Stripped

Stoma bares it all when Stripped. This is a marked improvement over our previous listen of her. Lots of messages of feminism and female empowerment, and Dirty talk. Fighter is top track, Beautiful is a song I recognized and remember. This album is impressive based on my previous exposure to her. (3,9*s) ha-ooh, you go girl.

A better, more rated R album than the previous entry. Still not a big fan of Aguilera though after the listen. Stripped is definitely more "Dirrty" and Xtina tried to punch back at social bias during her beef with eM and Durst. She does take on the sex double standards but it's a losing battle. It may be unfair for society to label promiscuity in women so harshly but if you compare the devil's 3some to the angel's...well, you get the point. I remember the hits and they aren't as good today as they were upon release. If this album was so inspirational to young women and influenced generations of artists to come than ok, list worthy. Still, too long and just some bland R&B pop...2.1 stars.

I remember the release of this album and Christina's attempt to re-brand and re-emerge as more of an adult in the wake of the teen-pop craze of the late 90's. While I get what she is going for, I'm not sure it stuck the landing. The album is a forgettable mixed bag of various genres. It almost feels like they got a "packaged" version of every genre they thought they could cram into an album so that it would have wide appeal among various radio stations. The album is OK I guess, but its also has almost zero lasting appeal. Outside of Dirrty (and maybe Beautiful because I'm sure the message gives it the chance to show up in some random pop culture piece in the future) I don't think I'll ever hear any of these songs again, and if I did I wouldn't recognize any of them. It's a valiant attempt for a young women trying to reclaim her independence and re-brand but I agree with the initial critical reviews that its just a mediocre hodgepodge of a release. Perhaps if I was a young angsty girl in the early 2000's this would have done more for me. Alas, I was not so Stripped goes back on the shelf to continue to be ignored. 1.88 stars

Actually not bad on second listen

Some very well done music by CA. Some very emotionally powerful tunes.

Not my jam, but impressive production and contributors.

My guilty pleasure.

u can't tell me there was any reason for this album to be any longer than 50 minutes. just a whole lotta yelling for no reason.

Stripped is a really solid pop album, and Christina Aguilera is felt across it as a strong personality. There are a lot of fun, bouncy, infectious songs here, and some really great performances. There's really enjoyable Latin and Hip-Hop influence, and some good features too. In short, it's a great pop album, but I do have a glaring problem with it. It's really just much too long. 77 minutes is closing in on feature length film territory. I personally struggle a bit with pop ballads, so I'd advocate for cutting a lot of them. But I'm OK is an exception. It's kind of a vital moment here, and carries a lot of real pathos. I'd also single out Keep On Singin' My Song, which closes the album out in a kind of soulful way. That being said, the heart of Stripped is full of great pop songs, and I can float along to this album pretty happily.

It's harder for me to hate this than I expected. I don't like her overwrought singing style and I really don't care for her pants at all, but the songs and their arrangements and production are better than either. But while the pants go away when I look away, her over the top singing doesn't. "Beautiful" is not a new track to me. This one I've heard before and I appreciate the sentiment, even if the melody and harmony are painfully unoriginal. Most/all of the rest of this is new to me. I was a little disappointed to learn that she was singing "walk away" when I thought she was singing "fuck 'em" - my version was much more powerful. Overall, I am finding in general that my imaginary lyrics are way better than her real ones. I like the Mexican hints, like on Make Over with its castanets and Spanish scale (technically, Phrygian). But if I'm honest, I seriously doubt I will ever think to listen to this again. So, better than I expected, but we're only talking about an upgrade from 1.125 star to maybe 2.375. And if you were prolonging your life just to scratch this one off your list, don't bother.

I enjoyed this more than I expected, and while I wish she was more involved in writing the lyrics or music, I'm glad she chose to be fairly active in shaping the song choices and directions (despite the liner notes attributing her as co-writer for most tracks, it seems she gave songwriters direction rather than actually penning much of anything). And she is definitely a more interesting singer/performer than some of her fellow Mickey Mouse Club grads like Justin Timberlake or Britney Spears, which is probably why she has two albums in this collection; ironically, I had completely forgotten that I'd heard her other album about 500 albums ago, and had much the same impression then. The album is *way* too long, and there aren't many tracks outside her singles that are all that memorable (and a few that aren't very interesting at all), but the singles are generally pretty entertaining, with decent videos as well ("Fighter" and "Beautiful" in particular). I can see why there was a lot of controversy surrounding "Dirty" and its video, but it feels a lot like the same sort of tension that Miley Cyrus generated when she started to assert her adulthood (musical and otherwise); she probably could have ditched the whole "Xtina" alter-ego thing, though.

Overwrought in all dimensions, but I got to a better place with that when I realized she was only 21 when she created it. I enjoyed it but would have enjoyed it a lot more if she'd cut about 1/4 of the songs.

Soy una pop girl y este álbum me encanta, las letras de las canciones lentas, las más poperas te dan ganas de bailar. Muy 2000 y me encanta. La voz es increíble, todo es perfecto

Pop crud

This really is not as bad as I thought it would be. Very 2000s spanish flavoured pop, has some wild vocals on it, She is clearly talented, maybe a little restraint is lacking but it is low key iconic for the combo of looks and tunes. Overall fine. Some iconic songs from the time.

Favorite track(s): If you're gonna write an album this boring, make sure it's well below a duration of 80 minutes.

AMAZING. So dynamic and variable and interesting and obviously her vocals are out of control

It's not bad but it's a singer's album. We all know she's got great pipes but the production only highlights that these aren't her songs and that is where I struggle with vocal pop records. They sound great but what else is there?

Su mejor disco, realmente un disco en el que demuestra su talento. Back to basics, el siguiente también está en el listado. Cualquiera de ellos se merece una escucha. Una artista que dejó atrás el estilo de ídolo de adolescentes y pop aniñado, demanda a su agente de por medio, y apostó por el estilo que a ella le gustaba. Salió vencedora de todo ello. También de un divorcio, una película con Cher y un disco arriesgado como Bionic (que apenas tuvo ventas debido a la ingente cantidad de descargas ilegales del mismo) con SIA, MIA o Peaches. Compuesto por ella, con R&B, Hip-Hop, algo de Soul y sobre todo buenas canciones. Su voz, ya se sabe que es estupenda. Ayuda y mucho, Linda Perry (la de Four non blondes), nada menos que compuso Beautiful, también Cruz y Soar, que es una habitual de Pink, otra inspiración para Christina. Yo creo que en su mente estaban Janet y Alanis para este disco. Nada menos que 5 sencillos publicó: Dirrty, la más conocida y gran canción Beautiful, Fighter, la inicial (tras el intro) Can't Hold Us Down (dardo a Eminem de por medio) junto a Lil' Kim y The Voice Within. También están las melosas Walk away y la preciosa Loving Me 4 Me, Fighter con Dave Navarro (RHCHP, Jane´s addiction) inspirada en Alanis Morissette, las latinas (ya había publicado dos años antes un disco latino entero como Mi reflejo), Primer amor, Underappreciated y Infatuation, Impossible compuesta por Alicia Keys (que la produce), Make Over con polémica con las Sugababes. Cruz y Soar, son dos temas que siguen las coordenadas del disco, con su voz sobresaliendo y una producción cuidada. Soar lleva su voz al límite (ese grito en el 3.20...). Get mine, get yours es R&B de principios de siglo, que se sostiene aún con brillo. The Voice Within es otro baladón donde su voz tiene protagonismo. I'm OK presenta otro registro diferente, lo que se agradece mucho. Keep On Singin' My Song es un buen cierre para un disco que se va a los 77 minutos. I will be es un homenaje a la mejor Withney Houston. Por aquel entonces estaba por encima de Beyoncé, Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Avril Lavigne y Kelly Clarkson. El tiempo puso a Beyoncé en otro nivel pero sin este disco tal vez las carreras de Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Demi Lovato, Katy Perry, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, Charli XCX y tantas otras no hubieran sido lo mismo. A recordar el beso de Madonna, las giras con Justin y el tremendo éxito de Xtina. También su aportación a Moves Like Jagger, con la que logró tener un número 1 en tres décadas distintas, algo nada sencillo. ¿Al nivel de Shania Twain, Rihanna o Celine Dion? Desde luego fue la que cogió el testigo de W. Houston y M. Carey lo llevó a otro terreno. Más de 100 millones de discos y una masiva colección de premios dan buena fe de ello.

moody, at times reminiscent of the darkness of NiN, at others very classical hispanic beats. Some songs with a great bass, others not so much. Not the worst popular music I've heard in a while

