Stripped

The one thing that I hate seeing through the reviews is when someone shows obvious bias (shown with some people's great disdain for pop, hip hop/rap, 80s, etc.) They'll say "I despise hip-hop", "all 80s music sounds the same" and never give the material a fair chance when majority of the time the music is strong. This website gives you an album a day to listen to and helps expose us to music that we otherwise would've never listened to, so we need to put out biases aside. Everyone's entitled to have their opinion, but every album's entitled to have a fair chance and just be judged it on source value only. That being said, this is an extremely solid pop album. The latin, jazz, and R&B influences on this album are strong, and Aguilera's vocals are stellar throughout. Each song is poignant, and while they're all not perfect, they send an important message. Some of these songs will be getting a relisten, and helps show that pop music could and should be enjoyed by those of all ages. (On the sour side, this album is a little too long.)

Yesterday it was Britney Spears, today its Christina Aguilera. Dammit 1,001 this is not what I signed up for.

Early 00s Christina Aguilera appeals to my male lizard brain. I remember she had a sweet lil' Disney pop princess type hit sometime in the late 90s, and that was cute, but then when I was about 18 her unapologetically basic slut phase happened. I hated the music then and I think it actually sucks even more now. It's bog "producer written" pop, her voice isn't very good and over an hour of it is a total punish... but the way she so overtly and consciously lowered the bar, then got as nude as MTV would allow, started rubbing herself all over rappers like a cat in heat and pretended it was all in the name of female empowerment? hahaha, fuck yeah. 3/5 you disgustingly hot, morally bankrupt, awesome skank.

Yeh straight 5 for me. Yes, I know Beautiful and Dirrty (or whatever), great pop songs, but the whole album was full of great music. Popped it on before a run, no it didn't inspire me to great speeds, but I didn't want to stick my running playlist on. Gonna go listen to Beautiful again now.

I’m too old to pretend I give a shit about pop music.

My wife told me that if I didn't give this 5 stars she would leave me. But I think I would have given it 5 anyway. Even as someone who didn't think they were an Xtina fan, and didn't know any of her songs, this album is full of iconic songs that were ubiquitous in the early 2000s. Her voice is undeniable, and she toes the line of R&B without being too grating on the ears like some R&B artists on this list. Soooo I think I would have given it 5 anyway. But we'll never know.

I’ve had this album since it came out (21 years ago, oh god why did I do the math) and I’ve always liked it. Before today, I hadn’t listened to it from start to finish in many years (maybe since 2003). It is excessively long and should have been made into two albums, but I do enjoy the vast majority of the album. I suspect many reviewers won’t give this a fair chance since Christina was a pop princess back in the day, but this is a solid, heartfelt album with varied influences and honest lyrics.

Already listened to the album, it's perfect no skips.

At the turn of the 21st century, “Stripped” became one of the seminal feminist self-empowerment pop albums. Heralded by the likes of Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez and Ariana Grande as a major influence on their work, we have this album to thank for many a starlet navigating a thorny post-Disney Channel career. It’s a simple enough premise: keen to reclaim her identity after being marketed as a squeaky clean teen-pop star, Christina Aguilera becomes a self-empowered, confident and sexual 22 year old (still written by mostly male songwriters and producers, to the delight of the male gaze… but your feelings on that come down to which wave of feminism you subscribe to.) The opening, “Stripped Intro”, expresses the concept reasonably well through a collage of news headlines and celebrity gossip, before Aguilera delivers a nutshell-fitting diatribe against her critics. It serves as a springboard for a whopping 78 minutes that just about hold together, though don’t feel hugely cohesive as an artistic statement. Concept aside, the album’s defining feature is Aguilera’s voice: melismatic, soaring, dramatic. Her vocals are rarely toned down and vulnerable, and won’t be to everyone’s taste, but it’s hard to argue that she isn’t a quintessential 2000’s diva after hearing this. She’s at her best in the big ballads: “Beautiful” and “The Voice Within” are both magnificent songs and she fills every corner of them with passion and precision. “Cruz” is an unexpected highlight, being a musical-theatre style rock ballad. Every note of it is a corn-beef-hash-full of corniness, but she sells it to the last. There are a lot of other tracks I enjoyed here: “Underappreciated” is a gritty and tight funk jam; “Fighter” is fierce, uncompromising and even boasts a guitar solo; it’s nice to hear the less belty, more subtle tones of Aguilera’s voice in the hyper-sensual “Loving Me 4 Me”, which floats by like a barely recalled dream. There are some nice segues and satisfying gapless sequencing, which bring more cohesion than perhaps is actually there. But with such a lengthy running time, and Aguilera’s determination to show off her musical and vocal range, there are plenty of missteps. “Make Over” has a completely flat production with an abrasive, irritating refrain (stolen from the Sugababes… a bit of a low bar if you ask me). “Walk Away” and “Impossible” are forgettable piano-driven jazz ballads, and “I’m OK” and “Keep on Singing My Song” at the end feel tacked on and inconsequential: two ballads too many, “The Voice Within” being a much more appropriate ending. Most crucial of all to Aguilera’s aesthetic reinvention are the “WAP”s of their day, “Dirrty” and “Get Mine, Get Yours”. These are decent celebrations of casual sex and expressions of sexuality, but feel remarkably tame by today’s standards. They’re not showstoppers, but I tend to find these kind of songs rarely are: instead they’re a litmus test for our society’s squeamishness, like dropping a naked pebble into a puddle of prudes to count the ripples of shock value. With that, she certainly succeeded, and “Stripped” remains potent twenty years later: something worth commending.

