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Music News: Britney Spears - 'Femme Fatale'
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1. Till The World Ends 9/10
- Should've been the first single. Easily one of the best song in the album.
2. Hold It Against Me 7/10
- Her weakest first single IMO.
3. Inside Out 7/10
- Boring.
4. I Wanna Go 7/10
- Weak verse, annoying chorus. I hate it.
5. How I Roll 10/10
- My second favorite from the album. I love the melody of this song. 
6. (Drop Dead) Beautiful 5/10
- Chorus is too repetitive. 
7. Seal It With A Kiss 6/10
- Filler.
8. Big Fat Bass 11/10
- The verse is sick.  My favorite in the album.
9. Trouble For Me 6/10
- Filler.
10. Trip To Your Heart 8/10
- I might love this in a few more listen.
11. Gasoline 4/10
- WORST SONG in the album. 
12. Criminal 10/10
- Nice ballad and I really love the chorus. :heart:
I am very disappointed with the album. It's too electronic and too much auto-tune was used. 
Circus and Blackout>>>
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I can't decide if I love or if I hate Big Fat Bass. I get so tired of it when I listen to it, but then when I woke up this morning it was the first thing that popped in my head and I could hear it playing in my head. The verses are sooo good, and I think that is what keeps my interest... but then the chorus is just too much after a while and makes me sick of the song. It also seems like it is the song that some people really hate and some people really love.
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GASOLINE? Worst Song? You gotta be kidding me! 
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Originally posted by Mayline
I can't decide if I love or if I hate Big Fat Bass.
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Its the same with all Will.i.am productions. At first it sounds terrible then you can help but to jam to it.
I constantly go from hating OMG to loving it. Its the same with a lot of the BEP stuff.
It depends what mood your in. But his songs sounds great on radio/in the clubs.
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Originally posted by RainMan
Its the same with all Will.i.am productions. At first it sounds terrible then you can help but to jam to it.
I constantly go from hating OMG to loving it. Its the same with a lot of the BEP stuff.
It depends what mood your in. But his songs sounds great on radio/in the clubs.
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I would really love to hear Britney more on radio and in clubs so I guess this would be a good song for that. I'm so sick of having to dance to Gaga when I'm clubbing
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Originally posted by RainMan
Gimme More vs Till The World Ends
Piece of Me vs Hold It Against Me
Radar vs Inside Out
Break The Ice vs I Wanna Go
Heaven On Earth vs How I Roll
Get Naked vs (Drop Dead) Beautiful
Freakshow vs Seal It With A Kiss
Toy Soldier vs Big Fat Bass
Hot As Ice vs Trouble For Me
Ooh Ooh Baby vs Trip To Your Heart
Perfect Lover vs Gasoline
Why Should I Be Sad vs Criminal
Blackout: 5
Femme Fatale: 7
I think I have a new favourite Britney Spears album.
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Gimme More vs Till The World Ends
Piece of Me vs Hold It Against Me
Radar vs Inside Out
Break The Ice vs I Wanna Go
Heaven On Earth vs How I Roll
Get Naked vs (Drop Dead) Beautiful
Freakshow vs Seal It With A Kiss
Toy Soldier vs Big Fat Bass
Hot As Ice vs Trouble For Me
Ooh Ooh Baby vs Trip To Your Heart
Perfect Lover vs Gasoline
Why Should I Be Sad vs Criminal
Blackout: 4
Femme Fatale 8
Femme Fatale ***** all over Blackout bow down to the Queen
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55 31 BRITNEY SPEARS Till The World Ends 1957 266 1691 19.689
+132 spins
-129 bullet
-0.484 Audience
*8th day, rolling effect
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Damn it lost bullet but at least spins keep on growing 
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Gimme More vs Till The World Ends - Gimme More is my favorite song EVER! :heart:
Piece of Me vs Hold It Against Me
Radar vs Inside Out
Break The Ice vs I Wanna Go
Heaven On Earth vs How I Roll
Get Naked vs (Drop Dead) Beautiful
Freakshow vs Seal It With A Kiss
Toy Soldier vs Big Fat Bass
Hot As Ice vs Trouble For Me
Ooh Ooh Baby vs Trip To Your Heart
Perfect Lover vs Gasoline
Why Should I Be Sad vs Criminal - I can't decide, love them both
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Originally posted by INTRA
1. Till The World Ends 9/10
- Should've been the first single. Easily one of the best song in the album.