595/1001 2026.04.17

Album #77, Christina Aguilera, Stripped, ⭐⭐ Woke up with a cringe seeing this one this morning, but one of the reasons I’m doing this list is to listen to music I would never normally choose. So today was the day to give it a go, and I went in with an open mind. I remember how big Christina Aguilera was when I was younger. She was a phenomenon, and I remember this album being everywhere, so on that level alone I can understand why it’s here. But what an absolute mess of an album this is. It really feels like throwing shit at the wall to see what sticks, and most of it is just shit. She moves through so many different styles and genres with no real focus, through line or consistency. The first quarter sticks fairly close to R&B, and I think the more low key tracks like “Loving Me 4 Me” and “Impossible” are actually quite strong. She has an excellent voice for that style, and the production there is more understated and tasteful. Technically she’s clearly a very strong singer, but she needs the right setting. A lot of the other styles just don’t suit her at all. She dips into hip hop, big Disney ballads, and then the rock side of things is the worst of it. “Fighter” is not great, but “Make Over” is genuinely one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard. It’s just shouting and grunting. The production doesn’t help either. She’s so far forward in the mix that everything else gets buried, and when you do hear what’s underneath, it’s often not great. It gets an extra star because I liked some of the R&B material, but overall it’s incredibly messy, even thematically. You go from overtly sexual songs to something like “Beautiful”, which is actually quite good, and then to very heavy material about abuse. The tonal shifts will give you whiplash! But my God. The length is the biggest issue. This thing nearly as long as Sign o’ the Times by Prince, which I gave five stars. That album earns its length. This absolutely does not. It feels like it exists to squeeze out as many singles as possible, which was probably the thinking at the time. It actually reminds me of Prince in how many styles it tries to cover, but it takes a special kind of artist to tie that all together, and she just doesn’t manage it. There might be a really good shorter R&B album buried in here somewhere, but as it stands I never want to hear most of it again. Final note, looking back now, the early 2000s were rough in terms of how women in pop were presented. The hyper sexualisation around artists like Christina Aguilera and Britney Spears has not aged well at all, and it leaves a bit of a bad taste. It’s not a one star, there are redeeming qualities, but this is probably the worst album I’ve heard so far on the list. I could really do with a five star album right about now.

Surprisingly good

Much better than I thought it would be. A few catchy songs to be found here.

Ugh. As much as I loathed Britney Spears’ Baby, One More Time, I feel like this one is going to be a short review. I never really liked any of these little pop teens that showed up in the late 90s/early 2000s, the Chrstinas, the Britneys, the Jessica Simpsons, the Mandy Moores. But what I really disliked was the underage teen boppers going from bubblegum pop to sex maniac when they hit 18 or 19. Christina was a genie in a bottle, and then for the next album, she was a what I can only surmise is a sex fighter. The video for her first single off Stripped was Dirrty, and it made it seem like she was in some sort of underground sex fighting ring. I guess she didn’t want to be seen as a little girl anymore. Which is fine, but 0 to XTina is an extreme overcorrect. Though I put the blame more squarely on the adults in the room, because she was essentially still just a kid. I also never cared much for her voice. I know it’s technically brilliant, like on Mariah levels, but she has a bad case of the runs in most of her songs. She can take a two-syllable word and make it a 10-syllable word, which is fine, but not every word in the song needs all that flair. Track 2 is Can’t Hold Us Down, which was a single off the album featuring Lil’ Kim. It sounds just like all the songs featuring rappers and singers from those days. I wonder if Kim and Christina were ever in the room at the same time? Track 3 is Walk Away and it features her growly, bluesy singing. She inspired a ton of less talented women to become pop stars. Good Lord, this album is one hour and 17 minutes long. The production is fine. The music sounds good. She starts track 4, Fighter, with her talking, and I hate talking in songs. Bret Michaels and Shania Twain are the top two offenders. Another thing that turned me off of Aguillera was that I don’t buy that she’s some chick from the streets who had to make her living through sex fighting. It’s the same reason I could never buy Carrie Underwood as the scorned girlfriend who would take a baseball bat to her cheating lover’s car or burn his house down. I watched Carrie Underwood on American Idol. She’s about as violent as Paula Abdul was coherent. Sorry, I’m not this guy. If you like Christina Aguilera, God bless you, but this just isn’t for me. Though I may go back and revisit the Dirrty video. You know, for old time’s sake. Nope, I tried to, but as soon as the video starts and we’re supposed to believe Aguillera is riding a dirt bike through the crowd with her little X underwear on, I become physically ill.

Not entirely my thing, but still a neat slice of early 2000s pop. Interesting to learn what album it was that spawned "Beautiful", one of the biggest radio earworms I had to endure entering my early teens in the 2000s. 7.5/10.

It's kind of confused but I like the spirit. The singles and features really stick out like a sore thumb compared to the rest, for better or worse. Favourite track: Beautiful

8/10 Definitely her best album, I like most of these songs but damn did it have to be this long?

I thought I was going to end up saying 'R&B/pop isn't my sort of music' (if it was someone's I highly doubt that they would be doing this list), but I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. Infatuation has nice latin beats. The vibe of Underappreciated and the melody for Cruz are also great. Also Quite surprised Get Mine, Get Yours wasn't made into a single, it's got the raunchy lyrics and hook that would get repeated playings on early 00's radio. I'm OK is a surprisingly reflective song about her upbringing My main gripe (other than overhearing Dirrty and Beautiful in my early years) is this album is just SO long, it must be one of the longest on the list.

Oh god. This has not aged well.

Way better than I expected - out of all pop albums of early 2000s, I think I'll be coming back to this one. Great vocals, interesting beats, the only thing I don't like about this one are the ballads, but they sell.

Not my cup of tea

Not really me

classic

Álbum muy pop, en uno de los momentos más pop que han habido seguramente. Trasgresor para la época, pero hoy parece menos atrevido, sin duda. Excelente voz para letras y música tan básica.

Over long with some bubblegum pop filler

More balls and grit than Beyoncé and Mariah. Similarly polished, big voiced R&B though.

Good but maybe a little too long. Up until this point the only songs of her's I had heard were Beautiful and Accelerate (with Ty Dolla $ign), so I wasn't sure what to expect. Never realized she was hispanic

gal can sing

With 20 songs you're gonna have a few misses but there are a lot of hits. Even on the lesser tracks Christina's vocals shine. Trim some of the fat and work out some of the iffier production choices and you've got a phenomenal pop record.

good! tracklist a bit too long, production felt a little off (but maybe i just need new headphones), 3.5 if i could.

Overall middle because there are some truly iconic songs on this album - Fighter and Can't Hold Us Down being top of my list. But overall, not a big fan of her vocal tone, and some of the songs she sounds especially flat/just don't seem to fit her vocal style.

Right off the bat way too long, as always no album should be more than 40 minutes. More varied than I was expecting. She’d got a nice voice but it’s just not my favorite kind of voice. To me just an average bloated album Also always fun to see a fellow tiger: “During her youth in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, Aguilera attended North Allegheny Intermediate High School before leaving there to be homeschooled to avoid bullying she experienced at school”

Christina’s second entry in the list, and with a better album imo. Still not my kind of thing, but you have to admire the drive. Favourite track: Make Over

3 na szynach, mieszanie gatunków, mogło być gorzej

Heard Before? Only the singles. Notes: - one of the best things about this list is knowing that thousands of old guys are going to be listening to teen pop. - that said, I'm also an old guy and I find this easy to admire but hard to love. - with so many songwriters and producers in the room, there's bound to be at least a few stunning moments. and there are plenty. - TOO MANY INTERLUDES. I'm so glad this trend mostly died out. - obviously a shockingly powerful voice that any reasonable person would barter their eternal soul for, even if it doesn't exactly resonate with me. but the multitracking on "Walk Away" (and several other songs) was wild - blew me away. Verdict: Delivering the opposite of its premise, I can think of several current pop stars who should be taking notes from this master class in genre-hopping melismatic maximalism. Listen Again? Not planning on it, but that won't stop me from recommending it.

First album I really, really did not want to listen to and could barely get to finish it. It being 70 minutes also is another reason to stay away.

Very much not my thing - the vocals are too showy for my taste. However, I was surprised that, in places, this is basically a neo-soul album. All nice and groovy. This was a pleasant surprise. The song about her abusive father is quite affecting. There are some moments that are too cheesy for me, but this wasn't the chore that I dreaded.

