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The Official Britney Spears Thread; New album "Glory" in 2016
Topic Started: Dec 31 2007, 11:08 PM (68,211 Views)
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album ratings by a random popjustic poster:
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My Review:

01 - Till The World Ends 10/10
02 - Hold It Against Me 10/10
03 - Inside Out 10/10
04 - I Wanna Go 10/10
05 - How I Roll 10/10
06 - (Drop Dead) Beautiful 8/10
07 - Seal It With A Kiss 8/10
08 - The Big Fat Bass 9/10
09 - Trouble For Me 9/10
10 - Trip To Your Heart 9/10
11 - Gasoline 7/10
12 - Criminal 10/10

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Who knew Britney had an account there!
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Slant's review of Femme Fatale (three stars):

More than a decade into her career, it's still unclear what Britney Spears brings to the table, and before delving into her latest album, Femme Fatale, it felt necessary to try to understand, once and for all, the pop singer's appeal. Britney seems to conjure the kind of blind allegiance typically reserved for superstars who have seemingly better-earned such fawning fanaticism—either with their unmistakable technical talent or their socio-political import (Mariah and Madonna come to mind, respectively). Comparisons to the latter have always been utterly absurd; Britney has never possessed the creative endowment or self-awareness to deserve that mantle. Her appeal is no doubt generational, at least in part: The early-to-mid aughts produced few strong female pop icons, and Britney served as a kind of placeholder between the Queen of Pop's heyday and the arrival of Lady Gaga. (The only other contender may have been Christina Aguilera, but her career has since been horribly mismanaged.)

I wasn't satisfied with that explanation alone, though, so I decided to ask around. The answers swung wildly between "Britney is God"—which, though funny, is also totally arbitrary, general, and delegitimizes all of our gay icons (have we no criteria other than blond hair, big breasts, and a dance beat?)—and ironic fascination with Britney's lack of talent and cognitive faculties, but nothing in between that even remotely resembled at actual attempt to defend her as an artist. I still hadn't found an answer.

Many of those Britney fans will no doubt accuse me of admitting to outright bias against her, thereby rendering my opinion of Femme Fatale irrelevant. On the contrary, I've always liked Britney and have enjoyed many of her songs, and even a few of her albums. And in my quest to unearth her inexplicable appeal, I kept coming back to the music, which is all that really matters, right? The thing about Britney's music, though, is that she seems to have very little to do with it, particularly on her last few albums, and this one is no exception. The success of a Britney song rests almost entirely on the quality of other people's songwriting and production, and almost every track on Femme Fatale succeeds or fails on that basis.

Longtime collaborator Max Martin and his partner in auricle-crime, Dr. Luke, produced the bulk of Femme Fatale, and their contributions are mixed-to-shoddy. The album's lead single, "Hold It Against Me," makes good on the failed double entendre of "If You Seek Amy," but the rest of the lyrics are comprised of cheesy pickup lines strung together atop the kind of generic Eurotrash beats and dated trance synths that are sadly all the rage right now. The follow-up, "Till the World Ends," is so similar to Ke$ha's "Blow" (Ms. $ebert co-wrote both) that I can't decide which one I like more—or if I even like them at all. If not for its infectious pre-chorus whistle, "I Wanna Go" would be just another song off the Max Martin assembly line, and "Gasoline" is, for better or worse, not a topical screed about energy independence and the rising price of crude oil.

The album's best offerings, then, are the ones produced by other big names in the pop biz: "(Drop Dead) Beautiful," helmed by Dr. Luke cohort Benny Blanco, sounds enough like Christina's thumping "Desnudate" to make one forgive its lyric about catching the flu, and the will.i.am-produced "Big Fat Bass" is an amped-up "When I Hear Music" for the 21st century. It's Bloodshy & Avant, who made their name with Britney's "Toxic," who leave the biggest mark though: Their "How I Roll" is a bubbly, playful pop song (f-bombs and all), and "Trip to Your Heart" finds the duo applying the glitchy synth-pop, pitch-incorrected vocals, and sugary hooks they've been trying out on newcomer Sky Ferreira of late. In fact, Ferreira could be singing these songs and it wouldn't make a bit of difference, which once again begs the question: What does Britney bring to the table? Maybe it's just a brand name that sells.

http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/britney-spears-femme-fatale/2424
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Mar 14 2011, 02:36 PM
Who knew Britney had an account there!
As if Britney can count to 10.
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Mar 14 2011, 05:15 PM
Slant's review of Femme Fatale (three stars):

More than a decade into her career, it's still unclear what Britney Spears brings to the table, and before delving into her latest album, Femme Fatale, it felt necessary to try to understand, once and for all, the pop singer's appeal. Britney seems to conjure the kind of blind allegiance typically reserved for superstars who have seemingly better-earned such fawning fanaticism—either with their unmistakable technical talent or their socio-political import (Mariah and Madonna come to mind, respectively).
They always have to slip in the little jab at "talentless" Madonna.