2. Hold It Against Me 7/10
- Her weakest first single IMO.
3. Inside Out 7/10
- Boring.
4. I Wanna Go 7/10
- Weak verse, annoying chorus. I hate it.
5. How I Roll 10/10
- My second favorite from the album. I love the melody of this song.
6. (Drop Dead) Beautiful 5/10
- Chorus is too repetitive.
7. Seal It With A Kiss 6/10
- Filler.
8. Big Fat Bass 11/10
- The verse is sick. My favorite in the album.
9. Trouble For Me 6/10
- Filler.
10. Trip To Your Heart 8/10
- I might love this in a few more listen.
11. Gasoline 4/10
- WORST SONG in the album.
12. Criminal 10/10
- Nice ballad and I really love the chorus. :heart:
I am very disappointed with the album. It's too electronic and too much auto-tune was used.
Circus and Blackout>>> |
I respect your opinion obviously but I dont think there is too much auto-tune on Femme Fatale AT ALL. Your reviews on the songs are very weak as well.
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Gimme More vs. Till The World Ends
Piece Of Me vs. Hold It Against Me
Radar vs. Inside Out
Break The Ice vs. I Wanna Go
Heaven On Earth vs. How I Roll
Get Naked vs. (Drop Dead) Beauitful
Freakshow vs. Seal It With a Kiss
Toy Soldier vs. Big Fat Bass
Hot As Ice vs. Trouble For Me
Ooh Ooh Baby vs. Trip To Your Heart
Perfect Lover vs. Gasoline
Why Should I Be Sad vs. Criminal
Blackout: 7
Femme Fatale: 5
although some are already tough calls. Piece Of Me v. Hold It Against me were REALLY close, as were Freakshow v. Seal It With a Kiss
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Hey y'all. I downloaded protected tracks and I have to type in a password whenever I play any song + I can't add the songs to my iTunes, they're MP3. Can someone give me a solution please?
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I am going to regret doing this but I WILL TRY:
Gimme More vs Till The World Ends
Piece of Me vs Hold It Against Me
Radar vs Inside Out
Break The Ice vs I Wanna Go - Still cant decide
And I just looked at the other battles and couldnt decide either, well if I counted those Femme Fatale would win but seriously how can you decide that already?
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Britney Spears' Femme Fatale aka.. the most amazing album ever.
My Review 
1 - Till The World Ends - I agree with this being the "safest" song on her album. It starts off kind of soft, sweet, and teasing just like our good ol' Britney does... and then the song just takes off. The Oh's aren't annoying to me at all, in fact, they make the song so fun and catchy and make it a such a memorable track and single that I will forever remember from Britney Spears. I honestly like the song a lot, its not my absolute favorite off the album, but you can bet your panties that when I hear this my ass will be dancing!! Overall: [8/10] "Keep on dancin' till the world ends.." 
2 - Hold It Against Me - This song takes me to a whole new level of just "wow". I honestly do not know the worlds to explain it, but it just takes me to that place where I NEVER thought I'd see Britney go... but I'm SO HAPPY she did. It starts off SO banging.. and then she goes into Sweetney.. then RAWR shes the bitch back in your face. The dubstep and the break down is absolutely amazing, and I have to say.. the video fits the song PERFECTLY. Again, this single will also be one of the most memorable to stay with me forever. Overall: [9/10] "If I said I want your body... would you hold it against me?"
3 - Inside Out - I'ma just say it.. I want to have sex to this song so badly. This song is tied with Criminal as being my two favorite's off the album. The instrumental, the way she sings, what the song is about.. just, it fits everything for me. I can already just picture this video with breaks in the video where shes singing and its all dark and hotel-roomy, oh my GODNEY. I need this as a single in my life, I just..  Overall: [10/10] "Won't you give me something to remember...?"
4 - I Wanna Go - This song is SO FRIGGIN FUN! It makes you want to get dressed in your naughtiest outfit, go get a bunch of your friends and go clubbing and just BE CRAZY. I really want this to be a single too.. it'd be the hottest summer jam and club hit. I absolutely love this song. The lyrics are so playful, the way she sings is so playful and that beat in the background... *dies* Overall: [10/10] "Shame on me... to need release... uncontrollably..."