Never in my life would I have listened to this album if it was not for this website. I can see why its on here though as its good. the singles released where big hits but there are some great songs on here to get the emotions going. I *may* listen to this again

Ik vind dit best wel goed te doen. Het is pop, ik ben duidelijk niet de doelgroep, enzovoort, maar toch staan er slechtere albums op de lijst. Het klinkt nog niet zo gedateerd als ik had verwacht, de productie klinkt zelfs nog best aardig. Christina kan goed zingen, ze doet minder irritant dan Britney of Mariah, en die clip van Dirrty wil ik toch wel bestempelen als trashy doch iconisch. Ik moet wel zeggen dat 20 tracks (77 minuten) echt veel te veel is. Ik neem aan dat zelfs de fans vinden dat er nummers tussen staan die gerust weggelaten hadden kunnen worden. Terwijl ik het luister heb ik niet echt zin om het helemaal af te gaan zitten luisteren, maar tegelijkertijd zit dit voor mij nog wel een stukje af van de bodem van deze lijst. Ik hou het op 3 sterren.

Woah.... I'm shocked. I was dreading this and it was.... good? Not my thing at all but wow Best Song: Love Interruption Rating: 7.5/10 Stars: 4

Ujevn og for lang, men toppene er overraskende høye, og når Aguilera ikke gjør seg så til (som dessverre ikke skjer så ofte), så synger hun sabla bra. Mange solide ballader.

Positivt overraska! Men ser likevel ikke for me å sette på det her igjen

Lyden av et 2002 jeg ikke hadde så mye med å gjøre. En del bra, men også litt larmen av en hvit kvinne som skulle ønske hun var Beyoncé.

Hørt på vei hjem fra blårock. Mye attityde, fantastisk stemme. Litt for mange kjedelige whatevers, men hitsene er så sinnsykt sterke. Min første innkjøpte platekompaniet-singel kom faktisk fra Aguilera, så dette er barndommen min. Dessverre er 1/3 låtene her sykt booring.

Pop med litt av alt attåt. Umulig å bli klok på hva hun vil med musikken sin. Blir masete på slutten.

Well not my cup of tea, Qobuz version is really poorly mastered, very low dynamic range, way too bad to be enjoyable..

Back to Basics was too long for my tastes, though there was a good album in there. Stripped is too long as well but there is a good album in here even with the length. Stripped is a great example of why I think no albums younger than 10 years old should be on this list. Stripped got mixed reviews upon its release and then it turns out to have inspired a generation of singers. Therefore, it became an important album and worthy of inclusion on this list. The distance from when the album was released gave it a perspective that wasn't present in 2002. Again, there are a lot of good songs on here but the album is weighed down by the volume of ballads and music that should have been cut. I choose albums to keep in my personal collection from this 1001 album listing but it does get hard to keep an album like Stripped which has 4-5 too many songs. Clearly, it didn't affect sales of Stripped. Best tracks: Can't Hold Us Down Fighter Infatuation Underappreciated Beautiful Make Over Cruz Dirrty The Voice Within

This album is CHARGED with bangers, hell yes!

2/3 border, I guess. Liked Infatuation and respected the vulnerability of I’m OK but the dozen generic female empowerment ballads bog this down

It’s certainly better than I expected because I expected a disaster. Songs like Dirty kinda save it.

Why is this album so fucking long? It all sounds like one song, broken up by Beautiful. Did people really love this?

Peak Christina. Absolutely not my bag, to be honest, but all respect for the power in the voice and the presence. A variety of songs, but a cohesive album. Unfortunately, I'm just not keen on the genre. If you haven't heard the G Sweet remix/mash-up of Dirrty and Upside Down (Diana Ross), though, you've missed out. My review is an objective one.

I need to tell you about the time someone did an awesome version of Beautiful at our local karaoke night. I don’t really remember how this happened but she ended up crowd surfing round the whole pub while still singing. One of the best things I’ve ever seen and I’ve given Christina five stars in gratitude.

Pop. Meh.

Beautiful

Is this an album I would have listened to if it weren't for this project? Absolutely not. I'm so glad that I did; sometimes getting your head out of your ass and not dismissing something because it's popular is good for you.

Solid pop album, nothing new really going on here.

Liked it a lot! Very much kinda alicia keys so i loved it!

I can imagine that if I had listened to this at the time it came out, I might not have appreciated it as much—but as I commented to my wife over days of listening to it (77 minutes is kinda long), it's surprisingly good. Christina has a powerful voice, and she simultaneously shows more emotion and more restraint than I expected. There's strength and vulnerability, and while it's not perfect, there are some songs that are fun listens. It's so much more than pop.

Undeniably amazing voice when it's fully used. Hope she has a long career and continues to diverge from the Top 40 pop and into more artistic performances.

I really thought that I would like this album more because Christina has an incredible voice. But I was just left wanting more. Sure, there were some jams. but I'd rate this a 6.5 or 7 /10. which is still in the 3 range.. I did save Dirrty tho.

Low key vibed with the pop star. Beautiful and dirty… going 4.0

This overstayed its welcome a bit. But honestly there’s a reason she has sold as many records as she has — this is extremely solid pop music. And the album has a surprising amount of variety, too! Enjoyed it. 7/10 Quite Likeable

sexy, y2k, chill

This is the first time going through these albums that I've skipped through songs. There have been albums I haven't liked and have even given one star to. But this is aggravating. Just because a pop star makes an album that isn't completely saccharin, that doesn't make it great. There were some hits on this album, but nothing on here, including those hits, are particularly memorable. Songs like Make Over might end up being memorable due to how awful it is. Aguilera is certainly a talented singer, but these songs are awful. I can't believe this album is on this list. There's nothing wrong with pop or even unserious music. Something like Justin Timberlake's Justified is a great example of a pop album that's great. This is not that. This is just plain bad.

Gosh she has an amazing voice. Some great pop tunes on here, many forgettable! Dirrty is a BANGER. Whole album = Solid 3/5

Yes, Christina can sing. Quite well, in fact. So can Adele, Winehouse, Britney, Celine, Mariah, etc. I never understood why they rarely give them something interesting to sing. It's always hip-hop tinged r&b numbers or smokey lounge act or Latino tinged r&b songs or poppy Dancy bs. A song like Make Over on here is a poppy punk tinged song that was breath of fresh air with all the same sounding songs. Beautiful is a wonderful song that brings a positive body message. Fighter is a decent song as well. Dirty is a terrible song. I like the strong woman message throughout the album. 2

Là je n'ai pas le choix. #teamChristina

Je suis peut-être rendu un vieux boomer, mais je commence à avoir un malaise avec toute l'industrie d'hypersexualisation des jeunes femmes à peine sorties de leurs teens dans ces années là. J'ai bien compris qu'elle pensait 'prendre les choses en main' parce qu'elle le répète assez souvent sur l'album. Mais à la voir aujourd'hui je me demande si elle a réellement su se protéger du système d'exploitation sauvage qu'est le show-biz américain ou s'il s'agit davantage de beaux mots... Sacré Mickey Mouse! Super belle voix, j'adore son timbre. Et les diverses incursions stylistiques ne m'ont pas dérangé du tout. Même que ça fait passer plus vite le 1h15, durée risquée.

Stephanie dit 5 alors j’obéi. Une grande voix avec des classiques pop début 2000, ça fait un beau mox nostalgique

There’s nothing all that wrong with this album, but it’s really dated, it’s really long, and I really don’t care.

So powerful just not very diverse. Great songs and other songs that sounded similar but weren't as good.

Actually better than I thought. Not my favourite music but it has some pretty awesome songs.

Honestly, I'd never really realised how good her voice was until now. And it's not just some generic 2000s pop stuff either, some of the music behind her was really really good. My favourites were Fighter, Make Over, and Dirrty. The main thing holding this back though is it's length, but other than that I can't really complain.

Not my kinda everday listening, but this is a solid pop album. Also the voice of Chrisitina it's very top on all the songs. "Make Over" it's my favourite, it's very close to the rock of late '90 and initial 2000

This sounds good but inauthentic

This is OK. It’s obviously far too long, not really my thing, a bit over-produced and so on. But it’s OK without, for me, being overly memorable.

modern blend of r&b and pop has never been my thing, but i guess it's not a bad album in its genre. not my cup of tea tho

Light 2,5

The singles are decent. But overall the album drags and I can't find anything that really distinguishes it from other pop albums from that time period. Her voice is great. I think the production and songwriting is a little uninspired for 2002.

its aight. grew on me then ungrew on me as the album went on. i respect it for infecting the culture with two or three hits that will get radioplay until long after im dead. favorite song is probably Infatuation

Rating: 6/10 I always appreciate when pop music shows up on the list, but I've never been a big fan of Xtina. But despite the bloat in album length and the weaker production, this is a pretty decent pop album, I definitely wouldn't be surprised if it's the best Christina Aguilera album. Cool that she has writing and production credits throughout the tracks. Maybe a case where the singles are the best songs; Fighter, Beautiful, and Dirrty are all memorable hits from the era, even though she can feel really like a lesser version of better Pop RnB stars at the time. But also the run after Fighter, with Infatuation between the interludes and Loving Me 4 Me was good too. Definitely fun enough to say I enjoyed it.

