Stripped

I think this was too long which sort of buries the gems and makes it unfocused as a whole. At the same time, I appreciate the stylistic variety and her absolutely rock solid vocals. High points: Can't Hold Us Down, Fighter, Beautiful Low point: Loving Me 4 Me (feels very male gaze)

It's fine. Mid level turn of the century pop.

I think this album maybe, ironically, Underappreciated. I quite enjoyed it despite thinking it would probably be 'uncool' on a list like this.

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.

Muy largo y disperso, lo encontré.

Not actively objectionable but boring. New Look or H&M changing room music.

Ok pop singer. Can’t listen to her all the time. Some decent songs.

- ... more like 1 hour 18 minutes of my sonic life that I'll never get back ..... boring, weak writing, musically uninspired ..... -

Doubtlessly a professional voice. It might have its songs and moods where it fits. Yet I can't like it longer than two songs in a row. Too theatrical and generally too much. 2,3

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

"Xtina" has great talent, obviously, and I remember this one being when she started to really break out of the teeny-bop image. It has several good pop songs, maybe even a couple great ones ("Beautiful" and "Fighter" still get tons of play 20 years later). But man, going through this list has made me realize how much the invention of the CD caused serious runtime bloat to albums. This one is about 8 songs too long.

Good pop album buoyed by two really great songs.

Pretty decent. Thought it sounded quite like an Alicia Keys album in terms of arrangement - then I saw she was a producer on the album... 3.5*

She’s a good singer. This is way too long and not really sure of it’s impact overall. Got pretty old

👍

So this was A LOT of Christina! Some good ones though!

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

it was definitely 2002

it's fun remembering a time when pop music was influenced by multiple genres as opposed to just other pop music.

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!

20 tracks. Damn. 20 tracks to prove she has a very strong voice. But there's still nothing here that has me coming back.

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.

1/5

3/5

This was actually quite good with a lot of interesting songs and really interesting to listen to. I liked this a lot more than I expected to. Good on ya, Xtina.

I needed to take a shower after listening to this.

Never listened to this when it came out. Undeniable that she has an amazing voice.

Lots of vocal talent, but the music doesn't resonate with me

This is a good pop record, and would be a great record if it was 20 minutes. Aguileras voice is so powerful, and shines on the ballads, particularly on Soar and The Voice Within. I really wish she would make a gospel record, that would suit her voice like a glove.

Too long couldn’t finish it. 2.5 stars

I haven't listened to Christina Aguilera since I was in elementary school. This album aged poorly. I especially like Redmans barking. Somewhere in this record is a great meaning about woman empowerment. How it's unfair and ridiculous how women get chastised, and deemed a whore or a slut for being sexual. Whereas men do not get the same feedback. I like that about this record. But it's hidden between songs with horrible vocal runs. There are too many songs that try to be this huge epic piece. Filled with choirs and large crescendos. But it's literally the same songs with synonymous lyrics. There's a lot of bullshit on here. There are some 2000s dance anthems for sure. But all of the ballads are seriously ruined by her vocal runs. I don't think she can be happy with a sustained note. It has to go up and down and up and down and up and down. I especially like Redmans barking. Make Over was a great song. It was punchy and kind of heavy? It's definitely less poppy than the rest. There was was a random Sheryl Crow type song that seemed very out of place but it was not horrible. The songs aren't completely terrible. She does have a great voice. She has talent. We know this... But maybe it's because I came off an Aretha Franklin album... But this record is just not good. It's dated. It's not going to be a classic. It really doesn't deserve this list. I think this list could be condensed to 200 albums. But I must say... I especially like Redmans barking.

meh

Ylipitkä albumillinen 2000-luvun alun latinavibapoppia. Emt, kai joku saa tästä nostalgiakiksejä.

Extra points for being a Pittsburgh girl. Seriously though, such a great voice and great story telling

insightful

I'm not a huge Christina fan, but it really is a shame that she got lumped in with Brittany and Pink and the like. She's clearly in a different league. This album seems like a real attempt to gain that separation in the early 2000s. It feels more genuine. And, the collabs she got on this album (Scott Storch, Alicia Keys, etc.) show the respect she had (has) as an artist compared to her contemporaries.

first complaint: i dunno if it was just the spotify version or if it's just how the album is produced, but this whole thing has such high, piercing treble that it's hard to enjoy this thing on headphones. that's probably my biggest complaint. second complaint: i don't really like her weird attempts at merging flamenco with r&b. put the guitar down. third complaint: i am not a fan of Christina's inspirational ballads. i think "Beautiful" is the chintziest song of all time and other songs like "Soar" don't do a much better job of winning me over. still, when the album jams, it jams. Aguilera's voice is impressive and she can really do great things to a melody. im kind of a sucker for dated 2000's neo-soul/r&b beats, and the first half of the album does have a lot of them. maybe in a world where this thing wasn't 77 minutes long, it'd be a really great album, but the CD urge to give people their money's worth kind of makes the whole thing feel a bit more tedious than it should be. 7 not 6, but a very shaky 7. my ears might need a little time to recover.

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.

Objectively really good. Touches on some heavy subjects and has a surprising amount of depth for a pop album. The runtime it a bit too long for my taste however and its not really my cup of tea.

This album is difficult to review as it inspires neither amusement nor displeasure. It is rather boring and overly long. Out of 77 minutes there might be 5 minutes worth your time (“I’m OK”).

It was okay. Certainly better than I expected it to be. Although, a little longer than I'd have liked

Such nostalgia

The girl has soul and she can definitely sing but her throaty growls and other vocal gymnastics rub me the wrong way. This album is way too long and it's just not my thing. Some of the songs are OK but there's nothing here that would make me want to come back. I can't hear "Beautiful" without thinking of Damian in "Mean Girls". : D

She’s got a great voice, but definitely overdoes it a bit. A lot of the songs sound very similar.

I was ready to give this a One * but then listening to the undoubted hits which are very good songs in their own right I was swayed. Not my cup of tea but it's well done and deserve to be considered.

I listened to the singles and then noped out. This is about as good as early 2000's pop music gets and it's still unlistenable.

boring.

Not bad

Not my thing.

Ihan viihdyttävä levy ja ajalta lähinnä muistan ikuisen vertailun Britneyyn, sekä yrityksen näpäytellä Eminemiä. Jälkimmäinen oli itselle punainen vaate ja artisti pääsi dissaus-listalle - toki syystäkin ;)

Tuttuja hittejä löytyi levyltä ja aiemmin ei kokonaisuudessaan tota oo tullu kuultua. Hyviä biisejä, helposti 3 tähtee

This is one of the best pop albums on the list. Firstly, it has great songs on it. Versatile sounds like going from fighter and dirty to beautiful. 3 great pop songs and songs of the early 00's This is as good as pop gets. Too much filler for me though like underappreciated and make over. This makes it a 3 for me. Favourite song: Dirty Least favourite: Underappreciated. Album artwork: Cool cover.

Heyyy xtina!!! Her voice is beautiful, the r & b grooves are great and let’s take a moment to appreciate that iconic dirrrrty video 😈🙌I remember when this album came out and made girls feel proud of their random hookups 🥹 slut phase memories

Some of these songs brought back a lot of memories. Summer holidays: on the way to Blackpool in the car for a day out at the theme park. Listening on my mp3 player and singing along out of tune. Life was good Sadly apart from the singles, the rest of the album was pretty boring and was too long. Some of these songs were absolutely terrible It gets a star for nostalgia and the fact that dirrty is a banger 2 ⭐️

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

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The kind of album you’re not just meant to listen to, but one you’re meant to get up and dance to! Unfortunately I was listening to it

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

Pas un 3e comme ça svp

I listen to a ton of pop these days, but I didn't listen to much back in the early 2000s, and I never ended up getting into Christina beyond the hits. Her voice is incredible, no denying that. And I've always loved Fighter and Beautiful, but I didn't realize how empowering and feminist the rest of the record would be. My gripe is that it's too long and a little all over the place. Maybe I'd enjoy it more with a second listen. Either way, she deserves her status as a pop icon. Oh yeah, and the transition from Walk Away to Fighter was sick.

