A girl like her should wear a warning. The public always hungered for another photo, another story, another scandal. (Glory, 2016) Which is a bigger mystery: That a song of this caliber was banished to the bonus track netherworld on Circus' British and Japanese editions; or that a song about forgetting your fianc (not to mention your home address!) But then there's a poor attempt at rapping, or, at the very least, fast-speaking. One does not simply deny a chorus that goes off like that the chance to shine on radio. 09. You should know that is what you get when listening to a Britney album and with that in mind you have more time to focus on the swinging, yet also slightly heartbreaking composition. N.F. Producers Bloodshy & Avant manage to pull out the insecurities and delicacy in her voice, while maintaining the singers post-2007 penchant for robotics, resulting in something thats haunting and surprisingly tender. In his new memoir, the actor shares some of the half-baked pitches he heard from people who wanted to reboot The Karate Kid years before Cobra Kai came along. M.V. Its video all but depicted the singer killing herself in a bathtub (implying also that the paparazzi are as much to blame as her breakup). , Run time Now that would have been a big pop moment! NEW YORK A stage musical about woke princesses that uses hit songs by Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer. I am pleasantly surprised that her "best" is pretty good and there are some tunes, lyrics, playfulness that approach Katy Perry but by no means rate Katy's 5*. If u enjoy wordplay, nobody had to spell it out for you. Spears songs have often grappled with her relationship to fame, but the exhilarating Piece of Me is the only track to ever go into specifics, albeit with a snarl and a snigger. Britney didn't write a word of this song, but like so many hits from this era, it feels like she was trying to tell us something. 3. Britney and Jamie Lynn Spears are not part of that tradition. Cinderella (Britney, 2001) When she releases one with a gorgeous chorus, emotive vocals and a personal story about the end of relationship, you cant really let the opportunity pass to share it with the world as a single. Co-written by Keri Hilson and produced by Timbaland protege Danja, who helmed most of Spears fifth album Blackout, this explosive slice of futuristic electro-R&B is so confident, Spears can even pull off the lyric: Im gonna hit defrost on ya / lets get it blazing. One to chant hungover to your microwave meal for one. Continuing the brilliantly woozy daze of Blackout is this idiosyncratic midtempo builder. Not quite a ballad, not yet a banger, "Sometimes" cemented Britney as pop's good girl of '99. L.G. Cant Make You Love Me (Oops! I Did It Again, 2000) Spears turns 41 on Dec. 2. An elastic bass line undulates through the entire track, suggesting the funky fingerings of the '70s icon. N.F. See below for our ranking of all nine of Britneys studio albums. The lyrical message is clear as day: You can cry your eyes out of your head, baby I dont care, you can cry again, my face like a mannequin. Can you imagine the reactions if she and her team would have dared to drop this as a single!? We are kicking off with her 20 best album tracks that definitely should have gotten the single treatment. "shot straight (or if you prefer, bi-curious) to No. K.O. (Glory, A song about sex so hot it literally turns you into a Pixar movie, "Inside Out" was never officially a Femme Fatale single despite a stellar production pedigree (Hot 100 maestros Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Bonnie McKee) and a shuddering let's-make-the-downstairs-neighbors-hate-us hook. EW is looking at her massive catalog and ranking all her solo songs, from her most iconic hits to Japanese-edition bonus tracks you didn't even know existed. Her intimate vocal performance sounds better than she has in a good while and the light, minimal production with the almost hypnotic chorus works wonders for her. ), she's as coquettish as Madonna on "Justify My Love." Showdown (In The Zone, 2003) Madison Vain, Spears wrote it, enough said. D.K. Britney rarely gets the credit for introducing dubstep to mainstream American pop with the wobble bass of 2007s Freakshow. But featuring production by Dr. Luke and Max Martin, it shimmers with a tossed-off breeziness. It was all true, even if it came at one of the darkest times in her public life. There are echoes of Drakes Hotline Bling in the syncopated synths and plush production, which glides around Spears hot-and-heavy vocals until an explosion of horns during the songs final act. Well they shouldn't come broken in my opinion. Still she could (or should