Posted May 13, 20205 yr Stripped is the fourth studio album by American singer Christina Aguilera. It was released on October 22, 2002, by RCA Records. Looking to transition from the teen pop styles of her self-titled debut album (1999), Aguilera took creative control over her next album project, both musically and lyrically. She also changed her public image and established her alter ego Xtina. Musically, its music incorporates pop and R&B with influences from many different genres, including soul, rock, hip hop, and Latin music. Lyrically, most of the songs from the album discuss the theme of self-respect, while a few other songs talk about sex and feminism. As an executive producer, Aguilera enlisted many new collaborators for the album. Upon its release, Stripped received generally mixed reviews from music critics; most of them criticized its lack of musical focus, while some of them called it "almost" an album for grown-ups. However, the album received multiple Grammy Award nominations, including one win. Commercially, Stripped debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 330,000 copies. Consequently, it was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping over four million copies in the United States. The album also charted within the top five of charts in Canada, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. It was Aguilera's best-performing album in the United Kingdom, becoming the twenty-ninth and fortieth best-selling album of the decade and millennium there, respectively, with two million copies sold. Stripped has sold over 13 million copies worldwide. Five singles were released from the album. The lead single "Dirrty" was met with criticism and controversy due to its sexual music video but was an international hit on the charts. The follow-up "Beautiful" was praised by critics and garnered chart success worldwide. The last three singles – "Fighter", "Can't Hold Us Down" and "The Voice Within" – became top-ten hits in various countries. Aguilera performed several songs from Stripped live during a number of shows, notably during the 2002 MTV Europe Music Awards, the American Music Awards of 2003 (January), and the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards. Two concert tours were held in 2003 to promote the album, the Justified and Stripped Tour (co-headlined with Justin Timberlake) and The Stripped Tour. Track listing Stripped – Standard edition 1. "Stripped Intro" 2. "Can't Hold Us Down" (featuring Lil' Kim) 3. "Walk Away" 4. "Fighter" 5. "Primer Amor Interlude" 6. "Infatuation" 7. "Loves Embrace Interlude" 8. "Loving Me 4 Me" 9. "Impossible" (featuring Alicia Keys) 10. "Underappreciated" 11. "Beautiful" 12. "Make Over" 13. "Cruz" 14. "Soar" 15. "Get Mine, Get Yours" 16. "Dirrty" (featuring Redman) 18. "The Voice Within" 19. "I'm OK" 20. "Keep on Singin' My Song" Singles: Dirrty (ft. Redman) 4Rg3sAb8Id8 Beautiful eAfyFTzZDMM Fighter PstrAfoMKlc Can't Hold Us Down (ft. Lil' Kim) dg8QgUIKXHw The Voice Within nA2k79EGHbc
May 13, 20205 yr Such a good album :wub: I truly believed it paved the way for a lot of songs/albums in the future.[/bebeRexha] Gotta be one of the most iconic pop girl albums ever am I rite? 'Underappreciated' and 'Cruz' are the filler to me and there's a few songs that aren't essential Xtina but on the whole it's a serve all the way through. 6x platinum Legend X did that!
May 13, 20205 yr What an era! I remember borrowing this from my sister, she was obsessed with this album! Fighter was the moment for me, I loved that song a video so much.
May 13, 20205 yr Get Mine, Get Yours was our warm up song in dance at college... 7 years after the album was released. Guess it holds up well!
May 13, 20205 yr My favourite album of all time. An album what inspired the likes of Miley Cyrus, Selena, Demi and to an extent Rihanna and Lady Gaga too. An amazing era from the single choices to the music videos and just Xtina in general at that time. I really think this would’ve slayed in the streaming era as well as the album doesn’t actually sound that dated as a whole. Cruz, Soar and Keep On Singin My Song are my favourite non singles. But the single choices for this era were pretty much spot on tbh they perfectly showed the sexy, vulnerable and strong sides to her.
May 13, 20205 yr This album was such a disappointment to me. Too many slow songs and not enough punch.
May 13, 20205 yr Infatuation remains THE best hidden gem from the album. The Latin, summery vibes and her sexy sultry vocals. :wub:
May 7, 20232 yr Roba, Wardy and I have been talking about giving this album some more recognition for a while so here we are! This post is dedicated to all things “Stripped!” Check out the track list (which may or may not be correct as I stole it from Discogs): Stripped Intro Can't Hold Us Down Walk Away Fighter Primer Amor Interlude Infatuation Loves Embrace Interlude Loving Me 4 Me Impossible Underappreciated Beautiful Make Over Cruz Soar Get Mine, Get Yours Dirrty Stripped Pt. 2 The Voice Within I'm OK Keep On Singin' My Song We shall be doing a listening party and reviews very soon as well! What are your thoughts on this album?
May 7, 20232 yr It also encouraged the discussion after Dandy said how fab the album was too! I've never heard the album in full so am looking forward to finally doing so.
May 7, 20232 yr This has to be up there with the best pop albums of the decade, though haven’t heard it all the way through for a very long time. Brilliant run of singles from it too.
May 7, 20232 yr I listened to this during lockdown in 2020 for the first time and was a little surprised how good it was.
May 10, 20232 yr Merged the two Christina threads as I just noticed one for this in 2020! I didn't realise there were so many tracks on here haha.
May 13, 20232 yr I didn’t know there was already a thread! After the Eurovision hype has died down, shall we do a listenthrough?
May 13, 20232 yr Sounds good to me and being before the BJSC songs are revealed is a golden opportunity!
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