5 - How I Roll - The beginning of this song and the way she does the "Hoo Haaa" with her voice just turns me on, and I'm a girl, and I'm straight. SO DAMN. The clapping, the way she sings, the funness of the song. It's just a really catchy and fun song to me. It doesn't really do much dance-wise for me, its more or less a driving in your car with the windows down during the blazing hot summer, jamming, type of song for me. Overall: [8/10] "You can be my **** tonight..."
6 - (Drop Dead) Beautiful - I LOVE this song. The way the song starts out with the beat immediately puts me in a club setting where you can just tell its the build up till the GIANT BASS and then I just wanna let lose and go craaazzyyyy. Everytime this song comes onto my Itunes, my subwoofer goes crazy and I find myself pulling a mixture of Willow Smith hairwhipping and just popping my ass crazy, lol. Sabi's verse is awesome in this song for me, I know some people say its "unnecessary", but the fact she says "i want your D" just makes me smile. I really like her verse and the song is amazing in general. Overall: [10/10] "You're some kind of fine..."
7 - Seal It With A Kiss - I adore this song. All the moaning, the way she sings it, the music and instrumental, and that beatttt. Theres really not much for me to say about this song, it just puts me in such a happy mood and I just want to dance. Its such a cute, happy song and Britney sounds really happy singing it. Overall: [9/10] "Say you're just a friend... I'm a little liar."
8 - Big Fat Bass - This song I have such mixed reviews/feelings about. I'm a girl that loves a good beat and loud bass in my ears and this song gives me that.. but the lyrics are so repetitive and WIll.I.Am's verse just.. annoys me. Britney's singing in it makes me happy, and I like it overall as a song. I think its very good, but I guess I just wish she would've collaborated with someone else. Overall: [7/10] "The bass is getting bigger.."
9 - Trouble For Me - I LOVE this song. It gives me Cowgirlney vibes and I have NO idea why. The way she sings it, it sounds kinda countryish to me with that dance vibe. I just LOVE the way she sings this song. She seriously sounds like she had SO much fun recording this song and that really makes me smile. Cause happy Britney = happy me. The instrumental and the break-downs in-between the verses excite the hell out of me, and the lyrics are so cuteee. Overall: [10/10] "Kiss, kiss tip your glass... I'll do whatever you ask for. But if you want my love, you can only find it on the dance floor.."
10 - Trip To Your Heart - I'ma be honest, when I first heard this song yesterday, it brought tears to my eyes. It's THAT sweet. The lyrics are adorable and the instrumental and music are amazing. The way she sings this song gives me so much life. It just makes me cry. Overall: 9/10 "I'll fly away on a trip to your heart.."
11 - Gasoline - I'm gonna admit, when I found out Britney had a song titled "Gasoline", I was kinda iffy about it cause it sounded SO corny... but Godney proved me wrong. I LOVE this song. This is another one of those songs that makes me want to be naughty in dark corners of dance clubs. *dies* The lyrics, the music, the constant beat, and her whispering after EVERYTIME she sings... she's turnin' me on again... Overall: [10/10] "You're setting me on fireeeee.."
12 - Criminal - I LIVE for this song. This song is tied with Inside Out for me as my favorite off the album. What girl doesn't have a guy who is criminal-worthy and who is undoubtedly not the greatest guy you should be with? If I asked a group of 100 women, I'm pretty sure each woman would have at LEAST one man in her life that she knows, or knew, that fits this song perfectly. When Britney sings this song, she really sounds like shes singing from past experience and from her heart, which means the absolute world to me. The soft beat, the constant drum, the way she sings, the music, the song... This song hits home for me personal-wise (like Inside Out), so to me, it has that kind of meaning to. I seriously love this song so much. Overall: [10/10] "I just can't deny... I love the guy."
Overall, for me I give this album a 9.5/10. It has absolutely everything I need for an album to be THAT album for me.... and it's from Britney Spears, bitch! (Which makes it 100x better.) The album flows so well together and fits very well with the title Femme Fatale. If you haven't heard the album yet, I highly suggest you do!! But don't forget to preorder [multiple] copies for our queen and support our gal on March 29th!!!
Single choices for me:
Hold It Against Me
Till The World Ends
Inside Out
I Wanna Go
Criminal
Gasoline
Edits: Grammatical stuffs.
