Stripped

Not bad for a pop album. Great voice, good flow. 3.5/5

Thought I’d enjoy this more based on Fighter and Beautiful, but the non-album tracks are pretty average. And there are far too many of them - a tight 10-tracker would’ve been much more to my liking. 2.5 starrs

Didin't like

Never would have listened to the whole album without the project. A few bangers.

I think her voice is great. Much prefer it to Mariah or Britney. There are some great songs on this. Hats off to Linda Perry!

Christina Aguilera ei tehnyt kaunista albumia aika paska itseasiassa ettei paljoa iloa tästä tullut vaikka lopussa muutama ilonpälkähdys kun hyvää äänentuottoa ja näinh.. seksualiisävytteinen länsimaismusiikille omanlaisensa pitkähapatuksest voidaan jo puhua.. Varmaan aika upea romahdus moraalille vuonna 2002 ja siksi listoilla..... Ei muuta..

Why? No way this is a must listen. Good voice but horrible content, bland musicality and annoyingly similar to Destiny’s Child / Beyoncé

I won't even pretend I like this album. Clearly, I'm not the target audience of Christina Aguilera or any other female "pop stars" from this era. This is music for people that buy their music at shopping malls, watch too many music videos and "cool" moms who think Christina and Britney are good role models for their daughters. "Empowering", "feminist", "sexualized"...Stripped? More like corporate manipulative image-based "music". As for the music, she can definitely sing and some of the songs are quite good, but the fact she's still relevant today amazes me and at the same time doesn't surprise me. If you like this kind of music, good for you...next please!

Fighter is wel een cool nummer, verder kan ze vet goed zingen maar tis gewoon niet helemaal mijn ding en vind 't album echt te lang haha Would not buy 3

Yllättävän all over the place, siis monenlaista biisiä ja jopa laulutyyliä - jälkimmäisestä propsit Xtinalle. Erityisesti b-puoli hämmentää sekaisuudellaan. A-puoli kun on Fighteria lukuun ottamatta vähän laimea. Mutta pätevää amerikkapoppia.

MTV:tä koulun jälkeen tuijottavana esiseksuaalisena lapsenakaan en ollut ihastunut Aguileran pakotettuun raspiin tai kromaattiseen melodisuuteen. Nyt kun voin arvostaa sanoitusten koko korniutta, voin todeta, että tämä ei ole minun juttuni.

Way overlong, Christina obviously can sing but in the main the material here isn't that great.

Pretty well written songs. Didn't hate it as much as I had expected. Still, not my bag.

4/10 just total cringe really can’t stand this kinda shit

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

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

Beautiful.

This was a mixed bag for me. On one hand it’s obvious she has a great voice, but on other hand I felt like she was trying to hard to prove it for half the album. A few solid songs which saves me from giving it 2 stars. Plus she had a hand in writing most of the songs which is impressive compared to many others in the pop genre.

7/10

3.5 rounded up due to bops

I'm gonna do this once and once only, because this album is not worth thinking about for a single minute longer than the 1 hour and 20 minutes runtime. I like singers. I really do. But the problem is that so many singers do not use their immense talents for good. With great power comes great responsibility, and, all too often, singers like this use their incredible, undeniable talent for long parades of slovenly riffs, runs, and frills that truly do nothing whatsoever. When I hear Christina Aguilera sing, I just hear that. I hear that kid guitarist in guitar center who just learned how to shred riffs 25 times faster than you, and won't stop shredding. I really dislike that. Maybe it's jealousy. None of us mere mortals can do that. But really! So many singers are like this. Go on Instagram or TikTok, if you dare, and look up singing culture. This album is an hour and 20 minutes long, there are 20 songs, I listened to every one of them, and she has... three good songs. Whether she wrote them or a team of songwriters did matters not at all to me– plenty of great music was made either way. But she is trying her absolute hardest to *ruin* every single one of the songs, lovingly crafted, for this project, with her obscene riffs that go nowhere. The other songs are not exactly songs... more like platforms. A blank canvas where every conceivable riff can go. It is absurd. 1/5. I could have absolutely seen myself giving it a 2, because some songs are a little touching, but we need to remove a star for "Dirrty" [sic], which is how I feel now after listening. That song is what my freshman year bus driver blasted at full volume for all of us 14 year olds at 6:30 AM. Thanks to Redman for setting my discovery and eventual love of rap music back by at least 5 years with that abomination. Man, the mid 2000's were a rough time for music. Take this album off the list and put on... something! Anything!

She definitely has a better voice than some of her contemporaries but this is not for me. And to be fair she says this almost immediately. "This is for my girls..."

Better than Britney, but she's always been better than Britney, even during - especially during - her Genie In A Bottle era. Which is something. Apparently this is Xtina's attempt to get everyone to start taking her seriously. Whatever. No one was begging for another Maria. We just wanted something better.

Now I don't consider myself a huge poptimist, but I don't hate that type of music either. This one was just a complete slog though...Dirrty about the only redeeming factor. 1.5/5

My heart sank when I saw 20 songs to listen to (Apple Music) and I can be a bit of a music snob when the catogory is pop as I never listen to chart shows. However this was a revelation, some great soul, jazz and even the regular pop songs I enjoyed. Would not necessarily buy this but would be happy to add some of the songs on rotation.