No

Fucking, seriously!?

Surprisingly refreshing

A very good 2000's era Pop album. Aguilera's vocal talent stands out compared to her peers of that time. Musically, her albums go back and fourth between showcasing her talent and trying to keep up with the other Pop songs of time. Overall this is not my kind of music, but gets extra points for having Redman on a song. 2.5/5 Won't listen again

oh. whys it 20 songs stripped intro- 3 or 4 cant hold us down- 3 or 4 walk away- 2 fighter- 3. sing movie. shed be like an iguana primer amor interlude- 5 infatuation- 4 or 5 loves embrace interlude- didnt realize music was playing loving me for me- 4 impossible- 2 or 3 underappreciated- 3

Great voice but not my usual style.

This went down in my estimation on the second listen through headphones. Yes, there are a handful of bangers but the rest is kind of dull. They are going for raw and authentic but I’m not buying it

The whole point of this list was to make me realise there is nothing I would rather do than sit and listen to 90 minutes of Christina Aguilera.

whilst working my way through these 1001 albums, i try my best to look at each one from the perspective of a fan of the album, and try as best i can to remove to bias of preference. despite this, i found “stripped” uninspiring, and quite frankly about half an hour too long. in saying that, i do also want to recognise aguilera’s vocal talent which is evident throughout this album, and at certain times, she really does show it. i think i just don’t get on with the sound - hence my overall rating.

I would've been able to give a shorter version of this album a pretty positive score. But as is it's way too fucking long. We do NOT need 20 songs here. Once I hit Beautiful I was ready for it to end, only to realise I was only half way. The hits are good, and there's some quality but the lack of fat trimming really pushes this down for me. Fav songs: - Can't Hold Us Down - Walk Away - Fighter - Beautiful

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?

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

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

Was nice, knew quite some songs

1.3/5 listened 1x on drive between KC and St Louis with Ashley.

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!!!!

Eigentlich mochte ich schon damals diese Musik nicht besonders.

Good for her.

Beautiful.

6/20 songs added to playlist and it actually wasn’t terrible just not my taste. I can understand if someone actually fucks with it. Not me tho. Didn’t have a favorite track, I liked all the ones that I added equally for the first time.

Nær ómögulegt fyrir mig að hlusta á 75 mínútur af þessum kreistingi. Örfá lög sem vit er í, en túlkunin fer alveg með mig.

Noem mij gek, maar ik vond dit eigenlijk wel lekker wegluisteren. Vlot in elkaar gestoken zingmevrouwmuziek, met een goede stem en genoeg afwisseling. Maar misschien moet ze de volgende keer haar onderbroek ónder haar spijkerbroek dragen.

Christina wil niet meer het popje zijn. Waarom straalt de hoes dan niets muzikaals uit en staat er dan niets anders op dan haarzelf als popje? Goed, daar gaat het niet over. We moeten luisteren. En ik ben wel nieuwsgierig. Want dit album bevat wel de hits die iets meer van haar laten zien. Ik zou nummers als Fighter niet snel zelf spontaal opzetten. Maar zouden er meer van dat soort kracht-nummers langskomen? Het eerste echte nummer stelt wat teleur. Maar goed dat komt ook wel door de 'bijdrage' van Kleine Kim. Het volgende nummer is wel een solo-optreden, maar pff...wat saai. Het belooft wat gevoel over te brengen, maar maakt die belofte niet echt waar. En dat wordt een beetje het thema van dit album. De nummers scheppen verwachting, maar vervullen die verwachting nauwelijks. Het album is wel goed gevarieerd, zodat het toch wel uit kon zitten. Maar kom op. Dit hoort toch niet in deze lijst...

Hey, nog zo'n artiest die een duidelijke ontwikkeling in sound heeft doorgemaakt volgens mij. Ze begon als tienerpopidooltje met Genie in a Bottle en we kregen al het latere album Back to Basics, waar ze niet naar haar eigen basics terugging, maar meer naar haar muzikale helden. Al dan niet gepimpt, geboost etc. Dit album was denk ik het album waar ze zich uit haar vorige imago probeerde te werken, door expres een beetje vunzig uit de hoek te komen. Zo van, ik ben geen klein meisje meer. Prima, ik vind het wel aardig werken. Er zitten rocky elementen in, latino, maar uiteraard voornamelijk de bekende zuurstok-hip-pop-n-soul zoals ik het benoemde bij die latere plaat. Ook hier gooit ze haar bekende wowowowowows en yeahyeahyeahs er volledig onnodig doorheen, want ze heeft nog een enorme bewijsdrang. Inmiddels weten we wel dat ze erg goed kan zingen. Maar het is allemaal iets ingetogener dan die latere plaat en niet alles is op standje brandweersirene. Dat maakt het geheel prima om te luisteren, ook al is het niet helemaal mijn genre. Eindoordeel: het is behoorlijk gevarieerd, ze heeft een dijk van een stem. Het is niet helemaal mijn genre, maar het is voor haar doen eigenlijk nergens echt over de top, dat komt later pas. Enige minpuntje is dat het te lang is. Maar ik vind dit een zowaar best een 3,5 waard. Ik kan goed geproduceerde muziek altijd wel waarderen, dus laat ik het weer eens een keer naar boven afronden.

Little too much

This album is too long. I was vibin to some songs but mostly wanted it end. There was also a song in there that sounded like a Phineas and Ferb song, but you know bad. - 4/10

Super Y2K… which I love but at the same time I don’t love that much at all. Album cover is so good tho Christina ate I wish I could rock those jeans like that.

Pretty long, some songs were boring, others were jams though. 6/10

3/10 - It was boring and repetitive feeling. She has the raspy singing on lock but I do not enjoy it that much. I just thought it was bad.

Really boring and really bad. The closest I’ve come to just not finishing one of these albums so far

Good solid easy listening. Seemed a better quality YouTube experience. Long.

"Hey Siri. Play something vacuous, something with no soul and a big budget with a hottie up front".

Good singer, okay songs but not my genre

I guess we needed early 2000s pop star representation on here? It's funny - here we are 20+ years out from this era of music, and none of it has aged terribly well. Are people still listening to these artists in 2024? None of the big 2000s artists really maintained their super-stardom into the 2010s. Christina, Britney, Backstreet Boys, Nsync, all died in under a decade. Sure they are still super famous, but none really had a smash hit after 10 years of being on the scene. Idk. Christina has a good voice.

4/5. Honestly hard to find a bad song on this one, as long as your willing to explore it. A diverse mix of pop, Latin, rock, R&B, etc. Christina's vocals create a huge range of beautiful and angry and everything in between. I wasn't familiar with any of these songs, which might be why I enjoyed it more. Just back to front a solid set list. There are some not great songs but not something I can't dig a little at least. Plus we love woman-empowerment in this house. Best Song: Beautiful, Walk Away, Fighter

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.

A fine pop album. Not particularly memorable.

Didn't exactly convince me to seek her music out but I didn't "change the channel"

Here we go. Thanks 1001 Album Generator for exposing me to music I would never listen to otherwise. I liked 'Walk Away', it hearkened back to old school (original) R&B. 'Fighter' is a bit naff for mine. 'Infatuation' is a Latin styled love song which is clearly not for 50YO cis-gendered white man. 'Loving Me 4 Me' is another love song and it's clear right now that I'm not the target audience for this. I'm going to stop listening now, before I even get to the empowering 'Beautiful'. I understand if 'Stripped' is a 4 or 5 for you, but its a 2 for me for CA's talent is clear, but the content is off target here.

Was never a big fan of Xtina. Fighter was every female's anthem at the time, but the rest of the album is pretty weak. 2.5 stars.

This girl is messed up 3 stars

As a caveat, this is not my type of music. I’ve never cared for pop, and most likely never will. That said, this album was significantly more soulful than I anticipated. No one can deny that she has a powerful voice, and she uses it well here. However, it’s still not my thing and it got old well before an hour. And then then was quite a bit after that. I’d have to agree with whoever said it’s almost music for grownups. Objectively, it probably deserves four stars, but for me, the best I can do is three.