actually) have released Dont Go Knocking On My Door as the fifth one. C.A. R.K. L.G. The songs are remastered so that's a nice incentive for fans to purchase this album as well. After snogging at the 2003 MTV VMAs, a Madonna and Britney collaboration was inevitable. Circus (2008) With Circus, Britney dropped the richly self-referential posture But their loss proved Spears' gain. Lucky (2000) Britneys song Lucky was released on her We take you far past Monster Mash with a collection of October-ready tunes by legendary English outfits, classic rockers, iconic composers, and even swing and ska bands. WHY ARE YOU NOT TRUTHING HER, BAD BOYFRIEND? Given everything we now know about Spears, it's hard not to hear "Lucky" as a haunting premonition, packaged in fairy dust. If you dont want to go as far as to look for the personal meaning behind it, you might just as well enjoy the completely flawless pop composition Cinderella is. So its easy to forget that, against all odds, the pop singer has amassed an impressive body of hitsfrom her iconic debut, Baby One More Time, to later earworms like Till the World Ends (see our list of Britneys best singles here). This sure would have been a fun single choice to show off Britneys more playful side. on A Bit of Pop Music. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Im Mrs Most Likely to Get on TV for Stripping on the Streets, Britney offers, over degraded bass, chicken squawks and finally a carefree whistle breakdown. J.G. 05. The four of them wrote the emotive midtempo tune Just Like Me, that describes the moment Britney finds out her partner is cheating on her with someone that looks exactly like her. L.G. For Brit, it functions as an apt homage. Of course, it is. How to subvert a capitalist ethos that seems all-encompassing? Her breathy voice gets a little croaky at times, which effectively helps convey her lyrical emotion, but, overall, it's just a little too sickly sweet. So, knowing she was already at the center of a three-ring tabloid spectacle, Britney did what she does best: danced her way out. The guitar-based earworm with the feel good chorus, produced by Max Martin, could as easily have become a classic like Sometimes and Crazy did. The killer hook, trendiness and Britneys lively vocals could have helped this to the top of the charts. "Stronger" also foretold the future, both lyrically (she vowed to do things "my way") and sonically (the stormy electronic touches hinted at a shift in her Scandi-pop sound). I'll admit it I'm 50 and I love Britney! At 70 years-of-age I could never forget the passion of late 60's and early 70's music and avoided loud/can't hear the singer's lyrics of the 80s and 90s. So its no surprise that some of the albums most enduring tracks pivot back toward Britneys earlier hits, including the bubbly How I Roll and Trip to Your Heart, which finds frequent collaborators Bloodshy & Avant seamlessly applying their glitchy, pitch-incorrected synth-pop to the fad of the era. So lets get nekkid. Biographical details are suppressed in favor of shopping lists (Lace and Leather), while confessionals step aside and make way for lewd double-entendres (If U Seek Amy). K.O. Get Naked however would have been an excellent choice, as the repetitive hooks settle in your head in an instant, the production is bonkers in the best possible way and imagine what kind of racy video they could have come up with! Do You Wanna Come Over? Any song that begins with a foghorn ought to be applauded. It more than delivered, though, with lead single Make Me exemplifying the place she landed artistically. Britney understands the power of fossil fuels y'allor, at least, she knows enough to know what happens when you light a match near a girl who "runs on supreme." As with most of Blackout, it's more about the production than Spears on this single, where gothy background vocals and chilly synths create an eerie mood. I mean, he's got her name tattooed on his arm and everything, so what could go wrong? Britney Spears Greatest Hits Full Album 2018 - Best Songs Of Britney Spears 2018 Mail.ru VK Combo First Stream Latin: New Music From Natti Natasha, Anuel AA, Maria Becerra, &More, Tia Lee (Lee Yu Fen) Releases Music Video for Her New Single Goodbye Princess. Initially meant for Spears fourth album In the Zone, the original version of this song has never officially been released (it is floating around online). Do You Wanna Come Over? Spears has been criticized quite a bit for sounding robotic and having zero emotion in her vocal delivery, but the detached and confused delivery works wonders for this track. This Glory track captures Britney at her most frenetic. Blur (Circus, 2008) When Spears announced