Better than I expected. 3.5 stars

Ah yes Xtina I memba this. Christina was trying to prove she was more than the other manufactured pop stars & I think she did it. I love her voice, could use a few less ohh ahh ohahs tho. Also GIRL POWER!

I'd only heard a few of her songs before I listened to this album today. For the few songs I'd heard before, I always thought she had an incredible voice. This album solidifies that, and the songs are all quite good. Even though I don't listen to a lot of this style of music, I am glad I finally got around to listening to one of her albums.

Solid pop-record, but way too many fillers

Prima muziek terwijl je werkt

Beter dan dat andere plaatje die we van haar voorgeschoteld kregen, maar toch niet echt 3 sterren waard.

Het zit allemaal wel goed in elkaar en ze kan uiteraard goed zingen, maar het is me allemaal te glad en veel te veel adlibs

Madam kan een mopje zingen, maar het is gewoon niet mijn genre. Niet vervelend, maar ook niet indrukwekkend voor mij.

Mostly Forgettable, Couple good jams like Cruz and the Redman Jam, but i do think this is a good album and she is super talented, im happy for her.

Same complaint as the other Aguilera album: it's too fucking long. Did this need to be 80 minutes long? Absolutely not. Could you have cut half of it and have a decent product? Absolutely. Hearing the same shitty early 2000s production gets very exhausting.

lots of talent floating around here - slick production and a vocal range i can't hit so hats off

I'd only listened to the singles from this and I did enjoy them - found this album kind of a joy overall, though bloated and with a thematic adventurousness that careens into being unfocused at times.

Very samey. I swear I heard the same track about 5 times.

Not the best album, but it gets an extra point for the nostalgia

i've turned on the radio at it's 2002. Very poppy. Is it groundbreaking stuff?

better than expected, but too long

I just don’t care. Saccharine, whiny relationship bollocks. Sure it’s got Hugh production values and clearly they hired a bunch of talented songwriters. But it’s pop R&B. For over an HOUR. Yikes.

Oh I know this album well. I listened plenty in those way too low jeans, on my discman. Such a great bit of pop music and a nice bit of defiant art in response to the mudslinging she had to endure from the media as a woman in the public eye in that decade.

I was not expecting much, and much is exactly what I didn't get, so it has that going for it. To be charitable I'd say that it wasn't appalling, but boy was I glad when it was over.

It's what it says on the tin; standard early 00's pop. It has a certain sound that takes one back to that period. Almost nostalgic. She obviously has a brilliant voice. Talent. This genre of music just isn't for me. This album was picked for me 3 years ago and I've literally left it because I had no interest in the album. The sound isn't for me even if I can recognise she's talented There's some themes of female sexuality, feminism in the lyrics. I think I'd appreciate this song more as a teenage girl. Beautiful..a well known song, pretty sure I used to like this back in the day. Make over is actually quite decent. I like the familiar rock sound. However, even this song gets tiring. Far too many songs on this, I don’t think it needed to be 20 songs long…double album length… Dirty…turns out I know this song from numerous adverts, just didn't realise Christina Aguleria sung it. Towards the second half, im literally counting down the songs until this ends. It's just not for me. I wouldn't willingly listen to any of these songs again, even if she is a talented singer.

Someone could have edited this down to 10 or 11 songs, 35 minsish and got a 3 star, but an hour and 17?! Who do you think you are girl?

The singles on this aren't enough to carry the rest of it.

Better then I thought, I feel like this was a pretty good album although it needs some fat trimmed off it, Aguilera’s voice carries for sure

I was expecting another really poorly aged early 2000s pop album but this is closer to survivor by destiny’s child than some Mary j blige album in more ways than one. Not only because it’s aged well but also because it once again makes me feel like a bad bitch when I listen to some of these songs, mainly walk away and fighter. There are a couple songs in the second half that all sound the same, slow, and Amy winehouse esque and make it feel a bit overlong but overall it was a really solid listen. Christina has an excellent singing voice and I also really liked beautiful.

I recognize a couple of the hits here. I can kind of appreciate the sentiment behind this album but overall it feels hollow. Wouldn't listen again.

Say what you will, there is no denying this woman has some GOAT pipes. Is this particular album the best showcase of her prodigious talent? Not quite, but still lots to love in here. Beautiful, in particular, is perfection. Dirrty is just good fun. But it does go on a bit.

Didn't know any songs. It was OK.

Though I admit that Christina has a powerful voice, her style is not typically my favorite. There are, however, four songs on here that I really enjoyed. The last half of the album is rich with jewels. I’ll probably listen to it again.

I was expecting to last about 3 tracks before turning it off but I made it the whole way through - and even enjoyed large parts of it.

A Christina tem uma voz linda e isso não é novidade pra ninguém mas eu nunca consegui gostar do estilo de pop xoxo e sem graça que ela faz..

One of the best voices in pop at that time. One of the only pop stars that could actually sing. Not something I would seek out, either when it was released or now. The songs are decent, but don't care for the style.

