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Oral Fixation vol. 2 [ENHANCED]

Try our music sampler to hear all song samples from this album 1. How Do You Do 2. Don’t Bother 3. Illegal (featuring Carlos Santana) 4. The Day and the Time (featuring Gustavo Cerati) 5. Animal City 6. Dreams for Plans 7. Hey You 8. Your Embrace 9. Costume Makes the Clown 10. Something 11. Timor

Oral Fixation Vol. 2

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 singl