Bionic

Xtina's folly here, allegedly, was high ambition. I would instead contend that it was a tendency to lazily ape her contemporaries - particularly Stefani and shades of M.I.A - without really having the kind of swagger or charisma that makes those two performers so captivating at this point in time. As a result, this just squelches and shrieks until you can stand it no longer.

All of this would be forgivable if this actually did push the boat out as much as everyone says it does creatively, but we all know this is extremely late-noughties electropop with an only minorly abrasive edge on three or four of the tracks overall.