Not bad, a few (Shaw's) classics sprinkled in, far from the worst that 1001albs has served up so far 5.3/10

With so many songs and so many genres all crammed in, it was really difficult to get into this. She clearly has some vocal chops, and the songs in and of themselves were not awful. But just like most of the sounds in this 90s/2000s genre style, this stuff is pretty disposable and forgettable.

Stick to the singles and hits. Really tough to listen to a full album of this. Seems to be a common theme for me for similar artists around this time frame. She has a great voice so perhaps unfair but this just isn’t that good for me. 2.5

I too think ladies should be able to give out blowies without being called a whore. But I don't need an hour eighteen minutes of it. This album is a solid 40 minutes too long. But I'll give Xtina credit for the hits and rate in line with ...Baby One More Time. 2.75/5

Some cracking tunes. Hard to believe it was 20+ years ago

I actually appreciate the song Beautiful, and perhaps Fighter might work in certain situations, plus Dirrty is fun because of Redman. Other than that it’s a pass for me

This was well done and had great parts, but it absolutely did NOT need to be an hour twenty.

Above average 2000s album

Hmm 2 for Christina 1 for Beyoncé. It's OK but it's way too long. Good singles tedious filler.

Some good songs throughout but also a lot of filler

7 / 10 - Pop mit R&B und Latin Einflüssen - Viele Songs mit fantastische Soulful Vibes mit sehr interessanten Harmonien - Erste Albumhälfte um einiges stärker als die Zweite, das Album zieht sich nach hinten raus Favs: - Walk Away - Loving Me 4 Me - Impossible

Its fine. Far too long. She has got a good voice and the singles are bangers but too toooo looong an album.

Like a calm 6

Tune after tune! A rare instance of the two most famous songs being some of the weakest. They're the catchiest for sure, but the album is really wall to wall great with much more stirring stuff than those two. Soar is particularly excellent.

I did not listen to this.

R&B pop is straight up boring

As is the case with many a pop album, there are some highs and some lows on here. Almost all of it is on the upper end of quality for 2000’s pop. “Can’t Hold Us Down” was a great tone-setter that I wish she could’ve maintained for a little longer. “Make Over” was by far the lowlight, which is unfortunate because the instrumental is pretty interesting, lush production and some hooks that are well-written. But that chorus. It hurt. It really hurt. All can be forgiven though, as things slowly picked back up. “Dirrty” was a nice jolt to the system, a song that actually had some real teeth. Some solid female empowerment anthems, songs about intimacy and loves lost. All prevalent y2k themes. Par for the course for this era of pop. A few great jams. 3/5

I've never been fond of Christina Aguilera as a person. However, there is no denying her talent. There's not a singer like her out there, and, though this early 2000's pop sound doesn't necessarily show it off to the fullest, her voice really is beautiful. I think the album was a bit long, but I personally really enjoyed it. It brought me back to an era I really loved as a kid, and the hits off this album still hit just as hard today as they did back then. Yes, nostalgia plays a factor in my ranking, but I really just found this to a be solid, enjoyable experience. Just a bit long.

Es un disco de transición de la juventud a la adultez.

Gotta love me some christina “wagon wheel watussy”

Pop diva powerhouse

Yes!!!

I don’t think I’ve ever listened to this much Christina Aguilera in one go and while I probably never will again, I didn’t hate this

Came in with an open mind but I honestly didn’t find much to enjoy. I’m a pop music fan and I love r&b and singer songwriters but this sounded so firmly in the early 2000s with the music and song concepts. I didn’t hear anything that would make me think Christina was separating herself from the similar artists of the time.

Good vocals and decent music

Lots of energy in this one.

I wouldn't even rate this record if it weren't in the 1001 albums you must hear before you die list. So, getting that out of the way... It's a good pop album that has moments of catchiness and a lot of "girl-power" lyrics. Problem with that is it doesn't resonate with everybody. It's an "artistic statement" that has Christina (Xtina!) coming of age. It's ok, but I won't be revisiting it anytime soon.

I’m not doing this again.

I remember when this album came out. I only ever heard the radio/ tv singles so I thought it was going to be much more of an album with dance songs in the vane of “dirty”. I would have preferred that. Instead I found it long and slow between songs that I knew. It was fine.

Too much fluff

pretty pretty good not everyday listening but fir for fire

Pretty peak fire drippy not giving it 5 because some songs weren't for me and only a few made it onto main playlist

very peak

2.5

Gets a bit long by the end

This is no doubt a well produced and polished album...it sounds very nice. Many of these songs were radio hits in the early 2000s and, in that regard, are familiar. This becomes its undoing to an extent - the music feels tied to that era (dated) and discourages interest in listening now. I applaud CA's strength in sharing and encouraging others through her experiences - there's more legitimacy here than her peers of the time. Doesn't mean I'm going to put this on ever again. 3/5.

Rating: 6.5/10

Very good Pop album. Nothing I would choose to play, but If it is on, i’m enjoying. 4/5 Standouts: Fighter, Can’t Hold us Down, Beautiful, The. Voice Within.

Not a bad album in my opinion. I would say it’s a bit bloated but her voice carries the music when the instrumentals aren’t as interesting to me. I don’t deny that this album inspired a generation of pop artists. Overall the album was okay.

She has amazing vocals. She may be the last of the big sound female singers ( no offense to Adele)

This is exactly the kind of commercial music I avoid. Yet I did my best to approach this album with an open heart/mind and willed it to change my mind. I really tried. I'm not a quiet listener. I talk about what I am hearing. And I did a lot of 'fuck no' complaining through this. I can't even work out why I had such a negative reaction to it. It's clearly musically accomplished, tight band, big sound. Just feels like fancy dress to me. I'm still gritting my teeth and listening because I promised I would listen to all these albums from top to bottom but it is making me feel sad/uncomfortable. AND ITS SOOOOO LOOOOONG. It has to be a 1. Sorry Xtina. Glad that so many people buy your albums that I don't have to feel guilty that I don't like it. Total number of tracks 20 !!! 'Fave' track: Make Over. Others: No. 05/03/26

Easier listen than i thought, but definitely some really dated and generally bad choices. Was caught of guard a few times by some of these songs, the more R&B rooted ones. Always felt like she could have marketed herself better. Maybe more like a Winehouse instead of the bad Brittney Spears or whatever.

Life is too short to listen to even 30 minutes of this bullshit

Dang! Surprised by how much I liked this. The collaborations and hits are solid - lyrically pretty cool as well - not just “im a hot girl with problems and feelings” songs. Album was too long. Soar was a great tune. 2.5 stars and rounding up. 3 stars for sure in this genre.

Initially I thought, 'why the hell does Christina Aguilera need to make a 77 minute long album?' I was expecting a good 50% at least to be dross, but it wasn't. It was consistently quality throughout and far surpassed my expectations. I should not have underestimated Miss Aguilera.

i listened to this album constantly when i was 13 years old and being bullied at school and let me tell you, there are a LOT of songs on here about loving yourself and rising above the hate and spreading your wings and soaring and how it's all gonna be ok and your brokenness will not define you and all of that feels REALLY sustaining and empowering for a 13 year girl who's being bullied at school. things changed for me and i got better friends and basically stopped listening to this album once the bullying stopped and haven't picked it up again in two decades until now. it's not perfect, it's messy, it's way too long, it's FULL of emotions and it probably saved my life in a way. i have to give it 5 stars.

This was quite the 77 minute journey. Where it took me is hard to say. Other than Beautiful, I can't really remember much of anything of what I just heard. But the opening track led me to believe the whole album would be about Fred Durst, which it doesn't seem like it was. But maybe that's fine?

Dirty Beautiful

Better than expected

This is the best Christina album IMO

Prime Aguilera

Meh. Not horrible. Just not really something I particularly cared for.

I’m a dyed in the wool metal head and I fucking love this album.