Circus in 2008, it seemed like she was ready to spin the media spectacle surrounding her into more pop gold. Once Upon a One More Time is scheduled to premiere at the Marquis Theatre on June 23. Anticipating. After releasing a few duds, a lot was riding on the quality of Spears ninth album Glory. B's panty-dropping ode to three- or more-somes"Triple-fun that way/Twister on the floor/What do you say? The K-Fed era will always make Britney fans cringe, but it wasn't all a bust: This EP released with the DVD of her short-lived reality show acquainted us with Spears' alter ego, Mona Lisa and includes a ballad Spears wrote with "Everytime" collaborator Guy Sigsworth about becoming a mother. : 20. , Manufacturer What Its Like To Be Me (Britney, 2001) A very must-have for every busy working britney fan, Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2014. Counterintuitively, one of the best songs on its parent album turned out to be one of the fluffiest, complexity-free tracks of her career. Britney and her team have shown to excel at both setting trends and following trends, and this is an excellent example of the latter. "Shattered" also has a snappy melody and a snidely mocking synth line. The wordless exhalation that rises out of the whispered bridge is simply gorgeous. D.K. It's easy to chalk Britney's successes up to someone else: credit her longtime manager's savvy, her father's intervention during her tabloid lows, her producers' studio wizardryanything but Britney. pounds where Baby One More Time pouted. It has also clearly been a producers dream in its elasticity but while many have found the most mileage in highlighting its alien qualities through distortion, Breathe on Me is a rare example of a producer (the otherwise unknown Mark Taylor) drawing out its latent beauty. The seductive whispering and those soaring high notes are heavenly. But you don't need to know that to feel Brit's painthe song can break hearts even without a juicy backstory. To that end, Glory downplays the show biz glitz of Vegas in favor of modern dance-pop, one with EDM undercurrents and hip-hop overtones. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Shes also one of the most defining cultural touchstones of our time, having symbolized everything from suburban schoolgirl innocence to bold sexual confidence to resilience and hard-fought freedom. In this Dr. Luke-produced ditty, the star pronounces the word "glaa-eee-ass" in several places, the better to give the song an extra nagging hook. For the most part, the new direction paid off, but there were a few misses. Its a hallucinatory dance through a demented fairground of manically grinning ooh-aah-aah backing vocals that segue seamlessly into skewed gospel chants. Listen to Best of Britney - Karaoke by PMC All-Stars on Apple Music. Previews begin May 13. When Brit coos about a one-night stand being her "f---" (or is she singing "thug"? R.K. Like most of her real relationships, this one doesnt seem as if it was ever that healthy. Breathe On Me (In The Zone, 2003) Britney Spears Los Angeles, United States. There is hooks in all the right places and the build up is immaculate. But together, they crafted one of the grooviest and deepest jams in Spears' catalogit's the closest the pop star ever came to capturing the blissed-out disco magic of Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer's 1977 staple "I Feel Love." But don't worry Mama, B knows it's true love! One of Britneys oddest curveballs was following the gleaming banger Toxic, a song that resurrected her ailing career, with its polar opposite. With Britney Spears releasing her ninth studio album, Glory, we look back over a career of pristine pop and distressing vulnerability. Literally every pop artist active in 2001 would have killed to drop this track as their lead single! Dubbed the comeback by those around Spears following a chaotic and troublesome time in her life, Womanizer feels engineered to be a hit. I'm not going to knock her music but what I was upset about was I ordered 11 CDs and 5 came with cracked cases! To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we dont use a simple average. J.F. The media generously, if inexplicably, dubbed Britney the next Madonna, but her interpretations of classics like I Love Rock N Roll, from 2001s Britney, lacked the irony and grit of a more seasoned and self-aware artist. J.G. Cinquemani, One thing latter-day Britney doesnt lack is self-awareness. Forget the idea that Britneys job was to set any sort of example; calls for pop stars to be role models, especially in their music, are moralistic cant. Post-Blackout, Britney has occupied a strange, nostalgic place in pop culture. What was