ABOUT THIS ALBUM
ARTIST: Christina Aguilera
TITLE: Back To Basics
RELEASE DATE: 2006/08/15



TRACKLIST
Disc 1:
1 Intro (Back to Basics)
2 Makes Me Wanna Pray featuring Steve Winwood
3 Back In The Day
4 Ain't No Other Man
5 Understand
6 Slow Down Baby (rumored to be thrid single)
7 Oh Mother
8 F.U.S.S.
9 On Our Way
10 Without You
11 Still Dirrty
12 Here to Stay
13 Thank You (Dedication to Fans...)

Disc 2:
1 Enter the Circus
2 Welcome
3 Candyman
4 Nasty Naughty Boy
5 I Got Trouble
6 Hurt
7 Mercy On Me
8 Save Me From Myself
9 The Right Man
10 Back to Basics

NEWS/REVIEWS
"I feel like I've been pregnant for 18 months!" says Aguilera of how long it has taken her to finish the follow-up to 2002's Stripped. Aguilera sees this disc as a modern update of the vintage jazz, pop, and R&B she loved as a kid - artists from Billie Holiday to Otis Redding. Working at Chalice studios in Los Angeles with beatmakers including DJ Premier and Mark Ronson, she went for "throwback style using horn samples so it sounds gritty and old." she says. "But we've been able to splice it into something that people can still dance to in the clubs." Aguilera also teamed up again with Linda Perry, her collaborator on Stripped. "We dove headfirst into a Twenties- and Thirties-era vibe." Aguilera says. "We have a song that sounds like you walked into a 1920s burlesque club."

On one yet-to-be-titled track, Aguilera sings about losing a loved one on top of layered strings a la "Eleanor Rigby." Other tracks include an ANdrews Sisters snedup called "Candy Man" and a ballad dedicated to her new husband (Jordan Bratman, whom she married last November) titled "Save Me From Myself." Aguilera is considering releasing the album as a double disc, though no concrete decisions have been made. "There's a lot of stuff that people haven't heard from me before," she says. "On one song, I'm just right above the mike. There's no reverb. There's no effects. There's no belting at all - nothing."

- Rolling Stone

interesting

"above the mike "?

Mike's one lucky guy

won't she flop with that stuff???

She just doesn't care I guess!

In a short interview on the RED CARPET of the MTV MOVIE AWARDS, Aguilera said that Back To Basics Will Be a DOUBLE CD! Now it´s OFFICIAL!

<3 It's going to be amazing. Is it more songs or an extra CD/DVD Special?

I can't wait anymore I want that CD ,I mean double CD NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting since there is a site, MTV.com itself, that has her saying something different. If the information provided there is false, which it actually be if she changed her mind since mid/early-may, this is good news but who knows. I'm still looking as forward to the album as I was previously, and if it is a double CD album and good, only more to enjoy.

that's whassup.....she made us wait this long so she does cares. this is gon be on pre-order and I only pre-order DC/B albums.

Well....Watch this video and you´ll SEE HER SAYING THIS OK? And there are clips of her performing ANON too!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOD-W...Movie%20Awards

Interesting how she changed her mind then seeing the sites had it posted around early/mid-may and so she changed her mind in about half a month. Well, either way, definitely looking forward to it.

I love her! I wonder if she's going on tour? Can't wait till August!

thats so awesome! I can't wait for this c d to be released!

the performance looks hot too

Yay, xtina!!! this is gonna be awesome!!
cant wait!!!

I wouldn't get too excited. The other disc is likely to be a DVD or Remixes. Something truly lame like that

Christina Makes Her Comeback Twice As Nice By Expanding Basics Into Double LP
06.06.2006 6:00 AM EDT

Follow-up to Stripped, nearly four years in the making, due August 15.

CULVER CITY, California — After telling GQ last month that she had recorded enough material for a double album but had narrowed it down to one to make it more affordable, Christina Aguilera has apparently had a change of heart.

At Saturday's MTV Movie Awards, where Aguilera performed her new single, the singer revealed that Back to Basics would in fact include two distinct discs.

"The first half is based upon working with more beat-driven producers and will use samples and things like that, and then the second disc is all me and Linda Perry," Aguilera said, referring to her "Beautiful" collaborator.

A common theme, however, will run through both discs: an homage to Aguilera's favorites eras, the 1920s, '30s and '40s (see "Christina Aguilera's New LP: Some Jazz, Some Hip-Hop Soul ... And Some Burlesque").

"The first half of the album is kind of a throwback with elements of jazz, blues and soul music combined with a modern-day twist, like hard-hitting beats," the singer explained.

And for the second disc, "We creatively went into our own zone and our own world together," Aguilera said of her work with Perry. "There are no cover songs, so we made more of a '20s, '30s vibe with an authentic and organic twist. There are no samples — it's all live music. One of the songs sounds like you entered a 1920s burlesque club, another song sounds like it was actually recorded in the 1920s, using a vintage microphone, so it's exciting stuff."

The double-album is due August 15, nearly four years after Aguilera's last LP, Stripped.

"I definitely take my time, so I do come with a lot more to say about what's going on in my life so it's meaningful to me and to my fans," Aguilera explained of the gap. "I always try to come back with something new and try to evolve as an artist and as a visionary. I can't wait to see the reaction."

Seeing that reaction is exactly the reason Aguilera wanted to debut her new single, "Ain't No Other Man," at the MTV Movie Awards (see "MTV Movie Awards: Will Ferrell Freaks Out; Jessica Simpson Dusts Off Daisy Dukes"). "The last time I performed at a Movie Awards show was for 'Lady Marmalade,' and that was so much fun," she said.

As for the new song, "I wanted to make it light and easy for people to dance to and sing along to, so the whole song is based on feel-good elements of soul and blues and jazz," she said. "Lyrically, I just got married, so it's about someone in particular, but it's all about feeling good and not taking anything too seriously."

"Ain't No Other Man," like most of Back to Basics' first side, was produced by DJ Premier (see "Christina's New Split-Personality Album Is Mature And 'Dirrty' ").

"On the Gang Starr albums he would take jazz things and chop them up and he had some jazz elements in his beats. Along with being a fan of his, I thought he would really get into this world I had envisioned, with the throwback album meeting the hard-hitting beats of today," Aguilera said. "He went there and totally blew my mind. He got it, and some producers didn't get it. And he goes beyond being just a beatmaker. He has a great ear for what sounds good vocally and what a sloppy ad-lib is."

Aguilera says she would someday like to make a straight jazz record, but for now, she's thrilled with Back to Basics.

"It was quite a journey making this record [and turning to] the old glam look visually to go along with all that," she said. "But what we came up with, I'm super-proud of."

— Corey Moss

OMG! Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope this project doesnt get too sloppy though