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Originally posted by Legendtina
but a lot of the journalism regarding her was utter crap this era, so I'm glad someone wrote a piece that was neutral.
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Originally posted by Roman
It's indeed one of the more reasonable observations I've read on the matter...
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Originally posted by Duca
The album is good, it simply received bad feedback. It happens at least once to every artist.
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I agree with all of you.
I was expecting this to be a negative article, but it actually has some good points. Unfortunately she's going through a bad phase commercially, but that doesn't mean she can't do good again in the future. She just have to make the right choices.
I love the album, but it seems that this just isn't what the general public wants from her. She'll change her style again, I'm sure, she just have to use her voice, her talent, 'to the maximum'.
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The thing about Aguilera, where she differs from so many other pop stars, is that she has always been about the music. Her supporters, and there are many, are often disappointed when she picks theatrics over letting a good tune speak for itself, as many claim she has done in the promotion of 'Bionic.' But when one of her songs really takes off, it has a tendency to bring the album on which it appears along with it. Once she gives her fans a reason to support her, they do so wholeheartedly.
Both 'Stripped' and 'Back to Basics' also benefited from Aguilera touring behind them. She has gained a reputation as a stellar live act, with music legend Patti Smith telling Rolling Stone that Aguilera's stirring 2007 Grammy performance of James Brown's 'It's a Man's Man's Man's World' was "one of the best performances that I've ever seen ... I sat and watched it, and at the end, I just involuntarily leapt to my feet. It was amazing" (via Open Salon).
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Like I said, they actually have some pretty good points.
