It's Britney Bitch! The Britney Spears Rate - WINNER!!!

You're introducing someone to Britney for the first time. Which album do you play for them?

  • Total voters
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Holly Something

Holly Something

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51st Place
Freakshow
(from Blackout)

Average: 8.159

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High Scorers: 10 x 19 (@Christopher, @Angeleyes, @GimmeWork, @boombazookajoe, @Steve003, @Lucas, @Kaz D'Oerba, @Kenny, @eatyourself, @livefrommelbs, @Satyress, @breakitdown, @Burzum, @Modeblock, @KingBruno, @Attis, @BreatheBox, @Runawaywithme, @Music Is Death)
Low Scorer: 3 x 2 (@Trouble in Paradise, @Sail On)
My Score: 9.75

Freakshow is the 7th track on Britney's fifth album, Blackout. It was written by Britney, Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback, Ezekiel Lewis and Patrick "J. Que" Smith. It was produced by Bloodshy & Avant and The Clutch. A year prior to Blackout's release, an instrumental demo of the song leaked on Bloodshy & Avant's website, though there was no indication at that time that the song was to be included on the album.

My thoughts: I love this song. It's one of the ones I thought was cute at first but the rate really gave me an appreciation of it. I feel like I knew it wouldn't do that well because during the voting period it was acknowledged as one of the weaker offerings on the Blackout album but seeing it JUST miss the top 50 was hard. While freakshow isn't a term that we're down with anymore in 2021, I can't deny how good the song is. It even inspired a transformation reel for my Halloween makeup!
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@boombazookajoe (10) There is not a better 3 song run on any album by any artist than Get Naked into Freakshow into Toy Soldier.

@blaze_dave (9) First use of dupstep, there I said it. A playful track that I love and clearly Britney loves too. She clearly has taste!

@Kaz D'Oerba (10) My go-to drunk singing and dancing song!

@livefrommelbs (10) Blackout at its most brilliantly bonkers. Tea!

@daninternational (5.9) Basic, even in the limited genre of songs about freakshows

@M24 (8) I like it but it's not my favorite. The "me and my girls like to get it on, grab us a couple boys to go" is my favorite part.

@Guyhawke! (9.5) There are a handful of songs in Britney’s discography where the short runtime makes them feel undercooked; ‘Freakshow’ is the rare exception where in less than 3 minutes she carves up an entire meal. The constantly shifting vocal tones blur the lines of fantasy and reality as the rubbery arrangement stretches and flexes underneath, and Britney’s identifiable voice suddenly becomes genderless. It’s one of the many experimental moves on ‘Blackout’ that pays off.

@Milotic (9.75) The energyyy the warbly opening instrumental gives me. Whatever that noise is, it always gets me going.

@Runawaywithme (10) Invented dubstep. Her delivery here is what also makes it so special. Her hazy, sexy, sleazy come one's match the disjointed, muddy, instrumental so well.

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Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

He/Him
Holly Something said:
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55th Place
What U See (Is What U Get)
(from Oops!... I Did It Again)

Average: 8.127

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High Scorers: 10 x 17 (@Hybridcookie, @GimmeWork, @Steve003, @tylerc904, @Lucas, @maikos87, @BubblegumBoy, @Daniel_O, @Conan, @breakitdown, @Lost In Japan., @Josh K, @Markus1981, @Robsolete, @Jawshxx, @Music Is Death, @lilylu)
Low Scorer: 3.5 x 1 (@M24)
My Score: 9

What U See (Is What U Get) is track 6 on Britney's second album, Oops!... I Did It Again. It was written by Jörgen Elofsson, Per Magnusson, David Kreuger and Rami Yacoub, and produced by the latter 3. A copyright infringement case was filed against Britney by songwriters Michael Cottrill and Lawrence Wnukowski, who claimed that the title and melody of What U See (Is What U Get) were taken from their song, What You See Is What You Get. Ultimately the case was dismissed by a federal judge who ruled that there was insufficient evidence that there had been access to Cottrill and Wnukowski's song at the time that What U See (Is What U Get) was written, and that the songs did not have enough similarities to prove copyright infringement.