cut from Singles is generally not missed, as the big songs are here -- "Baby One More Time," "You Drive Me Crazy," "OopsI Did It Again," "I'm a Slave 4 U," "Toxic" -- making this arguably a preferable comp to its full-price predecessor. Sal Cinquemani, Designed by committee, with up to six producers and nine songwriters per track, Britney Jean is sonically all over the place, stocked with a mix of the most garish presets from the EDM era and flaccid midtempo pop. Crunchy and hypnotic, Gimme More is a bleary-eyed stomper that brings to mind stripper poles and sticky club floors. With those swooping, gliding disco strings check the momentary weightlessness at the start of the second verse, when they cradle Britneys voice when everything else drops out who could blame her? On paper, this smoldering mid-tempo song couldn't seem more engineered to fit her comfort zone. But Britney is simultaneously the star, the product and the victim of this brutal credo, and if theres a whip being cracked, its the one thats been on her back for 17 years. Spears delivers a vocal thats razor sharp, full of hard consonants and breathy rasps, while the breakneck pace leaves you so delirious that you barely notice the addition of a surf guitar or the crunchy, metallic breakdown halfway through. N.F. Mannequin (Circus, 2008) 14. Another tale of a fateful club encounter leading to something more? Britney Spears Greatest Hits Full Album 2018 - Best Songs Of Britney Spears 2018 Mail.ru VK Combo Britney Jean might be her worst album, but this standout track is easily one of her best singles ever: The lyrical message is all surface ("You want a hot body? We pay respect by giving voice to social justice, acknowledging our shared history and valuing the cultures of First Nations. From "E-Mail My Heart" to one of the greatest pop songs of the modern era, EW sizes up the pop queen's incredible discography. Spears' duet with Iggy Azalea was reviled by critics, but "Pretty Girls" does have its densely fun charms, and it resulted in a hilariously overblown video that finds Our Heroine from Louisiana doing her best, like, Valley Girl impression. Ruth Kinane, It's hard to go wrong with a lyric this onomatopoeic. 1, making it the first and so far only chart-topping pop song to reference both group sex and the '60s folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary. Technically the "it" in the title referred to Britney's bad habit of playing with boys' hearts. J.G. Everytime is a small, lost piano ballad that fed into the tabloid drama of Britney and her ex, Justin Timberlake (it played out as a response to Timberlakes magnificent Cry Me a River, released the previous year). A stage musical about woke princesses that uses hit songs by Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer. Think that you know me now, but you dont Wont you just let me, let me be? What a BOP! I am enjoying this Britney Spears cd! Professor Spears' Semantics 101 lesson, all la-la-la bounce and sexy-baby-with-a-head-cold vocals, was also a sneaky FCC workaround; its embedded f-bomb chorus cleared the radio censorsand for a hot minute, at least, seriously threw the game for nice girls named Amy. This track was originally penned with '90s hitmakers TLC in mind; the group declined to record it because, as T-Boz said in a later interview, "It's good for her, but was I going to say, 'Hit me baby one more time'? : While much of the dark and sensual sounds of her recent album evoke Blackout, this electrifyingly upbeat track has more of the ebullience of Femme Fatale. "bell rings, and a backup choir that turns the chorus into a massive sing-along. Stream songs including I'm Not A Girl (Karaoke Version) [In the Style of Britney Spears], Cindarella (Karaoke Version) [In the Style of Britney Spears] and more. D.K. J.F. M.V. Arguably the best debut single of all time. There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. Transform it into a club anthem, to be played somewhere where the only work happening is the dancing variety. Call me the bubb-lah! So much of Britneys material is lent extra meaning simply by being refracted through her own narrative, and Work B**ch is a prime example. Such a brilliant break up anthem! One thing Work B**ch isnt: an office soundtrack. L.G. By clicking OK, you consent to the use of all cookies. Weirdly enough, it was only Spears' second No. 1247328 followers. Inside Out (Femme Fatale, 2011) But Blackout is not a tragedy; its the culmination of the story Britney started telling seven years earlier on Lucky. Full content visible, double tap to read brief content. Shattered Glass (Circus, 2008) : As the story goes, she wrote the bones of this track on the piano by