Back To Basics
- Christina Aguilera
- Band Name: Christina Aguilera
- Record Label: RCA
- Release Date: Aug 15, 2006
- Summary: The 'Basics' in the title of this double-disc set are the jazzy blues and soul sounds of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, which Aguilera tackles with the help of Linda Perry and DJ Premier.
- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Pop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 9 out of 17
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Mixed: 8 out of 17
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Negative: 0 out of 17
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It may be all about style, it may be a little crass and self-centered, but it's also catchy, exciting, and unique.
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Aguilera doesn't have the gravitas of her heroes, and her forays into bluesy torch singing and '40s-style swing are stiff and mannered. But she needn't genuflect before the past -- she can make her own glorious kind of 21st-century noise.
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60Labored production isn't the only problem.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 130 out of 150
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Mixed: 4 out of 150
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Negative: 16 out of 150
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