21 September 2010. "Strip Me" was moderately more successful, reaching number sixty-five in Canada and number ninety-one on the Billboard Hot 100. Critical reception At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received a weighted average score of 60, based on 4 reviews, which indicates "mixed or average reviews". Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly gave Strip Me a C rating and wrote that it "plays like one long, increasingly desperate pep talk. The only breather? 'Unexpected Hero,' a lovely late-Beatles-style ballad." The AllMusic editor, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, noted the album for "retaining [the] same blend of well-manicured R&B and European sophistication" of Bedingfield's first album and commented that she "plays it exceptionally safe, to the extent that she even tones down the self-empowerment of her first two records, preferring pristine blue-eyed soul and adult contemporary ballads, all tailored for an aspirational upscale lifestyle". Slant Magazines Jonathon Keefe found it "single-minded in its uplifting, inspirational tone", writing in conclusion that "Bedingfield uses her powerful voice to oversing most of her material, making Strip Me feel like even more of a sermon. It may not be the year's worst pop album, but it might just be the most exhausting and heavy-handed." Commercial performance Strip Me was originally due to be released on 9 November 2010; however, it was pushed back to 7 December 2010. It was Bedingfield's third album to be released in the United States and Canada and the second release by Bedingfield to be released exclusively in those territories, following Pocketful of Sunshine in 2008. On 16 December 2010, the album made its US Billboard 200 chart debut at number 103, having sold just under 10,000 copies. It was a significant decline compared to Pocketful of Sunshine (2008), which debuted at number three having sold 50,000 copies. It remained in the top 200 for just its opening week; but re-appeared in 2011, on 15 January, at number 167, and climbed to number 157 the following week. Track listing Strip Me Strip Me Away Outside of North America, Strip Me was released under the title Strip Me Away, with an amended track listing. Sample credits "All I Need" contains samples and excerpts from "Let It Rock" by Kevin Rudolf. Personnel Taken from Barnes & Noble. Performance credits Natasha Bedingfield – lead vocals Steve Kipner – percussion Vinnie Colaiuta – drums Nick Lashley