herself before giving it to producer Guy Sigsworth to flesh out. Spears followed up the success of her come-hither debut, "Baby One More Time," with innocence and a plea for patience. With the exception of cult favorite Blackout, Britney has never been considered an album artist. Theres nothing more satisfying, though, than someone who forces us to recalibrate our expectations, and Britney did just that with 2016s Glory: By eschewing EDM and embracing subtler pop and R&B sounds, she made her most daring, mature album to date. Copyright 2022 Meredith Corporation. Her cover of My Prerogative is one notable example, as is Lucky. Is the most disturbing line the one in which Britney apologises to her absent ex for crying over the split? This is a story about a girl named Lucky, but also Britney Spears: "She's so lucky, she's a star/But she cry cry cries in her lonely heart, thinking/If there's nothing missing in my life/Then why do these tears come at night?" The final nail in the Mickey Mouse Club coffin, the Neptunes-helmed "Slave" was the sound of Spears fully claiming her sexuality with a snake-charming hook and lyrics that more than teased at S&M. The album Britney served good options for a never ending singles run and Let Me Be should have definitely been part of it. Admitted, back in 2000 it did not really matter what song Britney would release as a single, because everything she touched would turn to gold. The moment that Bollywood string sample kicks in, Toxic grips you by the neck and drags you along for one wickedly weird ride. Because its Britney, however, it all seems to work: Ridiculousness comes naturally, and her cooing break, Ooh lolly, ooh papi, on Mmm Papi is the nexus of cock-hungriness. Included on the Blackout and Circus albums due to a contractual obligation that meant it had to be a single, Radar has taken on meme status among Spears fans. Britney Spears Format: Audio CD. Britney Spears 30 greatest songs ranked! Throughout Britneys whole career, the emphasis has always been on uptempo numbers, but especially in later years, ballads starter to become even more scarce. It's a similar set-up to "Do Somethin'," but pales in comparison. It plays like a classic Britney Spears hit with a 2016 twist. There's a great tradition in pop music where siblings have united in song: Karen and Richard Carpenter, Kim and Kelley Deal, Ann and Nancy Wilson, Don and Phil Everly. Okay, it's pretty dated, but major props to the writers for coming up with so many phone puns and completely sexualizing the mundane process of making a phone call. "You're the spark that won't go out," she sings, but she might as well be talking about herself. "), Britney-droid vocals are in full effectand the tune's coda ("Keep it moving higher and higgggh-yaaaaa!") The track written by a team of hit producers, including Phoebe Ryan, has some interesting tempo changes going on and every different part has its own (strong I may add) hook going on. Recorded with then-boyfriend Justin Timberlakewho shows off his beatboxing skills, long before "Rock Your Body"this is a decent pop tune that is just crying out for a dynamic choreography routine. Spearss maturation from bubblegum pop star to grownup sexpot was aided by the Neptunes, who provided the sweaty and sensory production on Im a Slave 4 U. Dissonant and exotic synths converge with Spears charged whispered vocals, which are pushed in the mix to feel as if shes sultrily groaning right into your ear. Born to Make You Happy is horrifying as text and irresistible as pop, and the two are inextricable. But first Spears had to beg, with a pretty midtempo melody and a macram bikini, to find out how her speechless man really feels. Get Naked (I Got A Plan) (Blackout, 2007) The best thing about this song isn't the short-circuiting electro-rock production (courtesy of her "Toxic" co-conspirators Bloodshy & Avant) or even the vicarious rock star fantasy. Spears also introduced a new archetype of pop star, one whose likeness is splashed across everything from perfumes to Pepsi cansand whose personal life is the endless subject of tabloid covers. Britney Spears Rodney Jerkins Josh Schwartz Brian Kierulf "I'm a Slave 4 U" 2001 "Invitation" Britney Spears Julia Michaels Justin Tranter Nick Monson: Glory: 2016 "It Should Blur is one of those tunes that sounds timeless and could have become a hit as part of any of her album campaigns. "Radar"fembot electropop with Spears at her chirpiesthas the distinction of being on two Britney albums: Originally featured on 2007's Blackout, the song was also included as a bonus track on 2008's Circus, and it was released as the latter LP's fourth single in 2009. Please try again. He's a liar and