Easy for music snobs to slate this album. It was huge at the time and clearly influenced a lot of female pop stars, and marked a huge change in Christina’s image. It’s also very well produced. But still isn’t my cup of tea and not sure it’s really an album you need to listen to in 2023

Vocally she's amazing, musically it's absolutely not for me

Boring talent. Waaay too long an album. If this had been culled to 40 minutes, it would have earned 4 stars.

Helt ok

Fighter e banger. Annars helt ok

enjoyed it more than I expected - a lot of nostalgia from this era

Þetta er ekkert leiðinleg tónlist þótt maður hafi í gamla daga ekki mikið hlustað á þetta en þetta er samt svo mikið bara af því sama.

Strong 3, I actually enjoyed this album which is cool

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

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

Some good songs on the album.

There are things here I enjoy, but overall I'm not really feeling the vibes of the music here. R&B is a little hit or miss for me, and there's a lot of that DNA here. It's good for early 00s radio pop I guess? Ie, Still not very good. Probably like double the run time it should've been given too. From an enjoyment perspective, I think a 2 is fair. There are things here I can certainly appreciate, but not for me overall.

No. Not interested.

It’s an ok pop album, couple of fantastic songs, like Dirty, Beautiful, Stripped and Fighter. Solid 3/5.

I mean it slaps at times I see why she was such an icon

2.7, rare verassingen

Amazing, love this

Went on a bit

She's got a great voice and I recognised a couple. One, fighter I think, is pretty heavy and I enjoyed that the most.

Not one of my 1,000 best albums but epic in scale and execution. The single “Beautiful” is still anthemic after 20+ years.

its ok

Stripped flies along for a seventy-minute record. It also tries to do absolutely everything. The butter spreads thin, as expected. Coating but not sticking is respectable for a pop album, though; Stripped is a little bigger than the sum, even though the terms aren't spaced as well as on its successor.

A high 3 - if it had been shorter it would have been a 4 or a 5.

Ironically, for an album called ‘Stripped’, it could easily have lost half the songs on here and been a 5 star album. Some great tunes on here but it’s too long. Decent pop album that didn’t need to be over 75 minutes long. Wanked myself raw to the Dirrty video back in the day, too. 👍🏾

Xtine, millenium pop royalty, had started her career in the late 90's with the bonafide hit Genie in a Bottle. After a bit of meandering, she decided to strike back at many of the issues in her life with Stripped. This would be the rallying cry for her and others to stand strong. Uplifting anthems like Fighter, Can't Hold Us Down, and Beautiful would be strong, albeit shallow, feminist messages needed in a post-9/11 America. They're not bad. Perfectly serviceable pop songs with an r&b influence. It's overly long so I checked out a few times but there's clear highlights. People probably got their money's worth for this.

Fine for what it is. I'm not familiar with her previous work, so I'm not sure how much of a departure this album was, but it does seem fairly ambitious for teen pop. I know Dirty was the big hit, but it's probably my least favorite song. There's just too much stuffed into one song.

2.58 per track. Excluded intro and interludes

I feel like my review of this album suffers a bit from getting a Justin Timberlake album from the same era in the last week. While I enjoy this album overall, I don't think it's as good as the Timberlake album, and I find it impossible not to compare the two because they very much existed in the same musical space. This is a better pop album than I would have given it credit for at the time. I still hate the complete lack of self awareness that the song Beautiful shows, but it's a solid album overall that features her voice well. The music could have been better, but that's true for most of the albums that came from the graveyard of the early 2000s 3/5

Awesome voice! Great album

Kudos to Christina that I'm giving this 3 stars when it's definitely music I wouldn't normally have any interest in whatsoever. I was also impressed that the big hits didn't really stand out above the rest of the material and there were no real dips in quality.

Very good

Fighter! nice voice

On top of being an awful album it's long af

I mean. Those trousers. Christina Aguilar has an amazing voice and talent but as was the style in those days, everything was a little too engineered and contrived. I include the sound, the lyrics and the image. Not her fault though.

1h20, sérieusement, pour de la pop des années 90-2000. De la musique de producer, c'est rough, beaucoup trop long. L'albums a ses hits c'est certain, Mais moi c'est le genre de musique qui manque de vie. Elle chante bien par contre et a eu une belle carrière par la suite. C'est juste platte que ca soit probablement son plus gros hit comme album et que ca soit aussi fade. 3 car j'Ai déjà entendu beaucou de ces chanson et c'est pas mauvais mais vriament pas plus.

I was not expecting a Christina album to show up here. I’m not a big pop fan but her voice is excellent. I like that it leans into r&b.

Only knew a few; quite enjoyed. 4/5

Christina has a unique growl to her voice that comes out when she is emphasizing lyrics, and it is great! She has a beautiful singing voice, and I would say that of the 00's pop divas, Christina is the best. Her music has aspects of jazz, rock, and soul to it on top of the pop backdrop. I feel like my ears need a shower after listening to Dirrty. I can distinctly remember seeing the music video on Much Music when I was in high school and thinking my eyes needed a shower after watching it too! So much sweaty gyrating!! The album definately overstays its welcome, at 78 minutes of runtime, over 20 songs. There is only so much female led pop I can stomach at once. It isn't necessarily bad, it just gets old fast. Favourite songs: Dirrty, Fighter, Beautiful, Underappreciated, Make Over, Can't Hold Us Down, The Voice Within Least favourite songs: Stripped Intro, Primer Amor Interlude, Loves Embrace Interlude, "Stripped, Pt. 2", plus the dumb skit at the end of the album (fuck skits), Impossible 3/5

ok

Better than i anticipated, but too long

Belle voix, moins qu'Adele c'est certain. Quelques bonnes chansons, mais j'ai préféré Back to Basics. Mi-chaud mi-froid, un genre de 2-2.5.

