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Christina Aguilera "Burlesque Soundtrack" album

- Release date : November 2010 -

Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack album from the film of the same name starring Cher and Christina Aguilera, released on November 22, 2010 by RCA Records. The first single from the soundtrack "Express" was released on November 19, 2010. The album features ten tracks, with eight done by Aguilera and two by Cher, which are Cher's first original recordings in 7 years.

Aguilera said that she wanted the soundtrack to resemble the sounds of her 2006 album “Back to Basics” with an addition of a modern-day sound and a ‘Big bottom-end bass in the beat, then old-school horn pops -- things like that’.

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"Burlesque Soundtrack" album reviews

The soundtrack to Christina Aguilera's silver screen debut Burlesque shines the spotlight on Xtina, who is in full-bore diva mode -- a return to the splashy swing of Back to Basics after the robotic R&B of Bionic. Of course, many of her collaborators from Bionic remain on Burlesque: Tricky Stewart is responsible for the glitzy dance, and Sia Furler co-writes the ballads, their contributions slotted between two Cher songs designed to push the narrative forward, two Etta James covers, a slice of heavy camp in the mincing “But I’m a Good Girl,” and a Nicole Scherzinger co-written interpolation of Marilyn Manson's “The Beautiful People” that provides a bewildering conclusion to this soundtrack. Some of this stuff is quite good, particularly when Christina swings her hips to Etta's lead, bringing to mind the zest of “Ain’t No Other Man.”

*** by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide ***