Christina Aguilera - BIONIC - DELUXE (Explicit)
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Artist: Christina AguileraEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Deluxe Edition
Published: 2000
CD Release Date: 2010-06-08
Music Label: RCA
Soundtracks:
- Bionic
- Not Myself Tonight
- Woohoo feat. Nicki Minaj
- Elastic Love
- Desnudate
- Love & Glamour (intro)
- Glam
- Prima Donna
- Morning Dessert (intro)
- Sex For Breakfast
- Lift Me Up
- My Heart (Intro)
- All I Need
- I Am
- You Lost Me
- I Hate Boys
- My Girls feat. Peaches
- Vanity
- Monday Morning
- Bobblehead
- Birds Of Prey
- Stronger Than Ever
- I Am (Stripped)
Music reviews of BIONIC - DELUXE (Explicit)
Music Review: Christina Aguilera 'Bionic' - Deluxe Edition [REVIEW]
Rating: 3 Stars
Christina Aguilera's follow-up to 2006's Back to Basics is an album that feels like it's intended to reaffirm Aguilera's place and fame amongst the women in music who've come onto the scene since her departure. What is meant to be a strong, bold sound that celebrates womanhood in all its facets ends up being an album that undoes everything that's original and likable about Christina Aguilera. 'Bionic' is aptly titled; like any machine, there's a lot going on, a lot of pieces and work that goes into making things function normally, and there's always something in need of fine-tuning. 'Bionic' presents Christina Aguilera on the defensive, defending her place amongst other music and pop stars. She does not seem concerned with proving anything substantial with this album; the music has a carefree feel, casting caution and inhibition to the side. The 18 tracks of the standard edition offers up a variety of sounds that will remind the listener of many other artists, including those who've helped put this album together from the M.I.A. inspired title track and "Elastic Love" to the Sia penned "You Lost Me", but what's missing? The artist that's brought us to this release to begin with: Christina Aguilera. Unfortunately, `Bionic' is just the little album that couldn't. It's not firing on all cylinders, if it is indeed "bionic" then it is due for some heavy maintenance and servicing because this is (in my opinion) Christina Aguilera's worst album to date.
The Good: Sound wise, 'Bionic' hits a positive note with Aguilera willing to deviate into so many different new sounds. If you were bored or overwhelmed by 'Back to Basics', or miss the edgy material of Stripped, 'Bionic' attempts to find a middle ground to please old and new fans alike. The opening track, "Bionic", serves as a fair warning that what you're about to hear isn't typical Aguilera stuff. She raps, she lets her voice be processed, tweaked, twirked and made mechanical sounding and sets the tone that this is an album meant to make you move. Like the cover and art work suggests, the album could be said to be split into two distinct sections: there's the first half which is very electronic, dance and mechanical sounding with Aguilera's usual vocal stylings toned down if not completely eliminated in favor of raps, hyper beats and club-orientated sounds. The second half is far more organic and soft, favoring songs about motherhood and emotion. Christina is in her element when she goes back to her 'Stripped' roots with songs about sex and lust: 'Not Myself Tonight' feels like a response to the Aguilera we've grown used to since 2006 as she ditches her 'reformed' retro look for something more outlandish and contemporary; 'Bionic' has her describing (or rapping about) the experience you're about to have listening to this cd; "Woohoo" is definitely this release's 'Dirrty' as she ventures into describing certain fantasies and pleasures; the bonus track "Bobblehead" is her response to her critics and adversaries in the pop realm and definitely is tongue-in-cheek. The more tame, ballad-type tracks don't work as well but "You Lost Me" and "Lift Me Up" reminds us of why she's managed to remain one of the true vocal talents of the past decade. I also think the attention given to the album art, from the cover to the inner notes and photos, is great. It reminds me a little of Madonna circa 'Erotica' as Christina channels a new persona, 'Madame X', with some very risque, provocative imagery. I also liked how the artist responsible for the art this era, D*Face, found fun ways to play with the 'bionic' theme by manipulating some of the images to make Aguilera appear somewhat robotic.