This is bad. Generic. Well mixed but that’s a gimme with pop artist. Lyrically deficient. Unimaginative beats. 1 star

I absolutely didn't expect to enjoy this as much as I did.

Some great bits, some over produced crap

Ok

Yea 2000s pop not my thing usually but it was an enjoyable listen. Pharrell was all over this thing which elevates it big time

3.5/5

💩

Love Christina and her voice but honestly, not a huge fan of her music in general. Just not my style but major probs and respect becuase she's amazing.

After two masterpieces, the "Surrealistic Pillow" and "Physical Graffiti", I had to listen to this. My ears were bleeding throughout. I guess not every list is complete, there will always be mistakes. This is one of the mistakes. Utter s..t from an untalented "artist".

2nd Listen Christina Aguilera from USA Genre: Pop, R&B Standouts: Beautiful, Fighter, Can't Hold Us Down, Dirrty, The Voice Within. Other: Walk Away, Impossible, Underappreciated, Easy to listen to. Every song is fantastic. Best song on the album: Beautiful. 4/5

One of the many embers that kept the Y2K teen pop era burning, Christina Aguilera resolved (after instances of being torn apart by strangers and supposed colleagues) to not only differentiate herself from the pack but to burn even brighter in the process. The result is a hodgepodge of empowerment anthems and definitive statements over her personality all the while dabbling in styles that were de rigueur. Whilst it could have been "stripped" (hehe) down to save the listener from repetitive and, therefore, monotonous returns to the subject, this still serves as a turning point in the career of someone who will always be more than what those who thought of her as. Favorites: Can't Hold Us Down, Walk Away, Fighter, Loving Me 4 Me, Underappreciated, Beautiful, Make Over, Get Mine Get Yours, Dirrty, The Voice Within.

Very good! 3.5

A bit long, but full of iconic songs.

I did not like this. I don't like her voice and it was too long.

4.5

Why are her albums so long?

J'ai le 4 sur 5 très facile quand Robert nous balance autre chose que ses groupes de rock et d'indie à la con. Sans parler des groupes de punk et de métal à vomir.

ça fait un peu beaucoup de Christina Aguilera en deux jours, mais c'est toujorus mieux que les albums de country de merde de Robert.

Thought I’d hate this. I’m not a pop fan but this was ok.

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

Very 2000s pop, not my thing

I audibly groaned for two reasons before starting this record: one, it's in that time and place where 77 minutes was considered a reasonable run length, and two, Scott Storch handles a large portion of the production. As far as I'm aware, he's a Timbaland protegee with a penchant for throwing ""middle eastern"" sounding production onto everything he touches ("Baby Boy" by Sean Paul and Beyonce comes to mind). I guess he hadn't reached that place yet, since the production is more restrained and varied. Christina can fucking sing, and she's best when she's going for broke and absolutely belting, but I don't think there's enough of this. She does the soft, sensual singing well, but I just think her strengths lie elsewhere. Her abilities vocally push a song that might have some cheesy lyrics into something else, something meaningful. I can't imagine many other singers tackling "Beautiful" and coming out sounding anything less than sappy. This thing could've been trimmed and been more manageable, but we had to have twenty tracks. Call it a 2.5, but Christina's powerhouse vocals keep this from being lower. Favorite tracks: "Fighter", "Beautiful"

Great! Soar was my favourite track.

I don't think I can fairly assess pop albums like this. I loathed them growing up - avoided at all costs, really - to the point where I don't recognize any songs here - and that bias is just too deeply ingrained. Christina Aguilera can really belt 'em out though.

Such a great album, lots of different musical vibes, plus great singles.

What the heck? I guess it shows that I shouldn't assume lame pop artists never grow up. First I discovered that Kesha grew up, and now I see that Christina did as well.

I am bored 2

Ik vind Christina Aguilera wel leuk. Dit album is wel heel veel RnB, maar ook wel met een paar krachtige pop-nummers en af en toe een vleugje Spanje :-).

Better than expected...

OK

BL. Bad length. Soft 2.

way too long. good message in beautiful and fighter 2.5

Pisstina Agaylera

the music of my childhood

Can’t Hold Us Down // Walk Away // Fighter // Loving Me 4 Me // Beautiful // Dirrrty 1.5/5

Heavy and commercial.

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

Þessi var ekki eins slæm og ég óttaðist, sumt var meira að segja fínt. Í raun merkilega fjölbreyttur hljóheimur og röddin ágæt á köflum, sem mér fannst nú ekki einu sinni. Ég held ég muni þó ekki hlusta aftur.

Meh.

None of the songs are all that bad but this type of music gets tiring when listening to it as a whole album and not just as something playing on the radio

Raw and bold for pop music then and even more so now

Amazing vocals and talent, but the music is just not for me. Has a bit of culture vulture to it, and I don’t think it’s a sound that suits her voice.