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Femme Fatale review by xChunk:
Sexy, catchy, fresh yet intense and most of all cohesive. - Those are some words that come to my mind when trying to describe Britney's 7th studio album. From the first second the beat of Till The World Ends gets started to the last ten seconds of the unique Criminal the whole album flows like no other album. It's mostly a party album, fun and dancey, but on the inside I can see a deeper context behind it.
Femme Fatale stands for a mysterious and seductive woman, whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire, often leading them into compromising, dangerous and deadly situations.
1. Till The World Ends: This is the first time that the first single is not the first song on the album. It's the second single and there couldn't be a better opener to lead into this exciting 12-track ear-gasm ride. The song instantly captures you with the infectious beat and her mesmerizing voice. 10/10
2. Hold It Against Me: Suddenly there comes this even harder beat then TTWE and makes you already feel like you're in a club. My reaction when hearing this song was just smiling. It's a great song to listen to and once you've listened to that song more than once it doesn't let you go. A great first single, but there's so much better songs that has yet to come. 10/10
3. Inside Out: That song is perfect from beginning to end. Her voice is strong and almost bossy, so I really like the energy of that song. In comparison with the other songs it's more of an album track that is fantastic for the flow of the album, but wouldn't be that great as a single. 10/10
4. I Wanna Go: Hopefully the third single of the album. It's just catchy as hell and would be a fantastic song for the summer. 10/10
5. How I Roll: This song could be written and recorded by Robyn. It has this swedish flair to it, is nice to listen to, but can't keep up with the other songs of the album. Her voice reminds me of her beginning years, especially in the verses, though. 8/10
6. (Drop Dead) Beautiful: What a powerful song! I'm totally in love with it, especially with the hook. Sabi's verses are good, but they're just the icing on the cake. Great song and definitely single material. 10/10
7. Seal It With A Kiss: It's a good track and just as catchy as the other songs, but I think it isn't as strong as the other songs. Still really enjoyable to listen to and a pleasure to my ears. 8/10
8. Big Fat Bass: At first I wasn't interested in that song when I heard it features Will.I.Am. This is definitely the surprise hit of the album. It's the longest track and gives me summer chills. I can already smell the beach and the cocktails when listening to it. The song has a really european flair to it, what I really love and could be played in a disco the way it is and I could imagine myself dancing to it. 10/10
9. Trouble For Me: That song takes more than one listen to love it like I do now. Really catchy tune and her voice turns me on, even though of her use of auto-tune. 10/10
10. Trip To Your Heart: It's not my cup of tea. You really need to be in the right mood for this song. But it's an interesting beat and good lyrics. I think that this song won't grow old so fast and gets better with each listen. 8/10
11. Gasoline: IMO, the standout of the album. Hopefully the fourth single of the album. Toxic on steroids. Perfect production, great vocals (the falsetto  ) and witty lyrics. I like. 10/10
12. Criminal: The album closer has a mysterious beat, I love her vocals on this, but I would've expected something different. The track could've been a bit longer, but I think it's the same as with Trip To Your Heart. 9/10
Overal Rating: 9.5/10
I seriously think this will come out as the Album of the Year 2011, because I can totally say that it's one of Britney's best work along with Blackout. I'm really stanning for her this Era and I'm starting to think that no matter what she touches, it's going to be epic. Although she has no writing credits on the album, I can feel that she was really involved in the whole process and she sings every song with conviction. I'm really stunned. The bitch is back! 
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Originally posted by ρз∂гσ
I am going to regret doing this but I WILL TRY:
Gimme More vs Till The World Ends
Piece of Me vs Hold It Against Me
Radar vs Inside Out
Break The Ice vs I Wanna Go - Still cant decide
And I just looked at the other battles and couldnt decide either, well if I counted those Femme Fatale would win but seriously how can you decide that already?
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Well for me it wasn't that hard because I don't love Blackout that much, like everybody else seems too. But Piece of me vs. Hold It Against me was really tough!
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My Singles Predictions:
1. HIAM
2. TTWE
3. I Wanna Go (Screams Summer smash  )
4. Inside Out ( Would ultimately rock Autumn)
5. Trip To Your Heary ( Anyone else think this would do great on Christmas Day?)
6. Seal It With A Kiss (close the album out)
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Everyone stanning for their illegal leaked album better be writing cheques when the album hits stores.
RainMan will be checking yo bank account records on March 25th.
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Originally posted by kates07
Britney Spears' Femme Fatale aka.. the most amazing album ever.
