Britney spears In The Zone????

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Britney spears album reviewed @ http://www.leakedalbums.com .Is she in the zone??????

Robert T (Shady365), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I predict 20 threads by 5:00 PM.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:19 (twenty-two years ago)

OH JOY.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Your subject header had six question marks at the end, but your message only four. Which one more accurately represents you desire to have your query answered?

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Rob, stop it.

Michael B, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:12 (twenty-two years ago)

So, I was right about the 20 threads thing, but I didn't think they'd be about Britney and Technotronic!

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I think a TS Britney vs. Kylie is in order.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:18 (twenty-two years ago)

these albums are very similar, Kylie's voice is now registering in Britney-land.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Um, where I said "Britney" I meant "Lightning Bolt".

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The London Evening Standard did a TS-style review on Brit and Kyles. Kylie got off lightly, Britney stayed for a nice bit of critical tonguelashing.

Barima (Barima), Thursday, 13 November 2003 00:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Why wasn't her track
that was produced by punk-funk production team DFA on here?

Which one is that? Explanation, please!!

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:24 (twenty-two years ago)

outrageous is hot

minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:32 (twenty-two years ago)

"I've no idea who the hell they are but they're like a second-rate
Clipse" ???!!!!! (they are talking about the ying yang twinz!)

minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 01:38 (twenty-two years ago)

has everyone really lost interest in britney now? that's a shame cos i took a really long time to get into her and now that i finally have the party is apparently over.

minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:09 (twenty-two years ago)

showdown is good too

minna (minna), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:14 (twenty-two years ago)

this album is so great.

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 13 November 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

"I've no idea who the hell they are but they're like a second-rate
Clipse" ???!!!!!

Well, they sound like a second-rate Clipse. That I Got That (Boom Boom) song is horrible. The rest of it is fairly good, except for a few really good bits.

edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 13 November 2003 08:20 (twenty-two years ago)

heh, that's the first song I'm really warming to.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Haven't heard any of it yet, but there was a really nasty interview in a local rag that just went out of its way to conduct a character assassination. Then they did a track-by-track review of the album which made a point of counting the number of writers on each track. SFJ to unreconstructed critical prejudice!!!

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 13 November 2003 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I think you'd either really like it or really hate it, Tim, as it seems to distil a lot of the last few months of pop into the 12 tracks, influences from left, right and centre. It just doesn't work as well as it should.

Counting the number of writers on each track is repulsive. Do people do that to Kylie or Sugababes? (I haven't noticed..) The best song on Britter's last album, "Anticipating" very clearly displayed that Britney's quite a decent lyricist, so I'm inclined to believe she has quite a large amount of writing input. (so there, Geir!)

edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 13 November 2003 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Mr Snrub:

britney's abandoned track w/ the dfa is the best thing she's ever done -- they fucked up by not tossing it on this album (which is very disappointing, the album i mean).
-- Yanc3y (ystrickle...), November 10th, 2003

Michael B, Thursday, 13 November 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, but do you know the name of the song?

Mr. Snrub (Mr. Snrub), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Apparently the stuff she did with the Neptunes didn't make it either, true?

Keith Harris (kharris1128), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

I wouldn't be surprised if the Neptunes stuff didn't make it, I remember reading a recent interview with Britney where she said she was "over" their sound/production.

El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Listened to half the record this morning. "Toxic" is pretty amazing.

Keith Harris (kharris1128), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:57 (twenty-two years ago)

has anybody bothered to mention that "In the Zone" is a more outdated catchphrase than "Who Shot JR?"

Huckleberry Mann (Horace Mann), Thursday, 13 November 2003 14:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I liked what David Smyth said in the Standard vis a vis let's pretend that Ladytron's Light And Magic is the new Kylie album and we'll all be happier.

As regards B Spears in Zone 6 - fremme neppa venette.

Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

"has anybody bothered to mention that "In the Zone" is a more outdated catchphrase than "Who Shot JR?""

Maybe she's, you know, kicking it old school. "Who Shot JR?" would have been such a better name for the record. Can't you just see her in a cowboy hat, sitting behind a desk?

Keith Harris (kharris1128), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

If I'm being truthful, I'm a little disappointed that this thread has actually managed to become serious.

DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Would you like more "Britney masturbates!" jokes?

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Spears is shit! Why didn't she get Dizzee Rascal on her album? Any record doesn't have Dizzee Rascal on it - preferably with some Wiley guttah-garridge input rollin' deep in da mix - should be destroyed 'cos it's fuckin useless.

