Track Listing
1. Stripped (intro)
2. Can't Hold Us Down - Aguilera, Christina & Lil' Kim
3. Walk Away
4. Fighter
5. Primer Amor (interlude)
6. Infatuation
7. Love Embrace (interlude)
8. Loving Me 4 Me
9. Impossible
10. Underappreciated
11. Beautiful
12. Make Over
13. Cruz
14. Soar
15. Get Mine Get Yours
16. Dirrty - Aguilera, Christina & Redman
17. Stripped (part 2)
18. Voice Within
19. I'm OK
20. Keep On Singing My Song
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Sony Music/Arvato Services | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Christina Aguilera (vocals); Alicia Keyes (vocals, various instruments, piano); Lil' Kim, Eve, Redman (rap vocals); Linda Perry (various instruments, guitar, programming); Ramone Stagnaro (acoustic guitar); Glen Ballard (guitar, keyboards); Dave Navarro, Aaron Fishbein, John Goux (guitar); Larry Gold (strings); Jerry Hey, Gary Grant, Bill Reichenbach, Daniel Higgins (horns); Ahmir Thompson, Tarus Mateen, Kameron Houff (drums); Alexandra Brown, Charlean Hines, Alexandra Brown, Maxine Waters-Willard, Toya Smith, Alfie Silas-Durlo (background vocals). Producers include: Rockwilder, Glen Ballard, Alicia Keys, Scott Storch, Linda Perry."Dirrty" was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Awards for Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals.Although STRIPPED is supposed to refer to Christina Aguilera's emotional rather than physical state, you couldn't tell based on her topless pose on the album cover, where the only nod to discretion is some strategically placed hair. Like Britney before her, Christina yearned to get away from her wholesome pop image. In the process, she hooked up with a wide range of collaborators including hip-hop producers Rockwilder and Scott Storch along with a myriad of guest musicians including Eve, Linda Perry, and Dave Navarro. Despite all the glitter and glam, there's no getting away from the fact that Aguilera's singing ability puts her head and shoulders above her poppy peers. Her rich, throaty style works well on slower numbers like a soaring Alicia Keys collaboration "Impossible," piano-driven nugget "Soar," and the Mariah-like "The Voice Within." Other highlights include the snappy, Lil' Kim hip-hop workout "Can't Hold Us Down," sweeping self-empowering rant "Make Over," and the ribald, jeep-beat crazy joint "Dirrty" featuring Redman. Most revealing (on an emotional level) is "I'm OK," an acoustic guitar-heavy autobiographical remembrance of childhood abuse. Britney Spears may not be quite a woman or a girl, but the newly minted Christina is definitely closer to the former.
Editorial Reviews
6 out of 10 - ...STRIPPED is Aguilera telling us what a girl pop star really wants: to be free with her body, her art, and her heart...
Spin (12/01/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...With its lack of gimmickry and a surplus of sweet Seventies soul, STRIPPED is almost an album for grown-ups....Sophisticated fare...
Rolling Stone (11/28/2002)
3 stars out of 5 - ...With its lack of gimmickry and a surplus of sweet Seventies soul, STRIPPED is almost an album for grown-ups....Sophisticated fare...Spin (12/01/02, p.137-8) - 6 out of 10 - ...STRIPPED is Aguilera telling us what a girl pop star really wants: to be free with her body, her art, and her heart...
Rolling Stone (11/28/2002)
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