Oral Fixation Vol.2 - Shakira

Advantages: Great album to listen to
Disadvantages: None

**INTRODUCTION** The album artwork is of Shakira wearing nothing but she has a tree covering her up. She is holding an apple and in my opinion it is in Adam and Eve style. There is also a baby trying to grab towards her. It would definitely get your attention, as it is not something you would expect to see. Now onto the most important part and that is, the song's on the album. I will also give the length of each track in minutes and what I rate ...
...Do - (3.47 ) 3/5 To open this album it has a controversial song, which is about God. It is asking him lots of questions for example does he cries or is he happy. She sings in several different languages in this song. I think this may be to show that everyone has different beliefs and she wants everyone's sins to be forgiven. Also she wonders which religion is the right one. She really is questioning faith and religion. The song is slow and has church ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant mixture of unique music.
Disadvantages: None at all.

...so decided to buy them. Oral Fixation 2 is Shakira's follow up album to the Spanish Fijation Oral 1 album which was released last year. When I heard about this album I couldn't wait to buy it, to see what new brilliant songs were to come, and it certainly was worth the wait! ~~~Track listing~~~ 1. How Do You Do This starts in a very weird way with chanting of the Lord's prayer, but then the drum beat kicks in and has a catchy melody with good ...
...of you that have Fijaction Oral volume 1, you will definitely recognise this song, which is the english version of "Dia Especial". Personnaly I prefer the Spanish version, partly because I heard it first, and also because I think the lyrics "this is the day and the time" are quite disappointing compared to the spanish version. 7/10 5. Animal City This song begins with an Arabic, belly dancing introduction until the singing starts. This is another ... Read review

Advantages: Nothing
Disadvantages: Nothing

The Oral Fixation or "Fijacion Oral" in Spanish is the last album os Shakira the Colombian singer that was made in two volumes, the Vol I is an album with song in Spanish language and the Volume II is and album in English. In the volume one of "Oral Fixation" was realized in Spanish with as: 1-La tortura (with Alejandro Sanz 2-La pared 3-Un dia especial (with Gustavo Cerati) 4-No 5-Dias de enero And another songs in this first part. ---------- ...
...bother" or "the day after time" (The English lyrics of Un dia especial), "Ilegal" --------- The album contains: Vol I 1-En tus pupilas 2-La pared 3-La tortura 4-Obtener un si 5-Dia especial 6-Escondite ingles 7-No 8-Dias de enero 9-Lo impresindible 10-La pared (in piano) 11-La tortura (remix) 12-Las de la intuicion Vol II 1-How do you do 2-Don't bother 3-Ilegal 4-The day after time 5-Animal City 6-Dreams for plan" 7-Hey you ... Read review

Advantages: great voice, good range of songs
Disadvantages: not her best album, not enough hits from it

I was disappointed when i purchased this album, im a big fan of Shakira and loved the Laundry Service album but i felt this effort was below par. She has an outstanding voice but i feel the songs just arent good enough. Songs like hips don't lie made me buy this album and there are a few great songs but most of them didnt grow on me at all well and i havent listened to it much since buying it, a lot of the songs dont have the quality and consistency ... Read review

Advantages: The same as the original album but this version has added tracks
Disadvantages: It is not the original/1st edition

...Shakira has done it again, this is a fantastic album which is trully full of emotions and listening to the tracks themselves takes you though a rollercoaster of real emotions as Shakira seems to have that rare ability to draw you in and feel the emotion she is portraying in any given song on this album, with the added advantage of extra songs that were not present on the first album edition, from the hit single "Hips don't lie" where it gives you a pure good upbeat feeling to the next hits "Illegal" where you feel the true sadness of her heart as she sings about betrayal and deceit it just pulls at your heart strings, and then you have "Don't bother" it is kind of like the new "I will survive" song. This whole album sings to your heart and shows the true talent that the majority of singers and bands lack now-a-days which is the talent... Read review

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Advantages: Oral Fixation
Disadvantages: Nothing

...This is the second part of "Fijacion Oral" with Songs in English and presents theme like "Don't bother" or "Hips don't like" (that sounded on the Latin and American Radio) and translate songs of the first part "Dia Especial" in Spanish or "the day after the time" wirh the colabotions of the Mexican Carlos Santana and the Argentinian Gustavo Cerati (after he had a band named "Soda Stereo on the eighties). About Shakira's voice I don't like because tecnically she used a nasal voce or more or less that it doesn't sound good on my own opinion In my own opinion this album isn't good because it don't have have the quality like the anothers album that she recorded about the compositions that I don't like so much. In this album we have this songs: 1-How do you do 2-Don't bother 3-Illegal 4-The day after time 5-Animal city 6-Dreams... Read review

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Advantages: Different to the norm, a bit of culture.
Disadvantages: Not as many good songs as I was expecting.

...OK, so I'm assuming that we all know Shakira, from her belly-wiggling 'Whenever Wherever' hit, well, the album that that song came from managed a massive 13X platinum. Shakira has a total of 25 million+ album sales, and has gathered among literally hundreds of other awards, 3 Latin Grammys no less! Shakira is seen as a child prodigy, writing her first song at just 8 years old, and signing her first record contract with Sony Music Colombia at the age of just 13, amazing. So, it should come as no surprise that a lot of people have been waiting a long time for this album, including me!! Fijacion Oral Vol.1 was released on June 7th 2005, and is to be followed up by Oral Fixation Vol.2 in November 2005. This is because Shakira sat down to write, and realised that she had clocked up 200 songs, after windling them down to her favourite... Read review

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