Am I the only one who's excited for the new Xtina Aguilera album? Back to Basics was a bit self-indulgent at parts, but I think the 1st disc is a certified classic and the second disc has some great moments ("Save Me From Myself" is one of her best songs, easily). Anyway the new album sounds really interesting, here's the confirmed list of people she's working with:
SiaLadytronTricky StewartLe Tigre (!!!!!!!!!)Claude KellyFocusLinda PerryDJ PremierGoldfrapp
We should be hearing a first single within the next month or so.
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:30 (sixteen years ago)
i'm actually really excited
― surm, Monday, 8 June 2009 18:31 (sixteen years ago)
I knew you would be! Are you excited for Whitney too? September 1st!
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:31 (sixteen years ago)
I'd be more psyched if she did something with Switch
― 1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:32 (sixteen years ago)
Focus
i'm going to choose to believe this is the 70s rock band
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:32 (sixteen years ago)
wow totally - did you ever hear the switch remix of that p diddy/xtina joint? 'tell me'? IMMENSE
i'm excited to hear this but also fully aware that it could go either way. back to basics only had a handful of cuts which are worthwhile (though those ones are VERY worthwhile) and 'keeps getting better' was rubbish.
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 June 2009 18:35 (sixteen years ago)
Yeah "Keeps Getting Better" was embarassing... I wish she would stop working with Linda Perry, she's a total hack.
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:35 (sixteen years ago)
and yeah Switch would be really interesting!
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:36 (sixteen years ago)
did she ever do stuff w/premier besides ain't no other man? that was classic
― i would never want a book's autograph (M@tt He1ges0n), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:37 (sixteen years ago)
also, there's rumors that she's covering Ladyhawke's "My Delirium" for the album.
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:37 (sixteen years ago)
yeah Primo produced most of the first disc of Back to Basics.
I am listening to it right now and uh YES
― 1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:38 (sixteen years ago)
the acappella breakdown is one of the most WHOA things i've ever heard
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 June 2009 18:38 (sixteen years ago)
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, June 8, 2009 7:31 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i did not know about whitney! hells yeah!
ever since i heard about ladytron, i was really looking foward to this.
sometimes i get a really big craving for "back to basics" even tho it's so schtick-y
― surm, Monday, 8 June 2009 18:47 (sixteen years ago)
random stream of that rmx - http://musicvideobase.rightinpoint.com/p-diddy-ft-christina-aguilera/stream_64656.html
"I DON'T EVEN - KNOW - YOUR - NAME!!!"
― lex pretend, Monday, 8 June 2009 18:54 (sixteen years ago)
Basically, I am at the point where I want Switch to work with everyone.
― 1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:56 (sixteen years ago)
Except Whitney, who is hopeless and done.
I don't know if she's "done" but stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KaClIF1ehQ
doesn't give me much hope lol
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 18:58 (sixteen years ago)
oh shit, lol
― 1899 Horsey Horseless (HI DERE), Monday, 8 June 2009 19:00 (sixteen years ago)
yeah it's pretty sad isn't it? lol
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Monday, 8 June 2009 23:36 (sixteen years ago)
Okay guys it's been confirmed that she's working with Switch! And Diplo! WOW!
― Monday Nite Tranny Party (The Brainwasher), Saturday, 27 June 2009 12:36 (fifteen years ago)
listening to that Switch remix right now, it would be great if she could get a track like that as a single.
― these strawmen do exist outside my brain (I am using your worlds), Saturday, 27 June 2009 12:49 (fifteen years ago)
oh that's sweeeet
― get money fuck witches (HI DERE), Saturday, 27 June 2009 17:55 (fifteen years ago)
Damn when is this coming out?
― master of karate and friendship for everyone (musically), Saturday, 27 June 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago)
so much more excited about xtina working w/ switch than ladytron/le tigre
― lex pretend, Saturday, 27 June 2009 18:15 (fifteen years ago)
album pushed back to 2010 but she's working with M.I.A & Santogold now
― The Brainwasher, Thursday, 13 August 2009 22:12 (fifteen years ago)
and some other hip people
jeez.
― BIG HOOS's wacky crack variety hour (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Thursday, 13 August 2009 22:18 (fifteen years ago)
mmm
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Thursday, 13 August 2009 23:50 (fifteen years ago)
she lookin good lately
― I love rainbow cookies (surm), Thursday, 13 August 2009 23:51 (fifteen years ago)
The album is called Bionic now, the first single is a song entitled "Glam" produced by Tricky Stewart and written by Christina and Claude Kelly. Single should be out soon, album due out in March. I'm hype!!
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 18 January 2010 18:20 (fifteen years ago)
!!
― you have to forgive me (surm), Monday, 18 January 2010 18:22 (fifteen years ago)
did u see her at the Golden Globes last night?! She looked amazing.
― The Brainwasher, Monday, 18 January 2010 18:24 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/images/photos/christina-aguilera-gg-2010.jpgprettyyy
― you have to forgive me (surm), Monday, 18 January 2010 18:28 (fifteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7kguPpzR3U
hmmm...........
