Christina Aguilera, Stripped

This album is a tour de force from a great artist. Becuase of the sheer quantity of memorable songs it plays like a greatest hits album. I have not heard a better album in this century. Christina has a phenomenal vocal range which she uses to great effect. The only song that I didn't really like was Dirty. I am in my fifties and have generally unimpressed with the latest musical offerings but this album is an exception.

love the whole of this album! the lyrics the beats everything!!! she is soo talented it is unbelievable! one of the best albums i own! my fav song on this album is "get mine get yours" very sexy song!!!!

Definitely worth your time and money. One of her best albums.

Stripped is my favourite album. I didn't know who Christina Aguilera was when I first saw the Dirty video, and I was impressed. I didn't know why, but it became my favourite song and video. Later, when I bought album and heard the other songs, I got to know her voice, and she became the greatest artist out there for me. Although she has such an impressive voice, that's not the only reason why you should hear her. You should hear her lyrics too, because they are amazing! They show that she is a true artist, who really uses music to express her feelings. I won't mention any names, but in comparison with other artists now, Christina Aguilera is the best! She is a unique, talented and powerful artist who isn't afraid to be herself. And I can honestly say that the stripped album changed my life for real.

The Christina Aguilera Stripped album is spectacular! One of my favourite songs on the album is Beautiful. It has the most... beautiful aura when it comes on.

Top marks Christina!!

Christina Aguilera has done so much to make anyone with an IQ want to dismiss her. I mean ... a really amazing amount. I'm all for young attractive women deciding to rebel by being overtly sexual but for god's sake when you have this weapon of a voice why not try to figure out a way that would be more focus to that? I mean ... she can sing. I feel embarassed for myself that I let the comparisons to idiots like britney with bush league voices keep from noticing that she can sing! Not American Idol 'hit as many high notes in a song as I can possibly figure out how to fit in' kinda singing. But .... textured .... delicate ... power. I don't even know if I like the songs. I'll figure that out later. All I know is this girl that I had absolute disdain for based on my impression of her from the limited interviews I've seen (not a real celebrity access junky) can sing. Seriously sing. After I've listened to the album a few more times and maybe begun to get to the point where I can focus on something more than the voice and her use of it I'll come back and review the actual songs. But anyone .... ANYONE ... that can listen to Stripped .. do me in the butt ... whatever the stupid over the top themed title is ... and not hear that voice ... is just sad.

Ok, so Stripped is pretty much just a painfully long episode of Stars in their Eyes. It's full of stupid little "interludes" - why?! - which just whinge on and on about how "different" and "grown up" she is and how she's "broken the mould".

Right... so why is the album just a magnum opus of rip offs? She tries to be cool (unsuccessfully) by getting people such as Lil Kim and Redman to guest in a couple of the songs and begs to be taken seriously with giant self pity fests like "Beautiful".

Can't Hold Us Down

This is just her attempt at a comeback to Eminem. Now I can't stand him either but - get over it. It was like 15 million years ago. Nobody actually cares anymore. It's an inanely driveling rant about how it's so unfair that she's been labeled the way she has. You'll find the lyrics in the sleeve - on the page opposite all the naked photographs.

Walkaway

And tonight Matthew I'm going to be... Alicia Keys. It sees our girl weeping, wailing and screaming about how she needs to get away from some guy. The lyrics are just great though. "Your love was like candy, artificially sweet, I was deceived by the wrapping". Very inspiring.

Fighter

Now this one is just hilarious. It sounds like it should be on Micheal Jackson's "Bad" album. Its a "woohoo go me, I'm really great" song which sees her yelling and screaming the entire way through. So if you have the great misfortune to listen to this then be advised turn the volume down at this point. And be told already, she's a fighter. She ain't gonna stop. And believe me, she doesn't.

Infatuation

Ah, here we all take the wonderfully fun and exciting journey back to Christina's "roots". It's actually one of the least heinous songs on the album and for a change she doesn't scream her way through it.

Loving Me For Me

To be honest I didn't really listen to this one. I started to but then thought I should probably at least try and stay awake for the rest of the album. It's a cross between Mariah and early Janet Jackson.

