Christina Aguilera Bionic: My Thoughts

TRACKLISTING:

1. “Bionic”
2. “Not Myself Tonight”
3. “Woohoo” (featuring Nicki Minaj)
4. “Elastic Love”
5. “Desnudate”
6. “Love & Glamour (Intro)”
7. “Glam”
8. “Prima Donna”
9. “Morning Dessert (Intro)”
10. “Sex for Breakfast”
11. “Lift Me Up”
12. “My Heart (Intro)”
13. “All I Need”
14. “I Am”
15. “You Lost Me”
16. “I Hate Boys”
17. “My Girls” (featuring Peaches)
18. “Vanity”

The title track, Bionic, serves as the albums opener and its a great intro for the album. I think it could have been shortened and just been an "Intro" instead of a full song as it seems to drag towards the end.

Next up is the lead single, Not Myself Tonight, which is rather weak and underwhelming. It sounds more like a bonus track than a lead single. Kind of loses the momentum that Bionic helped to build with opening the album.

Up next, though, is WooHoo which features Nicki Minaj. Its a fun track about oral sex and definitely got me feeling the album more after the lackluster Not Myself Tonight. Its a little ridiculous in parts, but its okay, the song is about oral sex anyways. It was hardly meant to be some lyrical masterpiece. The line "You don't need even need a plate, just your face, ha!" is one of the best lines in the album.

Following WooHoo is Elastic Love which sounds like something from Gwen Stefani's debut album, Love.Angel.Music.Baby. However, thats not a bad thing. I happened to love that album, especially the songs that were like this one. It would be a risky single choice, but its still a fantastic track.

Up next is the reggaeton inspired Desnudate, which sounds like it should feature Pitbull and take over the clubs this summer. Definitely a solid track.

The next track, Glam is a decent album track and sounds like it should be the theme song to "Rupaul's Drag Race".

Following Glam is, what I feel, the worst track on the album. That would be Prima Donna. Its just bad on so many levels. The lyrics are rather stupid, and normally its not an issue, but given that she screams on a lot of it, it just fall flat for me. It could have easily been left off the album.

Following Prima Donna is the start of the slower songs on the album. The first one being the sexy slow jam, Sex For Breakfast. Its nothing amazing, but its definitely a nice laid back sexy R&B track.

The next track is possibly my favorite on the album. Lift Me Up is simply fantastic. She performed a stripped down version earlier this year for the Help for Haiti telethon, and I wasn't really feeling it. However, in its original studio version, its definitely fantastic and what I picture a Christina ballad to be.

The next is the only "interlude" worth mentioning. Its only 21 seconds, but it features a cameo from her baby boy Max. At first I was like, oh no, then I heard Max say "mama" and I couldn't help but smile. It was just too cute.

The song after that interlude is another great ballad from Christina. All I Need has a fantastic melody. Sounds like something that could have fit in nicely on Back to Basics, but it still fits nicely in this album.

Up next is the beautiful I Am. I love the use of her lower register on this one. She sounds fantastic on this. She doesn't over sing the song. I'm thinking this was a Sia track.

You Lost Me is f**king brilliant. It reminded me of "Walk Away" from Stripped, and it definitely does and does not disappoint.

Up next is the start of 3 more uptempos that close out the album. I Hate Boys features chants of how "boys suck" and what not. This is definitely not my cup of tea. Could have done without it on the album.

My Girls is up next and it features Peaches. It reminds me of Scissor Sisters and I kind of like it. Its totally gay, but its a fun track nonetheless.

Closing out the album is Vanity which is f**king amazing. A lot of people call Christina "cocky" and "full of herself" and this whole song is about how much she loves herself. The lyrics are ridiculous, but in a good way, and the production is very nice. It was a great way to close out the album.

Overall - 6.8