Love her

4/10

This nearly-80-minute commercial pop album is actually separated in two very distinct halves. And the first half is an utter disaster of major proportions. No matter how many times Christina cosplays as a "different" sort of artist going beyond the usual expected modern r'n'b shenanigans, she fails miserably to leave a lasting impression, and this with almost every dud presented here. "Walk Away" is supposedly a moving torch song that unfortunately overstays its welcome due to its interminable runtime of pointless, undynamic vocal meanderings. "Fighter" is a terrible attempt to use the (arena) rock idiom to hide the same endlessly copied-and-pasted r'n'b formula found elsewhere on the first part of the album. Everything sounds *fake* on it: the guitar, the drums, the overall artistic intent. And the vocal performance is so artificially placed over this shitcake that the whole thing ends up not making a shred of sense. "Infatuation" uses the "latin" card--acoustic-guitar chords and Spanish-sung hooks included--but forgets to showcase a proper chorus. The chord progressions are so lame and lazy on this one that the whole burrito comes off as stale and cold in spite of the time it spent in the microwave oven. Worse, musically bland "Loving Me 4 Me" displays the ABSOLUTE WORST lyrics I have ever had the displeasure to hear on this app. 6th-grade / 7th-grade level poetry--so dumb, naive and cringeworthy that anyone even only remotely interested in proper songwriting will probably want to puke. After that, Alicia Keys gives a song to Christina (and performs its piano parts)--a soul ballad that's obviously in better taste than the track before it--but she forgets to write a real hook in it, sadly. I'll leave the other duds aside... The only time Christina and her producers' reach don't exceed their grasp in this first half of the record is with the "undisguised" modern r'n'b opener (or at least proper song on the album), "Can't Hold Us Down", which conveys a distinctive feminist message, a little on-the-nose, but not too awkward either. But as "effective" as that cut is, it's nothing that Destiny's Child or TLC had not already done ten times better before. At least when it comes to their hits. The fact that this album was a commercial success in spite of how bad its first part is is a testament to the terrible, *terrible* tastes of general audiences in the Western world during the early years of the second millenium. Here, the fault mostly lies on Aguilera's producer and music writer Scott Storch (a cocaine addict, by the way, who lost his personal way as he recklessly navigated into that fake world of pop stars), along with "vocal producer" E. Dawk, who probably pushed Christina to the worst sorts of "performative" shenanigans, ruining the very few things that could have been salvaged in those compositions, through her overuse of endless "ooh-oohs" and "aahs-aahs". I guess restraint is rarely your strong suit when you have unlimited access to ressources and personnel, is it? So that was for the first half. But *very* curiously, the second half of the record turns everything on its head as soon as the hit ballad "Beautiful" enters the scene. Former 4-Non-Blondes Linda Perry wrote that song (both the music and the lyrics), which bears its name well and has everything that *all* the others songs before lacked--a good chorus, memorable hooks, pretty arrangements, a heartfelt feeling... Music coming from someone's individual soul is most often better than writing-in-committee, isn't it? Linda Perry is also in charge of three other cuts as a producer / music writer on this second part of the record, and it's good stuff. Especially the tearful acoutic ballad "I'm OK", along with the oriental-sounding, alt-rock / Beck-adjacent "Make Over", which, miraculously, doesn't come off as an artificial and cynical attempt to co-opt a different music style (contrary to "Fighter"). Most of the other cuts in that second half, produced by a bunch of other people than Storch or Perry, are also fun, lively or effective. The hooks are nice and memorable, the production is on point, the string sections are cinematic, and the dynamic tracklisting goes from one interesting place to the next. "Get Mine, Get yours" is a genuine banger, sexy and catchy as hell (those idiot music executives should have chosen it as a single), and this song proves that Aguilera sometimes had the chops to go up to the level of Beyoncé Knowles. "Dirrty" is in that same dancefloor banger league, even if sounds a little more derivatory to the whole Destiny's Child thing. And the laidback-yet-bouncy "Soar* builds up to the sort of climax that was nowhere in sight in the first half of the record. Actually this is exactly where Aguilera's vocal chops and ad-libs come off as justified and useful, instead of gratuitous and pointless--simply because the composition is good enough to justify getting excited about it. And even when Scott Storch returns to the picture as a producer / music writer for closer "Keep Singing My Song", it's actually not too bad, thanks to the moody atmosphere and a nice drum'n'bass-inspired rhythm at the end of the track. It's not a killer song by all means. But I guess Scott deserved to enjoy his bag of coke after a hard day's work for this one, at least. Does that far better second half save the whole album? Nope. The first half is too terrible for that, and there's not a precise musical throughline in the second half to imagine an alternate universe where its many good moments could have been reorganized into a genuinely cohesive project. Plus, the latter would still lack an absolute banger that would have a timeless nature (for that, see Aaliyah or Beyoncé). It's what those sorts of commercial pop albums aim at after all: strings of pop bangers + some truly adventurous by-sides to make them the records more interesting in the long run. And as far as *Stripped* is concerned, there are problems on both sides of the picture here. Honestly, *Stripped* is still a better album than *Back To Basics*. Yet in the end, it does not really matter. Because what we have here is a strong piece of evidence proving that Dimery should fire the ass of whoever is responsible for the inclusion of TWO Christina Aguilera albums in the 1001 Albums To Listen To Before You Die book. 2/5 for the purposes of this list. 7/10 for more general purposes. Number of albums left to review: 147 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 367 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 216 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 274 (including this one)

Over the top, overproduced but not exactly overwhelming. It's all over the place stylistically, but the girl's got undeniable pipes – that's the only through-line – and shows them off continually. There are a handful of winning cuts, but the whole exercise seems more about hit-making than music making. Maybe she was ripping off Mariah or Janet, but one likes this better than what offerings one's heard from those artists. .

I liked this more than I expected. It's a long and slightly confused album, which seems consistent with CA wanting to throw everything she could at the recording. But her voice is at times superb, and very few of the tracks feel like filler. I'd happily listen to this again.

I think its an important album from a music/cultural history perspective. It definitely characterizes the bloated album run-time of the early to mid-2000s (77 minutes!).

SLAAAAYYYY

2.5 decent had some good songs and some stinkers. Actually sang instead of doing that annoying baby voice most pop stars do

At times I wanted to give this a one, and at times it came up to a three but it wasn't an enjoyable listen I'll be honest. Starting with the good stuff, I was 20 when this came out and a woman who marketed herself in the way she did was always going to attract my attention as well as a lot of media coverage. The singles all remain firmly lodged in my brain via ubiquitous radio play and can't be faulted. The message of self empowerment for women is a good step forward and no one can deny she has a powerful voice. However, the album tracks really didn't hit any heights. 77 minutes was too long and the vocal wanking really takes its toll after a while. It's not often I find I physically can't listen to stuff but I only made it through the whole album by giving each track about a minute to get the gist and then skipping onto the next. I was hoping I'd find gold but i didn't. Later on I talked to my wife about who is the same age and who was a big fan when it came out. Looking at female led pop across decades, this really doesn't hold up against the 60's, 70's, 80's or 90's.

Love her voice and energy

Look, Xtina is great, but when I saw this was a nearly 80 minute album I was worried. Turns out I had nothing to worry about - it’s actually pretty darn good and surprisingly didn’t feel like it dragged It’s a bit all over the place, trying to balance her new hip-hop inspired sound and brash persona on songs like Dirrty with huge ballads like Beautiful, and the quality of the production varies a lot (even between songs produced by the same people - Can’t Hold Us Down is fantastic while Fighter sounds incredibly messy). The main appeal of course is her voice, which is astounding throughout regardless of the genre she’s going for, and the album is full of fun hooks and choruses as well as her trademark vocal runs. All in all an inconsistent but generally pretty good pop album which actually justifies is monumental length

Genuinely better than I was expecting, I enjoyed it a lot. Fighter is still an amazing song

This album is pretty good even with some heavy signs of age. Much like the album art, this style is distinctly early 2000s and while that style didn't stick around, it's still iconic. This album puts Aguilera's vocals on full display and while being a bit overdone, I think it sounds great. There are some snoozers in here but also 'The fighter' and 'Beautiful' which are songs I didn't know I knew until I found myself singing along. I didn't care for the length of this and there's a lot of tracks and a lot of them drag. This kind of music does not need multiple interludes. Overall I think this is a great time capsule from the 2000s and well represents Christina Aguilera, whom I mainly know from watching 'The Voice'.