Impossible

Here we go all Alicia Keys again but even more boring than before. Can we not have something happy? Please?

Underappreciated

*Yawns* I'm sorry but "grown up" Christina really needs to find the fun. This is just dirge. Poor her, she's feeling - go on guess? yup, underappreciated by her bloke and lucky us get to hear all about it. It's very exciting.

Beautiful

Can I just say I'm completely bored already. How long does she want her album to be? 10 years?

This one is just a giant helping of self pity mixed with some wailing and a bit of screaming thrown in just to remind you that she can well, scream that high.

Make Me Over

Okay, what is this? Not content with repeatedly ripping of Alicia Keys etc? Chrissy has now decided that she's going to be Courtney Love and rip off the Sugababes "Overload" at the same time. I think this is possibly the worst song on the album. Basically just an excuse to show how grown up and hard core she is by swearing and yelling a lot.

Cruz

Yeah I think its meant to be "Cruise" but you know all street like, cos our Chrissy's straight off them of course.

It sounds like something Micheal Bolton or Elton John would sing though.

Soar

This is one of those "come on everybody you can be great like me too" songs that S Club7 are so fond of. There's irony in there with Christina telling everyone to be themselves on an album that is anything but original sounding. There 's a bit towards the end where she actually just screams. Why? We don't need to hear that. Really.

Get Mine Get Yours

Ok, so before she's all "ooh I'm not bad, that's mean" and now she's singing the praises of casual sex. Erm? confused much?! This song is what you imagine when you think of Christina. She's just asking her guy for no commitment, just sex. She wants him to "work her like a 9 to 5". Anybody else getting some unwanted imagery with this?!

Dirrty

Well unless you've been living on Mars for the last few months you will have heard this one. We had to put up with her on TOTP for 2 weeks running. Miming I might add for all you "she always sings live she's so talented" ones out there. I must admit that it's irritatingly catchy and alas is one of those songs that gets in your head and just wont go away. Its cheap and trashy hence why it and Chrissy go so well together.

The Voice Within

This song is just... blah. Its extremely dull and quite frankly I couldn't be bothered listening to it after like the first 7 minutes.

I'm Ok

Ok firstly, I swear I've listened to this at least 5 times already. And secondly, how is making money from private family problems a good thing? I think we're all supposed to go "awww poor chrissy?". If it's that traumatic you wouldn't wanna share it with the world would you? Idiot.

Keep On Singin My Song

...5 years and 3 months later we actually get to the last song. Thank god for that. Its kinda gospel and really doesn't have a tune. I sat there waiting for something even remotely catchy and it never came. And I sat there for a long time. This song is like an hour long.

It's the sign of a bad album when the silence after it FINALLY stops is the best thing you've heard in the last hour and a half. It's too long, too boring and involves way too much screaming. Take some advice love, tone it down and liven it up before all your fans are either deaf or comatose.

Christina Aguilera, Stripped - I bought the CD because I genuinely think Christina has one of the most amazing voices of the 21st century. She's up there with Aretha, Whitney, Barbara to name a few. This CD defines Christina...in a more positive light than what she portrays in her dirty video.

Christina Aguilera, Stripped - After I saw Christina's video for Dirrty, I have to admit it was hot but I knew she would raise eyebrows. However, what people need to realize is that she is making a statment, that women in the MUSIC industry specially should be able to make hot videos like ALMOST ALL RAP AND R&B STARS and still be respected. I think people declined picking up Stripped becasue of this point, but they are missing out. This album is, I think, the best of album of 2002-2003. Mastered with extremely rangy vocals and the fact that Christina wrote almost all the songs was amazing. I thought Christina did an amazing job on this album and for sure her next album will top Stripped. Now I think Christina should try to keep dressing how she is dressing nowadays with the old Hollywood looks or just cover up a bit. However, no matter what you say, Christina will always be known for two things. SHE HAS A KILLER VOICE AND SHE IS HOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!

Christina Aguilera, Stripped - The tunes are brilliant, she sings what she feels, which is great. I love singing along to them; she has such a powerful voice, she is beautiful so I'm glad it has pictures of her, can't wait for her next album!!!