This takes me back

One of the better pop albums I've ever listened to. Versatile and bold. Some ballads, some stronger beats. You really can't ask for much more in this genre.

I’m not the target audience for this type of music but I listened and it’s actually pretty good. Slow numbers, upbeat stuff, actual poignant lyrics (at times, lol)…….. Probably won’t listen again and I’m not going to look up any more of her stuff but I was pleasantly surprised.

I have quite a bit to say about this one. First of all, I'm not a huge fan of pop music, but, as well as some other genres on this site, I think that it falls victim to negative bias. In this album, Christiana demonstrates an undeniably great singing voice. "Can’t Hold Us Down", "Fighter" and "Dirrty" are really good songs, among others. The album incorporates a great mix of influences from different genres and the songs tackle some interesting themes in a meaningful way. I think the only thing holding it back from being a 5 star album is its runtime, which could be shorter.

Pleasantly surprised by this solid album. Thoroughly enjoyed it musically and lyrically.

Stripped is the fourth album by American singer Christina Aguilera. The pop/R&B album has elements of soul, rock. hip hop and Latin music, with themes on self-respect, sex, and feminism. Christina produced this album as a transition from her teen pop style to a grown up attitude. At release, Stripped received mixed critical reviews - many about the album's lack of focus - but commercially the album performed amazingly. It almost topped the charts in most countries worldwide, is certified 5x platinum in the US, 6x platinum in the UK, triple platinum in all of Europe, was nominated for many and won a single Grammy, and is considered one of the most influential pop albums of all time. Despite the "lack of focus" and large amount of freedom that allowed Christina to record so many different types of songs - which critics took issue with - this album is extremely popular. It was a great album IMO and I loved hearing some of Christina Aguilera's older music that I haven't heard in a long time. She really did make a statement with Stripped that she wasn't going to be a cute, cookie-cutter pop icon, but instead try to make entertaining music with a broad vocal range. It's an important album for women, but appreciated by all types of people to this day. This is my favorite album of hers so far.

i would literally marry her.

An hour and a quarter of empowering soul and pop ballads with the occasional latin and rock flavour, belted out by Christina Aguilera's increadible voice. There are five monster singles on here, but it's the album tracks which are more interesting and give the album it's character. The lead single, Dirrty, sounds massively out of place both musically and thematically, and should have been left off the album. Despite that, this is still a surpringly mature and enjoyable record. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Beautiful Date listened: 13/03/23

Is that her poosy?!?!?! Oh...

Middle of the road pop-R&B. There’s better about. If she wasn’t a great singer this album wouldn’t be on this list. Great voice though. Sot Fighter Infatuation 2/5

I remember Dirrty being considered "shocking" at it's time, for being overly sexual. I guess the times have changed... what didn't change is that I didn't care for the music as a kid and I don't care for it now. While I admit the songs show a wider musical variety with Aguilera staying true to her voice - she manages to make every song sound bland, soulless and mass-produced in every style she uses and her voice sounds trained but without personality, regardless of style. The music is never so terrible that it's painful, but I did start skipping parts on the second half. It's simply not interesting in any way and goes on for way too long. I do like the lyrical themes from what I've heard. So kudos on some of the messages. Now, if only the music were interesting...

