Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | (56/100) |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| Billboard | (positive) |
| Entertainment Weekly | C |
| Sputnikmusic | (2/5) |
| Wall of Sound | (72/100) |
Critically, the album got average reviews with a rating of 56/100 on the website Metacritic, one point higher than her second album Stripped. Allmusic described the album was a mirror image of her debut album Christina Aguilera. He stated that: "this results in an album that is just a little too familiar, even if it's classy and well-produced and spiked with a couple of new tunes that hold their own with the holdovers. Even so, it's hard to view Mi Reflejo as anything other than a bit of a pleasant holding pattern; it's enjoyable as it spins, but it doesn't add anything new to her music, since it's just the old music in new clothing."
Sputnikmusic had a negative review saying: "It's hard to imagine that after the success of Aguilera's debut album, she would render fans with a quick conglomeration of Aguilera's previous hits in Spanish and a few new tracks that sound too rushed to be deemed "well-made." He continued: "El Beso Del Final" is not a bad continuation to "Falzas Esperanzas." Though the lyrics sound robotic, and the music sounds like a couple of her older songs, the song in its whole is rather fun and easy to enjoy in the first listening. Soon comes "Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti," a song that sounds a bit too melodramatic and--well, fake. Once again her Spanish gets in the way from truly giving listeners goosebumps when she approaches the climax... if they reach it. "Pero Me Acuerdo De Ti" drags through, repeating the same line "...pero me acuerdo de ti..." Fine, it is the name of the song, but it gets so annoying hearing the same phrase so many times! Unfortunately, "Ven Conmigo (Solamente Tu)," the translation of "Come On Over (All I Want Is You)" has to appear. Her voice seems to float above the "music" giving the feeling of a highly studio-glossed song--much worse than the original."
Songs from the album earned her two Latin Grammy Award nominations, one for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "Genio Atrapado" in 2000 and Record of the Year for "Pero Me Acuerdo De Tí" in 2001. The album earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Latin Pop Album and a win at the Latin Grammy Awards for Best Female Pop Vocal Album in 2001. Aguilera became the first American Artist to win a Latin Grammy.
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