My thoughts: This is a bop, and in an alternative reality I could've seen this being a single at some point in the campaign. The ad libs are really fun, it feels like Britney really lets loose on them. My favourite thing about it is listening on shuffle and then laughing at whatever comes on after "wouldn't that make a cool song?".
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@boombazookajoe (7.5) One of her better album tracks that ape her singles sound. The outro/lead in to Lucky is dumb though.

@blaze_dave (9) Seriously who did Britney wrong? Another pissed off Britney track, but luckily I love all these. Another classic bop. Let's just blame Jamie.

@Kaz D'Oerba (8.5) Another song that deserved to be a single, but sadly wasn’t.

@maikos87 (10) If I was to give an example of a 2000 pop bop, this would be it

@daninternational (4.5) So generically Britney, a weak effort Not as weak as this opinion!

@livefrommelbs (8.5) The way this is basically just Oops 2.0 and still manages to be an 8.5 - that's talent.

@Lost In Japan. (10) aaaahhhh…. Believe! MAY! You’ll be looking for trouble!

@AstronautMikeDexter (6.5) It’s bland.

@M24 (3.5) It somehow feels like a more generic teen pop number than Don't Go Knockin on My Door.

@WhenTheSunGoesDown (9.5) The way this song starts by kicking your door down and proceeding to punch you in the face repeatedly… powerful. What imagery!

@Jawshxx (10) What a fucking BOP. How this was never a single is beyond me. The way she tells, nay DEMANDS her man that she be respected. The life it gives me. The production is immaculate too, obviously.

@Guyhawke! (8) An early effort to reference the public’s perception of Britney and the sort of self-empowerment lyric that would come into its own during the ‘Britney’ era. ‘What U See (Is What U Get)’ is standard Max Martin fare at this point, but clearly Lady Gaga liked it seeing as the tour performance invented her entire ‘Joanne’ era aesthetic.

@Milotic (9.5) Always one of my favorites from this CD ever since childhood. Love how the end transitions into Lucky.

@BreatheBox (7.8) this album can literally be a singles collection if they wanted it to be

@Music Is Death (10) Now this should have been a single. Another perfect pop song from her if we’re being honest, and the lyrics are high-key extremely relatable, and I’m sure I’m not alone in that. This is one of her best album tracks and I will die on that hill if I have to. Better be top 20. Yikes!

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Trouble in Paradise

Trouble in Paradise

He/Him
Ahhhh I have caught up to see I am now the villainess but Freakshow has never vibed with me. I feel like it benefits from being on Blackout cause it’s just…not good.
 
RMK

RMK

What U See (Is What U Get) is a huge bop, but it really does retread the 99/00s singles very closely. I get why it left, and am happy Can't Make You Love Me is the best-standing Oops album track.
 
Jawshxx

Jawshxx

What U See (Is What U Get) may be a little reductive sonically (although to be honest, when the blueprint is one of the best pop songs of all time you can’t be mad) but I love how empowered she sounds on it which we never really heard on ..Baby. Plus I suppose I can relate in a way after being told one too many times by ‘masc’ types to tone the femme down, act like this, don’t act like that, etc. Which to them I say;

You should never try to change me I can be noboooody else, and I like the way I am!

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theincredibleflipper

theincredibleflipper

People stay off the drugs or take more or whatever it is that would finally get some people here some taste. Terrible rate. But also I see the problem of Britney’s discography just being so good that of course some things are wrong. But that wrong? People.
 
Holly Something

Holly Something

THE TOP 50!