Twisted and evil album. A true glimpse into the wicked mind of Christina Aguilera, best known for being one of the voice actors in the 2017 hit classic "The Emoji Movie". Shit's fucked. No way to unfuck it.

It's the most basic pop I've ever heard.

I really liked it! Not as much as "Back to Basics", but there are classics in here. Great variety and instrumentals, and of course vocals were on point. 'The Voice Within' takes my fave.

"Stripped" has many meanings in Christina's career. His second album was a big step in the transition between adolescence and adulthood. That sweet girl from the first album no longer existed. She gave way to a strong, empowered woman who was not afraid to show her feelings. Stripped brought many anthems, the singles were clearly well chosen, this was a well-crafted era. From powerful ballads like "Beautiful" and "The Voice Within" to stronger moments like "Fighter" and the controversial (at least at the time) "Dirrty". Christina was well aware that the album could generate controversy but she was not afraid to be bold, one of her greatest qualities, without a doubt. Many people today complain about the number of tracks on the album, but we need to understand that at that time albums of this type were quite common as there were no streaming platforms to make us sick. At that time, big albums like Christina's were better appreciated and the album received its due recognition. The big fact is that Stripped was necessary and came at a great time for both Christina and the pop music market. Aguilera broke barriers that at the time were considered difficult to break. Stripped is and will always be an influence on anyone who wants to break barriers, whether they are musicians or even a teenager who wants to be seen as an adult.

Enjoyed it from start to finish, deserves more than only one listening. Gets old like fine wine

Every third song got radio play, and deserved it. So full of hard hitting power ballads. This one does not miss.

A lot of really good tracks that showcase just how great her voice is.

Surprisingly refreshing

genau wie ich christina aguilera kenne: fetzige r&b-beats gemixt mit rap und gesang, abgelöst von schmalzigen balladen. einzigartige stimme und gesang, tolle musik sowohl zum relaxen als auch zum unterwegs hören. mir gefällt‘s!!!!

Love her

A great pop album.

Better than I feared. Would have been better if it was half hour shorter

pretty good vocal performance, average production, and cringily simplistic lyrics 5/10

The hits are great. The album is too long and the rest of the album is too uneven.

Fucking, seriously!?

I just can't get into this. The first track was alright but it just all blurred into nothing. It's that because she was influential and a lot of people afterwards sounded like this, or is that because she's the same as so many others?

Christina can sing for sure but I don't care for the songs that she's singing at all. Way too long as well.

Don't love it, songs are quite long and repetitive. I don't really like how Christina sings. Her singing is best on Beautiful, I am glad that song exists. Dirrty is also fun, but she already did it better in Genie in a Bottle. 2.5/3.

1.5 stars. This was rough. Like dollar store Destiny's Child and then at times trying to bring in rock? elements with whiny guitars. "Beautiful" being a decent pop song only thing that saves it from 1 star.

I was ready to bitch about this album, but for the genre it's in, it really is not bad at all. The reason she wasn't taken seriously definitely had to do with the transformation from Micky Mouse Club Girl to her slutty image around this time. Which fully felt forced and fake. Even the title of 'stripped' did her no favours. And that's too bad, because she's an amazing vocalist with a voice that can do R&B as easy as soul, pop and even rocky. The album itself, with its 77 minutes, has some great songs on it, and some terrible filler. It could've done with some major cutting and demoting about 5 to 6 songs to B-sides. And like her voice, this album is all over the place, from jazzy funk ballads, to poppy piano ballads, to soulful powersongs, to rocky bangers. It feels very disjointed. All in all, I didn't mind it, but also won't listen to it again.

2.5/5. The music is not bad, but 1hr 17 minutes is very long for this type of music. I don't think there are bad songs on here, but this album being this long makes it kind of enjoyable to listen to.

Boring. Talented singer but this is way too long and many of the songs sound the same.

I heard the singles from Stripped when the album came out. I've never been interested in Christina Aguilera's music. Portions of the album were okay, separated by tracks that I did not like. I'm not the audience that this music was intended for. After listening to a full album I'm not even sure I am any more able to recognize Aguilera, if I were to hear something new (or something from this album that I just listened to). I'm guessing that I will forget this soon enough. When "okay" is stretched out thin over such a long album, I will have to confess that I did not like the album.