Jus' A Rascal! Dizzee Rascal!!, Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I remember reading at one point she was going to work with Daft Punk -- I would have loved to have heard that.

El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Daft Punk zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

zzzzzzzzzzeeeee's jus' a rascal DIZZEE RASCAL!!

Jus' A Rascal! Dizzee Rascal!!, Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Britney's lyrics are totally awful, but in that way that makes some people appreciate them as "ironic" but me as more like "this is a distillation of what i love about 80s AOR"

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Thursday, 13 November 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Do we know track-for-track who produced what?

Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

This album is all protein, no carbs.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Britney in Atkins diet shockah.

Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Spencer, you have inadvertantly described this album as a load of jizz.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:18 (twenty-two years ago)

For some that might be enough.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I suppose I was baiting.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Atkins diet in 'load of jizz' shockah.

Nick Southall (Nick Southall), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Spence, you are the master.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 November 2003 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

edward - yeah, someone did that to the Sugababes recently. I laughed. There's a really maniac view of them on www.discogs.com in the 'Freak Like Me' 12" page.

I too would wanna hear the DFA track (as if I haven't since August).

Barima (Barima), Friday, 14 November 2003 19:31 (twenty-two years ago)

what is the dfa song called?

minna (minna), Saturday, 15 November 2003 01:41 (twenty-two years ago)

four months pass...
listening to this at last - 'breathe on me' is good

stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 6 April 2004 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

but why doesn't "boom boom" cop the superobvious l'trimm "boom"/bass co-ordination trick?

m. (mitchlnw), Saturday, 17 April 2004 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE DFA TRACK? does it exist. Does any1 know if is on slsk or something?

Martinez, Monday, 26 April 2004 20:50 (twenty-two years ago)

The only parts of Britney worth reviewing are from below her waist.

uh, Monday, 26 April 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

We'll never, ever know.


(Because the DFA don't want it leaked. Only Yanc3y has heard it, said it was like "the Neps producing 'Love To Love You, Baby'")

x-post

Barima (Barima), Monday, 26 April 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Clipse sucks.

uh, Monday, 26 April 2004 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Can't say which is "worse" is what that should read.

uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Everyone judges Stripped by "Dirrty" and even the "Lady Marmalade" cover (Christina's lowest moment I think) but such a depiction of her doesn't really explain something like "The Voice Within". Her "image" is much more schizophrenic and contradictory than Britney's at any given point at time.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

So I've heard the three singles and really dislike all of them...is it REALLY worth my time?

djdee2005, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

WHEN WILL PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT "SCHIZOPHRENIA" IS NOT A MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER?

sorry, weak moment.

I judge Stripped by that song too. Any "variance" in her style is really subtle to me. Most all of the songs one would consider "different" still fall in the same umbrella, to me.

uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't consider the difference between "Dirrty" (which I didn't like so much at the time but is a bona fide club bomb) and "The Voice Within" to be particularly subtle at all.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

It's cold but I have jackets and a scarf and a fluffy new dog to keep me warm.

Aw, neat. :-) What's yer dog's name?

Her "image" is much more schizophrenic and contradictory than Britney's at any given point at time.

But in and of itself it's not automatically fascinating, a very obvious point of course. In my own case, I feel about her image, or whatever the word is, much the same way I feel about Eminem's -- ie, not really interested, more exhausted.

(Stripey was planning a wonderful study of Stripped at one point, though, which I want her to complete one of these days. Let me see if she's still interested in revisiting it.)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Actually I agree with you: Christina is interesting but I can't get hyped up about her *at all*. Only I don't really have a reason as to why that's the case. I don't think I've liked anything she's done *enough* for me to be emotionally engaged a la "Born To Make You Happy".

My dog's name is Louis. He's a two year old spoodle, is very cute and very naughty.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:12 (twenty-two years ago)

A spoodle! What makes a spoodle (besides a poodle of course)?

Is she even working on a third album? I mean I assume so.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Spaniel crossed with a poodle. Only it was a standard poodle that was crossed so the result is kind of like a labradoodle with fluffy ears.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:15 (twenty-two years ago)

I demand pictures. Louis sounds of the spiff.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Why, because one is a dance hall track and one is a ballad? Just because the two songs don't sound the same doesn't mean the album is eclectic by any means. Varied is Celtic Frost putting a cover of "Mexican Radio" on Into the Pandemonium, or Queen hitting on ragtime, metal/hard rock, pop, madrigal music, pseudo-opera, and other genres on a single album (no, it does not take that sheer magnitude, but you get my drift.) Or Mr. Bungle's California.

