I get more out of it than I do the main song. The prelude "Searching for Maria" sounds beautiful and far more vulnerable in comparison. Christina's vocals are hoarse and tense to capture the urgency in the lyrics, but I would have liked for her to have relaxed her vocals a little more to let the song breathe in ways that the music doesn't. It feels more Life of Pablo when it needed to feel more The late registration. Christina's plea to find herself on "Maria" is a typical Kanye West production, but it doesn't feel as rich as it should have. I just wish there was more vocal harmonising between Christina and Demi, and not just them screaming at one another towards the end of the song. The message of the song is a powerful one, which is given weight by two stars whose childhood foundations were rocked by their fathers and whose careers have been wrought media scrutiny over their physical appearances and damaging narratives driven by men. But the message here is as direct as it was on Stripped, and it comes to a head with the Demi Lovato featured "Fall in line". This has been a theme of Christina's since Stripped and has been woven into all of Christina's follows-ups, albeit in completely different forms and narratives. The album opens with songs about finding oneself, self belief and strength which is timely when women's rights, feminism and its many forms are being challenged daily. Whilst this works fine on paper, the end result sounds like 3 sets of album sessions melded together, and not in the best of ways. Songs about sex and songs about loving somebody else. You can pretty much divide Liberation into 3 parts. Whilst she's finally nailed skimming the number of songs down, she's still not great with the selection. Christina has always had issues with the edit. Liberation sees Christina deliver a much more condensed track list than we're used to from her, but the album still does what Christina's album always do: splinter off and give the impression that she wasn't entirely sure on where to land the sound as a whole. Liberation doesn't quite pack the same punch or feel as bold as Stripped did, but it was never going to. So it's only natural that Christina would revisit it somewhat now. It's an album that resonated back in 2002, but you can't help but think how much more relevant it is today. Stripped not only challenged how far a woman can push overt sexuality on her own terms, but challenged misogyny, double standards, empowerment and acceptance. This album is very consciously Stripped part 2, which is timely. But even so, she still seems overwrought and is still overthinking. A declaration of breaking away from restrains and the opinions of others. So it comes as no surprise that Christina Aguilera titled her 6th studio album after a 6 year hiatus Liberation. Sometimes doing too much and sometimes not doing enough. Christina has been forced to go left, go broad and overthink her albums. Peers of whom have gone on to have greater success than her. Forced her to a point where she's had to be overly careful and conscious of what she puts out - in a bid to pull away from the peers that we've always compared her to. We have forced her to put out certain songs. Music Videos (ft.When I think about Christina's albums, I see them as reflections of how the public, the music buyers and media have viewed her and criticised her. The lead single, "Genie in a Bottle", became a commercial success, peaking the top spot of the US Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks and became the biggest hit of the summer of 1999. The album is among the top 100 certified albums according to the RIAA. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 chart and produced the singles "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", "I Turn to You" and "Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)". Consequently, Aguilera signed a multi-album contract with RCA Records and released her self-titled debut album in 1999. Christina Aguilera has 54 songs total.Īguilera made her musical debut in 1998 with a cover of "Reflection", the theme song for Disney's Mulan. 42 Christina Aguilera has released eight studio albums, one compilation album, one extended plays, zero mixtapes, one Christmas album, forty two singles and forty two music videos.