But, really, Britney is whatever her producer/songwriters turn her into, as she herself has no other talent than looks and temptation. Max Martin was obv. way better than Neptunes, but the people she is working with now seems to know good music better than any of the people she has ever worked with in the past.
― Geir Hongro, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 00:45 (sixteen years ago) link
how are the melodies?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 31 October 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I was listening to "Piece of Me" earlier today and thinking that it could totally fit on that Felix Da Housecat's Devin Dazzle album.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 01:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I am back in Australia :-( but haven't heard this album yet.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 07:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlbLdTxSkV8
This is kind of bizarre.
A Danja Hands produced Britney track, with a very Dubstep sounding wobble.
It makes my head hurt.
Why does this exist?
― Siah Alan, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 08:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Robyn is on this album???????
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 11:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I did find this -
"I've been approached about writing a new song for Britney and I'm cool with that. I've written for her before but it only got to the recording stages, so doing it again would be a good move for me. I'd like to think I could help." -- Robyn
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 11:53 (sixteen years ago) link
i wonder where this album's silk-pursers were in 06's great paris hilton wars. seems like everything goes out the window when eurodisco is involved.
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 12:02 (sixteen years ago) link
(ok yes i did personally just get a deckchair, keep shtoom and watch the lex get flayed alive but the album was okay and better than this on pretty much every level including "interesting" or whatever it is floating people's dismal little boats here)
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 12:05 (sixteen years ago) link
oh sorry i forgot about the stupid robot voice treatment on every track, my bad
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 12:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Don't know how it compares to the stuff that, like, actually made the album, but "A Song About You" is very nice in a wispy, Janet-esque hyperballad kind of way (that's totally not her singing in the intro though). From what I've read I imagine the album isn't like that at all though.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 12:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Actually it's not that good. I got momentarily excited by the resurrection of one of my favourite pop styles.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 12:19 (sixteen years ago) link
i will say tho (again) that in terms of assessing the current timbahandz dynasty danja coming out as some sort of glamly perverse rocky horror ringmaster is kinda remarkable! hi dere son of green velvet
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 12:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Haha this is a million miles better than the Paris album you are on crack.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 12:59 (sixteen years ago) link
not today i'm not! how shall we break this down? deliciously ironical lyricky self awareness? 'stars are blind', 'fighting over me', 'screwed'. blithely wealthy industry appropriation of modern musical trends? 'turn it up', turn you on'. fuck you world and you yes you in particular? 'jealousy'. all britney has over paris is a vague hazy rage and people's insane lust for electro-toss and hacky robodiva crit; paris only covered 'do you think i'm sexy' once, not 12 times.
whh-tshh!
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
haha note to self only think whh-tshh next time do not type
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 13:30 (sixteen years ago) link
In fairness, electro-toss and hacky robodiva crit is 90% of the reason I prefer this to the Paris record.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 13:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Also do the whh-tshh again.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 13:41 (sixteen years ago) link
whh-NO I WILL NOT BE EXECUTIVE PRODUCED DAMN YOU PAPARAZZO
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Someday, a real rain's gonna come and wash all this bullshit away.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm imagining the marketing team standing in the studio and looking at Britney passed out in one corner, saying "So, guys, what are we going to call this record?"
― Eazy, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 15:43 (sixteen years ago) link
lol
― deej, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
after listening to freakshow and gimme more... doesn't every britney song follow the same formula?? the only difference with these songs is that britney is trying to be darker and more in tune with music trends of recent times (the hiphop beats remind me of every other song).
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
did Seripop do her cover art? that thing looks better suited to an AIDS Wolf sleeve.
also while this album is surprisingly good, it still takes a backseat to Rachel Stevens' last album in the "soullessly robotic white-girl buying an album's worth of unstoppably insane tracks from worldbeating producers" sweepstakes.
― jamescobo, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 20:42 (sixteen years ago) link
how is anyone liking this album? seriously. whats wrong with people today. I heard Radar and Piece of Me... Its terrible
― CaptainLorax, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
I still love this. "Heaven on Earth" is unusually affecting. Sounds yearning, unrequited.
― Turangalila, Thursday, 1 November 2007 09:00 (sixteen years ago) link
The album would have been even better if the hip-hop beats were replaced with Kylie-style 120 bpm 4/4-beats. But still a pleasant surprise.
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 1 November 2007 09:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Is there an emoticon for resigned exhasperation?
― I know, right?, Thursday, 1 November 2007 12:30 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i7.tinypic.com/5z50gwk.gif
― StanM, Thursday, 1 November 2007 13:09 (sixteen years ago) link
(a.k.a. "sigh.gif")
― StanM, Thursday, 1 November 2007 13:15 (sixteen years ago) link
2 good songs (Piece of Me, Heaven on Earth), the other songs are mainly random electroclashfuturistictimbalandorgwenstefanistyle tracks. But where's Britney on the record?
― zeus, Thursday, 1 November 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Why does everyone else like Piece of Me? Jesus, that's no good. Heaven on Earth and Break The Ice are both better.
And Christ, HoE is asking for a remix.
― I eat cannibals, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 00:23 (sixteen years ago) link
"Gimme More" is still the best track. Good choice for 1st single. Shame about the VMAs fuck-up.
― daavid, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Agree on the "Heaven on Earth" love, even if the intro calls up "Hung Up" too explicitly.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:26 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hung Up"'s intro calls up "What You Waiting For?" a bit too explicitly.
― The Reverend, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 03:27 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost More like a very obvious Moroder reference.
― Turangalila, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 04:35 (sixteen years ago) link
First listen today, and I'm thinking "Toy Soldier" would be an awesome single.
― jonbat, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 00:15 (sixteen years ago) link
heaven on earth was made by Freescha!
― akm, Wednesday, 7 November 2007 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Why is everyone all over "Piece of Me"? It's terrible. sounds like a bad Fergie track.
The rest of it is pretty good though.
― Roz, Thursday, 8 November 2007 14:50 (sixteen years ago) link
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1632/moqschq3.gif
― Milton Parker, Friday, 9 November 2007 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
no... i'm still not understanding that gif
― r|t|c, Thursday, 22 November 2007 13:49 (sixteen years ago) link
anyway i like this now
it is fun
Radar is my new favourite. It's very tin pan alley you might notice maybe
― I know, right?, Monday, 26 November 2007 20:25 (sixteen years ago) link
It's been a long time since I knew an album before the singles were released. Since the last Britney one really. It will be weird to hear these on the radio.
― I know, right?, Monday, 26 November 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah this shocked me too
i love that gif, whatever it means
pop album of the year, fwiw
― blueski, Monday, 26 November 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm starting to think it is my album of the year. And I've enjoyed a lot of albums this year.
― I know, right?, Monday, 26 November 2007 20:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I believe the gif is showing how a producer/engineer would cut-and-paste different bars from 4 different takes of a vocal (presumably Britney's) to cherry-pick the best possible performance of each line.
― Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 26 November 2007 20:47 (sixteen years ago) link
boring.gif
― J0rdan S., Monday, 26 November 2007 20:50 (sixteen years ago) link
zing.gif
Not really a criticism in the case of this particular album then.
By the way I love the poptimist piece on this. It kind of brings together all the things people have been trying to say about this album. It is very articulate.
― I know, right?, Monday, 26 November 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link