There’s art, like the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, made by someone with incredible technical skill, but also inspired by a vision they are compelled to bring into reality with little thought to its commercial appeal. And then there’s craft, like a dude putting up wallpaper. The dude putting up wallpaper doesn’t care what’s on the wallpaper. Could be rocket ships, could be pineapples, could be anything. He doesn’t care. He just has to put it up so he can get paid. And everything is somewhere along that spectrum. The skilled artist that makes something utterly uncommercial because it is an uncompromising reflection of her artistic vision and only 5 people enjoy it because it’s so weird. The artist who is inspired but lacks the skills to bring his ideas to life and so few are willing to engage with his ham-handed works no matter how great his ideas are. The craftsperson who is just working for a paycheck but who is so skilled at their craft that what they make is worth appreciating as a piece of art even though it was intended to be a purely commercial object. And the stoned teenager heating a frozen patty and putting it between two buns to make 1,000 McDonald’s hamburgers in an afternoon without any skill or inspiration. This album, like 90% of pop music, is a McDonald’s hamburger. The only inspiration for this album was “I want to make more money and become more famous”. That is enough inspiration to achieve greatness in the hands of someone with exceptional skill or talent, but this is a Christina Aguilera album. This was disposable pop that was meant to sell a bunch of records and then be utterly forgotten for all time. To listen to this record 22 years later as if it were something other than that is a perversion of intent and taste and good sense. This album has no place on this list and I’m embarrassed for everyone involved to be listening to it.

Stripped is a case in point for a book I might write in one incarnation or another. The subject would be “what happened to pop music over the years”, and it will discuss how the mighty have fallen: how the likes of The Beatles music deteriorated into commodities such as this here album.

The VOICE on this woman. This album was the soundtrack to my teenage years, and got me through some of the worst times of my life. Dirty? The voice within?? INFATUATION?? It’s a 10/10 for me.

9 / 10 Una mezcla de nostalgia y de calidad real. Este disco para mí en su momento fue un pelotazo de pop. Hoy en día no es la música que me atrae, pero no dejo de ver lo buenísimo que me pareció en su momento.

klasyka popu, hit za hitem, nikomu nie trzeba przedstawiac

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

talented vocalist

Pretty damn good. Not really my jam but she has an amazing voice. 5 stars.

4.5/5 Pop Abum almost perfect!!!! The only song that didnt fit was drrty. Xtina's voice carries and she shows a really great range here :)

Stripped Intro - okay get it. 5/5 Can't Hold Us Down - this era of clap-back albums is kinda sad. like i think most femme fronted groups or artists, all got the same criticism that Nikki and Cardi and Cupcakke got today. nothing changed for hip hop :/ (4/5 good not my vibe) Walk Away - (all you gotta do is Walk AwAaaAayyeyey vine) this is the RnB version of Before He Cheats. (4/5 okay good album pacing) Fighter - jesus she has a lot to say okay go off sis 5/5 i didn't know i knew this song. Infatuation - this is that early 00s sound i grew up on. (3/5@me i didn't get into this kind of music and i wish i had had better taste) Loving Me 4 Me - AUGH yes we love numbers gimme that y2k baby. this is a good breather (4/5 it fucks i'm sorry) Impossible - mmm we're in the slow RnB again. i feel like i've heard this song before (2/5 she is talented though) Underappreciated - i feel so bad, i feel like i've heard this on a Sims radio station before (4/5 in my head it sounds like Simlish i really don't know why) Beautiful - oh my god this song (i don't know what to give this because it is one of many songs ruined for me from service jobs) Make Over - okay damn go off (5/5) Cruz - it's giving a country song (3/5 eh) Soar - this is a movie song for sure (3/5 not a great movie but a cult classic type) Get Mine, Get Yours - oh 90s funk hip hop. (4/5 it fucks but it's not quite there yet) Dirrty - okay this is the kind of party jams i remember (5/5 this fucks) The Voice Within - this is just a slow song. it's just a ballad (2/5 a little boring for me) I'm OK - this is a very sad song. (5/5 ouch) Keep On Singin' My Song - a good pick-me-up song for the end of this album. (4/5 it works but a little long for me) overall this album was very good. i enjoyed listening to this more than i thought i would. so i think i have to give it a 5/5. even the interludes flowed.