First thing: this shit is just way too long. This could have been two albums, especially at the time. The contents are actually not bad - I think she’s always been one of the better actual musicians in the sea of pop music from the mid 90s to the late 2000s. That said it is still fundamentally an album written and produced for mass market appeal. The standout tracks are all the singles, which makes sense. “Drrty”, “Beautiful”, “Fighter”, etc. The other tracks seem average to fine with nothing particularly bad in it. Just kinda boring stuff that doesn’t resonate with me, the absolute opposite of the intended audience of course. You could do a lot worse for a pop album. You could do a lot worse than Scott Storch as a producer of the time too, which for various personal reasons is still hysterical to me.

She has always had an outstanding voice. For some reason a lot of this album felt long and boring to me, though. I wanted to like it more.

Not sure I expected to see something as "poppy" as this on the list, but I'm glad I did. It's fun with something other than rock! The album itself was a bit too long for my taste with it's 1hr 20min or so runtime. Christina really has some superclass vocals, and I never experienced this before, but it actually got a bit fatiguing after a while somehow. It's just so intense, and it feels like all lines she sings needs to be sung with extreme presence and energy. Almost like she's trying to sing every song in the most technical and impressive way, just for the sake of doing it - and because she can. There were a handful of classics in there that you've heard before, like 'Infatuation', 'Beautiful', and 'Dirrty'. The hits are decent, but it's not really my jam to be honest. You can't deny that this probably had some impact when it came, definitely played a lot when it came out! Solid 3 overall.

Some pop was really a breath of fresh air! It was fun to listen to something other than rock. I didn't expect this album on this list but looking through its very long runtime there actually are quite a few hits. You could remove maybe two thirds of this album (keeping the hits) and you would have a really good album worthy of a four star. As it stands, the album is a bit all over the place. You can tell that there are very many songwriters as there is not really a cohesive vision or sound. The album runs long, and while Aguilera's singing is on point, I got very tired of her style by the end. The whole thing just comes off as an overproduced collection of songs where the producers took the shotgun approach and of course managed to get a few good shots in. Still the hits are good and I think this album may be a trailblazer for future pop stars to follow.

fine, seemed like average pop sound, not terribly distinctive.

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.

Surprisingly good

3.75, liked first half but then it kept going and going

You love her or you don't like her. I'm undecided. Nice pop - Album.

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. 2/2.5.

Segundo y, desde la mismísma portada, hipersexualizado álbum de Christina Aguilera. Stripped sigue el estilo pop adolescente de Britney Spears y, en algún momento, el fantástico dance-rock de Pink, con el añadido de algunas gotas de hip-hop, evidentes en el tema "Can't Hold Us Down". Obtuvo un cierto éxito con su primer single, "Dirrty", y en todo el disco brilla de nuevo la capacidad vocal de Aguilera y su dedicación al R&B callejero, especialmente en sus mejores temas: "Fighter" y "Beautiful". Desigual y caótico en el concepto, no es un disco que me emocione especialmente.

Ew no

I never got into Christina when I was younger beyond radio singles. I was in the Spears boat as a fan, but these are the albums that get me excited on this list. The ones I truly missed while growing up, not some 60's UK folk album that no one remembers. I will give a ding for all the interludes, a product of its time but still. I know I've heard Fighter before and Beautiful is a classic. Glad this one made it on here, but it's funny I wonder if she was going for the Hip Hop cred having so many interludes and an album clocking right in at that CD max of hr 20. I think the album is a bit long in the tooth, but not going to complain.

Somewhat unremarkable pop album, but Christina has a great voice. I didn't think I'd know any tracks on here, but I definitely recognized "Beautiful." I'm saving four tracks, which is pretty good. I'm not sure if this really belongs on a list of this magnitude, but as far as pop albums go, it was a pretty good time. Favorite tracks: Walk Away, Fighter, Beautiful, Soar. Album art: Christina posing in front of a white background. She looks pretty powerful here, goated one might say. The look and picture are somewhat iconic for her, but as an album cover it's not super interesting to me. 3.5/5

An instantly recognizable voice with great talent, but this project was unnecessarily long and unfortunately felt repetitive and full of filler by the end. That said, there are a few lesser-played tracks I'd come back for again

Everything in here is less impressive and longer than you remember.

definitely too long but then I hear "Dirrty" and every endorphin in my brain gets activated all at once.

way too long. kinda reminds me of early beyonce. some real bops on here though. takes me back to TRL days.

R&B, pop comercial. Buena voz pero no me hace mucho. Ni fu ni fa.

Not bad, but not something I’ll listen over again. Dirty and Beautiful were both good, but overall I think the album is overly long and would benefit from cutting many of the less interesting songs.

This album came out my senior year of high school and I have never heard all of it. I do remember some of the tracks, and they never excited me as much as the videos(you know what I mean). Anyway, right away I enjoyed Walk Away, as it features her vocals, and she clearly has a great singing voice, and that theme continued throughout. I enjoyed the less popular tracks a little more. The bigger singles were fine, and overall the album is good for a pop album, which isn't really my thing.

Inexcusably long, but it's generally fine. Wouldn't seek it out but there's worse pop.

'Beautiful' is aite

I'm not sure this really would be a 4 but it definitely is more exciting than some of the dreary crap I've put a 3 on. It did make me appreciate how much better produced pop music was at the time. Christina can sing and her vocals are only improved by production, and the song writing comes through without being drowned in production. I would guess many people's knee jerk reaction against a record like this is that you can hear the forming of the pop template that would come to plague music for... Well I think it's still going at the time of writing. With all that said, it is overly long for a pop album, a trend I've noticed in similar albums from this era.

This album would be half the length if you took out all the notes Christina over sings That said, there are some decent songs on this that have held up far better than expected I gave Britney a 2 and this is better so I guess it gets a generous 3

Being it's the first time I've ever heard this album or any track on it but “Beautiful,” I'm a little surprised this release was selected over Ms. Aguilera's first album, which had quite a few hits. While I've always respected her singing ability—stunning voice and control over it—I have never followed any of her work. I'm happy to have heard the album and found a handful of tracks pleasant. I'll be happy to return to them individually. The album seems well produced, and several sources claim this album inspired many in the next generation of musicians, but to me it doesn't seem particularly memorable.

This was fine for what it is. The vocals are good enough to get to a 3 even though I'm not a big fan of the genre, but barely. 2.5

I tried. Definitely not for me

I have to admit that I was surprised to see this one the list. I remember hating most of this album when it came out and was played constantly. I was probably wrong. This is not my style of music, but it's not bad. I'm not sure what makes this album different from a ton of other pop albums from the same decade. Why did this album make the list instead of them? Or are they all here and I just haven't gotten to them yet? Overall good, but slightly too long, pop album. Not sure how influential it actually was.

Your great-grandma listens to Stripped by Christina Aguilera.

Xtina, how and why did you make this so long?!

A great pop album.

A good misture of influences and great voice. I find her pop music has aged and I con only enjoy it in small doses. A full album is too much

I can’t listen to over an hour of a diva I do not claim as mine. The filler tracks are awful. True pop drivel. But, she does have some legit pipes on her, I can’t deny that. Fighter is a great song. And this album birthed a whole new era for her career. I was in high school when it came out and I remember how scandalized all of our parents were by the Dirrty music video. I could never tell if this new hyper-sexualized image was a bold personal choice on Xtina’s part or if it was just corporate puppetry to sell records, and I guess that’s why she never became a favourite or staple to me. But good for her for having a hugely successful album that did produce so many major pop culture defining moments.

