Overall, this album was enjoyable, but in a different way from her latest, “Back to Basics”. It is much more traditional, a little mixture of R&B/Pop songs. Though it may not be original it is still worth listening to. Some of the songs a good for actually sitting down and listen to, some for dancing, but most of them could do best as half-ignored background music.

By far I enjoyed “Fighter”, “Beautiful”, and “Walk Away” tracks the most. They were interesting to listen to, with well-written lyrics and good arrangements.

I do have a few complaints about “Stripped” however, one of them being the attempts to make this album very “personal” for Christina. For singer-songwriters this closeness with their music often comes naturally and is usually done so in a clever, interesting manner. Many of the songs that were laced with Christina’s “fuck you critics” attitude didn’t work. I am usually a fan of these types of songs, it’s a nice mixer-upper from the usual love and break up songs that litter the R&B/Pop genre, but the way they were written was, frankly, juvenile and a waste of Christina’s powerful voice. Her personal struggle with what appears to be the media and self-image sound whiney and sometimes even funny in this form. Especially the intro to the album, where she declared she was going to tell “her side of the story” in a mixture of media clips. Though it sounds cruel, in the manner in which the message was conveyed, I could really care less. It could have been worse, but it’s not my favorite note that this album hits.

“Make Over” seemed like it was from an entirely different album altogether. It maintains the “Me against the world” attitude “Stripped” seems to tout but the music and arrangement of the song itself seems very random against the rest of the album. I liked it, though I’m not exactly sure if it fits Christina’s voice. Among the R&B, here is a random, not-so-sure-what-genre-it-would-fit-into song.

The most uninteresting track on this album was, by far, “Love Me 4 Me”, a slow little song that has a sound that reminds me of that 90‘s girl‘s band Dream. The music itself would have been forgiven but the lyrics were ridiculously bland, only trumped by the massive amount of talking. Talking does not belong in songs 99% of the time and this was one of the 99%. A lot of the slow songs on this album were rather forgettable and manufactured.

Overall, as far as her music, it has definitely advanced, but “Stripped” seems to drop off after track six and pick up again in spots near the end of the ablum. I think this is a good album to listen to for personal grips and non-metal-worthy anger, but if you’re looking for a more mature version of sexiness and overall outlook (while maintaining Christina‘s powerful voice) look to her newest album “Back to Basics”.

This is good. I like almost every song. I really admire her bravery in the way she just bares her soul in every song. She really but her self out there. To me that’s a sign of both courage and good writing.

I actually think of all the female pop singers she has the best voice. Don’t mean I’m gonna see her in concert nor does it mean I have all of her other albums.