| Just Be Free |  | Artist: Christina Aguilera
Label: Warlock Records
Category: Music
Buy New: $12.88
Rating:  76 reviews
Sales Rank: 1056017
Media: Audio Cassette
Discs: 1
UPC: 026656284441
EAN: 0026656284441
ASIN: B00005JIY6
Release Date: August 21, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Just Be Free | | • | By Your Side | | • | Move It [Dance Mix] | | • | Our Day Will Come | | • | Believe Me | | • | Make Me Happy | | • | Dream a Dream | | • | Move It | | • | Way You Talk to Me | | • | Running Out of Time | | • | Believe Me [Dance Mix] | | • | Just Be Free [Dance Remix][Version] |
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Album Description
Recorded shortly before the she recorded her multi-platinum self-titled release, this is truly Christina's first album. Just Be Free is a balanced mix of touching ballads, mid-tempo songs and hi-energy club songs.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 71 more reviews...
Christina Fans Only! August 21, 2001
J. Martin (Woodside, NY)
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
Poor Christina Aguilera. This album was only released so some jerks can make a buck. I can understand why she tried everything in her power to make this album disappear. It is filled with generic dance tracks and awful ballads. All credit for the bad album goes to the writers of these awful songs. These guys obviously have no talent and it is clear why Christina chose a different record label and producers. The reason I give this album 3 stars is because of Christina herself. Despite the material she does what she can with it, singing her heart out. The only listenable tracks would be Just Be Free, Move It, and the dance mix of Believe Me. Not good songs but she sings the hell out of them making them powerful dance tracks. If you are a Christina fan then get this album, it is a must have, but don't expect great things. You'll probably listen to it once, put it away, and then pop in her debut or Mi Reflejo, 2 albums that truly show how wonderfully talented this woman is. *Check out the liner notes from Christina, she even thinks this album is terrrible.
Keep in mind this is just a DEMO August 13, 2002
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am a big fan of Christina. She is truly a gifted vocalist and has a great future ahead of her.I bought this CD thinking it was the follow-up to her first album. then I read the inlay of the CD and learned that this was actually a compiling of demo recordings of Christina, when she was only 14 and 15 years old. I listened to the CD, and you can notice in it the great potential she had as a singer at that young age. But this isn't a recording to be commercially released in my opinion.The recordings are just a demonstration of Christina's vocal abilities, but it has not the quality, as she herself says, to be commercially released. I agree with her as she writes in the inlay: "I hope this will be just a footnote in what i expect to be a long career in music". If you buy this CD don't expect to get great songs, beautiful lyrics, and Christina's actual voice, for you'll be dissappointed. This CD is only for people who want to know just how much of Christina's voice is just pure talent, and how much of it is the product of voice training. if you're not interested in knowing this, then this CD isn't for you
 This is NOT her new cd! June 18, 2002
Rheanna (GA, United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I keep hearing people saying that they got her 'new cd' and it's horrible. This is not her new cd. She recorded these songs when she was 14 and she didn't want it released. I agree some of the songs are repetitive and a bit boring, but some of these are great. I really like Just Be Free; it's a nice dance song with a good beat and i like the way she sings on it. I also really like Believe Me. It is a meaningful song and i can see people relating to it. you can tell she contributed to the writing of that one cause it talks about being excluded cause you are different, and that's what kids did to her when she was younger. Listen to the words and you can tell. Move It is a good song, both the dance mix and the regular one. I like Running Out Of Time and By Your Side also. The spanish version of Just Be Free is good; you can hear her rapping in spanish in the background and it sounds really cool. Even though these aren't the best songs, her voice is good. She was only 14 and you can hear how mature her voice is. She sounds like she does now only a teeny bit different and not as powerful. But the talent is there.
What is everyone's PROBLEM...??? October 20, 2004
MisterMusicFan
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This isn't NEARLY as horrifically awful as so many reviewers seem to be making it out to be-in fact, the first two tracks could have easily been club and/or radio hits if the sound/backing tracks were a tad stronger. This album's biggest problem is that the music wasn't well-produced and the sound and backing tracks are weak. This album could have been beautiful and a huge success if a little more effort were put into it. Christina's voice is gorgeous, as usual. But the production is what causes the album's true downfall. Christina's voice is oh-so-slightly off-key at times, but that's more understandable because this was before she had any vocal training-and for someone with no training, she really rocked!! I have to admit, some of the later tracks kinda just plain suck but the early songs could have been huge hits if they were better produced. "Just Be Free" is the album's gem, and it, interestingly, also has the best sound. "By Your Side" is a tad Janet Jackson-esque, and could have been a hit, but the sound is fuzzy and downright awful with this one-the "Move It" dance mix is also quite good-another hard-hitting club track. A lot of filler here, yes, but an interesting look at Christina's earlier days. A must-have for the major hardcore fans, and a slightly unique listen for the rest of us.
Why is everybody dissing this album? December 28, 2003
Xtina Fan (MA, USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I dont understand why everyone thinks this album is awful. In her other albums, she has backup with atleast 3 other voices. This album is raw, the real deal, unmanufactured. I can understand why Christina sued to have this album not released. Poeple want to hear clear, crisp, edited songs so they're "just right". But this album is uniquely interesting because it takes you right into the recording studio, and you can almost picture the young, hard-working, struggling singer. Christina has amazing talent and I will not pay for this album because it supports poeple who are selling the album without her consent. The songs are more than fine, the only thing thats scum here is whoever released this.
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