Well, fuck me. Nazadnje sm jo prou na božični dan mela, če se prav spomnim & takrat je bil fakin dolg album (2 uri?!). Mam pa vsaj dva komada v spominu s tega albuma? (Glih sm vidla - 77 minut?! Dj no, I have shit to doooooo.) Fak, kok typical (for the time in izvajalko), kr nek intro ma album. V spominu sm imela, da je "Can't Hold Us Down" boljši. V bistvu je kinda beden. Lil' Kim prou leno rappa. Kul seamless prehod iz whatever je bil prejšnji v "Figther". Ok, ta se mi zdi še kr kul. Njen glas dejansko sede na mal bl rockovsko musko. Loh bi mela čist drugo vrsto kariere. Pol kr nek interlude v španščini, čeprav sm glih brala, da ženska ni nikakor fluent in so ji mogl napisat kako se izgovarjajo besede, ko se je lotila v španščini posnet album. "Beautiful" je še zmer čist kul. Ok, "Make Over" je literally komad od Sugababes. Še creditane so. Pa njihova verzija je boljša. Wtf je ta unnecessary verzija?! "The Voice Within" mi je znan, zdaj ko ga slišim. Pa, honestly, še najbl všečen do zdaj. Đizs krajst, kdaj bo konc? (Lol, zadnji komad je)

Team Xtina! I'm maybe inflating this rating to counterbalance misogynists, but this album has bangers. 4.

I have enough confidence in myself to admit this was a pretty decent album. Personal enjoyment: 4/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

not bad, not for me

Crazy lang men generelt solidt album og nogle gode deep cuts. Jeg kan bedre lide denne end Back to Basics

Begge Xtina plader har været en del bedre end forventet. Alt alt alt for langt men overraskende fin produktion. Vækker noget nostalgi

Way to long.. Fucking Christina...

A fun listen, a nice throwback, way too long. But I enjoyed the personal lyrics, the touches of vulnerability, the wide-ranging genre sounds. Not bad at all.

I have a soft spot for Christina Aguilera, and this album is so good. Her voice is amazing - love that she took this direction after her Genie in a Bottle era!

I wasn't expecting anything great when I first saw the average rating on this site. Turns out people just hate pop music. It's actually a good album, with a lot of variety. Probably not something too revolutionary considering it is fairly "recent", but even giving it a 3 seems a bit low. Maybe a 3.5/5.

Maybe I am beautiful

Ja, om eerlijk te zijn weer hetzelfde probleem. Waarom zo gigantisch lang? Tbh wel hardere bangers, maar met hogere pieken, ook diepere dalen. Conclusie na deze 2 albums is denk ik dat ik simpelweg niet zo'n fan ben van Christina Aguilera, mijn excuus.

Vele malen beter dan de vorige (Back to Basics). Nog steeds bloated en inconsistent.

I thought this started pretty well and was actually quite enjoying it up until Loving Me 4 Me after that it just seemed to be a series of generic pop ballads after that. It was better than the other record of hers on the list and it was interesting how lyrically uncompromising it was in places but ultimately I tapped out pretty early and won't be going back to this again.

This could have been a much stronger album if 20 minutes was cut off. There are some songs here that I really like. But the whole thing is just too long, and with the album being pretty inconsistent it ends up being a drag to listen to. The highlights on this one made me look at Christina in a new light though.

Couldn't finish. Not for me

surprisingly fun, but this has no business being 77 mins long

Honestly, much better than I was dreading/expecting. I SOOO much hated the onslaught of young pop divas that happened in the 90's. Thin little keyboard music and a young girl showing off her range and trills, etc. I was surprised that there is actually a range of styles on here. While some folks apparently don't like a singer playing in a different wheelhouse, I love range/variety! Now while nothing here is going into rotation for me, I can at least appreciate why people would like it. It could stand with a bit more editing. 1 hr 17 minutes is crazy! She definitely has a strong voice and I appreciate the restraint in not constantly hitting high notes, trilling, and melisma that was ubiquitous in this decade. So, having said it's better than I thought it would be, I can't really give it more than a 3 because really, where's the music? It's only here as a backdrop for her voice. And that's fine. But it doesn't bear repeated listening. I'll be kind and give this a 3.

Not my genre.

Christina Aguilera has an incredible voice. She can belt, she can riff, she can do those acrobatic vocal runs. If this album is primarily a showcase for her singing, it’s very effective. But I found most of this corny, at least from a modern perspective. It feels dated and very much a product of its time. Of course, this is going to hit very different for someone who has more of a nostalgic connection to it. Gorgeous production throughout. This is a classy pop album with a lot of live instrumentation. And “Beautiful” is a great song. Okay, “Dirrty” just came on and the nostalgia officially hit. This song is such a banger. I was watching TRL when this song was big, so I’m hardwired to be unable to resist it.

This album really is quintessential 2000's pop. It has that uber clean compressed to hell production, scientifically formulated perfect song structures, it checks the boxes of having songs with certain vibes that you had to hit with pop in this era- the angry / fight song, a sweet piano ballad, and a sexy song, and all the meanwhile it moves further away from the 90's bubblegum sound. Overall, I like it. Sometimes the songs here come across as a little corny. "Fighter" is a solid pop song from this era, with really nice production, a fitting overdriven guitar, and a good performance by Christina. But hearing it now I picture it being a perfect song for a workout class for grandmas. Maybe at the time it was a little more... i don't know how to describe it.. real? Part of me feels biased to not like these kinds of songs because I grew up playing music with distorted guitars, and it always stands out to me when musicians who don't normally use those kind of aggressive timbres incorporate them into their music. Like vocalists will put on a big fake gravelly raspy tough voice and it is worse than if they would have just done their normal thing. If you're covering a Louis Armstrong song, you don't have to "do" his voice, you know what I mean? "Beautiful" is a great song. This too feels a bit dated for me to hear ~25 years later, but I recall many times being a teenager in these years and seeing that a lot of girls around my age really resonate with this song... so who am I to say as a 12 year old boy then and a 36 year old man now that the song is corny? As an aside, I listen to plenty of corny music and never expect everyone to not cringe at it. If this song had one self conscious teenage girl look in the mirror and start to see themself in a more positive light, then that's awesome. And I know for a fact it had that affect on more than just one. This album is between a 3 and a 4 for me. I've rated some better albums than this a 3, and some worse albums a 4. To me, this leans just a bit more towards a 4.

A couple don’t hit, but it’s crazy how well this has aged.

An extensive journey, seems like a pretty early entry into the modern female-empowerment-R&B that became exponentially bigger in the 2010s if this list is anything to go by In which case, here's to early birds

I remember when we’d hear “Beautiful” playing everywhere. that track alone doesn’t hide from social issues about identity, self-image and expression. Christina Aguilera is immortal because of that song alone.

Not my cup of tea, but enjoyable.

some fun pop songs, didn't realize how much she skewed to rap, don't need to listen again

Only two things worth noting here. 1) Aguilera does have an exceptionally powerful soulful and sultry voice. 2) Alicia Keys is great on the piano on the one number she’s featured on. Beautiful is a highlight.

Bored.

J’appréciais au debut, c’était quand même fresh yo! Mais 1h20, c’est ben trop, yo! Perdu l’intérêt - Salut Cyril! J’ai vu que tu m’as répondu, je te trouverai du temps pour te repondre avec des idées de flims!

Surprisingly, really bland.

wel goeie 90s vibes

Ik vind de r&b nummers wel leuk. Maar bij lange na niet r&b op zijn best. Als het hele album alleen maar r&b was, dan was het nog een best aardig album. Alles op dit album wat niet met drumcomputers en synthesizers is gemaakt is niet leuk. Met als dieptepunten de grootste hits’ You’re beautiful ‘ en ‘fighter’ tenenkrommend. Het album duurt ook te lang, je bent dan na 3 nummers die zangtechnieken en toonladders wel zat.

Jaren 00 waren maf, grote obsessie om ultieme popsterren te creëren. Christina Aguilera is een fantastische zangeres. Eén van de beste van haar generatie. Het album gaat alle kanten op, rock, pop, latin, ballads, r&b. Ze kan het allemaal maar tegelijk door deze extreme veelzijdigheid mist het identiteit. Alles is goed geproduceerd maar ook overgeproduceerd. Door te proberen alles te doen wat er ooit is gedaan krijg je een erg lang album zonder verhaal. Muziek van plastic zonder ziel. Het was wel een trip down memory land en zong perongeluk een paar zinnetjes mee. Desondanks kreeg ik een geen goede vibe van net als toen, de adlibs kwamen ook m’n neus uit. Is wel een album die je geluisterd moet hebben om te beseffen wat een rare muziek periode dit was.

In de Jaren 00 waren we het echt even helemaal kwijt wat popmuziek betreft, backstreetboys, spice girls, Britney Spears en natuurlijk Christina Aguilera. Tis echt cringe om naar te luisteren, didn’t age well. Kheb ook geen jeugdsentiment, vroeger als pubertje vond ik t ook al niet vet, helaas is dit ook prime CD tijd wat betekent dat artiesten langere albums konden maken. (k vond die Lets get dirty videoclip op mtv stiekem wel best wel hot)

A 78 minute album called Stripped is ironic. That being said, there's no denying that there are some bangers on this album. She can really belt it out, but I prefer a 'less is more' approach to that kind of singing.