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:40 (fifteen years ago)
holy shit
it's like she's been doing nothing but studying Lady Gaga and The Knife/Fever Ray
and unsettling porn
― struck through in my prime (HI DERE), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)
thinkin more of rated-r
― plaxico (I know, right?), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 21:58 (fifteen years ago)
loving it
― you have to forgive me (surm), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:01 (fifteen years ago)
wow that is v beautiful
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:06 (fifteen years ago)
except Christina said the videos are not hers
― musically, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:12 (fifteen years ago)
that dress looks like her bra popped out
― dumb mack maine follows (a hoy hoy), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:12 (fifteen years ago)
whale sharks are cool
― sonderangerbot, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:15 (fifteen years ago)
is it really not her? pity if not
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:21 (fifteen years ago)
I like it but how do we know it's her?(x-post)
― LeRooLeRoo, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)
nobody knows if it's her, but signs point to it being her... and her reps would deny it, I mean it's supposed to be a "secret" viral marketing campaign so being all "YEAH GUYZ ITS HER" would kind of ruin it now...
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)
this is definitely her tho:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH9dxgjrk9o
very nice ballad.
― The Brainwasher, Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:23 (fifteen years ago)
it's pretty expensive looking and big league to be somebody that everyone thinks is christina aguilera but isn't
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:23 (fifteen years ago)
daaaamn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wtHCKCBarE
― mdskltr (blueski), Tuesday, 26 January 2010 23:23 (fifteen years ago)
it isn't goldfrapp? that seems more likely
― akm, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:24 (fifteen years ago)
would mute spend that much
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 27 January 2010 00:44 (fifteen years ago)
idk about you guys but I still love "You Lost Me" a lot
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Saturday, 15 May 2010 20:44 (fifteen years ago)
it's kind of impossible for aguilera to not be sexier than gaga
^^^^ this. i was in a burberry store in an airport a few years ago, and a saleswoman was speaking with me. somehow we got on the topic of christina aguilera, at which point -- in a heavy russian accent -- she offered this opinion: "christina aguilera is a slut."
i promptly left the store.
― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 15 May 2010 20:51 (fifteen years ago)
thing is i don't even think Xtina is especially sexy (sexual, sure, but that's another thing), but no matter how robotically distant and calculating she comes off, Gaga will always be ten times moreso
― do you ever feel like some people are CHICKEN shit nowadays (some dude), Saturday, 15 May 2010 20:59 (fifteen years ago)
http://www.theprophetblog.net/preview-three-new-tracks-from-christina-aguileras-bionic
they sound really... not good.
― teledyldonix, Sunday, 16 May 2010 20:59 (fifteen years ago)
the fake Santigold track is just sad. I thought she was working with Ladytron on most of this....what gives?
― Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:06 (fifteen years ago)
"I hate boys"? oh wow, this is a piping hot mess.
― Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Sunday, 16 May 2010 21:08 (fifteen years ago)
leaked
and fer crying out loud can't someone change the thread title
― musically, Monday, 24 May 2010 22:42 (fifteen years ago)
hmm
― lol dope (Tape Store), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:03 (fifteen years ago)
duuuuuuude
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:03 (fifteen years ago)
re "elastic love" M.I.A. much? uhhhh
― lol dope (Tape Store), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:04 (fifteen years ago)
i guess i appreciate the energy of these tracks, i think she really believes in this one
― lol dope (Tape Store), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:05 (fifteen years ago)
this is all hitting me very hard
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 07:06 (fifteen years ago)
dud :(
moving along now
― teledyldonix, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:18 (fifteen years ago)
argh
accidentally clicked an Idolator link trying to track down "Elastic Love"
― Marni and Louboutin: coming to Tuesdays this fall on FOX (HI DERE), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:23 (fifteen years ago)
i really liked it
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:30 (fifteen years ago)
i think
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 20:31 (fifteen years ago)
Elastic Love works for me. I thought the whole album was supposed to sound like this? Instead, she gives us the sonic equivalent of Showgirls.
― Blancminaj (Spinspin Sugah), Thursday, 27 May 2010 04:35 (fifteen years ago)
That Idol performance was pretty stunning imo.
― the front-porch spirit of M. Ward (Tape Store), Thursday, 27 May 2010 06:55 (fifteen years ago)
("You Lost Me")
"you lost me" is great - on one listen this album seemed like a bit of a mess, and most of the uptempo tracks horribly dated, but it has a few good moments, mostly the ballads and "woohoo".
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Thursday, 27 May 2010 07:59 (fifteen years ago)
why is her voice autotuned on 'you lost me'
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Friday, 28 May 2010 04:06 (fifteen years ago)
it is a commentary on loss
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Friday, 28 May 2010 04:09 (fifteen years ago)
heh ;)
― silence is a rhythm too (Turangalila), Friday, 28 May 2010 04:14 (fifteen years ago)
Predictably, I like the ones with the collaborators I already like - Elastic Love, My Girls, the Sia ballads and the Ladytron goth-trance one. I sense there was a massive boardroom freakout about thus stuff, hence the shit that sounds like cookie-cutter Pussycat Dolls pop. A lot of the bonus tracks should have replaced humdrum safe bets on the main disc.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)
"elastic love" and "sex for breakfast" are the keepers off of this one for me... overall I'm pretty disappointed but I'll give it a few more listens
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 May 2010 16:23 (fifteen years ago)
yeah and "you lost me" of course
Sex for Breakfast? Really? Pure Flight of the Conchords.