Amazing, love this

Very good

ok

What has always exhausted me about Xtina was her incessant use of vocal runs, and her general oversinging. I had expected to hear all of that with this record, but instead I got layers. She exhibits control over her voice - only belting when she needs to and when it's most impactful. On the upbeat tracks she's energetic and feisty, on her slower songs she's subtle but dynamic. Her voice aside, these are great pop songs. They're radio-friendly but not bubblegum; the influences from R&B, latin pop, soul, and rock are obvious, and they elevate the album. This is a showcase of what pop music can be when it's trendy but not overly manufactured. And the themes she sings about are important for the general public to hear, aren't they? Simplistic maybe, but still relevant nonetheless. I legit remember hearing Beautiful at the tiny age of 8 and being awoken to the value of self-respect! Lastly, what a perfect source of nostalgia. Nearly everything about this is so reminiscent of my childhood music in the early '00s, from the sudden shift to sexual pop music to the inclusion of Spanish phrases in any song's chorus or bridge. The only problem is that it's long. Albums rarely need to be over an hour long. But fine, that's forgivable in this case. Standout tracks (besides the very familiar singles) are Walk Away, Loving Me 4 Me, Impossible, and Get Mine, Get Yours.

Fantastic album

Holding up a mirror to the world and screaming "SUCK MY DICK, HITLER", Aguilera manages to squeeze her smoky orange skin into some questionable chaps and remind us all who we really are. A timeless classic that stands the test of time.

There are so many bangers perfectly dispersed throughout this album that even though I initially shuddered at the 1hr 17min run time I ended up having a outrageously great time with it. Fighter, Beautiful, Dirrty (with two R's thank you very much) all fucking top top shelf pop songs. Beautiful in particular is an amazing song, would be a great Karaoke song if you can actually sing. Impossible is an excellent demonstration of her range too, big Amy Winehouse vibes.

She's got it all - amazing voice, meaningful lyrics, instruments.

DAMN I WANTED THIS AS MY NEXT ONE SGAHIQOQLAKSNSHGTSGTS I have obviously heard the songs 'Dirrty' and 'Beautiful' before. I have the CD! I like the montage of 'celebrity gossip' (for want of a better term) in the intro. It definitely sets a tone and a scene for the rest of the album. The continuation of the intro later in the album is also an interesting technique I've never seen before. The second track instantly cements it as pop. I was not alive when Christina Aguilera was very famous, so I don't know whether this is really a 'new direction' as she claimed. I doubt it, to be frank. However, just because it's pop doesn't mean it's bad. I didn't think this album would really be amazing enough to be included in this guide, but it seems pretty good. Nice message of feminism in 'Can't Hold Us Down'. I can understand why people didn't (and don't) like this. But it's honestly very, very good! She has a great voice, and it's not just meaningless, producer-written, bubblegum drivel. I hear influence from Latin music. All very danceable -- not necessarily a bad thing! There is a time and a place for art rock, and a time and place for Christina Aguilera. 'Infatuation', 'Underappreciated' and 'Dirrty' all remind me of each other. Rina Sawayama definitely heard 'Loving Me 4 [sic] Me' before recording 'Love Me 4 [sic] Me'. Not only are the titles (obviously) very similar but the songs sound rather like each other. I LOVE 'BEAUTIFUL'. I like the violins that recur throughout. I presume they're synthesisers, however. :( 'Dirrty' does not belong on this album -- it sounds very different. I know she wanted to shed her image, but she could have done that and then left this overly sexualised song off the album... However, I suppose it signified that her old image had now been 'stripped'. I think 9/10. Nevertheless, it deserves 5/5, because I'll be listening again. I did debate giving it a 4, but that's not happening after listening through fully, mainly because ARGHHHH I LOVE 'BEAUTIFUL' SO MUCH. Not for the first time, I wish this website operated using a scale of 10, not 5.

love pop, obviously. christina's vocals are out of this world. faves: fighter (the guitars!!), impossible, beautiful

So many standouts! I like the musical tension and overall mood of everything

meow 4/5

This album was better than I was thinking it would be. It goes across multiple genres and has some really good songs. Her voice is excellent. "Beautiful" is a timeless classic. Despite this not really being something I would ordinarily seek out, I would listen to this again for sure.

Actually really enjoyed it. A perfect example of well crafted pop with just enough variety to keep it interesting

more albums should be like this!

A lot of bangers, also a lot of filler. Amazing vocals though.

