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I think Femme Fatale is easy to disregard because Britney herself felt very absent throughout the whole era and that disconnect and indifference gave way to the outright disappearing act of Britney Jean.
It's a very glossy album but also largely anonymous and very of its time. It doesn't help that she slipped into somewhat local territory and that the tour was pretty underwhelming. US radio loved her for the first time in a decade but elsewhere Hold It Against Me didn't have as much sticking power as previous leads and I Wanna Go seems forgotten. Til The World Ends definitely feels like the most enduring moment of the whole era and even that is, fittingly, about as remembered as your average Kesha single.
It's a very glossy album but also largely anonymous and very of its time. It doesn't help that she slipped into somewhat local territory and that the tour was pretty underwhelming. US radio loved her for the first time in a decade but elsewhere Hold It Against Me didn't have as much sticking power as previous leads and I Wanna Go seems forgotten. Til The World Ends definitely feels like the most enduring moment of the whole era and even that is, fittingly, about as remembered as your average Kesha single.
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Ohhhhhhh. Great idea! Starting tonight.
Inside Out, How I Roll and He About To Lose Me remain the highlights of Femme Fatale. I go back to those 3 more than I do anything on Circus, except maybe Unusual You and the title track. Honestly, I totally love all of Britney's albums - even the first two! - aside from Britney Jean (though Work Bitch will always be that bop).
Don't forget to include the Chaotic EP and the non-recycled songs on her compilations. It's fun to revisit her discography before indulging in the new stuff for a while.
One thing that people definitely undervalue about Circus is how awesomely quirky it is.
I love going back to Baby and Oops. Oops in particular is such a good album. I don't care that they've aged terribly, but I think nostalgia has a lot to do with that. I'm sure most fans that have loved her since the beginning will listen to those 2 albums a few times a year.
I feel like Blur was designed to go right down-my-alley in terms of taste & preferences... & yet it still falls flat.
Danja was serviceable, but a shadow of his former self on Circus.
Does anyone have an update on how Make Me is doing on radio and spotify? I know we've had so many goodies over the last week (especially that video) but I'd love to know if the song has any potential of beating it's debut position.
On a similar note, any guesses as to when we will know what the second single is?
On a similar note, any guesses as to when we will know what the second single is?
That's one of those tracks that I really like but rarely go back to. I'm not sure why exactly.
(I'm listening to it now and I'm slayed).
#21 on pop radio
#60 on spotify
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I definitely love Femme Fatale, but it never felt like a Britney album to me. It was the first time in her entire career where I felt like the criticism about her being nothing more than a producer's artist felt warranted. And then Britney Jean happened and I honestly wondered what she could offer as an artist anymore. I'm glad Glory seems to be shaping up to be a return to form. People may not be feeling the new songs completely, and that's fair, but can anyone deny that they aren't completely Britney and dripping with more personality than we've heard from her in years? Plus it's better to feel something than be completely numb to whatever someone is releasing.
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