My Review
1 - Till The World Ends - I agree with this being the "safest" song on her album. It starts off kind of soft, sweet, and teasing just like our good ol' Britney does... and then the song just takes off. The Oh's aren't annoying to me at all, in fact, they make the song so fun and catchy and make it a such a memorable track and single that I will forever remember from Britney Spears. I honestly like the song a lot, its not my absolute favorite off the album, but you can bet your panties that when I hear this my ass will be dancing!! Overall: [8/10] "Keep on dancin' till the world ends.."
2 - Hold It Against Me - This song takes me to a whole new level of just "wow". I honestly do not know the worlds to explain it, but it just takes me to that place where I NEVER thought I'd see Britney go... but I'm SO HAPPY she did. It starts off SO banging.. and then she goes into Sweetney.. then RAWR shes the bitch back in your face. The dubstep and the break down is absolutely amazing, and I have to say.. the video fits the song PERFECTLY. Again, this single will also be one of the most memorable to stay with me forever. Overall: [9/10] "If I said I want your body... would you hold it against me?"
3 - Inside Out - I'ma just say it.. I want to have sex to this song so badly. This song is tied with Criminal as being my two favorite's off the album. The instrumental, the way she sings, what the song is about.. just, it fits everything for me. I can already just picture this video with breaks in the video where shes singing and its all dark and hotel-roomy, oh my GODNEY. I need this as a single in my life, I just.. Overall: [10/10] "Won't you give me something to remember...?"
4 - I Wanna Go - This song is SO FRIGGIN FUN! It makes you want to get dressed in your naughtiest outfit, go get a bunch of your friends and go clubbing and just BE CRAZY. I really want this to be a single too.. it'd be the hottest summer jam and club hit. I absolutely love this song. The lyrics are so playful, the way she sings is so playful and that beat in the background... *dies* Overall: [10/10] "Shame on me... to need release... uncontrollably..."
5 - How I Roll - The beginning of this song and the way she does the "Hoo Haaa" with her voice just turns me on, and I'm a girl, and I'm straight. SO DAMN. The clapping, the way she sings, the funness of the song. It's just a really catchy and fun song to me. It doesn't really do much dance-wise for me, its more or less a driving in your car with the windows down during the blazing hot summer, jamming, type of song for me. Overall: [8/10] "You can be my **** tonight..."
6- (Drop Dead) Beautiful - I LOVE this song. The way the song starts out with the beat immediately puts me in a club setting where you can just tell its the build up till the GIANT BASS and then I just wanna let lose and go craaazzyyyy. Everytime this song comes onto my Itunes, my subwoofer goes crazy and I find myself pulling a mixture of Willow Smith hairwhipping and just popping my ass crazy, lol. Sabi's verse is awesome in this song for me, I know some people say its "unnecessary", but the fact she says "i want your D" just makes me smile. I really like her verse and the song is amazing in general. Overall: [10/10] "You're some kind of fine..."
7 - Seal It With A Kiss - I adore this song. All the moaning, the way she sings it, the music and instrumental, and that beatttt. Theres really not much for me to say about this song, it just puts me in such a happy mood and I just want to dance. Its such a cute, happy song and Britney sounds really happy singing it. Overall: [9/10] "Say you're just a friend... I'm a little liar."
8 - Big Fat Bass - This song I have such mixed reviews about. I'm a girl that loves a good beat and loud bass in my ears and this song gives me that.. but the lyrics are so repetitive and WIll.I.Am's verse just.. annoys me. Britney's singing in it makes me happy, and I like it overall as a song. I think its very good, but I guess I just wish she would've collaborated with someone else. Overall: [7/10] "The bass is getting bigger.."
9 - Trouble For Me - I LOVE this song. It gives me Cowgirlney vibes and I have NO idea why. The way she sings it, it sounds kinda countryish to me with that dance vibe. I just LOVE the way she sings this song. She seriously sounds like she had SO much fun recording this song and that really makes me smile. Cause happy Britney = happy me. The instrumental and the break-downs in-between the verses excite the hell out of me, and the lyrics are so cuteee. Overall: [10/10] "Kiss, kiss tip your glass... I'll do whatever you ask for. But if you want my love, you can only find it on the dance floor.."