Good pop album. bit dated. Definitely too long

It's hard to talk about Christina Aguilera without mentioning Britney Spears. They were both former Disney child stars who appeared on the bubblegum pop music scene in the late 90s. Both had the same sort of creepy manufactured, highly lucrative, innocent but sexualized school girl image. Spears kind of leaned into that image (no doubt under tremendous pressure from record labels and hoards of fans) but Aguilera broke free. It sounds surprising to me now that this album was considered risky at the time and panned by so many critics. This is the best kind of pop album. It's honest, diverse, and alive. The ballads are larger than life and balance out the other tracks. There's a lot happening here, including R&B, rock, salsa, hip hop and soul. It works because it doesn't stay in one place long enough to get boring. The lyrics don't shy away from sex but turn it into something empowering rather than encouraging objectification. In some ways, this album didn't just allow Aguilera to better define herself, but also helped to usher in the (thankful) end to the wave of Disney-bred bubblegum pop that was inescapable for a few years before it. It was hugely influential on a lot of later pop artists who wanted to do something a bit more interesting than simply fit into the old cookie cutter mold.

Incredible Pop icon

Frustratingly great pop music. Impossible not to love. Some might say ‘that’s the Houmous & Chutney sound’…..3.6

What an amazing fucking album cover. I’m not surprised that it’s an hour and eighteen minutes long. The album uses its length well, but falls a little short of being justified. Can say I never got bored. Plenty of range. Great arrangement. Beautiful composition and production. Her voice is beautiful, although they use it a little too much to the point that it almost becomes a crutch. Great intro, a perfect initiation to the album. Fighter is a bop. I was pleasantly surprised how many songs I knew of off this. I probably wouldn’t listen to the whole thing again, but certainly some songs. 4/5

I was a big Christina fan at the time of Stripped’s release in 2002, and I’m happy to report this album holds up. Christina became a different artist with Stripped. She’s still a pop artist but I feel her true personality came out. For one, she pays tribute to her heritage with Latin music influences. She departed from the sugar sweet pop image and sound to create some absolute bangers. But like, can we talk about how revolutionary the themes of this album are? “Can’t Hold Us Down” is a breath of fresh air after the misogynistic trend in music of the nineties. Christina tells us not to be ashamed of sexuality in “Dirrty.” “Fighter” remains an anthem to this day—I think I could kick box to that song. Most of all, Stripped contains so much self-love before that was even a well-known term.

Some really great songs on here.

Surprisingly enjoyable.

I enjoyed it way more than I thought I would to be honest

Album 585 of 1001 Christina Aguilera - Stripped (2002) Rating : 3.5 / 5 While I've always been a fan of pop music, that had waned a bit by the time this era of pop came along. I wasn't really into all that was going on in the pop world at the time of this album's release. That being said, the music itself doesn't resonate that strongly with me, I must admit that this girl can sing. It is obvious who the talented vocalist was during the whole Christina/Britney thing. Props to her vocals on this album.

Christina Aguilera is a very talented artist. I'm a lot more familiar with her first two albums, but I love this genre shift. Great album!

Never listened to Christina Aguilera before, which is a shame. Really good album.

Pre-listening thoughts: there is no planet where this album needs to be almost an hour and a half. Christina is fine but she gets really loud and I’m just kinda lukewarm on her music on the whole. I think she’s incredibly talented but I’ve never felt the urge to dive into her discography Post/during listening thoughts: she really loves her vocal growl lol. This is also such a product of its time and I kinda like it. Was about to say Impossible sounds like an Alicia keys song but turns out it is! Not sure if this is a hot take or not but the Xtina album that should’ve been on this list should’ve been her self titled. I mean Genie in a Bottle? What a Girl wants??? The whole thing is seeped in 90s teen pop and I know this album is her trying to move away from that sound but mannnn it was so good 😭. Anyways this was like good I suppose. Very much a middle four stars and yall know I hate giving my pop queens less than a five but there’s just too many songs here and not enough of them are stellar + the loudness of it all gets exhausting after a while. 7.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: Can’t Hold Us Down, Fighter, Infatuation, Underappreciated, Beautiful, Soar, Get Mine Get Yours Least fav tracks: Make Over

This album has a lot of good songs in it. The songs are also quite diverse.

