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Christina Aguilera seemed intent on constantly reinventing herself over the course of her first several albums, and it's hard not to be impressed by her leaps from teen-pop sensation (1999 self-titled debut) to raunchy, sexually precocious R&B singer (2002's STRIPPED) to blues and jazz-steeped diva on 2006's BACK TO BASICS. With its smoky torch songs, occasional big-band arrangements, and allusions to seminal divas like Billie Holiday and Etta James, the ambitious double disc casts Aguilera in the soft, romantic light of vintage soul crooners.

Yet BACK TO BASICS is undeniably modern. In fact, the first disc, assisted by the hand of the always-stellar trackmaster DJ Premiere, thumps alongside any club bangers of the early 2000s. Aguilera's dirty-girl persona is still present here, but she's dressed up and fitted into better songs and productions. The nostalgia-hued vibe of the second disc--with the singer playing the breathy chanteuse--provides a perfect complement to the first, so that the album as a whole reveals an artist of increasing range, skill, and creative maturity.

Track Listing: Disc 1: 1. Intro ( Back To Basics) 2. Makes Me Wanna Pray 3. Back In The Day 4. Ain't No Other Man 5. Understand 6. Slow Down Baby 7. Oh Mother 8. F.U.S.S 9. On Our Way 10. Without You 11. Still Dirty 12. Here To Stay 13. Thank You (Dedication To Fans) 14. Enter The Circus 15. Welcome 16. Candyman 17. Nasty Naughty Boy 18. I Got Trouble 19. Hurt 20. Mercy On Me 21. Save Me From Myself 22. Right Man, The 23. Back To Basics

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