a murderer and he's got no conscience ("none none none"). With Britneys third album came a move into grownup territory that was heavily telegraphed but no less effective, as she was paired with the Neptunes production Its also just a fun and dance-worthy track. It also analyzed reviews to verify trustworthiness. Im stronger than yesterday., Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning, Britney Spears in 2016. Listening to it now, its easy to forget there was anything wrong in her starry world at the time. Like many songs on Glory, Man On The Moon features some of Britneys best vocals ever (undoubtedly improved by vocal lessons). Its a rare pop hit that seizes attention by shrinking further away. L.G. , Label Guardian Australia acknowledges the traditional owners and custodians of Country throughout Australia and their connections to land, waters and community. Amazon's Choice highlights highly rated, well-priced products available to ship immediately. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. The album as a full body of work is undeniably strong, but it did not necessarily deliver obvious hits. Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2014. My 5* standard is Katy Perry. Photograph: Denise Truscello/BSLV. The star felt the result was nice enough to release twicefirst on her self-titled third album and then on the Austin Powers soundtrack. We decided to reevaluate the singer's discography and discovered that her trajectory as an artist has been far from linear. Ricordo infatti che la raccolta ufficiale e ben pi importante di questa The Singles Collection, di cui questa Playlist ricalca la tracklist riportando le stesse tracce iniziali: Baby One More Time - (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!) After her excruciating 2007, she rebounded with the first Circus singlea slick earworm about catching your philandering dude in a lie. You wanna live fancy? But Spears, now a dancefloor veteran, added a bit of spice to what was an otherwise generic era of pop, a prime example being this euphoric yet apocalyptic banger. Party in France? M.V. Extra! The Benny Blanco and Dr. Luke produced tune breathes summer with an equal amount of funky guitars and bonkers beats. Full : "You feel like paradise and I need a vacation tonight" is actually an excellent pickup line and Spears puts it to good use on the Femme Fatale track that signaled yet another Britney Spears reinvention, this time with help from EDM bass drops. Still, with two such vibrant performers coming together we hoped for a little more from the duoat the very least a music video to forever capture their chemistry. Featuring production by Timbaland protg Nate "Danja" Hills, this trippy hip-hop turn from Blackout is one of the weirdest things that Spears has ever done. Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. She is credited with influencing the revival of teen pop during the late 1990s and early 2000s, for which she is referred to as the "Princess of Pop".Regarded as a pop icon, Spears has sold over 150 million records worldwide as of 2021, including over 70 million records solely in the United States As far as lyrical come-ons go, this one is pretty tepid ("I'm cold as fire, baby, hot as ice/If you've ever been to heaven, this is twice as nice"). But the song is so generic that even T.I. Spears turns 41 on Dec. 2. 1 song on the Hot 100, and it definitely deserved that spot. Britney's greatest hits from the last 13 years, Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2012. Mattman & Robin (Carly Rae Jepsen, Tove Lo) prove they're at the cutting edge of pop music in 2016 with this Glory standout: The production is so crisp, it sounds like you can hear the snap of a soda can opening at points. The almost spoken-word whisper of "Showdown" focused single-mindedly on sexualizing Spears' vocals rather than actually making a good song. I would like to think that Blur would be a great comeback single even today and it would have gained her a hit! 151 ratings. Brit may have recorded "Overprotected" for her role as Lucy in the 2002 movie Crossroads, but with lyrics like "I don't want to be so damn protected," there's an eerie amount of foreshadowing for what was to come in her personal life. L.G. Tucked away on her album Circus, Unusual You is an experimental electro-ballad reminiscent of the collaborative work between Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. Or months! Following up Baby One More Time likely required the kitchen sink approach, which is why this is as bombastic as it is. J.F. Especially when it's matched to a strident trap beat. Toxic ~ Jazz. The chugging beats and her vocal yelps are combative, while