― Haunted Clocks For Sale (Dorianlynskey), Friday, 28 May 2010 16:37 (fifteen years ago)
sex for breakfast is ok. i would consider not skipping it if it came on shuffle. most of the material on this album is unfortunately very weak. i feel like her performance of "you lost me" on idol might as well have been a speech to 'the general public' re: the fate of her career for the next few years because there is very little chance this album is going to have even one successful single. "woohoo" is its only shot and that move doesn't seem particularly fruitful thus far.
― teledyldonix, Friday, 28 May 2010 16:41 (fifteen years ago)
well "sex for breakfast" reminds me of "loving me 4 me" which is my favorite xtina song, that's why I named it
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 May 2010 17:27 (fifteen years ago)
it struck me as kind of robin thicke
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:28 (fifteen years ago)
not bad. i still feel like she's experimenting with other ppl's styles tho.
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:34 (fifteen years ago)
that's always been the issue with xtina though, she doesn't really have her own musical identity
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 May 2010 17:35 (fifteen years ago)
insomuch as that is a "problem", I mean I guess her great voice is the 'constant' throughout all of her stylistic shifts
― The Brainwasher, Friday, 28 May 2010 17:36 (fifteen years ago)
wasn't as much of a problem until these last 2 albums. and her voice is "great" but it can get annoying, or grating. i love her high register though.
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:39 (fifteen years ago)
like, "back to basics" and this just seem to be so obviously coveting somebody else's steez, that it's just kind of odd.
i would say "stripped" was very much christina.
― i fake it so real, i am beyonce (surm), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:40 (fifteen years ago)
she made this into a real strength on stripped, i think - the mastery of a different distinct, contemporary style for each single felt like a real statement of intent, and enabled her to do some really interesting image-shifting stuff too. and the styles were subordinate to her own charisma, whereas here it mostly feels like she's trying to be other people as well as cop their styles.
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Friday, 28 May 2010 17:41 (fifteen years ago)
^ otm
― teledyldonix, Friday, 28 May 2010 19:56 (fifteen years ago)
anyone else getting a "the love below" vibe from this? like the narrative progression from a night out,to relationship, to breakup, etc?
― borntohula, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 04:10 (fifteen years ago)
ok so i pretty much love "woohoo", "you lost me" and "sex for breakfast" and think the rest of the main album is embarrassingly dumb/dated trash, but why the fuck was this amazing piece of new wave disco relegated to bonus track status???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCi5R13U-ug
(another bonus track, "birds of prey", is pretty good too)
― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 June 2010 22:43 (fifteen years ago)
i agree, i was pretty shocked. like, most of the non-bonus tracks are unlistenable and don't even deserve to be on the album at all. that one is actually really good. i don't know who in their right mind decided to make it a bonus track as if it were an afterthought.
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 9 June 2010 01:49 (fifteen years ago)
yeah, that's a jam. haven't fully processed the album proper, but it's easily better than a lot of what made the cut ("lift me up" and "glam", for instance).
― the other is a black gay gentleman from Los Angeles (contenderizer), Wednesday, 9 June 2010 02:36 (fifteen years ago)
not myself tonight remix set the club on fire this wknd. undersold this album.
― janice (surm), Sunday, 11 July 2010 21:00 (fourteen years ago)
which remix?
― NI, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:01 (fourteen years ago)
couldn't tell you. it was thumpin and fast, and that melody sped up just a little bit sounded totally crazy and classic.
― janice (surm), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:26 (fourteen years ago)
sounds interesting, i'll check a few out and report back!
― NI, Monday, 12 July 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago)
yes please do!
― janice (surm), Monday, 12 July 2010 20:27 (fourteen years ago)
Irving has some things to say:
lots of christina inquiries. you lost me is one of the greatest performances ever by a female singer. help make it a hit! see the video about 12 hours ago via web
christina fans. burlesque will blow your minds. just be patient about 12 hours ago via web
please be patient . you will see christina everywhere as soon as movie promo starts. she is working nonstop finishing music for the movie about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 20:23 (fourteen years ago)
lol
― teledyldonix, Wednesday, 4 August 2010 21:40 (fourteen years ago)
I discovered this album last year, and thought it’s so great… yes, kind of corny at points, but in a way that’s fun/enjoyable to me. I didn’t know any of the Discourse around it from the time (Perez Hilton and all that), so it was cool just to get into the album without any of the baggage. (I’ve never been a Christina fan, and tried listening to all her other stuff after this, but it’s the only one that really hits for me.)
why the fuck was this amazing piece of new wave disco relegated to bonus track status???
― Fervid as a flame (morrisp), Saturday, 15 March 2025 18:50 (two months ago)