• 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. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. With its lack of gimmickry and a surplus of sweet Seventies soul, Stripped is almost an album for grown-ups.
  2. It looks like a Mariah Carey album, it sounds like a Mariah Carey album.
  3. 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]
  4. If she had just shown up and sang her ass off, Stripped would've been a better show.
  5. 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]
  6. 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]
  7. It's the sound of an artist who's given too much freedom too early and has no idea what to do with it.
  8. Nearly every second of this overlong, 20-track workshop communicates the overwhelming struggles she endured -- while trying to become a superstar by age 18.
User Score
8.8

Universal acclaim- based on 599 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 42 out of 599
  1. 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. Jun 18, 2018
    10
    Amazing album! Ahead of its time! A masterpiece and one of Christina's best works.
  3. Jun 18, 2018
    10
    One of the most iconic album of xtina. Full of anthens. musics that changes people life.