...Baby One More Time (4/14)

...Baby One More Time
(You Drive Me) Crazy
Sometimes
Soda Pop
Born to Make You Happy
From the Bottom of My Broken Heart
I Will Be There
I Will Still Love You (with Don Philip)
Deep in My Heart
Thinkin' About You
E-Mail My Heart
The Beat Goes On
I'll Never Stop Loving You
Autumn Goodbye

Oops!... I Did It Again (3/15)

Oops!... I Did It Again
Stronger
Don't Go Knockin' on My Door
(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know
What U See (Is What U Get)
Lucky
One Kiss from You
Where Are You Now
Can't Make You Love Me
When Your Eyes Say It
Girl in the Mirror
You Got It All
Heart
Dear Diary

Britney (6/15)

I'm a Slave 4 U
Overprotected
Lonely
I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman
Boys
Anticipating
I Love Rock 'n' Roll
Cinderella
Let Me Be
Bombastic Love
That's Where You Take Me
When I Found You
Before the Goodbye
What It's Like to Be Me
I Run Away

In the Zone (5/14)

Me Against the Music feat. Madonna
(I Got That) Boom Boom feat. Ying Yang Twins
Showdown
Breathe on Me
Early Mornin'
Toxic
Outrageous
Touch of My Hand
The Hook Up
Shadow
Brave New Girl
Everytime
The Answer
Don't Hang Up

Blackout (10/15)

Gimme More
Piece of Me
Radar
Break the Ice
Heaven on Earth
Get Naked (I Got a Plan)
Freakshow
Toy Soldier
Hot as Ice
Ooh Ooh Baby
Perfect Lover
Why Should I Be Sad
Outta This World
Everybody
Get Back

Circus (5/18)

Womanizer
Circus
Out from Under
Kill the Lights
Shattered Glass
If U Seek Amy
Unusual You
Blur
Mmm Papi
Mannequin
Lace and Leather
My Baby
Rock Boy
Amnesia
Rock Me In
Phonography
Trouble
Quicksand

Femme Fatale (5/17)

Till the World Ends
Hold It Against Me
Inside Out
I Wanna Go
How I Roll
(Drop Dead) Beautiful feat. Sabi
Seal It with a Kiss
Big Fat Bass feat. will.i.am
Trouble for Me
Trip to Your Heart
Gasoline
Criminal
Up n' Down
He About to Lose Me
Selfish
Don't Keep Me Waiting
Scary

Britney Jean (0/13)

Alien
Work Bitch
Perfume
It Should Be Easy feat. will.i.am
Tik Tok Boom feat. T.I.
Body Ache
Til It's Gone
Passenger
Chillin' with You feat. Jamie Lynn Spears
Don't Cry
Brightest Morning Star
Hold on Tight
Now That I Found You

Glory (7/20)

Invitation
Do You Wanna Come Over?
Make Me... feat. G-Eazy
Private Show
Man on the Moon
Just Luv Me
Clumsy
Slumber Party (Original/Tinashe duet version)
Just Like Me
Love Me Down
Hard to Forget Ya
What You Need
Better
Change Your Mind (No Seas Cortes)
Liar
If I'm Dancing
Coupure Électrique
Mood Ring (By Demand)
Swimming In The Stars
Matches (with Backstreet Boys)

Greatest Hits (3/4)

My Prerogative
(I've Just Begun) Having My Fun
Do Somethin'
3

Standalone/Soundtrack Singles (0/5)

My Only Wish (This Year)
Right Now (Taste the Victory)
We Will Rock You (with Beyoncé & P!nk)
Ooh La La (The Smurfs 2 OST)
Pretty Girls feat. Iggy Azalea

Remixes (2/5)

(You Drive Me) Crazy; The Stop Remix!
Overprotected; The Darkchild Remix
Boys; Co-Ed Remix
Till the World Ends; Femme Fatale Remix feat. Nicki Minaj & Ke$ha
And Then We Kiss; Junkie XL Remix

Features (0/5)

Crazy (Kevin Federline feat. Britney Spears)
S&M; Remix (Rihanna feat. Britney Spears)
Scream & Shout (will.iam and Britney Spears)
SMS (Bangerz) (Miley Cyrus feat. Britney Spears)
Tom's Diner (Giorgio Moroder feat. Britney Spears)

B-Sides/Bonus Tracks (0/4)

I'm So Curious (Sometimes B-Side)
Walk On By (Stronger B-Side)
Intimidated (I'm a Slave 4 U B-Side)
Girls & Boys

Chaotic - EP (0/4)

Chaotic
Someday (I Will Understand)
Mona Lisa
Over To You Now​
 
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