Christina Aguilera - My Reflection (2000) Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)It would be easy to typecast Christina Aguilera as a teen phenomenon, but one viewing of this DVD should convince even the most anti-teen singer skeptics to realize the simple fact that her voice is one of the best in music today. This video, which is a compilation of her big pop hits, Christmas classics, cuts from her less radio-saturating Spanish-language album and a few choice covers is a view into Christina's ability to do what she does best - sing live.
She is lumped in with Britney Spears, but her vocal talent far exceeds that of her Britney and their other peers. Her cover of the Etta James classic "At Last" not only shows she has the voice, but the soul to go along with it. While other reviewers have commented negatively on her sometimes overly-theatrical vocal acrobatics, it's amazing to watch a young singer discover the power and range of her own voice. She does so on this DVD.
Few performers can match the quality of their studio recordings when performing live, and even fewer can exceed it. Christina Aguilera exceeds it, and we can only hope that she will continue to assert her artistic nature and branch out beyond the quick success of bubble gum pop and into bigger and better genres.
Whitney and Mariah - watch out!

Click Here to see more reviews about: Christina Aguilera - My Reflection (2000)

Click here for more information about Christina Aguilera - My Reflection (2000)

Live & Off the Record (CD & DVD) Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)I'd like to disclose upfront that I am an avid Shakira fan. I have and enjoy all of her albums and compilations, in both Spanish and English.
This is my favorite Shakira CD. If you are a Shakira fan, it is a must-have. She has some of her greatest hits here, and the energy of the audience at the live concert makes this a very uplifting, energizing listening experience.
Note that this is not a collection of her best songs, and I believe most fans will agree. However, everything on the disc is good, and these are new, refreshing live versions.
What is so amazing about this CD, besides the energy of the live versions of the songs? Shakira is a very talented musician and songwriter, unlike many teenybopper artists in the USA. She has been recording great stuff in Spanish since her mid-teens or so, before she was known in the USA.
The most striking feature in all of Shakira's songs is her voice. Amazing! She has great vocal talent and control. I wish I were a trained musician to describe it better. You have to listen to songs from different albums, in their entirety, to experience the variety and subtlety of her singing.
That said, to enjoy Shakira's work, and this CD in particular, you need to be able to understand Spanish, or at least be willing to listen to songs in Spanish is you don't understand the lyrics. Half of this CD is in Spanish. In my humble opinion (as a bilingual person who has hear all her work), her best stuff is in Spanish; what she has produced in English is good but just scratches the surface of her talent.
While this is an amazing CD, it is probably not the best intro to Shakira if you have never heard her. I generally like remixes and live versions of an artist once I have appreciated the original.
If it is your first exposure to Shakira, I'd suggest her earlier best-of album, Grandes Exitos, which is purely in Spanish and a truly outstanding album by any measure. If you want English, try Laundry Service, which is a great album.
As far as songs on this CD go, "Underneath Your Clothes" and "Ciega, Sordomuda" are so outstanding they are worth the price of admission alone, but everything else is great too.
Listening to this CD, I wish I had not missed Shakira's Mongoose Tour!

Click Here to see more reviews about: Live & Off the Record (CD & DVD)

Click here for more information about Live & Off the Record (CD & DVD)

Oral Fixation Tour (DVD/CD) (2007) Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)We like every song that she ever made and have all the CDs and DVDs, so this was a pleasure to watch and in my opinion anything from Shakira is much better than anything else outthere. So I cannot be objective. Seeing two of her concerts last year - I think that the transfer to DVD was very very good.
I want to take a moment and list only the negatives.
The dissapointment for us and for anybody else that attended the December 6 concert - we were told before the show that the concert would be recorded and turned into a DVD. This is the December 9 concert.
The extras are mixed, a bad reportage about the tour of the world and a good one on Barranquila and Fundacion Piez Descalzos. The video clips are poor quality, nothing spectacular. The DVD has no subtitles and no lyrics are available - something that her previous ones had. The CD only has 6 of the songs from the concert. The DVD insert has very small fonts - impossible to read unless you use a loupe - I uploaded a picture.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Oral Fixation Tour (DVD/CD) (2007)

Studio: Sony MusicRelease Date: 06/04/2009

Get 10% OFF

Click here for more information about Oral Fixation Tour (DVD/CD) (2007)