"The Voice Within" is a by the numbers ballad, nothing more, the likes of which she has done a million times. It does not stand out at all. And there are other such ballads on the same album, such as "Beautiful". I can't imagine the lyrics are too insightful on either one, either.

But these ballads really fall under the same pop umbrella to me. While they do not possess the sleaze and danceability of the rest of the songs on the album, they still fall under the same contrivances as the other songs on the album, and sonic similarities in the style of the songwriting, even if the intensity is different.

It's still generic pop either way you look at it. I'm not saying an artist needs to change genres on each track to be considered eclectic either, but merely throwing ballads on an album with dance tracks doesn't make one "deviant" at all, especially since that's become the norm.

uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 01:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, this is "pop" music, you know...that's why its on top 40. Its not like she's gonna suddenly start performing w/ the art ensemble of Chicago.

djdee2005, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)

if anything she's too eclectic

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

though i think her crunk works better than usher's (blasphemer = i) so maybe not

cinniblount (James Blount), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 04:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"Make Over" is INSANE. The castanets, man! The hysterical treated strings, and her strung-out mentalist vocals. All that plus the "Overload" tune = classic.

See, this is one example where Perry and X-Tina's reach exceeded their collective grasp. "That Sugababes song isn't Hispanic enough! They sing like they're too bored to sing! Let's remove all the pop fun and charm and programming-meets-traditional aspects and see if we can get this onto the s/t of Once Upon A Time In Mexico!" Overblown, bludgeoning, unattractive.

For a make-over that works, 'Breathe On Me' by one B. Spears gets one over on Kylie's 'Come Into My World' good and proper.

Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 08:24 (twenty-two years ago)

as I said, being eclectic doesn't require being avant garde or changing genres with each individual track, but I fail to see how having generic ballads on an album filled with trashy dance tracks makes an album eclectic at all. Hell, the New Radicals covered more ground on their one album.

uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 08:41 (twenty-two years ago)

though i think her crunk works better than usher's (blasphemer = i)

Have you heard the bootleg of "Yeah" and "Can't Hold Us Down"? It is the bomb.

I fail to see how having generic ballads on an album filled with trashy dance tracks makes an album eclectic at all.

But that's not what Xtina does. Even apart from the fact that genre-wise Stripped takes in goth-rock, hip-hop, dancehall, glam-rock balladry, swooning trip-hop, soul and Disney schmaltz (but done so well), the one thing that stands out about the album is its sheer scope - which ties in to Xtina's multiple image changes of course. It's like she wants to be everything to everyone, and actually tries to do this literally.

The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 08:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Ick, do you write for Rolling Stone?

First of all, hip-hop of the variety that Christina performs isn't that far removed from dancehall music.

As far as glam-rock balladry, I wouldn't agree at all. It isn't as pretentious and showy as that whatsoever. It's really simplified, run of the mill pseudo-introspective "pop" that she has done, and other pop stars have done over, and over, and over again.

The problem is the material she sings is so run of the mill and boring, I don't think anybody could breathe life into it.

uh, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 14:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Is she even working on a third album? I mean I assume so.

Christina is touring again this summer, so it's possible that Mr. Timberlake will go into the studio before she does. There was a quote from Timbaland somewhere saying that he and Justin were supposed to start work on the second solo album next month.

Lesley, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought he was retiring.

djdee2005, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

I thought he was retiring too. The "working with Justin in May" quote came out around the same time as the "I'm retiring" quote, so who knows, maybe he's retiring after he works with Justin?

Lesley, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 18:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Here I am thinking this thread was revived to rehabilitate in the zone and i think ive read two posts with britneys name in it.

(cries)

bill stevens (bscrubbins), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Varied is Celtic Frost putting a cover of "Mexican Radio" on Into the Pandemonium,

A heavy metal band covering an 80s novelty song? Now that's what I call original!

Sym (shmuel), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 20:30 (twenty-two years ago)

i have only recently discovered there's a KANYE WEST REMIX of "Me Against The Music"!!!!

it is crap.

Mind Taker, Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

A heavy metal band covering an 80s novelty song? Now that's what I call original!

Back in 1987 it was a touch more outre.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:18 (twenty-two years ago)

i have only recently discovered there's a KANYE WEST REMIX of "Me Against The Music"!!!!

Sweaterific.

El Diablo Curmudgeonbotico (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 21:51 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm very confused by Uh's use of "dancehall" in his posts.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 22:06 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm very confused by Uh, period.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 27 April 2004 23:25 (twenty-two years ago)

He's an enigma wrapped in a pseudonym wrapped in a vest

Sym (shmuel), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

If you equate Celtic Frost with mere "heavy metal", then I think you missed the point of what I said.