So tired.

There's a reason they're still talking about her 28 1/2 years later, and talent has plenty to do with it.
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Mar 14 2011, 05:24 PM
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Mar 14 2011, 05:15 PM
Slant's review of Femme Fatale (three stars):

More than a decade into her career, it's still unclear what Britney Spears brings to the table, and before delving into her latest album, Femme Fatale, it felt necessary to try to understand, once and for all, the pop singer's appeal. Britney seems to conjure the kind of blind allegiance typically reserved for superstars who have seemingly better-earned such fawning fanaticism—either with their unmistakable technical talent or their socio-political import (Mariah and Madonna come to mind, respectively).
They always have to slip in the little jab at "talentless" Madonna.

So tired.

There's a reason they're still talking about her 28 1/2 years later, and talent has plenty to do with it.
I agree with everything in the review except that bit. Yeah, it really is pathetic how they are utterly unable to concede that Madonna is an incredibly talented artist. Staggering really.
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Fanmade cover IS better :(
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WAY better.
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http://soundcloud.com/BMKdotcom/selfish-snippet
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Digital Spy's Femme Fatale review...

Britney Spears: 'Femme Fatale'

Britney SpearsMusicLet's be honest, Britney's last album Circus wasn't bad by your average artist's standards - 'Womanizer', 'Shattered Glass' and 'Unusual You' anyone? - but as a follow-up to the near-perfect Blackout, we don't mind telling you that we were left somewhat underwhelmed. Given that she's spent two-and-a-bit years working on a follow-up - one that she claims is built "for the clubs" and is her "edgiest and most mature sound yet" - we have a sneaking suspicion that the feeling was mutual. Question is, does Femme Fatale hit the mark?

The LP's two trailer singles have already raised the bar from what Circus offered us, having served up a pair of club-thumping stompers in the form of saucy 'n' seductive 'Hold It Against Me' and hi-NRG 'Till The World Ends'. Both helmed by producer-du-jour Dr Luke and longtime mixing buddy Max Martin, their dub-pop hybrid is both fresh yet undeniably 'Britney'.

Fortunately the LP's ten remaining tracks continue the trend, with the anthemic 'I Wanna Go', self-assured '(Drop Dead) Beautiful' and ballsy 'Gasoline' all tailor-made dancefloor choons; while the lyrics range from 'Inside Out's' blatantly slutty: "Baby shut your mouth and turn me inside out," to the supremely self-assured: "I wanna go down town where my posse's at/ Because I got nine lives like a kitty-cat" on 'How I Roll'.

Despite the album's well-worn producers and slightly obvious theme, the production is polished, intriguing and - best of all - fun. The dub-steppy 'Inside Out', the much-welcomed piano breakdown on the will.i.am-assisted 'Big Fat Bass' and the pagan-like flutes in closing track 'Criminal' all keep us guessing - albeit while feeling suitably pumped - for the full 65 minutes.

Future singles? She's spoilt for choice here, but if 'I Wanna Go', 'How I Roll' and 'Criminal' don't at least get a look-in, well, we'll be having strong words.

It may have taken four years to arrive, but Femme Fatale ultimately feels like the post-Blackout comeback we were waiting for, albeit with one important distinction: rather than feeling like we'd caught a worse-for-wear Britters at an underground, Red Stripe-soaked "party", this time we're joining her at an altogether classier venue, locking arms and ushering the barman for a round of raspberry Mojito's before throwing some serious shapes. Yes, she's teamed up with producers that her contemporaries are well-aquainted with, and the subject matter rarely shifts from the superficial, but what ultimately sets it apart is Spears's unrivaled ability to seduce us, which, given the album's title, is something she clearly knows all too well.

5 out of 5
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TTWE is out of the UK Top 40 in the midweeks. Major flop.
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I still think the album is littered with filler. Listenable filler, but still filler. The really GREAT tracks are not more than 3-4 imo. :(
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I like all the songs :shy:
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I like jogging to Femme Fatale.

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Mar 15 2011, 09:05 PM
I like all the songs :shy:
So do I. I think it's a very strong trashy pop record. Inside Out is the weakest for me, but there isn't a single song I'd skip. That's really quite something for a Britney album. Even Blackout had that shitty final track.
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Am I the only one who thinks Big Fat Bass gets better after about 100 listens? :D
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Mar 15 2011, 09:05 PM
I like all the songs :shy:
Yep. :flirt2: I really can't choose 3 or 4 best songs there. They're quite even mostly
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Mar 15 2011, 11:03 PM
Am I the only one who thinks Big Fat Bass gets better after about 100 listens? :D
I'm with you totally. Looove it!
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Am I the only one who thinks Big Fat Bass gets better after about 100 listens? :D
I'm with you totally. Looove it!
Totally!
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