After a racy performance on the Xfactor final, Christina Aguilera saw a huge boost in sales, especially for her soundtrack to debut feature film/musical Burlesque. With any luck these sales will transfer to her latest studio effort, Bionic, which proved impotent in the race for platinum. However, the second single from said album, 'You Lost Me' should have made some chart impact, with its stripped back production and lyrical beauty.
It may not have the 'oomph' that made 'Beautiful' and 'The Voice Within' huge hits and huge vocal showcases, but 'You Lost Me' is a lovely little song. "It feels like our world's been infected and somehow you left me neglected", whispers a restrained Christina. I say restrained because there are few growls from the diva on this ballad, her vocals seeming a bit 'held back'. It sounds great, but I can't help but feel that she wasn't really there when recording this potential belter. Things pick up toward the end (as they always do) and it's nice not to have to keep up with her vocal gymnastics, but it would have been good to take a bullet when listening to this one.
3.5/5
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