More people-talking-about-their-albums news. Christina Aguilera has been speaking about her forthcoming long player release, 'Back To Basics', set for release on 15 Aug, and the last minute decision to make it a double album. The singer says that each of the two discs has a distinctly different sound, with the first disc produced mainly by Gang Starr's DJ Premier.
Aguilera told MTV: "The first half is based upon working with more beat-driven producers and will use samples and things like that, and then the second disc is all me and [collaborator] Linda Perry. The first half of the album is kind of a throwback with elements of jazz, blues and soul music combined with a modern-day twist, like hard-hitting beats."
On the second disc, she added: "There are no cover songs, so we made more of a '20s, '30s vibe with an authentic and organic twist. There are no samples - it's all live music."