Although I found many songs on the album just too similar sounding and the album itself was way too long, the 3-4 hits/classics are enough to objectively push it to 4

Some bangers, bit too much sappy filler. Overall decent album.

Well this was absolutely excellent. If the dud "Cruz" was cut, this would be straight up a 5 star album for me. Catchy songs, great variety without teetering into feeling too dispersed and unfocused, extremely well performed on the part of Xtina and the studio musicians. This is just good fucking pop.

Beautiful but bloated. Very obvious how she got a stranglehold for a while in the 2000s.

I don't really think this should be on the list. There are plenty of technically good singers in the world- it doesn't make you particularly groundbreaking. And while I didn't hate this album- I even enjoyed parts of it- it's a miss in a lot of ways. Could someone please tell me why there needed to be 20 SONGS on this??? Especially since this album is mostly filler. Most of the songs just aren't catchy, and this is the kind of music that should be catchy. There are a few songs which just didn't work and were painful to listen to, most notably "Make Over." I will say, however, that it was a well intentioned album. It's also not as sexual as its image would suggest. I've gotten several albums on this list with lyrics that constantly obsess over sex. This is not one of them. Outside of "Dirty" (which to be honest doesn't fit on the album) those lyrical themes are minimal. This album mostly focusses on themes of empowerment, and that is often looked at in a relationship context, but the focus is generally on the emotional side of things. I love inspirational themes, but this album doesn't do it very imaginatively and it become quite repetitive by the end. For the love of God, Aguilera feels the need to say "YOU CAN'T KEEP ME DOWN" in every other song. In almost these exact words every time. Despite enjoying several songs, I couldn't bring myself to give this a 3. Something about this album rubbed me the wrong way, although I'm not sure what. Maybe it was her vocal tone. She went for harsh and grating more often than not, although she does demonstrate an ability to sing with a more pleasing tone. Favourite tracks: Beautiful, Cruz, The Voice Within, I'm Okay

Eine schöne Stimme macht noch lange kein gutes Album, leider. Hier wurde mit zu vielen Songschreibern und Produzenten, unter anderem der von mir sehr geschätzten Linda Perry, eine inhomogene und größtenteils wenig interessante Soße kreiert - weswegen sich dieses Album wohl auch so gut verkauft hat. Erschreckend, wie wenig es dazu braucht. Klingt wie alles aus der Zeit - ich referenzierte Toxic von von Britney Spears, von der hätte der ganze Quark auch sein können.

Poppy pop, but with a stone cold 5 star song (Beautiful) in there.

Fantastic album

Oh my god this is sooooooo long. There are a fistful of decent pop tunes, not my thing but I get why they are good (Dirty, Beatiful etc) but at least ten tracks of filler. Just because you can does not mean you should. Pop albums - twelve tracks, 3 - 4 mins each, 48 mins tops. Simple.

man the 2000s was a wild time. i really don't like this style of music at all and i had to suffer a load of it in the early days of my drinking career. thank fuck for the lack of cameras in shitty satellite town nightclubs. i dread to picture how young not-nigel used to woo the women in this environment.

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

SHACK AKA Andi McCormick LOVES this album. Wanks to it daily. Look him up on Facebook. He once posted a picture of his dick on there.

i enjoyed this a bit more than i care to admit. she is crazy talented. however, there are a few things that i could do without: 1. the collaborations lacked chemistry and seemed forced, 2. when she does what i call “vocal acrobatics” (when she sings a word and all of the sudden that word lasts for ten seconds and she hits like 23 different notes during that ten seconds), 3. when she “whisper sings” (a technique used during that era when women wanted to sound “sexy”… i just find it gimmicky and annoying). other than that, great effort by a woman with a killer voice.

Unquestionably talented vocalist with a strong, high production backing... and I just couldn't care about it.

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

Great voice.

Got this on my 23rd birthday, and listening to it more than a year later. Not as bad and dreadful as I thought.. Christina Aguilera has some soul in her voice, but more importantly, she better switch me chairs so I can sit next to Carson Daly and Fred Durst.

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

Didn't want to like it but did. Great voice tslent

There's some good songs on here, but in the end, the album is too long and repetitive.

Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah, some og classics on here that have stood the test of time Favourite song: Track 2 - Can’t Hold us Down

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

3+/5

4/10 du christina aguilera. on se tanne

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

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

Just no

Fucks sake.

I didn't expect a long, epic album from Christinia Aguilera, but I suppose that her being underestimated is what led to this expressive and varied manifesto. I was surprised and delighted at how much I enjoyed it.

I really liked most of what I was hearing on this album, but how was that 1 hour and 18 minutes? I could have sworn that I was listening half the day.

I was frankly put off by the 78 minute running time of this album that came to us on my birthday. And the first half of the album (ten tracks if you're counting) had me dreading the rest. While I was impressed by Aguilera's powerful and agile voice, I found no hooks, nothing that made me want to hear anything again. Luckily, the second half, starting with the lovely Beautiful, made up for it and then some. (I actually knew Beautiful from the NBC show Smash. Remember Smash? But I didn't know who had originally done it. Ah, Smash.) From then on, every song got to me in some way or another and completely stuck the landing, leaving me wanting more. That half of the album gets 5 stars.

