Stripped
by Christina Aguilera
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Oct 29, 2002
Metascore
55

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. CDNow
    90
    As a pop record, Stripped is practically flawless.
  2. Dot Music
    80
    Forget all you know about Christina Aguilera. She's discovered sex, rebellion, rock'n'roll and, at one amazing instant, drum'n'bass.
  3. Billboard
    80
    A must-hear recording rich with pleasantly surprising depth.
  5. Launch.com
    70
    Overall, the album is a little more rock, a little more sophisticated and includes actual artistic input from the artist herself. A wonder in these modern times.
  6. Rolling Stone
    60
    With its lack of gimmickry and a surplus of sweet Seventies soul, Stripped is almost an album for grown-ups.
  7. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    It looks like a Mariah Carey album, it sounds like a Mariah Carey album.
  8. Blender
    60
    Aguilera cowrote most of the songs, and she sounds surer of her themes than [Britney] Spears did in a similar I'm-coming-out role last year. [#12, p.138]
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  9. Spin
    60
    As an artistic statement, Stripped is all over the place--it's a move toward hip-hop, it's a move toward rock, it's ghetto, it's Disney. [Dec 2002, p.137]
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  10. E! Online
    58
    If she had just shown up and sang her ass off, Stripped would've been a better show.
  11. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    Nearly every second of this overlong, 20-track workshop communicates the overwhelming struggles she endured -- while trying to become a superstar by age 18.
  12. Q Magazine
    40
    Sadly, bra-burning rhetoric and gospel warbling make poor substitutes for addictive songs, and nothing here rivals her previous best, Genie In A Bottle. [Jan 2003, p.112]
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  13. AllMusic
    40
    It's the sound of an artist who's given too much freedom too early and has no idea what to do with it.
  14. Stylus Magazine
    36
    In attempting to show all of the things she has been doing since we heard her last, Aguilera lessens the impact of the better songs on the record. Instead, in between ten to twelve mediocre/good songs, we have eight to ten songs that would be better served as B-sides.
  15. Village Voice
    30
    t's nü-Mariah on mood stabilizers, extended with pseudo-pastiches of semi-popular songs.

Awards & Rankings

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#2 Most Discussed Album of 2002
2
#2 Most Shared Album of 2002

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User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 599 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 538 out of 599
  2. Mixed: 19 out of 599
  3. Negative: 42 out of 599
  1. Kaleido
    Sep 13, 2011
    10
    One of the best albums of the decade. Every single song is strictly personal and this album saved her from doing drugs or ending up likeOne of the best albums of the decade. Every single song is strictly personal and this album saved her from doing drugs or ending up like Lindsay Lohan. I bet this is Christina's favourite album, aswell!… Full Review »
  2. joaogarciabraga
    Jun 18, 2018
    10
    Amazing album! Ahead of its time! A masterpiece and one of Christina's best works.
  3. danmoraes
    Jun 18, 2018
    10
    One of the most iconic album of xtina. Full of anthens. musics that changes people life.
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