Continuing a countdown of my favorite albums of 2005…

#8 – Fijacion Oral, Vol. 1 & Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 – Shakira

Today’s pick is a bit of a cheat, in that I’m squeezing two albums into one slot. But Shakira’s two-volume project, separated by five months, certainly feels like one extended album.

Fijacion Oral, the first (and better) volume, is performed entirely in Spanish, while Oral Fixation is fully English-language. The albums share a few titles but mostly tread different territory.

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