This was just a bit too long for me… so I’m not sure it’s something I will listen to from beginning to end again. Still, lots of great songs on here and I mostly enjoyed it, but I wouldn’t complain about a shorter version.

Reading the other reviews you would think this album is terrible, people on this are seriously deluded so maybe I shouldn’t concern my self with their opinions and try to be as unbiased to my own tastes as possible. Christina has extreme talent. Her voice has that grit that many female vocalists wish they could imitate. She makes solid pop songs. This album is very complete, the only oddness about it is how stylistically distinct each song is. We’re talking rock, hip hop, soul, power ballad. The work that went into creating this is very evident. Personally I enjoyed it. My main critique is the length. I think if this were a 10 song album, a 4 would be likely.

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

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

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

The 00s was a crazy decade. Sex was omnipresent in pop music. Here in "Stripped", sexuality is also clearly visible, yet, the album raises topics such as self-respect and feminism. Respect to Christina! Incredible energy, beautiful voice, wow

Her voice is impressive, the music not so much

Gotta say, this one surprised me. Sure, it’s way too long at 77 minutes, but they threw everything including the kitchen sink at this one and fuck me, most of it stuck, with a surprising amount of depth to most of the songs. Aguilera kills it vocally whilst keeping the wailing and vocal gymnastics to a minimum. The result is one of the better pop/rnb albums.

Enjoyed the hits and bits of the rest. Mixed.

4th July 2023 Finished in the office on Wednesday. Had Seb round, tried to sort the battery in the fiat in the rain. too long and each is a vehicle for her voice which is very good.

An iconic voice from the early 2000’s pop era. Unquestionable talent, but not my favorite work of hers. (However I am far from connoisseur of music from this time.) Girl can sing but the only song that really stood out to me on this album was the duo with Lil Kim, Can’t Hold Us Down.

This was a solid pop album, with catchy arrangements and some really lovely vocals by Christina Aguilera. Her lyrical game here is also strong here, with an emotionally honest, empowering message that doesn't take away one bit from the album's solid pop sensibility. On the negative side, there is way too much filler and the interludes add nothing to the album. She could have dropped 20 minutes from this album and it would have been so much better. The less said about "Dirrty," the better. That song is simply terrible. Fave Songs: Fighter, Beautiful, Walk Away, Can't Hold Us Down, Infatuation, Impossible

meh

This brought me back, but not really in a good way, and also not as much as I thought it would. I recognized 3 or 4 of these because they were on pop radio at the time, but this was a very long album with a few too many overblown "inspirational" anthems.

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

Due to my sheltered nature, this was one of the first times I heard songs on the radio like "Can't Hold Us Down" that talked back vs. expectations/judgements on certain behaviors towards women vs. men. Let's see, I was in 9th or 10th grade. Surprised how many tracks there were on here I recognized. Like Fighter, Beautiful. I do remember how much people judged her back in the day, like I remember Conan talking about her dressing in a "hoe-uniform" which in retrospect was so gross that I'm sure he'd be appalled today. She's clearly talented and got a bad rap at times. All that said, still not my thing but I can her trying to reinvent herself.

Ugh. This is not a good album. It is bad. It is better than some of the albums that have received a one. It is certainly not on the level of other albums that have received a two. It was entirely way too long. I do not want to revisit any of the songs. It will get a one.

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

I entered into this album somewhat aware of some of the songs but dismissive of the teenybopper echoes. I should’ve checked myself better. I was impressed by the full-throated range of feminist vibes from this millennial offering, especially from someone so Disney. The grooves are somewhat undercooked but the vocal virtuosity cannot be denied. A surprisingly satisfying listen.

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

i would literally marry her.

The only song I had heard was “Fighter” when it was on the hit FM radio back before phones. I listened to most of the album and wasn’t disgusted at all, in fact, the album has a great recording quality to it. 2.9/5

Yeah it’s pretty good if too long.I don’t have much to say.It’s a really varied for a pop record which is good and bad.

Hmmm, what to say here. Much like a lot of pop albums in the early 2000s, this one falls victim to an overly long tracklist. This really isn't a terrible album, but the production gets gratingly repetitive and there just isn't enough versatility. Aguilera undeniably has a great voice, and a lot of the songwriting is fairly memorable, its the length and lack of variety within the record that really drags it down.

En anys de competència comercial amb Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera va voler distanciar-se del pop més comercial i apostar per un r&b més ambiciós, donant més protagonisme a la seva veu privilegiada. El resultat ha estat vanagloriat i reivindicat en el temps, però no és més que un exercici insuls i absurdament llarg, de gairebé 80 minuts, d'r&b blanc sense gaire substància. La portada és icònica, això sí

Really enjoyed this! Loved listening to some old classics, Beautiful, Fighter, Can't Hold Us Down, Dirrty, I'm OK, and also some I hadn't heard before, Infatuation was a highlight of these. Some of these songs really spoke to me when I was growing up, she covered some heavy themes in her lyrics and was a real icon speaking up for the struggles and rights of women and girls. One of the first voices I heard highlighting these issues growing up in an extremely conservative family and I'm so pleased she made it mainstream with this message. Also really appreciate the R&B vibes and Spanish influences throughout the album. A really nice throw-back listen.