2nd Christina album from the generator. And dear god, this kind of early 00s R&B is the worst thing ever, it's so deeply boring. Music that relies so heavily on the singer's vocals that it gets tiring after a while. I do like good vocals but I never cared about them in pop. The big hits here (that I somehow have never heard before) are such nothingburgers. Xtina literally made exactly 0 cultural impact to me 2/5

--love the intro --part was recorded at electric lady -- Genre - "Stripped is a pop and R&B[11][12] record which incorporates elements of many different genres, including soul, hip hop, heavy metal, rock, rock and roll, gospel, and Latin" -- cant hold us down is a bop -- nominated for pop vocal album grammy -- 'beautiful' - won song of the year + best female pop vocal performamce

pretty bloated at an hour and 17 minutes, but there are some historical bangers no doubt. i remain team britney though.

This was a great album. I didn’t personally mind the length, because it feels like more of a journey in a way. Her voice was just beautiful, and there were multiple different songs on the album. It’s probably around a 4.5 for me, but I’ll round that up because I don’t give pop music enough credit.

Just can’t get to it.

Can’t deny her great voice. But I don’t care for this album.

Amazing Feminist Album that clearly inspired a lot of modern music. It feels like each song is a direct inspiration for a lot of female pop songs I hear today.

When I was growing up I never much paid attention to the pop singers of the day, but I was always aware of how great Christina Aguilera's voice was. Listening to this album just cemented that fact for me. The album does go on for a bit too long, but it really doesn't feel like it has twenty songs on it by the time it's over. Just a solid pop album that doesn't have that many memorable songs, but it still sound great.

Oho, tämähän olikin ihan kelvollinen poppilevykäinen. Ennakko-odotukset olivat melko matalalla, mutta on tämän haasteen aikana tullut kuunneltua paljon tylsempääkin musaa. Stripped ei ole mitään suurta taidetta, mutta kyllä tämän parissa ihan hyvin viihtyi vaikka kestoa onkin selkeästi liikaa.

While there are some fun songs in this album, such as Infatuation, and classics, such as Beautiful, there are no songs I will be returning to in this album. I also think this album lacks a cohesiveness and feels for the most part unmemorable.

god bless puerto rico Would I listen again: not really Deserves to be on this list: perhaps 3.4

dirrty is peak

so don't you bring me down

wait ts tuff

Very fine

Didn't enjoy it, but I probably wouldn't walk out of a joint if this was playing.

A fair, strong pop album. Enough variety in its influences and genres, funny that wiki says at time of release this was a knock that it wasn’t focused, that that was viewed as a negative. She sure can sing, and unlike say the Britney album I heard of the same period, the content of this seems more attached to the artist rather than a group of middle aged men producing. This is a good album, if a little too long. 4 Star

This is such a 2000s sound and it takes me right back to 2003 and middle school where these songs were EVERYWHERE. Good thing I can mostly look back on those troubled times these days and just feel a general ephemeral nostalgic vibe with few concrete memories.

This isn't really pop music, it's more like r&b with some hip-hop influences. Unfortunately, that's the sort of music I don't like. She's a talented vocalist as well, but her singing also doesn't do much for me. And I'm not enthusiastic about her brand of feminism. And the album cover is ick. And the song ‘Beautiful’ feels like an ugly lie in an ugly world. Favorite part: I guess Redman's appearance on "Dirrty" [sic] is decent.

I've been starved for music like this on this list, so I was inclined to like it. But honestly? It impressed me all on its own. Christina was 22 when she made this! The songs are bombastic, all energy, all emotion. She did that! Truly someone who was meant to be a star. It's long, but there's so much variety in the genres and styles, it honestly flew by. Hell yeah Xtina. I will be revisiting this one.

Strong vocally although the themes of the album don’t resonate with me. It’s a bit bloated. Fighter is a banger. Beautiful, although thematically similar to some other tracks feels out of place tonally.

It’s a solid pop album. The song Beautiful, and its video, elevate this album for me. Is it a mushy song? Maybe…..but her vocals are incredible. Rumor is the final version included on the album was actually her first attempt at the song. Say what you will about this era of pop, but Xtina is an incredible singer and her vocals set her apart from those with no substance.

Throwback 2000-luvun MTV pop musaa. Ihan ok sillein, ei mikään erikoinen. Tunnetut hitit parhaita. Parhaat: Can't Hold Us Down, Dirrty

This has many elements I usually don’t enjoy but for whatever reason they didn’t bother me here. It feels like guilty pleasure music. I thought the back half was stronger than the front half which helped me digest the long runtime. Rating: 3.0

Another pop record that feels like it ends much more credibly than it starts. From the strength within onwards was a nice few tracks. It's very vocal focused in a way that I struggle with

Sure, like most people I really like "Beautiful", but the rest doesn't leave much of an impression on me. It's too bad that it's one of those albums that tries to use every second of the CD, because unless you're Janet Jackson doing The Velvet Rope, it's just a law of nature that you're not a good enough pop star to justify that length.

Let me start by saying this: I know virtually nothing about Christina Aguilera. I believe she’s a fairly major star. No fewer than two of her albums appear on this list. Why? I genuinely have no idea. This is absolutely dreadful. Utterly meaningless pop music, with not a single discernible quality — not even when judged by the standards of that particular corner of the music market. Of course, that’s hard for me to assess, and perhaps I’m just talking nonsense, since this aesthetic is about as far removed from mine as it could possibly be. So who knows: maybe I’m just a sad, whiny man with grey hatred. But surely this is just garbage? Just listen to Infatuation! Garbage. Horrendous garbage. Please explain to me what I’m supposed to find good about this. In Impossible we once again get 132 million octaves per word. Very impressive, completely unlistenable. There is no music here at all. Someone banging a cardboard box with a ladle — at least that’s what it sounds like — is the musical highlight. Ugh. Fine. I’ll concede this much: Make Over is slightly easier on the ears. It has a bit of bite, some surprising arrangement choices, even a touch of daring. Naturally, it has very few streams, because the audience for this “music,” in quotation marks, obviously doesn’t want to be challenged — what are you thinking, behave yourself. On the other hand, one of the big hits, Fighter, is also marginally more tolerable. At the same time it’s painfully fake, dripping with that “I’m going to make a tough rock song with distorted guitars and stuff, you know, because then I’m tough” energy. Did I mention this album runs for 77 minutes? My god. If there is a god, then this is not his work but that of his good old counterpart with the cloven hooves and pointy tail. That little red guy. This album is utterly exhausting to listen to. Almost any 77-minute album is, but this one is extreme. And that’s entirely down to La Aguilera herself. She is belting at such a level that it’s borderline surreal. Track after track she screams the diaphragms out of the studio microphones. And to maximise the odds of success, every single song spans roughly 132 billion octaves — after all, you can’t be sure where the membrane’s weak spot is, so you might as well hit every frequency with every word. A quick Google search yields mixed verdicts. Some say this is a textbook example of the loudness wars; others claim it isn’t, because there’s supposedly more dynamic range. All I know is that I repeatedly found myself reaching for the volume knob to turn it down again. Aguilera’s shrieking practically bruises my ribs. It is genuinely exhausting to be subjected to this. Utter trash. Why am I supposed to listen to this?

THIS is y2k. 3.5.

Started out meh, but got stronger throughout and ended up being very good.

