inspirado en eventos de la vida real que Aguilera había experimentado, incluido su matrimonio con Jordan Bratman en 2005.



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Christina Aguilera's back, flexing her formidable vocal cords on double album, "Back to Basics". First-off, she goes "back to the old groove", talking about all the soul greats that she listened to as a child (Otis Redding, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald), and singing over some 'vintage' samples, with varying results. There are still modern-day self referential lyrics, such as "Still Dirrty", where she goes on the attack to defend her slutty image, and "Thank You (dedication to fans)", which quickly turns into a dedication to Xtina, with vox-pops of fans gushing "You're so amazing", "You inspired me to carry on living..." Ick!
On the second cd she merges full-throttle vocals into songs styled from the 1920s, including 12 bar blues and close vocal harmonies. Sometimes this works well, like "Trouble", where she successfully turns the volume and intensity down from 11 to somewhere like 5, and "Candyman". Then she breaks into the ballad box, name-checking Jesus and singing to her husband ("The Right Man") towards the album's close.
There's no doubt that Christina's got a stunning voice, but stylistically she could be more varied, simply by cutting out some of the "y-e-e-eeeh, woah yeh's" on the second album. Whilst some songs like "Oh Mother" might mean a lot to some, those with the tiresome self defence lyrics should go - when she gets on with the singing, there's nothing to prove.


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