![]() Plus, Stripped clearly has its origins in the sound of two of Christina's teen pop contemporaries - the teasing sexiness of Britney Spears and the wonderful, gonzo dance-rock confessionals of P!nk, who truly did break the mold with M!ssundaztood. Like any diva, Christina believes her trials and tribulations are inherently more fascinating than anybody else's and, like any diva, she has an inflated sense of self-importance, defiantly strutting on the "Stripped Intro" that she's "sorry you can't define me/sorry I break the mold." What she's referring to is anybody's guess, since she hasn't exactly defied expectations since her last album - releasing a Christmas album and a Spanish-language record of your debut ain't exactly breaking the mold: it is the mold. ![]() Most things about Stripped suggest sex, actually, since Xtina - as she calls herself in a handful of interviews accompanying the release of the album - never hesitates to put her body, her piercings, and recently liberated sexual beliefs on display throughout her hyper-sexual, convoluted sophomore effort. According to Christina Aguilera, the title of her second album, Stripped, refers to her emotions and not her body, but the topless photograph of her on the cover suggests otherwise.
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