I have a soft spot for Christina, but the irony of an album called stripped going on for 78 fucking minutes! Some killer tunes but lots of filler too.

While the music was nothing special to me, her voice is powerful and wonderful to hear.

Not in my edition of the book! 2002. 3 stars. Well, she's got a great set of pipes, and there are a handful of good songs on this - but there is also a LOT of filler. Better quality control and this could have been a 5 - as it is, it goes on far too long.

It was okay overall with my favorites being “Fighter” and “Beautiful”

When it started I was thinking I’m liking this more than I thought I would. Then after a while I was getting pretty tired of it. She has got a great voice but there are so many songs on this album. Towards the end there were a couple of songs that I kinda liked again but in the end I’m feeling about 2.5 but I will round up.

I only listened to this just for the sake of knocking it off the list. As much as I don't want to admit it, I actually enjoyed some of it. Unfortunately, it had a lot of weak moments, but I have to give credit where credit is due—it had some moments that I really enjoyed.

Christina Aguilera, the artist: Otherworldly talent. Slick pop prowess. Stripped, the album: Some great beats. Overlong. Tepid songwriting.

More Christina than you can possibly handle. Just wish some restraint was applied when approving the final track list.

I was suprised by this. Truly a document of the early 200s - but what a voice. 'Strip' out 8 of the weaker songs and you have an absolutely kick-arse album. I enjoyed this a lot.

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.

Why would this be on a list of albums that everyone should hear? Its aggressively mid in every possible way. 2/5

not for me

One of those 'modern' pop albums where every style, genre and production trick gets thrown at it. Apart from the neither the songs or the voice grabbing me, this seems like a bit of a stylistic mess. what's the story here? Sounds like loads of other albums / songs from the time, and am not sure why or how it made it onto this list.

Just not my shit. Refused to listen.

Decent pop.

Much better than the other one of hers on this list. Much catchier.

there are some nice songs on here and christina's voice, as always, is incredible. but honestly i found this album a bit boring and same-y. the hits on here are great pop songs, but the rest of it is very generic early 00s pop music that does not stand out in any way. very middle of the road for me.

If you ain’t dirrty (the intro to that song is ridiculous, why are we throwing elbows?). …i grew up around this music, so it’s interesting to hear it again as an adult. This is an overly long pop album that covers sounds from an array of genres - hip hop, rock, jazz, Latin, r&b, etc. Xtina is a solid singer. A handful of the songs are catchy pop tunes or soulful ballads, but a lot of it isn’t memorable. Would have been better at half the length - this seems to be a throw it all at the wall and see what sticks approach (which isn’t bad, just too much stuff thrown). Wouldn’t care if I never heard it again but I didn’t feel the need to turn it off the whole time. A fine (but too long) pop album, but not really my thing.

Favourite tracks: fighter; dirrty; beautiful

Really not for me

This is actually pretty good. I legitimately found myself enjoying this more than most of the other albums I've heard up to this point. Not being huge on the manufactured pop genre, I really don't know much about it or the influences this album is drawing from (I haven't heard anything else on this list like it so far) but I know what this has influenced. Ariana Grande? And yet, being 21 when this came out, I fell into the trap of hating on the image that was being cultivated for Christina. But that's exactly what am confronted with here. I got called a hypocrite in the first track for how I saw her back then. And I can't argue with that. Christina has a gorgeous voice and it's treated so well here. This is a statement of intent, has some genuine bangers, and has a good message that is delivered well. I don't even care. It's a 4 from me.

I am not a fan of the late 90s, early 2000s R&B infused pop sound. That made it so that this album had an uphill battle from the start. It did not succeed in overcoming these prior biases, but it was inoffensive, at least. I agreed with most of the messages presented on the album, but found them getting repetitive over its nearly hour-and-a-half runtime, and the sound itself changed very little as well. There were more hits here than expected, but I still fail to remember them despite their popularity, and the whole thing is just of its time. It isn't bad, but every passing day makes this age worse, not due to its message, but rather the aesthetic behind it. Just a bleh feeling, it's hard to put into words, but it is easy to recognize when you go through it all.

Nah

Never listened to an album of hers although her stamp on the late 90s and beyond has been and continues to be significant. I've heard many of her songs, several of which came from this album. Her vocals are signature in the same way Mariah Carey's are. You just know a Christina Aguilera song the moment you hear the voice. Some of the songs have some substance instead of disposable pop, which is cool to hear, "Beautiful" is chief among those. I also respect her musician-ship in that she wrote many of these songs and produced the vocals. The instrumentals in the album are minimal, and at times feel sampled, underproduced, and secondary to the vocals, which occassionally is ok, but then a song like "Impossible" comes on, and you realize how much better this album could be with stronger instrumentals. "Fighter" kicks ass and is a solid pop single. It builds, it has energy, and it just begs to be part of an early 2000s teen movie montage. I'm sure it was in one or ten. This album clips along, and is mostly a cohesive pop album. I see its relevance. It's not my thing overall, but worthy of a listen.

The two big singles were absolutely everywhere, as was that video. Oh and Fighter, that was about too. No memory at all of the other singles, and I think this is going to be a real slog - hated the music at the time, it was the shite nothing music you had to drown out at the gym with your headphones. 3rd track and I am really really struggling. Can I skip through these? No I made a commitment. Pretty sure I'm going to hate every track but I have to make sure. It's a curse. Even my 12 year old daughter left the room. Doesn't bode well. Ok it's over. I can't claim I listened to all of it, because it wasn't interesting enough, but I was in the room and it was on. Just incredibly bland. There wasn't a single song which broke the mold and pricked up my ears, nothing surprising at all unfortunately. Fucking hell, the last track is 6 and a half minutes, this album just won't die. Don't really want to join the trolls but have to rate it honestly, and I dislike basically all of this. Brings to mind the phrase "well that was terrible, but at least it was long."

A good album, I liked Fighter, impossible and Dirty.

A couple of bops on this album can't really save it from my lack of interest.

No soporto la voz de Christina Aguilera

Didn’t realise a few of the songs on this album were by her. Was fairly enjoyable

Good

Some early 2000 classics on here - great memories.

a few bangers. unlistenably long.

This is a fine pop album and probably one of Aguilera's better ones. My question is largely unanswered as to why this is a must listen. I'll throw in that this album clocks in at a whopping 1 hour, 17 minutes - that's about 30 minutes too long for a pop album regardless of what the message of it is supposed to be, which after listening to this album, I'm not sure. 3/5

I haven't spent a lot of time listening to Christina Aguilera's music, but I know a handful of her songs, and I have a vague recollection of her possibly having a feud or two with some other pop artists in the late nineties and early aughts. When this album came out, I was in high school, and I absolutely hated pop music like this. But more than two decades later, I appreciate Christina's vocal talent, so I'm excited to give this a shot. As expected, the singing on the album is phenomenal. Even though this isn't the sort of album I'd seek out, it was nice to listen to, just due to Christina's vocal ability alone. Most of the songs weren't to my liking musically, with a few exceptions. "Walk Away," "Fighter," "Underappreciated," "Beautiful," and "Soar" were my favorite tracks. I think the thing that made these songs stand out is that they either have arrangements that are more orchestral and sting-based. "Underappreciated" wasn't heavy on the strings, but I really liked its funk sound. Also, the segue from "Walk Away" to "Fighter" was an absolute masterpiece. I know that's such a small detail, but man, I love a good segue. I wasn't super attentive to the lyrics, but "Can't Hold Us Down" was really clever, and "I'm OK" was absolutely heartbreaking. As someone who survived childhood abuses, "I'm OK" really resonated with me, and you could really hear the hurt in her voice, but you could also hear the healing as well. It was probably the best written song on the album, and it gave me a new appreciation for Christina as a person. Overall, this was a good album. This is not my favorite period of pop music, but this album soundly beats its contemporaries that I've listened to so far. Britney might be a bit more fun, but Christina has a lot more musical talent. I hope her dad has explosive diarrhea every night at 2am.