The Bad: While it's easy to see and accept that 'Bionic' was meant to be different and less serious than 'Back to Basics', it feels like a complete step-down from all the work Aguilera has done over the years to set herself apart as being a unique artist. Up until this release, she's never felt too concerned and worried about standing out or not being taken seriously. 'Bionic' feels like a desperate attempt to convince the listeners that she's still relevant and worthy of her fame after such a long departure from the scene and the worst part of it is that it feels mostly unnecessary. What makes Christina Aguilera stand out is in fact that she doesn't need to rely on autotune or computers to manipulate her voice to make her music interesting. Yet, 'Bionic' relies heavily on beats, voice and pitch tuning and mimicking the producers of her tracks (Sia, M.I.A., Ladytron, Peaches). The 'bionic' tracks, or first half of the album, really felt poorly pieced together. While "Elastic Love", "Glam", "Desnudate" are average music tracks that anyone, and I mean anyone, could have pulled off. Most of this album feels like it is packed with samples and demos meant for artist and completely beneath Aguilera after the work and talent she's shown off on previous releases. Lyrically, Aguilera spends much of her time describing how great she is, why she is famous, why she's glamorous, why she's better than anyone on the scene and in the appropriately final track "Vanity" she even goes so far to review all of these questions and asks the listener "Who owns the thrown?" to which her child answers "You do, Mommy." I found myself unintentionally amused by her vanity and preoccupation with herself (her vanity, her fantasies, pleasures are all addressed on 'Bionic'). Missing from this album is the Christina Aguilera we've come to know and like: where is the real singing? Where is the confidence and desire to make music that no one else is making? 'Bionic' is an average album that any singer could have put out with the same sound and success; a true Christina Aguilera production it is not.
Bonus Tracks: In most of the press and interviews for this album, Aguilera and her label has described 'Bionic' as having a futuristic sound. They failed to mention that the tracks that really experimented with sound and felt a bit on the side of futuristic were saved for the deluxe edition's bonus tracks. The four bonus tracks (there are six, but one is an acoustic version of "I Am" from the standard edition and the other, "Little Dreamer", is a bonus for the digital edition). "Monday Morning", a track produced by Santigold, is carefree and frivolous but fun; "Bobblehead" is a diss-track that takes the often-quoted Charlie Brown adult talk and turns it into a hand-clapping insult-laden tune for critics and threats; the Ladytron track "Birds of Prey" stands out for being the most different, dark, moody track of the entire album and by far the most experimental of her new material; "Stronger Than Ever" is theatrical and over-the-top, somewhat reminiscent of her sound from 'Back to Basics' with a modern backing. Really, these tracks suggest there was a lot of material to choose from but the label opted for very safe material rather than music that was less pop and radio friendly. If you want variety, get the deluxe edition for the bonus tracks.
In all, 'Bionic' is a disappointment in that it feels like Christina Aguilera and her label tried to dumb down her music and sound to make her fit with other pop star acts, which ultimately failed. 'Bionic' has a very clunky feel - unlike past albums where the music seamlessly fit together to tell an overall story, this album felt loose and all over the place as if Aguilera is unsure where she wants to go or where she fits in after taking so much time off in between releases. Too many of the tracks felt wasted by either being totally unnecessary (all of the intros) or sounding like Christina Aguilera putting aside her vocal skills and talents in favor of imitating other artists and their styles and sounds. The music and release sounds rushed and I have a hard time believing it took two years to piece this together but it sounds as if it were slapped together in two months or worse, two weeks. A lot of these tracks, after a listen or two, are skip-worthy, unfortunately. Hopefully, 'Bionic' gives Christina Aguilera her opportunity to vocally rest and try out club/dance music and she won't keep her fans waiting another four or five years for music and material that better fits her voice and talents.
Listen to These: "Lift Me Up", "I Hate Boys", "Bionic", "Woohoo", "Bobblehead", "Vanity"
Description of BIONIC - DELUXE (Explicit)
Deluxe edition includes five bonus tracks. 2010 release, the fourth studio album from the Pop/R&B diva. With 30 million albums sold worldwide and the prestigious honor of being the only artist under the age of 30 included in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, five time Grammy Award winner Christina Aguilera has already achieved an unprecedented level of success. Bionic features songs co-written by Aguilera along with her much buzzed about collaborations including Sia, Tricky Stewart, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre, Hill & Switch, and Ladytron among others. The album also features a ballad produced and written by Linda Perry titled ;Lift Me Up'. The title Bionic reflects Aguilera's ability to take her range to new levels and use her voice in various ways never heard before.Pop CDs
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