Really wish they had a little more fun with the Femme Fatale theme. Having a Femme Mix and a Fatale Mix on some songs would have been fun too.
Britney Spears
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Lost singles are one thing, but what about lost songs altogether?
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Flashing back to that video in Spring 2007 when the paparazzi catch up with her in her car and she's playing State of Grace and UGH.
Amnesia is and always has been that bitch. A classic.
It's genuinely crazy in her hiatus/retirement they haven't done Expanded Editions of her albums. There's so many international bonus tracks unavailable, there's so many leaks that should be mastered and released, there's so many songs we've never heard just sitting somewhere. The best way to keep her legacy strong and keep those back catalogue streams coming is to keep her music top of mind.
It's genuinely crazy in her hiatus/retirement they haven't done Expanded Editions of her albums. There's so many international bonus tracks unavailable, there's so many leaks that should be mastered and released, there's so many songs we've never heard just sitting somewhere. The best way to keep her legacy strong and keep those back catalogue streams coming is to keep her music top of mind.
She has to be the one blocking it. RCA must have been chomping at the bit to release something, anything, especially around the release of the memoir and I can't imagine who else could say no. But then she said yes at will.u.not. releasing Manjobi.
I could see if they asked her to go through the vaults and pick songs she liked to have mixed and mastered as From the Vault tracks (like Strangest Love or State of Grace etc) and she was like nah too much work would rather spin in my foyer. But the already released tracks like Quicksand, Amnesia, Outta This World etc should be so simple that RCA barely needs her sign off on it? They've already been released, they just aren't on streaming.
When she drove off during Rebellion so we couldn't hear it all XD Funny to think some random passer-by's unknowingly heard the full song that day.
I’m surprised she has the power to block any such releases tbh. Unless they gave the conservatorship certain powers when they resigned that have now fallen to her.
I'm not even sure they would need her to sign off on the already released tracks? Songs like Outta This World, Trouble, and Amnesia were released in the U.S., albeit in a limited fashion. Very frustrating.
Yeah surely songs that have already been released, RCA could put it on streaming services without Britney apporving?
In my fantasy world, the original Circus campaign would have lasted around a year with a typical singles run, then they'd re-release the album (as was all the rage back then) around its first anniversary in November/December 2009 with Amnesia as the lead single - it's got a bit of a Christmassy feel so is absolutely perfect for that time of year. (3 could have gone on that re-release too, and been the second single from it.)
Anyway, Amnesia blows up, gets played everywhere you go and storms the charts worldwide just like Womanizer did a year earlier, the album gets a strong second wind (especially with a follow-up like 3), and all is great in the world.
I've been in a Dolby Atmos mood this week, running from artist to artist and giving them a spin. Why are all of Brit's albums so shitty in that format?!
I strongly agree, though Amnesia or no Amnesia, it would have been way smarter to re-release Circus than do The Singles Collection.
Not Blackout. The Dolby Atmos Mix of “Break The Ice” is definitive! Though “Piece Of Me” was a bit odd.
Also, love that the songs are uncensored. Finally!
Blackout disappointed me the most! The amazing backing vocals on "Get Naked" are so muffled as to be non-existent. "Gimme More" is a mess. I'll need to check out "Break the Ice" again. Though it was nice to hear the uncensored stuff.
I thought I was the only one who would see the vision of “How I Roll” as a single ddd.
“Inside Out” could’ve worked but I felt like the campaign ran out of the steam after the “I Wanna Go” video came out (I was surprised and thankful we got “Criminal” though).
I remember Larry (I think) hyping Femme Fatale as Britney's Ray Of Light. They're not of the same thematic character at all but I think Femme is one of Britney's funnest, most adventurous sounding albums. And at the time, I considered it the sunny, right-side-up sister to the twisted bizarro-world Blackout.
Didn’t he say that about Brenda Joan instead?