Enjoyed this way more than expected. Especially "Fighter" is a banger! Also "Impossible" and "Underappreciated" are worth mentioning.

Really liked this

Bit too long for my taste, could have stripped some of the less memorable songs and would have been a 4

Nice surprise. Had a good time listening to this

Much more R&B vibes than I expected. She's definitely talented, but just not my thing.

klasyka popu, hit za hitem, nikomu nie trzeba przedstawiac

Nice!

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH

A hell of a singer

Actual banger

Love the variety of songs, Christina's voice handles it all

Warble, weeble, wibble, wobble, wubble ad infinitum.

should have been called "Sludge"

Chicken strips

This whole era of pop is so nostalgic for me and man Aguilera has a hell of a voice, but this album was about three times as long as necessary imho

As far as turn-of-the-millenium Pop goes, this one is alright. Aguilera's voice is her strength, most songs are not, with the notable exceptions of (obviously) Fighter and Beautiful. 3/5

Better than peak Britney - isn't that all that matters?

That was surprisingly good - engaging, energetic and full of pretty good vocals. It doesn't age fantastically as the singing style is very much a sign of its time and now it just sounds a bit tacky. Still one of the best albums of its kind tho.

I liked it! Her vocals are beautiful and the overall sound was amazing! that 2000s ending made me laugh, why did they end songs/albums like that lol?

Two hits from early 2000s and a long album of quite average song to compliment it. Christina had an amazing and unique voice at the time, but stylistically it's on the rather boring generic pop music level. Anyway, Stronger will remain a great song forever.

Not my style of music. I can see how some people might like it, but it leaves me cold.

Great voice but come on.

A little unnecessary

Mixing struck me as a little flat, but I was surprised by the quality of the songs nonetheless. Not sure I needed an hr 17 min of Aguilera runs tho

3.75

When I was younger I would have given this a 1 sight unseen. However, pop has really grown on me and this is a career and decade defining album. The vocals on this album are fantastic of course, though the production and skits are very dated. My biggest issue is the total lack of cohesiveness. There are heartfelt songs interspersed with songs about claiming female sexuality. There’s nothing wrong with mixing up your content, but there are so many sounds here (Latin, gospel, soul, R&B) that don’t blend, but rather transition abruptly. This record plays like a collection of unrelated songs rather than an album. However, due to its influence, it still deserves a 3.

Nothing says female empowerment quite like 25 dudes writing songs for a pop star. There is good pop out there. There was good pop WHEN this was released. This is just a bunch of bad ideas jammed together. And why is it so long?

It was kind of a refreshing to have something so poppy on here. She does have a belter of a voice. I wouldn’t necessarily choose to listen to this, but it was kind of fun. It also brought back endearing memories of us driving in Park City with ‘Beautiful’ blaring on the radio. Some of these songs probably have a lot of resonance with a certain contingent and if it empowers them (or anyone) then I am overjoyed.

Her voice is powerful. Production is super slick. I know the words and will sing along with the hits. I could take or leave this album.

No question, Christina Aguilera can sing. She's got a nice depth to her voice that sets her apart from many of her contemporaries. But I find so much of this record sounds sterile. Or distant. I'm not finding the words to describe it, but there's some music that can evoke a serious emotional response, and this flavor of pop just can't — not from me, at least. Even the song "Beautiful," which I've heard (I wouldn't have known it was Aguilera), it's a beautiful song. The melody is striking, the production is pretty sparse, until the harmonies kick in, and still, I feel like there's a wall between me and the performer. She just sounds distant and untouchable. It's a product of the product — which is why I don't relate to this genre in general. I hear the talent. I am unmoved.

i didn't hate this. but i didn't enjoy it either. A few songs were pretty decent, but overall, my problem with this album is that the material is lacking. there are very few melodies that drew me in. Plus, I don't find her especially compelling as a singer.

The hits really slam but this is a long album with a lot of that belting out, which is best for me in smaller doses.

I don’t think I’ve ever really listened to an Aguilera song other than beautiful before. In all honestly I don’t think it was super necessary to have heard not influential but i don’t have anything negative to say about it. I thought it was just a fun album and seemed to go by fast. No complaints.

Undeniably an excellent singer at the same time it booooorrrrres me. Seems totally insulting to casually dismiss a talent that few people have but when it's presented in such an overproduced / massively compressed package i don't know.... the music overall loses most impact it might have had. And it's such a LONG album enough already. "Beautiful" is the track I know and it's a good song that's just ... eh, it's the aural equivalent of a sausage. So tightly packed, let that thing breathe. Nothing in and of itself is bad here (well "Make Over" is pretty awful) - but it mostly all rolls together into one "oh yeah I listened to highly and expensively produced turn of the century pop for the last hour" ho hum. Actually... if this album had 8 songs and were ~43 minutes long (old school LP length) I think it would have had a much bigger impact on me. Worst part of the CD era was jamming as much into an album as possible. Shed some dead weight / trim it down and I probably could have given this a 3. Mostly it's just too slick (and long - did i mention that?) for my taste - admittedly I know almost nothing about her career other than she's a "star" so maybe she's done it but what Miley Cyrus did by playing with an actual live band, releasing some acoustic type songs.... would love to hear that. It's not that it needs to be stripped down (necessarily) it's just too much sheen - can't get into it. 4/10 2 stars.

4/5 --> I love pop, so why not 5? - too long - some skips - other reasons I can't think of rn Her voice carries this album

Million dollar voice, 25-cent lyrics.

Slapped pretty hard.

Yep. That was an album. This was my second experience with Christina Aguilera, and I'd say I enjoyed the two albums about the same. This is a solid pop album. As stated in my Back to Basics review, I think that her singing is quite good and impressive. The instrumentals are decent. They vary in quality, but most of them are good. The writing is pretty personal actually. The big reason for why this whole album feels personal was because Christina felt that her debut album wasn't personal enough, with her not really getting any creative control. This album was said to be her true debut, and I can see that. Is this my favorite album in the world? No. It really isn't my thing personally. On top of that, this thing is just way too long. They probably could've cut half the songs from here and all of the desired points would have still come across in a meaningful way. However, I have an immense amount of respect for this album and can see why it's on here. High 3/5.

Christina at her best

1. ztripped - 0 2. cant hold uz douun - 1 3. uualk auuay - 0 4. fighter - 0 5. primer amor - 1 6. infatuation - 0 7. lovez embrace - 1 8. loving me - 1.5 9. impozzible - 1 10. underappreciated - 0 11. beautiful - 1 12. make over - 1 13. cruz - 0 14. zoar - 0 15. get yourz - 0 16. dirty - 0 17. the voice uuithin - 1 18. im ok - 1.5 19. keep on zinging - 0

Christina’s Stripped is a relatively constant, extended display of her change in ways. Her voice is beautiful, and on songs like Beautiful, really make way to create an enjoyable listening experience. However, the undeniable filler in this album brings the score down, not to mention the overall lack of variety as well. All in all, Stripped is an alright album.

I enjoyed it. I’ll give it a four.

Well that sort of sucks... I actually had written stuff out, but my browser tanked. Going from memory; Can't Hold Us Down is a fine confident strut about the double standards imposed on women featuring solid sing-rap from Aguilera and a fine feature from Lil' Kim. Walk Away -> Fighter is a nice seamless segue, but Fighter adopts one of my least favorite tropes of early 2000s pop: soulless heavy rock guitar to signify an "aggressive" tone. Loving Me 4 Me is a high point; love the toned down R&B atmosphere -- same for Impossible. Beautiful is the song I know Aguilera for. To be sure, her vocals are super strong here. Unfortunately Make Over that immediately follows blows. Takes her strength in vocals and shoves them through a distorted, compression microphone effect. Lot of bloat that I don't care about and weird sequencing decisions on this album. Prime example, Soar is a gospel R&B song about self-empowerment that feels weird sitting right next to sexual opus Get Mine, Get Yours featuring the line "gotta hit that spot just right, work me like a 9 to 5." Dirrty is fun in a nostalgic sort of way. I miss this era of hip-hop and pop, before trap became everything. Her vocals are kind of annoying in the chorus tbh, but I enjoy the overall vibe and Redman gives a solid verse. I'm tapping out early on this one as it is just not my cup of tea and it keeps going. I actually enjoy her voice -- lot of power and range to her ability -- but my attention has been ground down by 70 minutes of it. I think there are some really solid tracks buried in here, but a lot of this misses for me. I feel like where this shone was when there was less going on (Loving Me 4 Me, Beautiful, Impossible). The rest felt a bit overstuffed for my liking. This is a high 2 for me; were there better editing, there is a case to be made for a 3-4.