Halfway through - I really enjoy this, it's quite a nice listen. Didn't realise just how rnb xtina was! So far 4/5

Listened Before? N I really enjoyed this album. A nice pure early 00's pop album. I do not, however force myself to listen to "Beautiful" it's an extremely overplayed song even today. I'm not mad it exists, I just don't want to hear it. I disagree with the reviews from the time saying the album was unfocused... it seems really well put together to me. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Can't Hold Us Down

Actually a good record. Definitely could've been cut down a bit but a lot of good performances and decent enough song topics to keep it all interesting. 7/10

Solid R&B pop great voice

Christina's talent as a vocalist is undeniable. I love pop music. This is a fine album, I'm just surprised to see her with more than one entry on this list. Especially when other female pop artists like Lady Gaga and Rihanna are nowhere to be found? Beyoncé herself only has one album on the list....? These artists have been much more impactful in pop music than either of the albums Christina has on this list. You can definitely tell this list was curated by a straight man. Please get a gay consultant for the next version. Speaking of....next up is...*checks notes* Limp Bizkit....?????

I liked this album more than I thought I would. An interesting mix of styles, all with Christina's voice as the central theme. Songs I particularly enjoyed: Can't Hold Us Down Walk Away Fighter Infatuation Beautiful Make Over Dirrty I'm OK Keep on Singin' My Song

It's a great piece of pop. I'm no great fan of modern RnB but this has songs and attitude and a great sound.

This one's a blessing to listen to. A real singer, a real voice, real talent.

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Not that I had low expectations, but this was a surprisingly great pop album. Still not crazy for Beautiful though. 3.5/5

I've never listened to a Christina Aguilera album, but I'm a millenial American woman so I know half of these songs already. When this came out, I was spending my time eschewing popular music in favor of being a pretentious teen with my Björk and Sleater-Kinney cds. These days, I'm much more of a poptimist. At the time, the prevailing sentiment was that it was very important to Not Be Like Other Girls. This is, of course, a very toxic mindset. Through adult eyes I can appreciate the battle that Christina and the other pop girlies of the late '90s and early 2000s were waging against the truly brutal cultural pincers of a controlling music industry, vicious media ecosystem, and regressive patriarchal norms that ping-ponged between hyper-sexualizing and hyper-demonizing young women. It's still not great (ask Olivia now, ask Chappell now, ask Sabrina now) but it's certainly better, because Christina and the girls put their safety and sanity on the line to push the culture forward (Like Janet before, like Madonna before, like Mariah before). I remember the controversy and crudeness that surrounded the release of this album. People focus on the Dirrrty Xtina looks, but listening to it now the theme is less raw sexuality and more the triumph of growing and succeeding in spite of a lifetime of abuses. It has since become a template for young female artists to cast off the shackles of a rigidly saccharine, industry contrived image and launch themselves as multifaceted adult artists. This confidence and independence, in addition to divine pipes, is what really makes a legendary diva. Anyway- if you ain't dirrrty, you ain't here to partayyyy!

Coming hot on the heels of listening to Britney on this app, I was braced for more disappointment. I should not have been so pessimistic. For a start, Aguilera can sing - really sing. And unlike the Beyonce and Mariah Carey albums the app has tossed in my direction, Aguilera knows how to deploy it without overwhelming proceedings. And the music itself? Surprisingly slick and, in parts, sophisticated. There's even a hint of cocktail jazz here. Also, I may have been guilty of dismissing 'Beautiful' in the past, but it's a truly lovely song. The album is over-long, but autre temps, autre moeurs - it was fashion of the time to sell CDs laden with music. Oh, and Aguilera can do sexy, something that Spears attempts but fails to convince.

Forgot about Christina! This album is great, especially "Fighter" and "Dirrrty," which have charisma and attitude. There's a really cheesy ballad here and a Sugababes rip-off, but it's all good otherwise. Surprised by the brief moments where it sounded like Oneohtrix Point Never.

Something about her singing always feels like she's trying too hard. Forcing the power, or something. That said, her range is beastly and this is sugarpop at its finest. Fighter is a quintessential hype song and Beautiful is exactly what every girl needs to hear now and then.

Such nostalgia

A few great songs, a few good songs, and a whole heap of filler. The good songs, along with her flawless vocals, lift it above average for me, musically and lyrically. But it could have been so much better with fewer songs (and no interludes) and slightly more consistent production

This album collected all of the popular styles from the 90's and early Aughts from Linkin Park and D'Angelo to some of the more traditional Latin influences. Then slapped pop-icon with a new "almost adult" style on it and let her just absolutely rip into it. The theming of independence, women's strength and independence, and breaking from tradition really hits amongst the changing sounds behind. A great Pop double