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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews What's this?

User Score
6.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 360 Ratings

  • Summary: The first of two planned 2005 releases for the Colombian pop star is this Spanish-language disc, with its English counterpart due in the fall.
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 13
  2. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. Just knowing Shakira is still in the world and capable of making albums as inspired and assured as "Fijacion Oral Vol 1" is like finding out ABBA are reforming or that the real Michael Jackson was kidnapped and replaced with an evil imposter shortly after making "Thriller".
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    83
    Shakira's finest work to date. [17 June 2005, p.79]
  3. So if you approach Fijación Oral expecting it to be Laundry Service Revisited you will not be happy. If, on the other hand, you can just listen to it without holding a lot of preconceived "this is not what Shakira is supposed to sound like" ideas, you will have one hell of a good time.
  4. Blender
    80
    It's more consistent than Laundry Service, and maybe even more irresistible. [Jul 2005, p.120]
  5. Given the strength of this album, it's hard to wait for the second part to arrive.
  6. Tunes such as "Escondite Ingles" work in any language, mixing mad Latin percussion with big rock riffs and Carribbean rhythms.
  7. Paste Magazine
    60
    Strikes a nice balance between Shakira's more straightforward earlier sound and the bluster of her big crossover hits. [Aug/Sep 2005, p.122]

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 4 out of 113
  1. augustoa
    Jun 18, 2005
    10
    only one word. PERFECT. SHAKIRA IS THE BEST.
  2. andresa
    Jun 17, 2005
    10
    It is an amazin album, im waiting for oral fixation vol. 2
  3. DarrenR
    Aug 26, 2008
    10
    I think it's interesting how the average score given to this album by critics is over 10% lower than the user score . . . in my opinion I think it's interesting how the average score given to this album by critics is over 10% lower than the user score . . . in my opinion this is evidence that critics don't always know what they're talking about. This album is destined to be a classic in every sense, more than can be said about just about every album released in the last several years. There are other artists who may be more popular (though that's hard to imagine in this case, at least internationally), or more critically acclaimed, but most of them get dull after repeated listenings. This album gets better every time I hear it, something that I can say about very few albums at all (and something that surprises me greatly given the way Shakira's music is packaged to American audiences like it's no different from any other pop singer like [insert random female pop singer here]). Such a classification of her music might make sense if you're talking about her English-language stuff, but her voice really works much better speaking her native language and combined with her songwriting abilities puts this album on an entirely different level. Expand
  4. EduardoQ
    Jun 25, 2005
    10
    I love this Cd.
  5. Nov 2, 2019
    10
    A masterpiece! An incredible album, as expected from Shakira! Amazing lyrics and musicality!
  6. May 18, 2023
    10
    I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH! 1000/10 for all songs. Shakira is a-m-a-z-i-n-g.
  7. AnaD
    Jun 21, 2005
    0
    Boring and stupid music...

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