Given the demeanor of Celtic Frost's music (aka, NOT 80's heavy metal, but blackened thrash...really depends on who you ask, those from the time period say thrash when revisionists seem to claim black metal), the cover was a bit left field.

As far as "dance hall music" I suppose I mean music you'd hear in a club.

uh, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

*waits for someone to say OMG CELTIC FROST WAS 80'S HEAVY METAL, THEY RECORDED IN THE 80'S*

for whoever decides to jump on that wavelength, realize I mean aka NOT stuff like Judas Priest as in straight "heavy metal".

Celtic Frost were underground legends, and much more extreme than that stuff. Their Hellhammer material is still regarded as cult, although I think someone actually bothered to re-release it. The darker nature of their music made the inclusion of such a cover a little "odd".

As Ned said, it wasn't quite as common in the 80s anyway.

uh, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Worse than candyman.

El Diablo Curmudgeonbotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:35 (twenty-two years ago)

But better than a kidney stone during sex.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:37 (twenty-two years ago)

That's an arguable point.

El Diablo Curmudgeonbotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:47 (twenty-two years ago)

My point is just that I don't consider Christina eclectic.

Merely having songs that don't sound alike doesn't matter. The differences, to me, are subtle and fall under the same umbrella.

Of course it sounds completely different than her clean-cut almost Disney-ized sounding first album, but overall, I don't think within the album she covers a lot of ground. It's all still ultra-simplistic redundant pop.

But we're not going to agree on this. I'll also say that I think she's talented, but her music sucks. I admit I found "Dirty" catchy, but I'll look elsewhere for my music.

uh, Wednesday, 28 April 2004 20:49 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...
"I've just bumped up the thread on "Everytime" because I've noticed how similar it is to an ancient Tori Amos b-side."

Which one Lex?

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 08:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"Upside Down" - it's the weird spacey swirls in the background. It's not really that similar, but the melody does seem like it's about to turn into "Upside Down" at a couple of points.

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah I can sorta see that. To me it sounds like a nod to Vanessa Carlton.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Cue 'A 1000 Miles' endorsement form me.

Barima (Barima), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:26 (twenty-two years ago)

hmm, "Everytime" is really understated though, which "1000 Miles" wasn't (that is the only Vanessa Carlton song I remember). I've decided that "Everytime" is in fact a micro-power-ballad!

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Ha yes true! But the piano tinkle is very Carlton-esque. Or maybe it's Britney's "My Immortal"? The video sounds very Evanescence from descriptions.

What we're too afraid to admit is that the secret parent of "Everytime" is "Right Here Waiting For You".

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:45 (twenty-two years ago)

But the tinkle is a music box! And it's that recurring motif (and the odd clicks which accompany it) which first made me think 'hmm, micro-something'.

I don't know "Right Here Waiting For You" :(

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Richard Marx

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Speaking of micro-power-ballads, can we have a Superpitcher remix of "Breathe On Me" stat?

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh Richard Marx. I think the only UK thing he did which people heard was "Hazard", which was wonderful.

Jamelia does a couple of ace micro-R&B ballads on her album.

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex ur nutz, everyone knows "Right Here..."

Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Thursday, 20 May 2004 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)

"Hazard" is great. "Right Here..." I'm uncertain about.

I listened to Jamelia's album in-store and it sounded like wall-to-wall gully nasty UK R&B - J.D run the track! - kinda stuff. Not sure if that is good or bad, I want to listen more though.

I'd like to write a piece on J.D. and his rapping ice-queen sirens, I think.

Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Thursday, 20 May 2004 10:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, if "Right Here..." is like "Everytime" and "Hazard", that is promising.

Jamelia's album has some embarrassing moments ("Beautiful Intelligent Talented Cool Honey - I'm a BITCH!" [girlish giggle]) but mostly it's solid enough Mis-Teeq-esque stuff (if Mis-Teeq took their cues exclusively from US R&B rather than UK garage). The highlights are the lush, swooning ballads like "Life" though. And I swear that if "Superstar" was re-released every summer it'd always be as popular.

The Lex (The Lex), Thursday, 20 May 2004 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

Right Here Waiting >>>>> Hazard.

edward o (edwardo), Thursday, 20 May 2004 12:15 (twenty-two years ago)

twelve years pass...

apparently this is an in the zone cast-off. sounds like kylie. i luv it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfSmUPSULt4

who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 2 February 2017 15:56 (nine years ago)


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