I think the album was too all over the place and should have been more focused, much like her last album. Her most cohesive one to date is actually the first one which, no surprise, is her best selling one, which she had no creative control over. She could sing the phonebook and it would sound fantastic but there's a reason people with lack of real vocal talent like Britney Spears outsell her: Britney has little control over the choice of music she makes while Christina is often given a free range to take her albums in a certain direction she prefers. What you end up with is a couple great songs (You Lost Me) that could have been a hit if it weren't for the initial release of a horribly outdated single (Not Myself Tonight), much like most of the songs on her album, that turned everyone off. Critics have always lambasted her poor choice of material and for good reason. She should ditch the whole female empowerment by way of a dressing like a trashy s&m slut and reposition her image, make some more songs with Sia or someone of that quality and explore one good genre rather than 10 on one album that will showcase her talent like it should. I