Her voice starts off pretty good, but then it kinda falls into a more average pop voice. Not too impressed halfway through and I am not thrilled that this is well over an hour long. The last half picked up a good bit once "Beautiful" hit. I'd say this brought it up to a soft 3. Wasn't my favorite listen, especially how long it went, but there was some stuff to like in here.

Some of these songs went pretty hard, especially Fighter. She has some serious sass to her which I was getting down with. The horns and guitar in some of the songs were pretty toight too. Beautiful was a classic song from childhood. The slow songs were a bit tough and some parts were a little too poppy. I liked this album more than I was expecting. Rating this a pretty high 3. Wish it was about 20 minutes shorter though.

Ugh why is this so long. This Lil Kim song is peak early 2000's Pop/R&B. Honestly just expecting a bunch of this the whole album. Not really for me but whatever. She really does have a great voice and it shows on a lot of songs especially Walk Away. I actually know Fighter. Just some throwaways songs imo until we get to Beautiful which is, you guessed it - beautiful. As soon as the next song started I just wanted to fast forward to the song with Redman. Hell yeah i have heard this one and it rules. Pretty much only liked those 3 main songs and the rest I was waiting for it to end. Sorry Xtina way too long.

Overall a pleasant album, but too many songs! Every song sounded nice, but some weren't so distinct from another. The album didn't seem totally cohesive, more like a collection of songs that sounded pretty good. Christina Aguilar also insists on belting every part of the song on multiple tracks, which can be grating if not distracting. There are some big hits, like "Fighter" and "Beautiful." Of course "Dirrty" is a BANGER and such a fun song. A pretty good album with some skips.

Love her tits but the music is a bit generic

The hits are great, rest is filler.

3.5 - This record is a lot more grandiose than it needs to be. Christina had a massive vision that isn’t fully realized. She takes a chomp out of many different genres: Latin, hip hop, neo-soul, pop-rock anthems, gospel, R&B, Disney-esque ballads. Obviously she managed to land a couple huge hits, notably her best song “Beautiful.” And she’s clearly done the work — she gets songwriting credit on most of these songs — so I can’t fault her for swinging for the fences. But, once again, she’s all over the place, and most of her songs sound derivative. Also, I find her hypersexuality phony and more than a little tacky (just look at the pants she’s wearing on the album cover and their accentuated vag triangle).

Almost a perfect 5/5 if it weren't for there being a half dozen songs on this 20 song album that are really filler and are there to pad out the album. Some of the best vocals in pop history on some of the best pop songs of the 21st century weaving in and out of the occasional Radio Disney level filler. But I forgive it because the vocals are incredible and many of the songs could be hits today and haven't aged a day.

This was a great example of this style of pop music that was so prevalent in the late 90s/early 2000s, although Christina was by far the most talented singer of anyone around back then. The three released songs ("Fighter", "Beautiful", and "Dirrty") were easily the best, but "Cruz" was also good and "Make Over" was surprisingly catchy even though it didn't really fit in stylistically with the rest of the album. Every song was some kind of "self-empowerment" anthem, which got a little old, but otherwise very impressive even if not my cup of tea.

For some inexplicable reason, there was a fad in the 00s where every pop artist deemed it necessary to have their albums run for more than an hour. It's a damn shame, because even though I'm not part of the target audience, Stripped could have been a great, focused pop record. 'Fighter', 'Beautiful', and 'The Voice Within' are generational anthems, and there is no denying Aguilera's incredible voice. Though I did wish she would hold a bit back on the phrasings and vocal runs.

Solid pop album by Aguilera containing some of the defining bangers of the 2000’s. It’s just a shame that they included the 20 song, 77 minute anniversary deluxe edition for this list. What? Are you telling me that’s just the regular edition? Well, that’s embarrassing - and completely uncalled for.

This one has some nostalgia bias from me, but I still love it.

The way I screamed when I saw this come up -it was kinda iconic she put an intro song on here, like classic rock album style -it’s giving big Alicia keys vibes too -fighter fucks so hard -this is like a group project where CA did 70% of the work -I love the little sound bite songs between songs, it feels so intentional in the album crafting. Makes it feel like almost a live album -that being said, this album is entirely too long -Underappreciated -it seems almost intentionally “stripped” back sonically

I’m having sweet 16 flashbacks from high school. Easily the most talented singer I’ve heard on this list so far. Those vocals are so good I’d give it a 3 if there was no other lyrics or song writing behind it. That rasp is iconic. That being said the production doesn’t do a ton for me but is overall still memorable for a pop album so I respect it. The lyrics are pretty good and I imagine would do more for me if I was actually the target demographic. Still, I’m not sure if you can tell the story of this era of music without knowing this album. For me, that’s enough to bring it up to a 4.

Better than I was expecting, though a little long. A nice mix of pop/rock/ballad/rap. She's got a great voice and the backing music was varied and enjoyable.

I really liked this one! It’s pop with real instruments instead of weird synth soundscape stuff and drum machines. Underappreciated is under appreciated, that’s a good song.

Love her voice, what a range. We all know Beautiful but I'm really a fan of Cruz

I’m sure a lot of clever, talented, determined and imaginative people worked together to make the latest Ford Pickup Truck. But I don’t care and never will because I am not the target market demographic for that consumer product. I do not need a Ford Pickup Truck in my life. Same thing with this album, no doubt the product of endless toil by top notch professionals to target the specific market segment they wanted to milk. Well done everyone. Big each other up on LinkedIn or something. On top of that I really don’t like the shouting instead of singing thing. Competent pop music that says literally nothing to me.

I didn't hate this as much as I thought, but not for me

The original Shakira, la Taylor Swift de cuando los moviles de concha y los coches tuneros lo petaban, la diva de cuando el pelo pincho con mechas y los tribales tatuaos de bolsitas de matutano eran lo guai, de cuando un CD del top manta era lo mas parecido a spotify, la....

Doesn’t float my boat

Good mems! I was never into this when it came out, but I was around 15 and the boys were drooling over her especially Dirrrrrty 😂 I never really took any inspiration from her other songs that were written to be more inspiring and uplifting... because as usual as a kid - I never listened... I only saw what was going on. So yeah, a bit of a bop on some songs, powerful voice, some really average pop songs. I listened to the entire thing without even trying and want to do it again 😁

talented vocalist

this white lady needa stay off these latin beats

Really enjoyed this. It's not my sort of music and I'll probably never play it again, but I had it on repeat all day and some of the tracks stuck to me. This girl can really belt them out. Clearly the songs have been specifically written to highlight the power of her voice, so they are very formulaic, but still insistent. Can't deny she's talented. I remember seeing her on stage at an Aretha Franklin tribute event along with half a dozen other 'big name' female vocalists. The Queen of Soul blew them all away except Christina - she was the only one able to compete with Aretha (who was in her 70s at the time!).

Как-то я пропустил этот альбомыч, не оценил. Давайте оценивать. Кристина Агилеровна знакома нам (мне) с детства. Так что ожидаю что-то знакомое на этом альбоме, классика попсы. Заодно повод взглянуть на неё свежим взглядом. Почему-то я ожидал большего. У Кристины прекрасный сильный голос, но тут её голос сильно тонет в окружающем шуме, будто бы ставку сделали не на то ) так что не знаааю не знаю. Да, треки движовые балдёжные, чего и ожидаешь от попсы. Но в целом не дотянула.

