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Originally posted by swissman
I'm not quite sure how my criticism of her album title shows that I am insecure. Are you implying that I am shading Britney for the fact that I am nervous about her success level? If so, I'm one of the least-concerned people on this site when it comes to sales. For the most part all I care about is quality and talent. I know that sounds pretensions but when it comes down to it, what else really matters?
And how is an album title "lazy" you ask? An album title is lazy when it doesn't reach beyond a very obvious conclusion. It is lazy when it repeats something that the artist has already done. It is lazy when it has already been done by hundreds of artists. It is lazy when it doesn't use any creativity to form something new and exciting. It fits a personal album, that is for sure. But so would the title "Personal album" and yet it's not that exciting. Anyway like I said, it's pop music not poetry. I shouldn't hold Britney Spears up to this measurement.
I don't think it's a bad album name. It's fine. Just fine.
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No, I am not saying you are shading Britney but the fact that you even linked a list of eponymous albums just went off far and you kept on making an elaborate description of why it's lazy when 'Britney Jean' is taken literally as in her most personal album. You were probably expecting an album title like 'Mona Lisa' or 'Magna Carta.. Holy Grail' no, Britney doesn't work that way. Her album titles have always been short and concise or a title of a song in the album. She doesn't play artsy like most artists right now.
Again, it's a personal album so her name is definitely fitting especially putting Jean on it since most of the general public don't know her middle name. An album title should be the least of every fan's worries. There should be nothing subliminal on the title but if there's something subliminal about it, I wouldn't post multiple times on how the album title is 'lazy' and give us a two paragraph explanation of why it's not a good album title. You are overanalyzing everything especially for a goddamn name. There are album titles that I do not like or song titles that I do not like (Work Bitch for example) but it's there you can't do anything about it. I respect your opinion about the album but could you please stop over analyzing because an album title shouldn't be a worry. A simple 'I don't like it' would be good but what is cringe worthy is over analyzing it.
We could go on over analyzing songs or albums but an album title? Um. It's plain and simple and doesn't need a meaning. Perhaps the direction of the album but there is nothing much into it.