the middle-eight feels like someone bracing themselves for battle. Top 10 Britney Spears SongsWomanizer. ONE OF THE BEST SONGS EVER. Overprotected. This one actually reminds me of how I was feeling when I was about 15. (You Drive Me) Crazy. When I was in Year 9, we had to choose how we wanted to spend a free period of time on a Wednesday afternoon.Hit Me Baby One More Time. Stronger. I'm A Slave 4 U. Born To Make You Happy. Lucky. Toxic. Gimme More. Cinquemani, When Britney burst onto the scene with Baby One More Time, her adenoidal, childlike vocals suggested an innocence belied by the image of the then-16-year-old on the albums cover, kneeling in a short denim skirt, her schoolgirl blouse unbuttoned, her head cocked to the side. One of the first Blackout tracks to leak, this jam offered fans the first taste of Spears' radical new sound, with her voice rapidly ping-ponging off a disorienting, all-encompassing production of fuzzy, whirring synths. And we still have a remix of Circus too good. surely this is the best, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2013. The uptempo highlightsthe hit (You Drive Me) Crazy and the house-influenced Deep in My Heartfeel lyrically and sonically chaste compared to the title track, while the ballads alternate between inane (Email My Heart) and interminable (From the Bottom of My Broken Heart). It would have been great if all the tracks were in chronological order and the Circus remix is a random addition but overall is a good compilation album to own. The track seems to be written about a failed relationship, but knowing her story, it could as well have been about the (paparazzi) press. Recorded before auto-tuning stole all semblance of a human voice from Brit, her real vocals don't sound too bad. E' poi assente l'ultimo singolo Criminal, che avrebbe potuto benissimo essere inserito, ma vedo che qui non c' il quarto singolo di nessuno degli albums, quindi sar per questo che manca anche l'ultimo. Like much of Britney, "Anticipating" took cues from Madonna and Janet Jackson. From the first wild seesaw of those opening stringsso Norman Bates does disco!it was Crystal Pepsi clear: She'd done it again. C.A. Oops! I Did It Again the album did have quite some filler material, but at the same time also one of her strongest singles runs. Dont Go Knocking On My Door (Oops! I Did It Again, 2000) As her fans well know, Spears' voice takes to production very well, and the upbeat, auto-tuned track pops and fizzes with frenetic, infectious energy. Lapping, watery production gives everything a wistful and dreamy quality, while hurt and desperation leak from every line she sings, intensifying until the songs climactic key change. Of Britneys first five Max Martin-produced singles, four are variations on a theme sonically and lyrically, and form a narrative. Its doubtless one of the most distinctive, immediately recognisable sounds in the past two decades of pop, even if it has often sounded more robotic than human. Just dont mention the horrible G-Eazy rap. : Go call the po-lice / go call the governuh, Spears barks in a bizarre LA-cockney-Chelsea accent on this relentless EDM ridicu-banger, taken from her poorly received eighth album Britney Jean. No way. Well, I'll give them more," it doesn't feel like a come-onit sounds like a threat. Davvero incomprensibile la scelta di concludere il CD con un remix di Circus, spacciato per inedito, quando qualunque fan collezionista perfettamente in grado di riconoscere all'istante: il Diplo Circus Remix infatti ben conosciuto e gi noto dall'inizio del 2009, in quanto fa parte da allora della tracklist del cd singolo europeo Circus da 4 mixes & Enhanced CD, quindi non affatto "previously unreleased on cd" come scritto qui sul retro di questa Playlist! A stage musical about woke princesses that uses hit songs by Britney Spears will land on Broadway this summer. Visit Billboard Pro for music business news. Partying is a messy business, but at least if theres an apocalypse you wont need to clean up. There are experimental curios on almost every Spears album, but the rubbery elasticity of How I Roll from Femme Fatale is by far the most interesting. 