~*Album Collection: Christina Aguilera

Since coming on to the music scene in 1999 Christina Aguilera has put out 4 studio albums, plus one spanish album, a Christmas album and a Greatest Hits album. Everyone has their own thoughts and opinions as to which album is her greatest piece of work (Stripped being the fave), but I decided to share with you my ranking of her albums (excluding the Spanish, Christmas & Greatest Hits albums).

 {Bi~On~ic}: I have put the latest effort by Xtina on top because it's one of the very few CDs that I can actually listen to in its entirety plus it's awesome!! It's a very experimental sound for Christina; futuristic and all that good stuff, but of course there are the breath taking ballads, which she is known for. My favourite ballads on Bionic are; 'Lift Me Up' and 'Stronger Than Ever'...both songs are quite moving and anyone can relate to them. I love 'Stronger Than Ever' so much that it may just be my favourite song by her.

B

Back to Basics: This happens to be the third album that Xtina put out (i.e. before Bionic) and just like the title suggests she went back to basics on it. Xtina describes the album as "a throwback to the 20s, 30s, and 40s style jazz, blues and soul music but with a modern twist". This album brought Xtina a lot of success including a sold out world tour. 'Candyman' and 'Slow Down Baby' have to be the standout tracks for me a long with the ballad, 'Hurt'. I also have to say that this album produced the best music videos from her; 'Hurt' and 'Candyman'.

S

Stripped: Okay so this is the album that MANY Xtina fans and critics deem as  her best piece of work, however, despite it being really good I wouldn't call it her best one. It is a very revealing and personal album (hence the name-Stripped) which takes the listener in to some of her darker times. Perhaps this is why so many people like it; you get to see who the real Xtina is. It's not that I hate this album because I don't it's just not as happy as her third and fourth albums,with that said I need to be in the right mood to listen to the album in its entirety. However, some of her biggest hits have come from this album like; 'Fighter' and the Grammy award winning; 'Beautiful' which has changed so many people's lives.

C

Christina Aguilera: Well what can I say this was her very first piece of work which was manufactured in to a collection of bubble -gum pop songs, which clearly isn't who Xtina really is. However, we can not forget about the song that put her on the charts; 'Genie In a Bottle' and she did beat out the very popular Britney Spears at the 2000 Grammy Awards for 'Best New Artist' with only this album under her belt. So, one should not discard of this album completely because this was the album that began her very successful career in the music industry.