J'ai honnêtement mieux aimé que son autre album que j'ai eu d'elle. Fighter est un bon banger. Mon principal problème est que je trouve cela encore trop unidimensionnel et sa voix ne vient toujours pas m'allumer. L'album est aussi trop long pour son propre bien. 4.5/10

This album has 20 tracks and it's evident from the start that Ms. Aguilera is fully capable of pulling off impressive vocal runs. Even if asked to do it 20 times in a row. Ultimately, it's girl pop from 2002 and I found absolutely no connection whatsoever to this music.

Very listenable, well produced pop-album with the hit-single "Beautiful". Maybe little too long.

It would have been more fun if the album was indeed somewhat stripped. At 77 minutes it is a lot of material and a lot of it is not that good. Generic pop album.

Is this a pop album? Yes. Is it a good album? Also yes. Much better than a lot of crap I've listened to on this list and Christina has some pipes on her.

Surprised how much I liked

Remember this from back then, never quite my thing.

Credit where credit's due, this one surprised me - Aguilera kept me entertained for over an hour, and while a certain fatigue does set in by the end it was much less than that of other lengthy pop LPs. The big hits definitely shine brightest here (any '00s child will recognize 'Fighter' whether they know it or not), but there was enough interesting production and artistic flourishes to push this above radio-friendly filler. The airtight production does feel a bit sterile by the end, but Aguilera's killer vocals punch through the gloss and offer a more varied, organic element to the album. Pop music can be good actually!

She made it a little bit lonnnngerrrr. Albums of this era were consistently too long, I guess to give people value for their cd purchase

Bit too shouty on this one.

Some good songs

Offen und ehrlich. Die Stimme ist irgendwann zu viel.

Un muy buen disco de pop. Las interpretaciones vocales de Aguilera son sencillamente sorprendentes. Sin embargo, la producción es sumamente anticuada y se escucha muy de su época. Actualmente, eso le juega bastante a favor, ya que está bastante de moda los sonidos post Y2K. Aun así, el LP peca de ser, quizá, innecesariamente largo. De todas formas, es un disco recomendable.

Bangers!!

Not my bag, but she’s got pipes.

Fuck off

I thought I only knew one song of hers going in, Genie in a Bottle. Turns out I know at least two others (Fighter and Beautiful), just thought they were Kelly Clarkson or somebody else. Well, this album started off poorly with a GIRL POWER song featuring an annoying Lil' Kim rap. Big pass. After that, there is actually some decent pop stuff here. The girl can sing for sure, though sometimes her vocal acrobatics are a bit much, but that's what was popular (is it still?). The album goes on too long with too many "inspirational" songs. Cut it off after 15 tracks and we're good.

Christina Aguilera is a pretty strong singer. I liked this album overall, it felt more like soul than like pop for the most part. However, this album did not need to be 77 minutes long. I feel like it would be easy to crop this album's 20 tracks down to 13-15 at least.

Ugh. What a bloated, ugly mess of an album. The songs are scattered and disconnected. The vocals are not just over-performed, they're downright FORCED. And the production is so bloated one has to assume they're desperately trying to cover for the fact that these songs completely lack structure and substance. Just a mess from play to stop. Hard pass.

For a Pop album, pretty solid.

Very strong album with Standouts in Walk Away, Fighter, Infatuation, and Dirrty.

Better than an average post-pop princess performance. Some intelligent, thoughtful songs.

I never really listened to Christina before; I didn’t think it was my kind of music. And I was right, it isn’t what I typically listen to. But that being said, I was quite surprised. This girl can sing. Her conviction, passion and power help sell what normally I would consider rather banal lyrics. A number of different styles going on here. I must admit, it was an enjoyable listen.

Can't hold us down, what a bop, even if she did basically black up in the video. First thoughts were wow she really does have quite a voice, but after a bit it's quite a lot of warble and ballads. I didn't get Beautiful or Dirrrrrty so something went wrong there. Another one that seems to have been since bumped from the book

There were some hits and there were some misses. 2.5 if there were halves….but I can’t say I would listen to the entire album again.

not quite a 2 but not quite a 3. hit and miss could i write poetry to this? n

One hour and 17 minutes! C'mon Christina, EDIT. Some bangers, for sure, and her voice is obviously great. 30 minute album would probably be 5 stars, but lots of these songs started sounding the same and could have been dropped.

Bit torn on this one. I think its good well produced pop album. However she thinks her voice is better than it is. The album is a bit scattergun and it's way too long.

You know I loved this. Incredible voice, some jams I forgot about. Big fan!

I’ve always thought she had a great voice, although her warbling to show off her vocal prowess gets old quickly. I generally like the slower songs here. The album is way too long. Lop off 30-40 minutes of so-so tracks and this coulda been a 3.

Pre-listening thoughts: I think I’m familiar with three songs here. Even in her heyday I was more of a Britney person. I can guarantee I’ve never listened to this album. Underappreciated was a new find. Dare I say, an underappreciated one? But I think generally, Christina is not for me because her project is not one I’m interested in. Of the Britney/Jessica/Mandy generation, she’s the One Who Can Sing. No denying that. But that’s not what I want. So when she Sings, it falls flat for me. Not her fault. I’m just not going to keep coming back to this, except for the songs where she’s just doing pop stuff.

Rigtig 00’er pop, kærlighedssange, et par bangers, men for ufokuseret

Versatile and wide ranging voice that sounds wonderfully bluesy when needed. Some songs are strong ballads, others catchy rock funk. Generally better than her peers. Good, albeit too long (a criticism I levelled at her other album showcased on this list, Back To Basics).

She is clearly a talented singer, but the style of music just isn't for me. I like some of the songs that are a bit more old school/traditional in nature, but overall I'm not a fan of this style of singing where the singer feels the need to turn one note into six. Also when I look at the personnel list on Google and I have to scroll to see the entire list that always is a sign to me that this is a corporate production, not an artist's vision. My final complaint? Did it really need to be an hour and 17 minutes? No, it did not. 2 stars.

She tries sexy but makes it boring. A ballad: long and boring. Empowerment is extra boring. Factory music by someone who's trying way too hard.

A very good pop album, full of good, listenable songs. 5/5: Beautiful, Fighter, Can't Hold us Down, Walk Away, Dirrty. The Voice Within 4/5: Infatuation, Loving Me 4 Me, Impossible, Soar, 4.5

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A solid early 2000s pop album!

Ugh. This thing is so fucking bloated. Halfway through I was over it and it JUST KEPT GOING. 1/5

The epitome of the 90s teen-star-turned-adult female empowerment album; add urban credibility from hip hip producers and guest rappers; break all the records and make all the hits; here’s the r and b track, here’s a ballad, here’s a Latin rhythm. If there’s a formula here, Aguilera elevates it for sure; powerful voice and charisma. But it’s long - very long - and judicious editing maybe gets you a succinct satisfying record. Props to Beautiful - a perfect pop record - and Dirty gets you in the club.

When I was younger, iirc my older sister wanted to be Christina Aguilerra. Never a fan of this style of music, but I can recognize that this is generally better than the rest of it's kind.

Really? This is one of the 1001 albums? Well ok, I guess I’ll give it a shot. A little more than halfway through, and I’m actually enjoying this a fair amount. Many of the songs are more rock oriented, some are R&B oriented, and some are the ones I know and eye roll at like “Beautiful”. Despite the differences between songs, it all feels cohesive. Interestingly, every song on the album was written or co-written by Aguilera except for “Beautiful”, which is the one part of the album that doesn’t feel like it belongs. It’s a major pop ballad though so it made sense to include it to help drive sales. Overall, I found myself liking this much more than I had expected, to the point where I listened to the deluxe edition with 2 extra tracks: a b-side and a remix.

good voice. good production. some good composition. all wasted on a terrible album

ONe of the most underrated voices. She is so soulful. Love her. And "Beautiful" is an amazing song that lifts so many people up!

It was actually pretty good, but Holy Christ, 77 minutes.

Guess what? I don't give a fuck about washed-down pop music!