In reply to Brent Christopher.

For starters the name of album didn't reflect the content on the album. Lotus is an organic beautiful flower that grows in the worst of places and that message was not translated into her music. You would think that with getting divorced and "coming full circle" the album would have been the second coming of Stripped like she claimed it was. Speaking of which; The content on Stripped matches the title, likewise Back to Basics and Bionic, I get the connection. Not so much with Lotus. Christina has always done a theme each album and there wasn't one for Lotus. The production was horrible and felt rushed and her vocals sounded shot. That album compared to its predecessor felt bland and unseasoned and had no emotion to it. Critics even said We Remain was better than anything on Lotus because it had that vocal intensity and emotion that Christina is famous for. But that's my personal take on that album.