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Originally posted by Misanthrope
But at the same time the only album where I feel like Britney hasn't been on auto-pilot is In the Zone. So that reasoning for not liking Femme Fatale makes absolutely no sense from my perspective. It doesn't seem like she was present for Femme Fatale anymore than she was for Blackout or Oops or whatever. Is Femme Fatale jam packed with Britney brand infectious trash pop? Absolutely. So whats the real problem with it? There is none. Unless of course one just didn't like the sound of the record as I didn't care for the general electro-bland sound of Britney Jean.
And Circus definitely has a pair or two gems. Unusual You and Phonography being my top favorites, Blur is pretty great. Mannequin is kind of the blandness I was talking about. I mean its fine I guess but it goes nowhere and the bridge is nothing. It sort of just blends into the walls. Womanizer is okay.
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I think I'm just referring to everything in the era in general for FF. Having grown up following all of her promo with each era, even OIDIA and Britney saw her showing personality, giving entertaining interviews, performing everywhere, showing interest in the music (even for such arguably by-the-numbers pop albums) and just really going with the vibe of the era with excitement.
Blackout is kind of its own anomaly because her behavior during that time was its own kind of skewed promo that again (in hindsight) was pretty appropriate for the album era. And although it was the start of her major promo/live performance decline that couldn't necessarily be blamed on erratic behavior, even Circus saw us get For the Record, which is arguably one of the best non-musical projects she ever took part in and painted her as genuinely engaging and interesting again. FF was responsible for pushing her into the public eye in a way that saw her absolutely disconnected with her performances and promo (I Am The Femme Fatale was just abysmal). It definitely has some amazing tracks and I prefer it to Circus, but the era as a whole for me is marred by awkward meet and greet photos, half assed performances, awful interviews and unconvincing delivery of excitement for the era on her part. That is pretty much why the album comes across a bit phoned in for me. Did it produce some huge hits for her? Absolutely, and I'm sure TTWE will remain a song that she is well known for as time goes on, but I just didn't connect with the album as a whole because of a feeling of distance between her and the material/promo more than usual.
As for BJ, I actually loathe all of the electro-pop uptempos, but I'm in the minority that adores Perfume and am glad that we got songs like Hold On Tight, Passenger, Alien and Now That I Found You from her this go-round. The subject matter humanized her a bit more this era, which is why I tend to connect with BJ more than I did FF. Again, different strokes for different folks! I'm not intending to argue. Actually, it's just nice to discuss opinions like this here without automatically being called stupid for not necessarily agreeing with someone else!