Legendary album, she has such an amazing voice and so inspirational/affirming! I couldn't bring myself to save any songs for everyday listening though because so many of these songs are so nostalgic. For me, Aguilera is such classic 2000's music that she is to be enjoyed only on special occassions.

Historically I haven't been a bit Christina Aguilera fan but wow this album pows doesn't it?! Whilst it's not something I'd necessarily go back to I really appreciated it. Full of energy

This surprised me. I knew she was good but this is better than I expected

Would be 4 if it were shorter

Eh

The first half of the album is pretty tough. The second half of the album is a little better, but not enough to bump it up. The hits hold up, but they’re drowned out by way too many other tracks

if this album was 30-40mins long it would be a solid 4, i think — there’s enough good stuff that you’re pleasantly surprised when it shows up, but it’s surrounded by really bad naughts pop, and it’s a Lot of really bad naughts pop

This was a 2000s album and I never really heard the whole thing before. I’ve heard the popular songs and that alone never really made me interested in Christina Aguilera. I always thought she was ironic how much of a hoe she acted but her songs are for fat girls. Either way this album wasn’t horrible in comparison to the rest of this list. I wouldn’t revisit it but it was ok. 5.8/10

not my style of music, far too "produced"

Better than I expected but still not my cup of tea.

It’s pop, power pop!

I enjoyed it more than expected, in the balance. Although it is too long, with too much filler.

Nice!

Album was nearly entirely belting and soul-sister singing. Dirrty = slapper intro = got me hype to go back in time beautiful = pretty good 20 songs = too long

kind of cool seeing the singer highlighted so much. rest of the music was pretty simple, repetitive beats. not my thing

A couple of okay songs. Beautiful = v good. But I feel like this is a situation where the sum is not better than the parts and I would rather listen to a song here or there rather than the whole hour twenty album.

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

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

Je me suis pris au jeu

une top review vraiment 🤠

We're in that age of pop where the focus was on singers showing off how impressive their voices were. Aguilera is a teen pop star that followed the trail Britney Spears left behind, and I'm a fan of a couple of her hits like "Genie in a Bottle" and "Ain't No Other Man." Here, we have an entire double album where I've somehow heard half the songs despite having never heard any of them (except the two massive hits). It's really generic and follows pop trends of the time in R&B and Latin. She overlays things like guitars to make things seem more interesting, but they all act like lackeys to add glamour to her otherwise boring lyrics and vocals. Of course the production is top notch, and I do like the backtracking (sometimes the only thing I liked in a track), but there was very little to like about it. The hits "Fighter", "Beautiful", and "Drrrty" are memorable singles (but I wonder how much if they were spammed in society). I did like the transition from "Walk Away" to "Fighter." The song "Loving Me 4 Me" had the coolest production, love that dreamy sound, even if it repeated itself too much. "Make Over" was also a cool song with all that energy. "Get Mine Get Yours" had a cool reggae production effect but was too much in the shadows. Two obvious faults: the album is too long, and each song is too long. I've just listed everything I liked about the album. Everything else was at best ok. There should be no reason why the shortest song is 3:44 and the longest is 6:29. With how repetition there is, even the songs I thought were decent dragged on way too much. And you can imagine how unbearable the rest of the album was. I wanted to see how popheads liked these songs, and of course they rank the hits the highest, probably because that's all they've ever heard. I honestly can't see anything to like out of "The Voice Within" or "Can't Hold Us Down" (and I did sorta like Lil Kim's La Bella Mafia).

Can't Hold Us Down is pretty tight! Fighter is another bop. Impossible is good. It generally comes off as a cusp of adulthood sort of album, with naive songs on the first fulfillment of love, the stripping away of the dumb rougeishness of young affection, but also wanting to be swept up in that all encompassing way that is just too exhausting for a full adult. Beautiful is a nostalgic hit. Her ballads are just not my thing, otherwise. On the whole, its an ambitious album that I don't think has the chops to back up the ambition. It's spread thin.

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

Wasn’t as revolutionary or feminist as she believed. Pop.

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

She's got incredible vocals, and this album is rangey... but I think it's tough to listen to a lot.

Surpringsly banging! Her voice really is amazing and the album does have a strong melodic focus. 20 tracks is too long and songs like Dirrty and Make Over detract from the overall experience. But Walk Away, Fighter, Beautiful, Cruz, Keep on Singing... and more. Really enjoyed this.

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

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

Not bad

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

Never listened to much of this artist; it was better than I expected. Certainly she has the voice. Lyrically it had this aspect of a pretty young person presenting some bog-standard, 101 level political/social ideas like something new and innovative because they just discovered them for the first time. But she was very young here and that's what you do. The music is serviceable but not much more.

This went on a little longer than necessary, but there’s some good songs in there 7/10 Fave: Dirrty

Some of this is good. Some of it is filler. I remember having a lot of fun at this tour though. I’ll go 3/5

Beautiful is the only decent song onthis album The whole thing sounds like it's about as deep as a dimple on a golf ball.