08. Lyrically it is about wanting to take a guy home on a night out, because your man at home is not giving you his love and attention anymore. R.K. FILE - Britney Spears performs at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival - Day 2 held at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, in Las Vegas. , Item model number Cinquemani, In my review of 2011s Femme Fatale, I lamented its lead singles cheesy pickup lines and generic Eurotrash beats and dated trance synths. By the time the album dropped a couple of weeks later, though, Hold It Against Me, in all its generic glory, had burrowed its way into my psyche like a brain-eating amoeba. can't save this one. Is Discontinued By Manufacturer Say what you want about her image, her voice, or her decisions, but nobody can deny the ultimate humble power of Ms. Spears. A decade later, and its blistering amalgamation of industrial EDM and saccharine pop melodies still feels every bit as audacious and innovative. The electronic dance beat, vocals processed beyond reason, and raving bass make "Trip to Your Heart" a little hard to listen to through headphones, but it could easily sound great blasting from a European club. R.K. Singsong, pitch-shifted melodies are paired with Bloodyshy & Avants glitching and effervescent production, all of which feels very proto-PC Music. Vote! D.K. As the title states, it captures Britney at a crossroads: She's ready to torch her squeaky-clean image to explore weird and wild territoriesand some of the coolest music of her career. Commonly, the tunes she voices mimic the rhythm of the song and, so, accent short, blunt phrases. Britney, Blackout and Glory (if we include Swimming In the Stars and Matches too) are her top 3 best albums for bonus tracks (and also ironically my top 3 fave Britney Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2012, Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2014. Both the lyrics and the vibe and production tell the story and the chorus is this all consuming force of nature. Her stuffed nose vocal on this track mirrors the reedy synth pulsing under the melody. But as "Perfume" shows, sometimes it's not the biggest voices in pop who make the most out of her handiwork. offering tripe like She like the way I eat her/Beat her, beat her/Treat her like an animal, somebody call PETA. Uh, somebody call Tips probation officer. The punchy guitar riff based production by the pop and R&B wizard Darkchild is insanely catchy from the intro on and the chorus shows Britney at her most powerful. Some of the best pop captures a feeling that lasts a fraction of a second and stretches it out over three minutes. Britney Spears and the Eurythmics: It's not exactly a combination anyone would expect, but it's one that actually created one of Spears' sleekest dance songs. More importantly, it gave us one of Spears' all-time purest shots of pop adrenaline: a four-minute symphony of solar plexus-punching synths, glorious "yeah yeah yeah" vocal fry, and, of course, the legendary red latex that played with all the boys'parts. Built around an insanely repetitive hook (Womanizer, woman-womanizer, youre a womanizer ), its a slick, almost annoyingly catchy wallop of the kind of dance-pop that Spears has mastered. The production by Benny Blanco and Dr. Luke was quite progressive for 2008 and is until this date one of Britneys most hard hitting and feisty moments. And before having her meltdown in the mid-2000s, she told us the story of Lucky, a starlet left empty by fame. Verified. Since catapulting to the forefront of pop culture when she was just a teen in the late 90s, Britney Spears has earned five No. I heard Katy Perry on the radio by accident early in 2014 and realized there was some vibrant, exciting, fun, women singers out there and have been exploring their music ever since. Her debut single Baby One More Time turns 20 this month, so we decided to look back at the highlights of her career so far, and believe me when I see there is quite a few. , Number of discs Stronger is the toughest of the four. J.F. Poor oblivious Britney boyfriend, Netflix and chilling while his girl is banging in the club, "touching hands with someone seriously beautiful" and trying to decide how to break it to him when she gets home that he's about to have a whole lot more time to watch Season 3 of The Killing. You know, everyone's been doing emailsand it's e-mail my heart." C.A. Each and every single track in this top 20 could (or at least) should have become a hit! Aside from G-Eazys unnecessary feature, Make Me is a stunning song. Spears previously flirted with dubstep on 2007s Blackout, but it was Hold It Against Me that dragged the then-underground dance music into the mainstream. For weeks. Still, the Middle Eastern vibe and the chanting style of singing keep the mind from roaming. If that poignant-in-retrospect single was a hand reaching for help through the fourth wall, then Blackout and particularly Piece of Me, probably its most representative cut is a fist punching through it. best known for 'Cheers,' dies at age 71, family says. 3. It is exactly the explosive type of pop track that was perfectly on trend back then. 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