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"Back To Basics" Chart Performance and Discussion
Member Since: 5/4/2005
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I think getting blogs down and deleting d/l links wont make people buy the album. they'll find the way to get it free anyway
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Member Since: 12/23/2004
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I think that the leak allowed her to pick up more fans. More people are going to buy the album who wouldn't have otherwise. & people who aren't buying it probably never planned to. It's just that RCA is pissed.
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Member Since: 5/4/2005
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Originally posted by PANCOSNIC
I think that the leak allowed her to pick up more fans. More people are going to buy the album who wouldn't have otherwise. & people who aren't buying it probably never planned to. It's just that RCA is pissed.
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yeah
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Member Since: 5/4/2005
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panasonic you need to relax.. we know you're obsessed with christina but people who dl aren't really going to buy the album anyways.. so telling people to stop isn't going to help her sales.
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Member Since: 12/16/2005
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the second Listen is always better : i gave it 8 yesterday but i change my mind i giv eit a 9.5 now , the 0.5 left just because i dont know yet if its perfect or not
Everybody who doesnt like this album dont know what real music is omg this is a masterpiece i woke up and some lyrics were already on my head i think im bein a fan atleast of this album i cant stop listenin to it this is easily the best Cotemporain album ever and i cant believe taht every single song of this double disc is perfect even the intros
Congrats Xtina
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Member Since: 5/4/2005
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^that's how i am with a lot of songs.. i HATED walk away when i first heard it.. but after a few months it grew on me and now i love it
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Member Since: 5/4/2005
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"walk away" by kelly not christina
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Member Since: 12/16/2005
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Originally posted by xmusicdivax
panasonic you need to relax.. we know you're obsessed with christina but people who dl aren't really going to buy the album anyways.. so telling people to stop isn't going to help her sales.
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I dont think so cuz actually i wasnt goin to buy it but i dont think you can listen to this album without buyin it this is a classic so you better have it if you dont wanna feel dumb actually this is one of the only contemporain album that i think its a classic !!!
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Member Since: 7/27/2003
Posts: 10,192
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I FINALLY listened to the entire album and, well, it definitely lived up to the hype that accompanied it over the past months. The album is easily the best album to be released this year. I don't feel like making a full-fledged review but I will give every track a rating.
ONE
01. Intro (Back To Basics)
02. Makes Me Wanna Pray A+
03. Back In The Day A
04. Ain't No Other Man A+
05. Understand A+
06. Slow Down Baby A
07. Oh Mother B
08. F.U.S.S.
09. On Our Way A
10. Without You A
11. Still Dirrty A+
12. Here To Stay A
13. Thank You (Dedication To Fans...) A
TWO
01. Enter The Circus
02. Welcome A+
03. Candyman A
04. Nasty Naughty Boy A
05. I Got Trouble A+
06. Hurt A+
07. Mercy On Me A
08. Save Me From Myself A+
09. The Right Man A+
A+ = Perfection (9)
A = Excellence (9)
B = Good (1)
I know it's hard for you to take my ratings seriously because you would probably think how is Christina freaking Aguilera capable of making such a solid effort? Though I may respect your opinion, it's obvious you don't take Christina Aguilera seriously and you have severely underestimated her talent, vision, and overall artistry. The album is practically flawless and I'm contemplating whether or not to consider this effort a masterpiece. I'm leaning towards "Yes, it's a masterpiece..."
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Member Since: 10/18/2004
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I wished Enter The Chorus was the intro to Aint No Other Man on the video.
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Member Since: 3/19/2003
Posts: 3,226
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i guess im the only one disappointed with this album... its not bad. it just doesnt live up to the hype. right now, stripped >> b2b, though dirrty <<<<<<<< anom
right now, to me b2b is full of above average fillers...
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Member Since: 10/26/2004
Posts: 573
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Virgin *****, learn the difference between soundscan and RIAA.
Shania scanned 872,000 in her first week counted as one. Soundscan only counts it as one. The RIAA certifies it later as a double cd. So her first week 872,000 numbers are counted as one just like any other cd.
Shania's UP has scanned 5.45 million cd's in the States and is certified as 11 million by the RIAA.
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Member Since: 5/4/2005
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Originally posted by **AlphaLovesBee**
I dont think so cuz actually i wasnt goin to buy it but i dont think you can listen to this album without buyin it this is a classic so you better have it if you dont wanna feel dumb actually this is one of the only contemporain album that i think its a classic !!!
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i'm not downloading it, i'm waiting for it to come out.. but a majority of people that dl cds aren't going to buy it either way.. so taking the links away and saying buy the album isn't going to work.
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Member Since: 6/16/2006
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Originally posted by **AlphaLovesBee**
the second Listen is always better : i gave it 8 yesterday but i change my mind i giv eit a 9.5 now , the 0.5 left just because i dont know yet if its perfect or not
Everybody who doesnt like this album dont know what real music is omg this is a masterpiece i woke up and some lyrics were already on my head i think im bein a fan atleast of this album i cant stop listenin to it this is easily the best Cotemporain album ever and i cant believe taht every single song of this double disc is perfect even the intros
Congrats Xtina
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I can't believe this coming from you! WOW....This must prove something.