Went in with a determined open mind; and in general it's ok 2000's pop. However it's the overt sexualisation and claim it's in the name female empowerment which is both the reason I listened (or watched the video) at the time and cringe mightily now. Hilariously the same people who love this freak out over 90s rap when it's the same lyrics and themes. In terms of a listen, basic pop with some nice energetic tunes and a pretty good voice. 2

Really? All in all it went by quick and I didn’t have to check to see how close I was to the end (criteria for a 2 star) but I was distracted by working. Idk

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

Just not good... Made it halfway in

Her best time

Rating: 6/10 Best songs: Fighter, Beautiful, Dirrty, Stripped intro

A bit too formulaic for my taste, but Dirty is a certified banger, and the Redman appearance doesn't hurt. 2 stripper poles out of 5

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

Wat een stem! De tedere nummers zijn even goed als de stevige.

Definitely too long with some interesting choices as far as song order goes, but damn she can belt. The singles (mostly) crush it and the majority of the other tracks are still really good and mix the sound up. You can definitely see how this influences the sound of artists going forward, Ariana Grande for example shares a very similar vibe.

Christina Aguilera is one of those people whose name is familiar to me and nothing else is. I mean... I know she's a '00s icon but how come I don't remember a single song from her? But I do know that she's the one who sang the (boring) bridge of Maroon 5's "Move Like Jagger". Fun fact: that's her number 1 song in Spotify lol. And OH! She's the gal in Pitbull's "Feel this Moment"?! Interesting. I do like her performance in that song. The nostalgia in that cheap EDM spiced song lol. Anyway, "Stripped" shows the probable reason why I don't remember her: she sounds generic. She didn't even care to put any of those cheap glams associated with '00s R&B and I guess that's something. I don't hate it, it's just uninteresting. Although the rock-based "Fighter" was surprisingly nice. Also, I didn't know she sang "Beautiful". I thought it was decent, but unfortunately, I associate it with beauty product ads with "advocacies" nowadays. Not that it's her fault though. But thinking about it, it's nothing beyond decent.

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

alltof langt en ágætis lög inn á milli. á köflum of yfirkeyrður tónskalaæfingasöngur fyrr minn smekk. sóðaskapur fyrsta áratugs aldarinnar. 2,5.

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

Solid

Two principal facts about this album - one - it's far too long, and two - if it hadn't been so long it would have easily been a five star album. Both sides - the Dirty/Fighter hard anthems and the Beautiful/Voice Within gorgeous ballads are blimmin ace - it's just that with the length, you end up getting less good stuff. Some of the other bits are great too - one track sounds so Sugababes I believe they sued, there's another Latin infused track that J Lo would have killed for.

This takes me back

The audacity of naming an album that has 20 over-produced, over-sung tracks "Stripped." What did you strip? Nothing. Best track: Beautiful

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

Not my type of music. She is fine. She can sing. I just don’t like her music.

I really liked this album the first time I heard it and some of these songs are still in my gym mix

Better than I expected

Alot of the songs sound the same

Not my thing. But great voice.

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

Britney Spears yesterday and Christina Aguiler today. It was impossible to find anything positive to say about Britney until today when I found that having listened to Britney yesterday made Christina sound better! With that as a kickstart, I got through half of the album. I like how she fuses Latin music into other genres. The album is way too long.

Wow! Christina Aguilera & Brittany Spears were both in The Mickey Mouse Club at the same time! I prefer Christina, she's a more talented, soulful vocalist and the songs are less pop-fluff & better-written, though she didn't write them. Still, there are a few stinkers.

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

In the days when I was forced to still listen to the radio at work, this album, and in particular the singles, were plastered across it. For me at the time, it all just melded into one big current pop music sound that ran through my work hours. Some of it grated at the time, other songs just floated on down the stream. Listening to the whole album today - the for first time and most likely the last - I found it to be inoffensive pop. The songs all have a similar programmed song line underneath, to which Christina then sings over the top. "Make Over" was actually the best of them because she actually had a go at putting on the rock chick voice and getting away from pop for a second. More of that and I could probably have gotten more into the album.

She’s a very skilled singer. The songs do little for me, and this came out about a year before I became aware of top 40 radio, so the nostalgia factor isn’t there. The album is a bit long.

Fighter and Beautiful are good songs, and some what nostalgic of my teenage years, but as for the rest of the album, it's too long and a bit boring. I had to quit about halfway through - I just can't with the weird honking singing and endless vocal runs.

Just such meh pop.

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

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

5/10. Gosh, I mean there were some good parts, and it was even pretty good throughout, but my God, man, it's 77 minutes long.

I could see why this would have been huge in the 2000s. Many tracks feel dated but there’s a lot to be said about Aguilera’s vocal chops and she (or her producers) certainly had a good idea of the pop zeitgeist. For me, it’s too long and a bit too aughts. 6/10

Muy buena voz femenina típica actual americana. Alguna canción más reconocible y con más intensidad. Pop elegante y canciones bien construidas. No es mi género

Pop. R&B

Helt alright!!!

Honestly?…….. good album

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

A 77 minute long album which is really long, and maybe it is the reason why I felt even more that musically the album is just directionless. The hit songs (Fighter, Beautiful) stand out and Christina's voice is great throughout the whole album. Overall it is an OK album.

Beautiful is beautiful, the rest is not for me. Her voice overdramatic, her lyrics for other target group.

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

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

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