Mi Reflejo Christina Aguilera BMG, 2000 Tracks 1: Genio Atrapado 2: Falsas Esperanzas 3: El Beso Del Final 4: Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti 5: Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tú) 6: Si No Te Hubiera Conocido 7: Contigo En La Distancia 8: Cuando No Es Contigo 9: Por Siempre Tú 10: Una Mujer 11: Mi Reflejo   Buy it online Reviewed by Linda Richards	It's a decision every pop princess has to make. Some place between adorable, precocious adolescence and cameo appearances on Love Boat, a move has to be made that shows the world that there's more to you than firm flesh and sterling management. There's a requisite for this move, however: when you make it, there really does need to be more there. On the scale of these things, it's early days for Christina Aguilera. At 19, the flesh ought to stay firm for a while yet and with just a single self-titled album out until now -- though that album produced several hits -- it's not like we were going to get tired of her. Yet. However, the newly-released Mi Reflejo is a masterstroke -- likely on the part of the sterling management mentioned earlier -- that not only moves Aguilera into a whole new market, it also established something we'd only suspected before now: this girl can actually sing. It's likely not entirely a coincidence that in the heavily retouched cover photo of Aguilera chosen for Mi Reflejo, the artist bears a striking resemblance to former pop princess, Celine Dion. It's hard not to think of Dion on a first spin through Mi Reflejo: at least, that is, if you don't speak either Spanish or French. Like Dion, Aguilera had her first international hit in English. Also like Dion, Aguilera then called on her roots for some drop dead non-English material. Unlike Dion, however, Aguilera didn't actually speak the mother tongue. American born -- though her father's military career meant that the singer was raised in places as diverse as Japan, Florida, Texas, New Jersey and Pennsylvania -- Aguilera was brought up in a primarily English-speaking household. In order to make the Spanish album happen, Aguilera had to learn enough Spanish to record the 11 songs on Mi Reflejo. She's done a credible job with the crash course; the album has a very tight and finished feel and Aguilera's voice has never sounded better. Aguilera fans will recognize five tracks that have been re-recorded in Spanish for this album including "Genio Atrapado," which will be remembered as "Genie in a Bottle" and "Una Mujer," -- the English version is "What a Girl Wants." The translations have suffered no pain in the reworking to Spanish and Aguilera seems to hit her marks effortlessly, regardless of the language, including attaining a few Mariah Carey-like heights and trills on "El Beso Del Final" and "Una Mujer." For the most part, the translations retain the sound and spirit of the originals: the lyrics just as catchy and repetitive as they were the first time around, except -- of course -- this time they're in Spanish. However, the new tracks are a whole new deal: from the salsa dance feel of "Falsas Esperanzas" to the hard salsa jam of "Cuando No Es Contigo." It's a strong, finished album and Aguilera's voice has never been better. The album was produced by Rudy Perez, one of the senior producers of Latin music in the United States. Perez has produced such superstars as Julio Iglesias, Luis Miguel, Luis Fonsi -- with whom Aguilera does a duet on Mi Reflejo -- Jose Feliciano and others. Perez' influence on Mi Reflejo is large. He also wrote "Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti" and did many of the translations. The enhanced CD includes a couple of videos you can watch on your computer if you're so inclined: the Spanish videos for "Genio Atrapado" and "Por Siempre Tú." Mi Reflejo should hold us for Aguilera-ness until the holiday season, when her first Christmas album, My Kind of Christmas is released. | September 2000 Linda Richards is the editor of Blue Coupe magazine.	Aguilera fans will recognize five tracks that have been re-recorded in Spanish for this album including "Genio Atrapado," which will be remembered as "Genie in a Bottle;" and "Una Mujer," -- the English version was "What a Girl Wants." The translations have suffered no pain in the reworking to Spanish and Aguilera seems to hit her marks effortlessly, regardless of the language, including attaining a few Mariah Carey-like heights and trills on "El Beso Del Final" and "Una Majer."