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Member Since: 1/22/2005
Posts: 13,429
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The only song I dislike in any way is Candyman, I hope it's not the second single
Here To Stay or Hurt would do so much better.
Every other song is pure perfection. Mercy On Me is so vocally amazing, it takes you to Church! haha
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Member Since: 12/23/2004
Posts: 2,291
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I'm not sure if it's true that CM is the 2nd single but I do know that RCA lurks into forums a lot so they have an idea of what the general public wants. Idk, it depends how reliable MTV is. I'm fine w/ it being CM though. I love the album version.
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Member Since: 12/16/2005
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Originally posted by Rokker25
I can't believe this coming from you! WOW....This must prove something.
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Ive always like xtina (even though sometimes i dont like her personality ) but the thing is yesterday it made nervous how pancosnic talked to me but now thats ok i guess we can learn to talk to eachother without gettin on eachother nerves .
but hey talkin about the album once again i keep tellin all my friends how suprised i am this album is just somethin you gotta have in your life at least to me cuz everything is perfect in it from the production to the vocals ..... So much soul in it which is rare in a pop album
But ppl gotta give her props cuz the girl spend 4 years workin on it common its even 4 times longer than a film production so noone can deny it .
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Member Since: 6/16/2006
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Pancosnic...how do u know so much about RCA? Are u friends with someone who works there or something? Its crazy how much u "know" about what they're doing!
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Member Since: 12/23/2004
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Originally posted by Rokker25
Pancosnic...how do u know so much about RCA? Are u friends with someone who works there or something? Its crazy how much u "know" about what they're doing!
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I know the places to go to for info.
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Member Since: 2/28/2003
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THIS IS SOME CRAZY ****!!!!
Alright, about a week ago I left for a youth conference in the Bahamas (where I had ZERO internet access), I got back last night, got online, and to my surprise the ENTIRE B2B cd had leaked..... THIS IS SOME CRAZY ****, lol. Thank God my brother managed to dl the album before RCA took any sort of action. I heard that they were shutting down entire forums which had links to the album, and rightfully so. Nevertheless, I got my chance to hear it and all I can say is...
WHAT A ****ING ALBUM!!!!
Just when you thought "popular" music was at it's worst... Just when you thought conventional music was at this point of no return... Just when you thought music in general was on this neverending declining slope to hell, here comes Christina Aguilera. I mean, with this album Xtina almost single handedly redefines what good mainstream music should sound like. And that voice.... Gosh it's incredible!!! Like a few others have mentioned elsewhere in this thread, I think her voice is better now then it has ever been. These disc definately catapults Christina into a class of her own when it comes to singing.
Before coming here and reading some of you guy's almost perfect reviews of the album (which almost NEVER happens on ATRL), I had the chance to go and read what others thought on different MBs. And I swear, for every 1 person that disliked it, there were about a gazillion others that were praising it! And let me tell you, Christina definately deserves all the praise and accolades that she has already recieved, and will recieve in the future.
And now that that is out of the way, here are some of my favorite tracks...
Save Me From Myself - Whoever said that Christina couldn't use soft vocals and still be entrancing? I am in love with the simplicity of this track, and Aguilera sings with such emotion. She truly makes you feel what she is singing about! She also has a beautiful falsetto, which she doesn't use very often since she is always screaming at the top of her lungs, lol. But yeah, beautiful voice, beautiful lyrics, beautiful song.
Makes Me Wanna Pray - WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA!!!! Where the heck this this comes from? I mean, I remember her saying how she had a song that took you back to chruch on this album. But I had no idea that it would be this intense.... CRAZY!
Mercy On Me - Damn I love this song!!!! Her voice sounds impeccable on it... just flawless! Like Josh said earliar, she just sends chills up and down your spine when she sings. And this is one of the many songs on this album that really broadcast her incredible vocals. Also, the meaning behind the song itself is very credible as well. This is just overall a grade A song!
Nasty Naughty Boy - Well I guess when Xtina says she's Still Dirrty, she ain't playing, lol... When she starts moaning and faking the orgasms toward the middle and end of the song, thats when I really get into it, lol. Oh, and the intrumentation throughout this track is sick as well. I love how she had the instruments play off her vocals like that.... Very sexy track
Candyman - I REALLY want this to be a next single. I have read so many fan reactions on this song, and I just think this would be the PERFECT next single. Seriously, you can't listen to this song and not wanna tap your feet, and/or clap your hands and just think of pure perfection. With that infectious beat, and those killer vocals, this made for another outstanding track on B2B! I just hope it makes for an outstanding second single as well!
Other honorable mentions...
Understand
Without You
Enter The Circus
Hurt
I Got Trouble
Slow Down Baby
Final Thoughts: I do agree when people say that the second disc blows the first out of the water. The first disc does has it's highlights though (i.e Makes Me Wanna Pray, Understand, Without You, etc. etc. etc.), but the second disc is just classic! This is a GREAT effort put forth by Aguilera, and like Brian said... "Yes, it's a masterpiece!"
*Oh, and I also want to use this time to point out how similar Here To Stay sounds like Beyonce's Crazy in Love (or at least the instrumental)! I wasn't to happy about that, lol!*
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