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List Price: $18.97 | | Label: Sony
Salesrank: 2268
Released: April 18, 2006 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Track Listing:
1. How Do You Do
2. Illegal (featuring Carlos Santana)
3. Hips Don't Lie (new bonus track featuring Wyclef Jean)
4. Animal City
5. Don't Bother
6. The Day and the Time (featuring Gustavo Cerati)
7. Dreams for Plans
8. Hey You
9. Your Embrace
10. Costume Makes the Clown
11. Something
12. Timor
13. La Tortura (new bonus track)
Editorial Review:
The English-language Oral Fixation Vol. 2 finds Shakira reclaiming some of the bite she showcased on 1998's smashing Donde Estan Los Ladrones? The Colombian rock goddess is making up for lost time: this is her second disc of new material in 2005. It's quite a feat, considering the four-year gap since Laundry Service, her scattershot, English-language debut album. Oral Fixation Vol. 2 is more mature and better focused than the spin-cycle pop of that 2001 disc. Kick-off track "How Do You Do" starts with a haunting reading of "The Lord's Prayer" before launching into a risky questioning of faith and religion. Shakira touches on the highs and lows of celebrity on a trio of tracks--the bittersweet "Your Embrace," the guitar-driven "Costume Makes the Clown," and the disco-fied, politically charged "Timor." Selfish men and failed relationships--two oft-mentioned topics of interest--anchor much of Oral Fixation Vol. 2. First single "Don't Bother" is a bitter ode to strength, jealousy, and survival; "Dreams for Plans" is a wistful collage of relationship memories; and Carlos Santana slides a sexy guitar riff under soulful standout track "Illegal." The purple haze of Prince hangs over "Animal City," one of the disc's most inventive moments. It's a free-wheeling melange of rock riffs, electronic accents, mariachi horns and confident vocals. Two songs from Fijacion Oral Vol. 1 make appearances--the somber "Something" and "The Day and the Time," which improves greatly upon its Spanish counterpart. Vol. 1, while at times enjoyable, was a portrait of a gifted artist struggling to keep her footing and retain her confidence. Oral Fixation Vol. 2 finds Shakira embracing the eclectic beauty within. It's a wonderful sound. --Joey Guerra
Oral Fixation Vol. 2 Reviews:
Great purchase 
2008-07-24 - Bought this as a gift and the receipient was VERY pleased. Seller got it to her quickly & in perfect condition.
Shakira is fabulous!
2008-07-17 - I couldn't love this album more if I tried! I absolutely LOVE it! She is so talented, and has a very unique voice. I must have listened to this CD hundreds of times since I bought it!
Oral Fixation V2---an undervalued masterpiece
2008-05-21 - Oral Fixation V.2 is smart, creative, thoughtful, new, fresh, inspiring, daring, and breaks from the conventional mainstream pop sound. This album is not your one night stand plastic pop kind of album---it's really beyond entertainment for those who take the time to understand it. If you like dance music and carefree lyrics go to Madonna, Rihanna, Fergie, and yes Britney Spears. However, Shakira is something else--something above them in terms of actual meaning and art. This is directly due to the fact that Shakira is fully responsible for writing her own lyrics.
Therefore, it's not surprising that many don't like Shakira because of her unique and "new" take on the pop world. Yet, she continues to have millions of loyal fans that continue to support her and continue to show her that there are many out there who have discovered her beauty and this treasure called Oral Fixation V.2
Her lyrics are awesome but they are deep and full of hidden meaning.
1. How do you do? Is the first song in the album. It is a direct attack to the Catholic church. One of Shakira's memorable lines is :You've made mistakes/Well that's OK' cause we all have/But if I forgive yours/Will you forgive mine?
2. Illegal--is the 2nd song of the album. A memorable lyrics is: "You don't even know the meaning of the words "I'm sorry"/You said you would love me until you die/And as far as I kno you're still alive, baby/You don't even know the meaning of the words "I'm sorry."/I'm starting to believe it should be illegal to deceive a woman's heart."
3. Hips Don't Lie--I won't even go into this one. Everyone knows about this song.
4. Animal City---the most memorable lyric is "With you I feel safe/There's nothing to fear from us/Away from the fangs/The fangs of the world/I may be a coward but you are brave/And nothing seems so dangerous"
5. Don't BOther---there are several memorable lines but here my favorite "I'm sure she doesn't know/How to touch you like I would/I beat her at that one good/ Don't you think so?/She's almost 6 feet tal/She must think I'm a flea/ I'm really a cat you see/ And it's not my last life at all
6. The Day and the Time--The most memorable lyrics is "Well, we know/How empemeral life is/Disillusion takes what illusion gives/What's the use of make believe?/This is the day and the time/ I wanna believe that we may still have a chance/We took a leap in the dark/And I can see now/ How our shawdows have turn to light
7. The Day and the Time---"Once upon a time you and I/When we were dreaming easy/Fresh as limes and happy as a Sunday sky/There was nothing we could sell or buy/Cause all we really needed/Was our bare feet and a pair of wings to fly"
8. Hey You---"Hey you/Makin' an offer that/No one could ever refuse/Don't play the adamant/Don't be so arrogant/ Can't you see I've fallen for ya?
9. Your Embrace--"HOpe it isn't too late/To say 'I love you'/Hope it isn't too late to say/ That without you this place looks like London/It rains every day/Don't you know it, babe/I'm only half a body/Without your embrace"
I wanna go on but you get the picture. You will love this album. Just give it a chance.
AURAL FIXATION
2008-04-01 - Oh Shakira, Shakira --- Hips don't lie and neither do my ears when I put this one on.... why else would Wyclef Jean and Rick Rubin want to work with her? OK, OK -- well other than the fact that she is HOT!!! When she sings and pounds out the sounds she make even those of us that don't "habla" understand that talent has no language barriers. This album definitely deserved every award it earned and the only thing that would have made it better was having the video included.
Language Issues? 
2008-01-16 - I like Shakira..I do. I really have enjoyed her spanish albums but for some reason, in my opinion, she has not made a successful transition into english, despite a couple of hits. While her spanish lyrics are poetic and deep, her english lyrics are laughable and quite simply, silly. I was very eager when Laundry Service came out but I thought it was a failure..i.e Underneath your Clothes could have been a masterpiece but she killed it with things like "For being such a good girl honey", that is just childish...and the trend of childish and silly english lyrics continues herem an example would be in Don't Bother..another song that could've been excellent had she not gone overboard with the silliness "I beat her at that one good
Don't you think so?
She's almost six feet tall
She must think I'm a flea
I'm really a cat you see
And it's not my last life at all"
I'm sorry, that is just pure silliness.
And it seems she has an obsession with her "humble" breasts because she keeps mentioning them, in Costume Makes the Clown, makes an allusion to them in "Don't Bother" and also in "Whenever, Wherever".
I believe that when she writes the lyrics, she is still thinking in spanish and it shows, it shows the literal translation and the use of the language..Also, I found there the album is not cohesive..she jumps from one genre to another.
I think that she should surround herself with native english songwriters next time she releases an album in english, again, I LOVE her spanish albums and the lyrics are great but in english, they just fall short. I've tried many times to listen to this album and everytime I just find myself thinking how childish and stupid the lyrics sound. I do applaud her effort to cross over and she is definitely a better singer than Enrique Iglesias will ever be (who told him he could sing anyway???).
