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| `Basics' demands attention, sympathy - Aug 13, 2006 | On the cover of "Back to Basics" (RCA), her third album, Christina Aguilera poses as Jean Harlow, the 1930s movie sexpot. It's a classy retro look, a sign that the 25-year-old diva is ready for her close-up as the leading lady of the teen brat pack (Britney Spears, Pink, Beyonce) that emerged in the late '90s.
The double-CD is designed as a response to those naysayers who saw her previous album, the 2002 release "Stripped," as the work of a Disney singer-turned-nympho. Indeed, it was difficult to think of her leave-nothing-to-the-imagination videos from that era ("Dir... |
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| Back to Basics - Aug 15, 2006 | B-
Christina, we get it--you can belt out a tune. So, on your first album in four years, you beat us over the head with an impressive array of roaring and purring and stretching nearly every single syllable past the breaking point across the course of 22 tracks. It's too much. And another thing: We get that you're grown up, no longer a Mouseketeer, have better taste than Britney, yada, yada. But has it occurred to you that focusing exclusively on jazz, blues, cabaret, ancient soul and dirty lyrics is not nearly as fun as just knocking out another "Genie in a Bottle"? Come on, that s... |
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| Listen Up - Aug 14, 2006 | > Christina Aguilera, whose long-awaited third English-language non-holiday album is "a triumph of production and technique over songcraft and personal expression," Elysa Gardner is compelled to report.
Pop/rock: Christina Aguilera, Back to Basics (* * 1/2 out of four)
Of all the Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey wannabes cluttering the music charts over the past decade, Aguilera has scored the most combined points for tone, agility and rhythmic intuition. But singers can’t, or shouldn’t, be evaluated like gymnasts. The elegant, eclectic arrangements on Basics may rein in Aguile... |
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| Christina Aguilera Is Shocked People Are Shocked About Lance Bass - Aug 14, 2006 |  Pop star Christina Aguilera is baffled the media made such a big deal of former 'N Sync singer Lance Bass 'coming out' as a homosexual. The singer has lots of gay friends and doesn't understand why people's sexuality still makes headlines in the 21st century.
Bass came out on July 26, revealing he was in a "very stable" relationship with Amazing Race reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl.
Aguilera says, "I'm shocked that it's a big deal! I'm shocked that people are shocked. When I heard of it, I shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Good for him.'"... |
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| Chris-Teaser Steps Out - Aug 15, 2006 |  BUSTY CHRISTINA AGUILERA stripped Back To Basics to help push her new album up the charts.
She wore a stunning white dress to dinner at Los Angeles restaurant Les Deux with her husband JORDAN BRATMAN.
But I’m sure that when she picked out this skin-tight gown she was thinking more of her chart ambition than eating a big dinner.
If she ate more than one lettuce leaf she would bust out of her frock.
But sex always sells – and flashing a bit of clevage will surely boost her in this week’s chart battle.... |
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| Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics (RCA) - Aug 15, 2006 | OVERVIEW
When Stripped came out in 2002, the teen-queen scene was overcrowded and it looked like all Aguilera could do to put distance between herself and the rest was to out-skank 'em. So-so club tracks such as "Dirrty" with its raunchy video did the job. "Beautiful" saved the set from carnal banality.
HIT FACTOR
While she's "Still Dirrty," she's also a fine artist who sounds like Madonna wishes she did when she sings R&B. With tight arranging that begs you to think about classic Aretha Franklin Atlantic sides ("Makes Me Wanna Pray") and other g... |
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| AGUILERA SUPPORTS BASS - Aug 14, 2006 | | Pop star CHRISTINA AGUILERA is baffled the media made such a big deal of former 'N SYNC singer LANCE BASS 'coming out' as a homosexual. The DIRRTY singer has lots of gay friends and doesn't understand why people's sexuality still makes headlines in the 21st century. Bass came out on 26 July (06), revealing he was in a "very stable" relationship with AMAZING RACE reality TV star REICHEN LEHMKUHL. Aguilera says, "I'm shocked that it's a big deal! I'm shocked that people are shocked. "When I heard of it, I shrugged my shoulders and said, 'Good for him.'... |
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