Oral Fixation Vol. 2
by Shakira
  • Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Nov 29, 2005
User Score
6.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 298 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 165 out of 298
  2. Mixed: 60 out of 298
  3. Negative: 73 out of 298

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  1. KevinL
    Dec 5, 2005
    10
    It's just a brilliant album.
  2. GustavoH
    Jan 20, 2006
    10
    This album is th best pop album of 2005
  3. DavidC
    Dec 5, 2005
    10
    I absolutely love this album!! It's far superior to Laundy Service and is somewhat reminiscent to what Donde estan los ladrones had. Unlike other pop stars, Shakira can be self analytic, but can also be effectively socially conscience. Only downside, both translations aren't as flowy as their spanish counterparts. This is the best pop album of the year!
  4. diegor
    Dec 5, 2005
    10
    One of the best CDs of 2005
  5. [Anonymous]
    Dec 6, 2005
    10
    Great album from Shakira both musically and lyrically. Her best English album and one of her best albums yet!
  6. FabianB
    Dec 7, 2005
    10
    Is the best of the best!!!
  7. CesarT
    Dec 8, 2005
    10
    is great
  8. mari
    Feb 6, 2006
    10
    muy bueno:)
  9. RimasM
    Jan 11, 2007
    10
    The best CD of the year! And of course after the re-release with Hips don't lie (the far biggest single of 2006) it got much more better!
  10. MatyasT
    Dec 12, 2005
    10
    I love her music...and this CD is perfect like she is..
  11. AnneJohnson
    Dec 10, 2005
    10
    I love this album! One of the best I ever listened!
  12. guilhermev
    Dec 18, 2005
    10
    sensational. unique. different. complete.
  13. MariaG
    Dec 20, 2005
    10
    Beautiful Felt Empowering Rich
  14. JoelS
    Dec 25, 2005
    10
    This is album is Shakira's best ! seriously is like listening to Donde estan los ladrones? but in English, i have to admit that i miss the Laundry service sound!, but Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is more mature and honest, Shakira proves that she is more than a booty shaker. I personally recomend this album to everyone, is one of the years' best !
  15. EdgarG
    Dec 5, 2005
    10
    Shakira is a DIva... all her songs are perfect and the lyrics are amazing! she is 1 in a billion.
  16. MarvinD
    Dec 5, 2005
    10
    I 'd say Shakira's best songs, each song has its own meaning to one person's life
  17. OscarB
    Dec 5, 2005
    10
    It's an album that you need to have in your collection.
  18. reivelh
    Dec 6, 2005
    10
    shakira is the best there is. that's all ...
  19. a.werstler
    Dec 6, 2005
    10
    This album is just amazing, the best she's ever recorded, I can only say wow
  20. ChadD
    Dec 2, 2006
    10
    Excellent!!!!
  21. SergeyS
    Jan 23, 2006
    10
    This is on of the greatest, most creative albums of all times. Definitely the best album of 2005 (rock or pop - doesn't matter, it's got everything in it). It takes a lot of listens to uncover all the multiple layers in there, but such is the case with all truly great albums that you will return to over the years, not just dump and forget. Shakira is definitely the most talented This is on of the greatest, most creative albums of all times. Definitely the best album of 2005 (rock or pop - doesn't matter, it's got everything in it). It takes a lot of listens to uncover all the multiple layers in there, but such is the case with all truly great albums that you will return to over the years, not just dump and forget. Shakira is definitely the most talented musical prodigy out there!… Expand
  22. shanah
    Jan 5, 2006
    10
    She's done it again! Oral Fixation is a wonderful album! Shakira is surly a true musician.
  23. DiegoK
    Feb 11, 2006
    10
    It's wonderful.
  24. argelv
    Feb 13, 2006
    10
    i really think shakira deserves everything she has got. this album is awesome... your embrace and timor are such geat songs. my favorite: hey you...
  25. AmberM
    Feb 24, 2006
    10
    This album was amazing, just like her others including Fijacion Oral Vol.1. People say that she sounds like a man and that they cannot understand her English. That is completely and inaccurate statement in my opinion. Her English is fluent (Trust me, I know. I read everything), and she does not sound like a man. Shakira has talent, and most people can see that. El album es my bueno!
  26. TomásM
    Mar 22, 2006
    10
    Hello guys, I´m from Argentina, and we know Shakira since her third album "Pies descalzos" (1995). In Latinoamerica everybody loves her, and her succes in the rest of the world makes us very happy. This album is great, cuz she is returning to her roots. She can´t be compared with other artists, Shakira is absolutely unique.
  27. rens
    Sep 9, 2006
    10
    beautiful
  28. PedroR
    Aug 2, 2007
    10
    I love her rock voice she is amazing, and the songs of the album are great!
  29. GlennM
    Dec 17, 2005
    10
    I'd give this one a ten if all they sold was the cover and a blank cd. She has cool songs to though.
  30. RodrigoR
    Dec 20, 2005
    10
    The best pop album of the year!!, People, this is a great CD, especially for a person that speak english for only 5 years, so is impressive the quality of this cd that is produced and writen by a real woman who put all her emotions and feelings in make an exellent album
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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. AllMusic
    80
    Other artists may be bigger than Shakira while others may make more fully realized albums, but as of 2005, no other pop artist attempts as much and achieves as much as Shakira, as this often enthralling album proves.
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  2. Amazon.com
    80
    Oral Fixation Vol. 2 finds Shakira reclaiming some of the bite she showcased on 1998's smashing Donde Estan Los Ladrones?
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  3. Billboard
    80
    A wonderful disc. [3 Dec 2005]
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