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?

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Holly Something

Holly Something

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145th Place
Girl in the Mirror
(from Oops!... I Did It Again)

Average: 5.582

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High Scorers: 10 x 2 (@unnameable, @WhenTheSunGoesDown)
Low Scorer: 0 x 1 (@stereosalt)
My Score: 6.5

Girl in the Mirror appears as track 12 on the deluxe version of the Oops!... I Did It Again album. Written by Jörgen Elofsson and produced by Per Magnusson and David Kreuger. It also appeared on a McDonald's exclusive CD called *NSYNC and Britney Spears: Your #1 Requests...And More!, which is difficult to get, not everybody has that.

Fun fact, the eliminations from the Oops! album have all followed a pattern so far. We've lost tracks 15, 14, 13 and 12, in that exact order! Makes you wonder if When Your Eyes Say It will be the next one out...

My thoughts: The opening of this is VERY Eternal Flame by The Bangles. It's a cute song, but I don't really get why people act as if Britney being the girl in the mirror is some kind of revelation. It's... a mirror, of course she's singing about herself ddd.
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@Sprockrooster (7) I am screaming at those cheesy lyrics, but at the same time feeling it. Scream, me too!

@JMRGBY (7) I did not see that twist coming. The girl in the mirror…is her? It’s more likely than you think.

@boombazookajoe (3) A bad song and I hate the way she pronounced "Mirror." Should have stayed on the cutting room floor.

@blaze_dave (6.5) A nice ballad, but still can't at that middle 8 reveal. Like who else would have been in the mirror besides herself? It always makes me cringe. Exactly what I'm saying.

@Rantaro (5.25) It’s fine, I suppose. I was shook when the girl in the mirror was her.

@unnameable (10) I have a love for old Britney ballads

@livefrommelbs (6.5) An average song elevated a point or two by Britney's delivery.

@cdd216 (5.5) Atomic Kitten teas. Jennifer Frost would never.

@daninternational (3) why so many ballads with cliche names on this album

@M24 (5) This and Lucky make me wonder if there was some kind of thematic input for the writing teams involved with this album. It's so ironic that she was handed all these sad and lonely ballads. It's nothing short of beautiful though.

@Filler (4) All 4 points for the sheer camp of "that girl in the mirror... IS MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE". What a plot twist. M Night who?

@Guyhawke! (5.5) This gets an extra half point for me because of the dramatic reveal of who the girl in the mirror is (spoiler: it’s meeeeeeeeee).

@Milotic (7.5) Why wasn't this on the album??? It's better than the other ballads.. Oh here's the tea.gif

@BreatheBox (6.7) CHEESE but YEEESE

@WhenTheSunGoesDown (10) Absolutely iconic. The epiphany in the chorus! All other bonus tracks found dead in a ditch. She deserved her moment on the regular album to be fair.

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Christopher

Christopher

Re: "SMS (Bangerz)" –

The first time I put on "SMS," Britney's verse started and...it was instantly iconic. The first half is sex panther Britney, the second half is attitude-Weirdney. "You know I'm on that me-ow!" Doesn't get better than that. I still sometimes mutter, "fuckin' BANGERZ!" apropos of nothing.

Re: "Girl In The Mirror" –

I don't really care about this song (I did have the McDonald's CD though!), but I also randomly use "...the girl in the mirror is ME!" in conversation, and of course no one knows what I'm talking about.
 
Guyhawke!

Guyhawke!

Holly Something said:
Fun fact, the eliminations from the Oops! album have all followed a pattern so far. We've lost tracks 15, 14, 13 and 12, in that exact order! Makes you wonder if When Your Eyes Say It will be the next one out...
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The bloated bonus tracks version of 'Oops!' is the very definition of the law of diminishing returns. The phrase 'frontloaded tracklisting' was designed for that album.


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Dangerous Maknae

Dangerous Maknae

I remember when I was a kid, there was this famous Persian artist that people usually referred to as Iranian Britney and she had a song called Girl In the Mirror. The song is a direct translation of Britney's song but I never found out about it until years later when I got into Britney's music.



Basically this was me at 14 years old finding out about this scammery that no one else cared about

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Holly Something

Holly Something

An album track departs now...












































It's not an early album ballad or from the Britney Jean album...





















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143rd Place
Rock Boy
(from Circus)

Average: 5.677

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High Scorers: 9.25 x 2 (@TheBakersSon, @Music Is Death)
Low Scorers: 0 x 2 (@stereosalt, @Markus1981)
My Score: 3.5

Rock Boy appears as track 14 on the French Amazon deluxe edition of the Circus album (very specific I know). The song was written by Nathaniel "Danja" Hills, Marcella Araica and Michel Shimshack, and produced by Danja.

My thoughts: This literally just sounds like a demo of something they were trying out but didn't finish. It's not particularly well written and the track itself isn't that special. Sorry Rockney!
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@boombazookajoe (4) Doesn't do it for me. Sorry, Brit Brit. Me either!

@blaze_dave (8.5) Love this pop rock Britney song, should have replaced Rock Me In. This is much more fun and playful.

@Sprockrooster (8) I’d rather have a Rock Boy than a Skater Boi. You're in the minority I hope.

@Rantaro (4) I mean it’s definitely something that classifies as a song.

@unnameable (7) I would completely be her dirty rock boy.

@livefrommelbs (6.5) The inferior 'rock' bonus track. Definitely agree, Rock Me In is at least interesting.

@M24 (4.5) I'd never heard this one before, unlike the other Circus bonus tracks. Very rock pop-influenced, so I can see why stylistically it didn't make the album (though you could say neither do My Baby or Mmm Papi)

@Filler (6) This sounds kind of grim in the same way as when Lords of Acid go rock. Compare with

@Guyhawke! (6) ‘Rock Boy’ was rightfully sentenced to iTunes bonus track hell and I’d be happy for it to stay there.

@Milotic (7.5) It's a fun track. Is it though? Who said that.gif

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tylerc

tylerc

Recapping:

Rock Boy absolutely sounds unfinished. It's really surprising that Danja produced something so... muddy. It's cute though! Easily the worst Circus bonus track, but that is an elite group to be fair.

Girl in the Mirror is adorable, especially her M. Night Shyamalan moment. I had that Burger King CD and thought this, the Darkchild Mix of Oops! and the rare NSYNC song were such hidden treasures. I still own it!

I Will Still Love You is such 90's cheese that I absolutely love. I actually really like the Don album as well... I also own that. I used to belt this out on my rollerblades and of course I had my own idea of what Don looked like for years, and truly always thought he was a soulful black man. I am sad this is out before Beat Goes On but at least it wasn't dead last from Baby!

Til It's Gone and Private Show overstayed their welcome. I'm glad to see them out. SMS is less offensive but also way now officially overrated!
 
GimmeWork

GimmeWork

Even though it sounds unfinished, I do enjoy Rock Boy more than Rock Me In (sounds Disney channel generic to me, not in a good way). Rock Boy at least has some interesting elements. Britney's sultry delivery on the lyrics reminds me a biT of Perfect Lover. Also I love the camp vocal delivery in the chorus "Get Up. Get Up. Get Uuuuuuupp"
 
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