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| Christina Aguilera - Stripped Classification: Pop Band: Christina Aguilera Tracks: - Stripped Pt. 1 - Can't Hold Us Down (feat. Lil' Kim) - Walk Away - Fighter - Infatuation (interlude) - Infatuation - Loving Me For Me (interlude) - Loving Me For Me - Impossible - Underappreciated - Beautiful - Make Over - Cruz - Soar - Get Mine, Get Yours - Dirrty - Stripped Pt. 2 - A Voice Within - I'm OK - Singing My Song I hate to admit it... I hate to admit it, but this album is excellent. I am not a fan of this artist, but I heard the album because my niece has it. I was shocked at the vocal talent and quality of the songs used. I can't believe this is the Genie in A Bottle Girl! In comparison, the last Britney Spears album isn't half as good as this one. There are several beautiful ballads that I Dare anyone with an open mind to listen to...Beautiful is just that Beautiful. Soar is also an excellent song. Give this one a listen and you will not be disappointed. Christina has now earned my respect! I didn't know what to say when I first listened to this album. I'm not quite sure what I expected from it, but I am now thouroughly happy that I purchased this CD. Christina has successfully evolved from a catapillar with virtually no visible talent to a beautiful butterfly with an astounding voice and writing ability.Every track on "Stripped" is worth a listen and there are absolutely no fillers on this album. Here is my track-by-track review of Christina Aguilera's "Stripped". 1) STRIPPED INTRO - This is a lovely introduction to a great album. Here, Christina warns us that this is the REAL her. A great cut. ***91/100*** 2) CAN'T HOLD US DOWN - In this song about women empowerment, Christina confronts the double-standards that women face today. A great message. Lil' Kim's rap in this upbeat track complete the song. ***90/100*** 3) WALK AWAY - This is My Favorite on the album. The haunting music and Christina's stunning voice Mesh together beautifully to create a sad, and chilling song. You can definetely feel Christina's pain i this one. ***100/100*** 4) FIGHTER - This is the third single from "Stripped". With Dave Navarro on guitar, and Christina's brilliant lyrics and Powerhouse voice, this is a rocking tune with a powerful message: Be Strong. ***97/100*** 5) PRIMER AMOR INTERLUDE - A nice 51-second interlude with Christina talking in spanish to an acoustic guitar melody. ***87/100*** 6) INFATUATION - A latin song that sounds a little bit like Christina's 1999 debut; only much, much better. ***88/100*** 7) LOVES Embrace INTERLUDE - This is a Prelude to track 8 and is beautifully done. I think that she should have included this with track 8. But, nevertheless, its nicely done. ***94/100*** 8) LOVING ME 4 ME - A very slow-tempo song with calm, soothing vocals that sound almost virginal (ha! we all know that's a lie! lol!). This is another favorite. ***99/100*** 9) IMPOSSIBLE - A nice jazzy track with great lyrics and great music. You can't go wrong with Christina on the mic and Alicia Keys in the producer's chair. ***95/100*** 10) UNDERAPPRECIATED - A flawless R&B song with a grooving bassline. Christina belts out nicely in this one. Another favorite of mine. ***97/100*** 11) BEAUTIFUL - The second single released from "Stripped", this is another faovrite. Inspirational in so many ways, this song makes me feel great. Whenever you're feeling low, listen to this and within the 3 minutes 58 seconds of the song, you'll be smiling. The lyrics are meaningful and just down-right beautiful. ***98/100*** 12) MAKE OVER - No, this song isn't a song about giving makeovers. This is an English-hard rock sounding song with lots of screaming and the word "bulls**t" is thrown around a lot. You get a lot Teen princess grows up beautifully I can honestly say this is one of the best albums of the year. Gone are the cheesy teen-directed songs lacking Substance from before (probably due to Christina's lack of involveent in the writing process), and in their place stands a powerful piece of personal and beautiful music. 1)Stripped pt. 1 - nice intro to the album, lets the listener know what she's all about 2)Can't Hold Us Down - very catchy hip-hop female empowerment song, stuck in my head right now 3)Walk Away - beautiful piano-driven ballad, C's emotive voice makes this one great 4)Fighter - 3rd single, rocker w/ attitude, fun song 5)Primer Amor(interlude) - not very necessary, but relatively harmless 6)Infatuation - light, spanish guitar driven pop song, most reminiscent of her earlier work 7)Loves Embrace (interlude) - unnecessary again, but ok 8)Loving Me 4 Me - one of the best songs on the album, neo-soul in the vein of Jill Scott, C explores her not often used upper register 9)Impossible - Alicia Keys' contribution, has an old school kind of jazzy feel to it, Strong vocals from C 10)Underappreciated - ok song, sounds like it could have been taken from En Vogue's "Funky Divas" album 11)Beautiful - 2nd single, great song, great words, great message 12)Makeover - C turns into Courtney Love for a moment, totally new territory for her, well done 13)Cruz - fantastic song w/ Linda Perry, these kind of anthems only come along if an Artist is lucky 14)Soar - alright song, tends to blend in for me but is still worthy 15)Get Mine, Get Yours - r&b flavored song about sex, sounds like something off "J.Lo", but some fluff doesn't hurt 16)Dirrty - 1st single, club favorite, Rockwilder's production is interesting, good contribution from Redman, overall a well-crafted dirty dance song 17)Stripped pt. 2 - C is just keepin it real 18)The Voice Within - Very much a Glenn Ballard tune, nice message, total diva personal power anthem 19)I'm Ok - broken-voiced diary entry from C, Linda Perry is good at helping divas explore their darkness (she did it with Pink with amazing results too) 20)Keep on Singin' My Song - nice closer, gospel-driven hope ballad Overall, this is a great album that explores a lot of different genres. If you're a fan of music with meaning and emotion behind it, be sure to pick this one up. Buy Christina Aguilera Stripped at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.comJamster - the latest ringtones for your phone! |
