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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
FIVE STAR SET, but how many times are we supposed to keep buying the same basic item????, January 3, 2007
There are TWO parts to this review. First, we'll deal with the actual item--ORAL FIXATION VOLUMES 1 & 2 w/BONUS DVD. As a set, it's the best of both world's. You get the excellent FIVE STAR Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1 with the excellent "classic" Shakira style tracks NO and DIA ESPECIAL, plus the quirky LA TORTURA duet. You also get the "improved" ORAL FIXATION, Volume 2, with the added HIPS DON'T LIE, bringing an otherwise so-so THREE STAR CD up to FOUR STARS. Finally, you get the DVD BONUS which includes FIVE GREAT VIDEOS and three MTV LIVE performances. FIVE STARS for the video disc. So, do the math 5+4+5/3=close enough to FIVE STARS to give the whole package a FIVE STAR RATING!
Now for part two of this review. Let's see, I NOW have THREE COPIES OF F.O. Vol 1 and TWO copies of O.F. Vol 2! Thankfully, I DIDN'T buy the "improved" O.F. Vol 2 w/Hips Don't Lie as a stand alone CD or else I'd have THREE OF EACH! UGH! Don't get me wrong. I REALLY LIKE Shakira. There's nothing else quite like her. Musically, she's UNIQUE. NOBODY will ever be able to duplicate her vocal antics or even come close. She's a once in all eternity singer! And, obviously, I eagerly await and buy up her material, but, quite frankly, I'm starting to feel like I'm being played! At what point do we start thinking that her label is milking our wallets for all we're worth??? I wasn't TOO annoyed at buying Laundry Service and Laundry Service--Washed and Dried or even buying F.O. Vol 1 for the car and the Dualdisc for at home use, but really, it's starting to get just a bit ridiculous, don't you think??? I'm glad I dragged my feet about getting O.F. Vol. 2 w/Hips Don't Lie and that this SET w/bonus DVD came out before I sank another ten or fifteen bucks in yet ANOTHER version of this same basic package!!
Anyways! Again, as a set, this is a FIVE STAR PACKAGE especially for the DVD! If you're just starting to acquire SHAKIRA CD's, buy this attractively priced SET and MAYBE consider the DUALDISC F.O. Vol. 1 for the extras noted by the other reviewers (English lyric translations, Video extras, etc.), but skip the rest of the "varieties" of this album! And there's a "Target" variety, too??? Good thing I DIDN'T hear about that or I'd have ANOTHER copy of this same album! DOH! Maybe someday those "early releases" might be worth something as collectibles! But in the meantime, what am I going to do with ALL THESE DUPLICATES I NOW HAVE????
Let's hope that the next "NEW" product from Shakira isn't just another retread! Give us something that's actually DIFFERENT. PLEASE!!! Here's an idea to get the ball rolling--how about a COMPLETE music video collection 1996-2007 DVD!!! I'd BUY THAT HAPPILY and NOT GRIPE AT ALL!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Shaki's "Oral Fixation", the COMPLETE album!!!, December 12, 2006
Really, this package gets a 4 1/2 from me...why not a perfect 5?? Because the timing of releasing this package is way off, and looks like a Sony BMG ploy to get Christmas sales, it could have had more on there, and the packaging is basically: take the existing Volume 1 and Volume 2, throw it into a box (albeit an ATTRACTIVE box), add an exclusive DVD and bingo. If you didn't have the 2 volumes before, by all means, buy this package. If you want the DVD, buy it, but if you have both discs and don't care about the DVD, stay away. This SHOULD have come out the same time as the redone version of "Volume 2" with "Hips Don't Lie", not now.
To me, what would have made this a perfect 5 is: one, the disc of Volume 1 SHOULD have been the DualDisc, not the regular barebones disc. The reason why is because the DVD side of the dualdisc has a fun segment of Alejandro Sanz interviewing Shaki, and it was basically an excuse for the two of them to pal around, act silly and make jokes. There are subtitles so you can be in on the fun. There is also the making of the "La Tortura" vidclip, and footage of Shaki on the beach hanging out with local kids. The best part of the DVD side is that you can play the album with English translations, so you can follow along and understand what it is she is singing on this artful Volume 1. In this box, you get the album itself, which is fine, and the foldout poster, but I miss the DVD stuff from the DualDisc. ALSO, they could have added on the 3 live bonus tracks from the Target exclusive edition, making the disc 15 tracks.
As for Volume 2, I really love it, but again, they maybe could have added on the remix of "Don't Bother" from the Target edition of the first pressing, pre "Hips Don't Lie", as well as remixes of "Hips" from the import singles. Otherwise, fine, everything else is there, full artwork in the foldout poster, and the tracklisting of the 2nd edition, with that edition's trackorder, including "Hips" and the Spanglish version of "La Tortura".
As for the DVD, it's good to have, because it has all 5 vidclips from both volumes, the clips of "No" and "Dia De Enera" were not on an official release, maybe an import CD single from South America, but that's it. Everything else, the other 3 clips and 3 live performances, except for a remix video of "Don't Bother", were on the bonus DVD from Target's special edition of the 2nd Volume 2. Like I said before, to make this a 5-star release, the COULD have added onto the DVD the video footage from the DualDisc of Volume 1 as well as the remix clip of "Don't Bother". Instead, it's a good, but not complete, 31-minute DVD, oh well.
My suggestion??? Get this package and replace the regular Volume 1 with the DualDisc, or buy the DualDisc and keep both, as many people have problems playing the DualDisc in their car stereos, and you can play the regular disc in those players.
The best part of this release??? You can play the complete "Oral Fixation" in a row, and as good as both parts are separately, it's BETTER as a complete album!!! The 2 parts compliment each other like you wouldn't believe. To me, it's a work of art, eclectic, melodic, catchy, meaningful...everything from bossa nova ("Obtener Un Si"), Latin pop ("No", "En Tus Pupiles/Something", "Dreams For Plans"), new wave ("La Pared"...possibly my fave track on the whole set, in new wave and acoustic piano versions, the punky B-52's-ish "Escondite Ingles", and "Hey You"), heavy dance pop ("Lo Imprescindible"), glamish rock & roll ("Costume Makes The Clown"), slightly-but-not-TOO-commercial catchy as hell powerpop ("Don't Bother", "Animal City"), chanting over rocking pop and dance ("How Do You Do", "Timor"), cool collaborations ("Hips Don't Lie", "Illegal", "La Tortura", "Dia Especial/The Day & The Time") and much more...it's a 25-track album!!! Some tracks have English and Spanish versions that compliment each other, but overall, there are 20 standalone songs, and it cements Shaki's rep as an artful bilingual female pop force of nature with a rock & roll heart (the acclaimed, widespread Rick Rubin DID executively produce this whole set, after the Dixie Chicks, Neil Diamond and Johnny Cash), and I don't care if we have to wait 5 years for her next release. It will be great and worth the wait.
Shakira rocks!!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
amazing as usual, January 15, 2007
You can not expect anything else than amazing cds, that's why Shakira is the number one.
I love them.
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