Slay the house queen

Favorite Track: Fighter

oh no. . . and I was having a good day. I was a youth when this album came out, so I'm familiar with some of the singles. I'm going to try and go in with no preconceptions, but it will be difficult. T2- she has an undeniable voice, but this record may have started the "belty" inflection style of this generation. This is much more explicit that I would have imagined considering I heard these songs in middle school, but what did I expect from a Lil' Kim feature? Man, this production is so of the time. So many strings and clicks, like a Sisco/Dru Hill song. OH, it's produced by Scott Storch. That tracks. T3- OKAY, now I'm convinced she should have done a Bond theme in this era. Her voice is wonderful. This tone/production feels like a 00's version of "Another Way to Die" - Jack Black Alicia Keys. T4- This may have led the way for pop vocals over "rock" guitars. I hate it. T5- Oh, she speaks Spanish. T6- You can't convince me this wasn't produced after listening to the Marc Anthony JLO single on repeat. T8 - listening to this skinemax soundtrack at 8:30 on a Wed morning in my office cubicle feels like I'm breaking HR guidelines. For a record called "Stripped" this has a lot of polished production. I guess it's more exploring other avenues of expression rather than straight disney channel, britney spears backing tracks. T11- Despite my best efforts, I could not escape this song for over a decade. It is impossible for me to be impartial. T12- What is this song. Where does it fit this record?  T13 - Same goes for this song. It feels like she had 2 albums ready and smashed them together with no cohesion. I commented on the production of the early songs, but at least they had character; the last few are so milquetoast.  These are songs you'd hear in a Panera Bread, or a Hallmark movie. You can REALLY tell which songs Scott Storch had a hand in. They have his fingerprints all over them. Once his dominance falls off, the record sounds disjointed. T16 - "Dirrty" - the music video that single-handedly ushered countless millennial boys into puberty. I would have bet you this featured Method Man, instead of Redman. T18 - Was this used on a movie soundtrack, or just composed to hopefully be? Overall, I'd say this is a really disjointed project. Maybe some will like that it offers a variation of production, direction and feel. It's not for me. Scattered and all over the place sonically. It's almost as if they were shotgun blasting genre influences chasing a hit in a place they didn't expect. Throw enough shit and the wall, and surely something will stick! Did I NEED to listen to this album before I died, probably not. She has an undeniable voice, and that's the saving grace of this record. 3 stars, only because 2 seems unfair, and I can't sneak in a 2.5. Nah, it's a 2. I can't throw this in the same ranking as other 3-star albums. Her voice deserves more, but this album does not.

2/10

Familiar but i can't remember anything about it...

The singles are fun but this album is 1h17m long??

Ok, she has a great voice, but I cannot stand most of these songs. I don't like the whisper singing, or the crying singing. And some of it is just too over the top. Sorry.

A bit too long but enjoyed the listen.

Her vocal chops shine through the most on the tracks you've never heard. Better than I remember.

Well, that was a surprise! Loved the variety in this album - pop, Latin, jazz, R&B… this album had it all. Solid vocals as well. Definitely not what I was expecting based on the singles I knew from this album (Beautiful, Dirrty, Fighter, Can’t Hold Us Down). Could have cut out a few of the songs from the back half of the album, but overall solid. (4)

Some great vocal gymnastics on this album. Beautiful of course is a masterpiece!! Christina has one of the most powerful and diverse vocals ever.

Ma'am. Respectfully.

I'm sure it's good if this is your thing but it's just not for me. Sorry 4/10

Christina Aguileras Album Stripped (2002) ist ein kraftvolles Statement weiblicher Selbstbestimmung. Mit Songs wie „Beautiful“ und „Fighter“ zeigt sie stimmliche Stärke und emotionale Tiefe. Zwar ist das Album mit über 70 Minuten etwas lang geraten, doch die stilistische Vielfalt zwischen Pop, R&B und Rock überzeugt.

I am just fascinated by how much I loved this album. I wasn't expecting to have any feelings about it, at all. I was expecting to enjoy a standard early 2000s pop album, like a few things, hate a few things, complain about how long it was (seriously, how is it that long?!), roll my eyes, scream-sing "Fighter" like one of my first breakups, and move on. I have never in my life listened to a Christina Aguilera album straight through, and it took me three days to convince myself to sit down and do it, but man, I just loved it. It's in that familiar early 2000s pop idiom, but it sounds like searching for your own expression (while still holding on to what you know). It sounds like a young artist finding her way toward creating her own art and not someone else's, just those first steps toward making something your own. Maybe it's just the memory of the time and the sound and what that sound brings up in my memory of my life when that sound was around me at the time, but I felt like I could hear that journey in the album. (Also I miss the era of interludes. They're just awesome, can we bring them back.) I just loved it. I loved it on a superficial "woo pop" level and I loved the story of how the album happened and I loved what I could hear of that story in the album. Completely unexpected. I would never have thought to listen on my own, but I'm so glad I did!

I mean, it's a well-crafted pop record, executed by talented people. There is a lot more creativity here than in most of the chart-topping pop out there right now. With that being said, this is not really my jam.

This was better than I expected. A nice mix of ballads and upbeat tracks. Not sure what makes this album essential listening though. At 20 tracks, running well past an hour, this is bloated. If this was a tight 12ish tracks, I'd round up rather than down. 2.5/5.

Enjoyed this more than I thought going into it…

She has a tremendous voice, but I just don’t really love this style of music. I also get tired of the enslutification of former child stars. I think it’s bad for young girls.

I tried. She’s a talented singer, but something about the music does nothing for me. Walk Away gave me some hope, but it didn’t last. And a run time of well over an hour is far too long. 1.5 ⭐️

Solid album, toss up between a 3 and a 4. Rounding down because it's not really my style. Pop with some decent soul into it. Beautiful is a pretty iconic song and quite indicative of the whole album. Some nice R&B hits as well.

3.5

I can’t believe an album with a 55/100 on Metacritic is on here.

That was surprisingly ok. I suppose credit needs to be given to the people who composed, performed and mixed the album in addition to CA, who sang them. It's an incredibly inoffensive collection of songs.

It's a solid pop album, but therefore is not really special to me.

I mean, it's pop I guess. Most pop albums will probably get a 2 or 3 as it's just good playlist-filler.

I almost like Christina Aguilera’s voice. Almost. If I did, I would’ve rated this album higher because it’s really driven by her voice. She’s definitely got a strong voice, but I personally don’t like it. There were a handful of songs that I thought would’ve really been great had they had a different singer. The rest of the songs just didn’t get me.

Never listened to something so schizophrenically produced yet so profoundly boring.

a few bangers but not quite my vibe

Nah, can't be having this on my algo.

this is not for me. thank you please.

Enjoyed it a lot more than I expected, but still not quite my cup of tea

179/1089 Stripped Intro sounding like the PS2 start up sound omg LOVE the transition from Walk Away into Fighter was so smooth, loved that some really solid tracklisting and flowing here. Nothing feels irrelevant. Beautiful is a really nice song. As a Zillenial though, I think I’m a little biased against it though based on it being overplayed and over-performed on X Factor etc at an age where it just didn’t feel relevant to me. but in the album it’s nice Make Over is GREAT. the sort of intense beachy guitar-led salsa sound really suits her and adds a new dynamic to this album. The Sugababes worked on it too?! or rather they were unknowingly and illegally sampled i guess oof somehow i’d always assumed The Voice Within was a Leona Lewis single that i never owned, but hearing it on here makes so much sense The light drum n bass element at the end of Keep On Singin’ My Song is greattt i like Xtina but when i saw the album was 1 hour 17 mins i was a little concerned, however that flew by, what a well structured and considered pop album! i saved 12/20 songs. half of the unsaved ones are intros/interludes but my select faves are: Fighter, Dirrty, Make Over, Get Mine, Get Yours, Infatuation 88/100

Thanks to when this came out I unfortunately remember a few of the songs from this due to its play on the radio and MTV. Started listening to it track by track and then skipped around because I didn't want to listen to all of this. Teenage me sure loved the Dirty music video. Regardless, still not my jam.

3/5

Not my favorite genre but enjoyable

Annoying

An hour and seventeen minutes? Come on Xtina! That's too long for a pop album. Yes, life is hard for you ladies. Lil' Kim cannot sing. Dick jokes! Leave the in song jokes to Eminem. She is upset about something. This is like a Taylor Swift album...beautiful blonde woman complains about ex for an entire album. And I like them about the same. Come on with the Spanish and the Interludes...you're from Western Pennsylvania. She has a nice voice, but she's no Mariah. Infatuation is the best song so far. And another interlude. I hate numbers and letter replacing words in titles, but Loving Me 4 Me is good. The talking was lifted right off Jill Scott though. Let's have an uncredited Alicia Keys cameo! I can't tell if I like this album or her need to be a popular teenage girl is so annoying I don't. Fighter, Beautiful and Dirrty were the singles. Dirrty wins. The theme of Xtina's empowerment runs through the album, but the songs still manage to feel disjointed. It's like she said she wanted one song from every genre about strong women. Redman will guest on literally anyone's album. The video for Dirrty is probably worth half a star. I always liked Redman, he's a highlight. Good song. And a stupid blank 45 seconds on the last song and then some stupid joking around with an offensive accent. CDs were terrible and glad I am that their reign was short lived.

I have never liked her voice. And 77 minutes of her whining just gets draining. I did quite like Dirrty because the Redman feature was entertaining.

Painfully dated. A mess. Should have been 2 albums. +1 for beautiful and the voice within.

An hour seemed like too long for this album. I think about 8 songs could have been cut out, and it would have been that much better. That being said, not really my kind of music, but some big hits on this one. I will go with a 2.5 - round up.

I recognize this music! From the radio! I don’t doubt her talent! Might not choose to put this on again

Christina Aguilera is one of the top pop stars of the 90s/00s and this album is a case-in-point example. It is excellent and she is a supreme talent. Dirrty is an absolute banger, Beautiful is a classic positive track. I forgot about the Voice Within and she is so good on it. Overall I think this is a great album, but I'm taking a point off because it's too long. There's definitely a few filler tracks that could've been left off to tighten this up.

fine

-Xtina has more in common with Fred Durst than she'd like to admit. This album fits nicely with the "neo-eclectic" style of early 2000s MTV fodder. Limp Bizkit hybridized rap and rock for suburban white adolescents and this is basically market-tested r&b for the same audience's sisters. -Sure, she can sing. But the nonstop vocal backflips drive me nuts. They are tasteless and aesthetically unpleasant in the same way a Yngwie Malmsteen guitar solo is technically virtuosic but musically unsatisfying. People whose musical diet is 90% contestants from singing competitions are likely to tell you "she's actually a really talented singer!" -The ballads are pure schmaltz. Whitney she is not. -I can appreciate the W Bush-era resilience feminism (sex positivity, body positivity, "strength," etc). But it's a bit ironic the themes of the album are all about finding inner beauty, stripping away the makeup and designer clothes, not needing a makeover, loving your curves, appreciating your imperfections, etc when you take one look at the album cover.

Most pop music isn't for me. This had two nice songs and the rest felt very generic.

Why is this album on here?

Someone said "I'm too old to pretend I give a shit about pop music." I have this same feeling. Anyway, giving it a 3 for her vocals, she definitely has a great voice ;-) But all wrapped up, this ain't my genre :-(

Knew a couple of songs on this album. Surprised by the production and songwriting in a good way. There were definitely some songs I'd revisit and add to playlists. Overall, liked it would probably rate a 7.5/10

It's a little boring and lame but it's really not bad. I could see how popheads would like this. It's honestly perfectly fine for its genre.

Quite enjoyed this, she has a really powerful voice and it brings a lot to the music. The tracks have a variety between ballads and up-beat club R&B which is fun. The lyrics have a ballsy attitude which is cool, and I enjoyed the latin influence on some songs. My main criticism is it's too long, and I don't think the album is strong enough to sustain 77 minutes of content. She does have a lot to say, but not that much - you're a strong and independent woman, that's super and I'm happy for you, but we don't need 20 tracks to get the idea. I was pretty bored in the last 3 tracks

The vocalsssss. Added several to my playlist. I really enjoyed.

Way better than back to basics, it stays in its slutty lane, still way tooo long. This one could have been two albums or severely edited. Still it had some interesting poppy variety. 2.5

Another one of those albums I normally just play the “good” ones! Having listened right the way through twice I must say it’s pretty damned good.

Utter crap

It's fine, doesn't really have one style, 20 tracks is criminal

It's okay - I guess I had shuffle and repeat album on, so I'm not sure how long I listened.

Girl power ig? Cover is something else

Its alright just went on a bit too long. Still wondering what's going on with the album cover

Litttle Mickey Mouse girl showing she's adult... Appreciate childhood bops

Goddamn this was a slog. I don't care if she has a good voice, that's literally the only thing this has going for it. Nearly an hour and a half of lowest common denominator radio slop.

Yaaas early 00s girlboss energy pop off

An early 2000s R&B/pop album. I thought this might be a good time but I was mostly underwhelmed (basically a repeat of the way I took Mariah Carey's Butterfly). The long runtime (an hour and seventeen minutes) rubs me the wrong way for this kind of album... "stripped" is a misnomer. There are some good moments here and there but there's a lot of road between those best parts. "Beautiful" is well-done but not something I'm likely to reach for. "Fighter" is the highlight.

One of the best vocalists of our time! Some of the songs are good and some a little meh but her voice makes them all worth listening too!

I’m honestly happy this album is on this list. I made fun of all pop artists back then and wanted to write this off, but realized the singles were good yet never bothered to listen to the whole album. I stand corrected.

Good start, meh middle, ok end

It’s as unartistic as her voice is powerful

funkier than I remembered

Stripped?! It’s 1 hour 18 minutes long! I reckon if you took out about 7-8 tracks this would be pretty good, although I realise that is a ridiculous and damning statement in of itself. You can keep some ballads in but I don’t much care for them, focus on the upbeat poppier songs and you’ve got something a lot more interesting. The singles were massively overplayed at the time, I could do without them and to be honest, this is not my thing anyway. I will say though, that this sounds pretty decent in parts and Make Over genuinely surprised me, it was by far the best track for me.

Better than I was expecting, I liked some songs I'd never heard of more than her hits from my younger years. Stripped (intro) ★★☆☆☆ Can’t Hold Us Down ★★★☆☆ Walk Away ★★★★☆ Fighter ★★★★☆ Primer Amor (interlude) ★★☆☆☆ Infatuation ★★★★☆ Loves Embrace (interlude) ★★☆☆☆ Loving Me 4 Me ★★★☆☆ Impossible ★★★★☆ Underappreciated ★★★☆☆ Beautiful ★★★★☆ Make Over ★★★★☆ Cruz ★★★☆☆ Soar ★★★☆☆ Get Mine, Get Yours ★★★☆☆ Dirrty ★★★☆☆ Stripped, Part 2 ★★☆☆☆ The Voice Within ★★★★☆ I’m OK ★★★★☆ Keep On Singin’ My Song ★★★☆☆ Average Album Rating: 3.2/5.0 ★★★☆☆

Ugh 77mins, obviously a well put together product. Pleasant enough 2000s pop, but too long too samey too man woo ooh oohs. Although better than some recent albums on this list. 2.5 rounded down Heard before? The singles maybe Owned: No: 39/148 (26%) Will I get? No

This was an excellent album. Christina can really sing, no doubt. Some great songs in Beautiful, Stronger, and a series of others. Waned a bit in the end for me, but lots of diversity in the tracks which really showed off her range. Great stuff.

goeie lyrics met een boodschap.. maar helaas is de muziek niet mijn ding

I like her voice without the overly churched affectations. I prefer the jazz club portions of her music. She doesn't offend me in the way that many of her ilk did. I will never listen to this again but it didn't hurt my feelings excepting one regard...it was over an hour. That's a lot.

A lot of variety here that was well done. It just got a little too long

Hits are good, overall quite boring and bland

cracking uptempo tracks, but too much balladeering brings it down. 3

Another near 4… a bit cluttered but I think the highs are high. I am beautiful no matter what they say…..

so what this guy just loves Christina Aguilera? in all honesty i am wondering why he doesn't just go and marry her...

16/12/2025 It was a bit long, but i was surprised that this wasn't actually too bad as I was expecting. Spotify listeners: 29.6 million

Nice representation!

Absolute shit.

You go, girl! Not my style

Okay I get why my dad was listening to this when I was younger.

Wow.

'I will never hide what I really feel.' While her message and stance are clear enuf - she's a feminist intent on acknowledging her mistakes ('I keep going right back / To the one thing that I need to walk away from') - Aguilera is, musically speaking, nearly impossible to classify: R&B, rock, hip-hop, Latin folk, jazz. Tho the influence of this record has certainly been recognized, it's quite the experience listening to it all the way thru: its aesthetic really has gone on to become an ubiquitous presence. Even artists as seemingly self-contained as Solange and Amy Winehouse owe something to Stripped. More importantly, as long as it is, the album is simply a pleasure to listen to. She's also dead serious: fuck those who said it's 'almost' for grown-ups.

It was such a big album at the time, so I guess deserves it spot on that basis. Interesting to listen to it a couple of times.

This album is all over the place in a good way. Everytime I think damn this is a good song, it's written by Linda Perry. She is a chameleon too. The bad songs are really bad, but the good songs are incredible. Her voice is amazing. how was she lumped in with Britney? they are two separate animals.

A bit longer than needed, but a great pop album nonetheless.

This was what to me embodied American mainstream 20-odd years ago. And I wasn't a particular fan. It was fine, but all the gestures were a bit too big, all the attitude already seemed trademarked rather than genuine. In 2025, this makes me weirdly nostalgic for a time when there was something you could reasonably call American mainstream, and part of it was this. Whereas now... Yeah... As for the album itself, it's actually decent. But it's decent by way of being better than you expected. But then it carries on for a good bit longer than strictly necessary. And you have enough time to realise that it's not all THAT good. Not as good as the people who decided this should have 20 tracks obviously believed, in any case. Oh, and I'm glad to read Sugababes got a retroactive songwriting credit on Make Over, as 70% of that song (the catchy bits and basic rhythm, basically) were so obviously ripped straight off Overload - with the lyrics even referencing that song as well.