10 - Trip To Your Heart - I'ma be honest, when I first heard this song yesterday, it brought tears to my eyes. It's THAT sweet. The lyrics are adorable and the instrumental and music are amazing. The way she sings this song gives me so much life. It just makes me cry. Overall: 9/10 "I'll fly away on a trip to your heart.."
11 - Gasoline - I'm gonna admit, when I found out Britney had a song titled "Gasoline", I was kinda iffy about it cause it sounded SO corny... but Godney proved me wrong. I LOVE this song. This is another one of those songs that makes me want to be naughty in dark corners of dance clubs. *dies* The lyrics, the music, the constant beat, and her whispering after EVERYTIME she sings... she's turnin' me on again... Overall: [10/10] "You're setting me on fireeeee.."
12 - Criminal - I LIVE for this song. This song is tied with Inside Out for me as my favorite off the album. What girl doesn't have a guy who is criminal-worthy and who is undoubtedly not the greatest guy you should be with? If I asked a group of 100 women, I'm pretty sure each woman would have at LEAST one man in her life that she knows, or knew, that fits this song perfectly. When Britney sings this song, she really sounds like shes singing from past experience and from her heart, which means the absolute world to me. The soft beat, the constant drum, the way she sings, the music, the song... This song hits home for me personal-wise (like Inside Out), so to me, it has that kind of meaning to. I seriously love this song so much. Overall: [10/10] "I just can't deny... I love the guy."
Overall, for me I give this album a 9.5/10. It has absolutely everything I need for an album to be THAT album for me.... and it's from Britney Spears, bitch! (Which makes it 100x better.) The album flows so well together and fits very well with the title Femme Fatale. If you haven't heard the album yet, I highly suggest you do!! But don't forget to preorder [multiple] copies for our queen and support our gal on March 29th!!!
Single choices for me:
Hold It Against Me
Till The World Ends
Inside Out
I Wanna Go
Criminal
Gasoline
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Do we have any reviews since Popjustice?
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We’ve just returned from Britney Spears’ UK H,Q having listened to six of the track from her new album Femme Fatale (out 29 March). We can report that it is utterly amazing, going on what we’ve heard the album is going to be a smash hit.
What instantly struck us about Femme Fatale is that it's brilliant, proper pop record. Britney’s upped her game and produced an album that everyone else needs to measure up to - so the liks of Lady GaGa, Rihanna and Ke$ha need to watch out. The other thing we noticed is that Britney seems to be obsessed with two things dancing and sex – which is obvious from the single Hold It Against Me, and it’s evident throughout the sex, sorry, six songs we’ve just heard. When Britney said this album his her most mature to date she wasn’t kidding either, and we reckon this could be her best album yet. So here’s our track by track analysis...
Inside Out is quite saucy both lyrically and musically – there’s a lot of bass, and it’s all about a bloke knowing Brit inside out – ahem. It’s a more down-tempo – obviously not in ballady way – but still made us want to dance – a lot.
Next we heard I Wanna Go, which is a monster dance track. There’s a sort of Euro disco vibe (in a good way) to it, it’s super energetic, and there’s even some whistling. Come summer every club and every car stereo will be playing this out loud. In fact we listened to it so loud that the bass made the record company's glass walls vibrate.
(Drop Dead) Beautiful is one of the tracks that Brit is most proud of, and we can see why. It’s really modern and contemporary and all those sorts of other words that posh music critics use - all you really need to know is that it's properly ace. Lyrically the song is about a hot boy that Britney likes the look of, and it has a chorus you’ll be singing along to from the first listen. There’s also a cool rap bit by LA newcomer Sabi.
Gasoline continues the rudeness theme, opening with Brit moaning in a sexy way. There are lots of cool-sounding electro bits to go along with the raunchy lyrics about Britney being set on fire. We’re pretty sure she means in a metaphorical way. Another really grown up sounding track from Britney.
Next up we heard Criminal, which is actually the last song on the album, and one of our favourites too. It’s a bit of a homage to Madonna’s Papa Don’t Preach. This time Brit’s begging her mum to understand why she’s in love with a bad boy. There’s some flute with a really cool R&B backing – which written down sounds terrible, but actually sounds really good when you hear it.
Lastly we heard a collaboration with Will.i.am called Big Fat Bass. Not just a clever title as the walls were shaking again. This was by far the most unexpected track, we never could have imagined Brit making a song like this, but it’s brilliant. Will.i.am has chucked in a load of unusual sounds – including an awesome 90 dance-style piano line – will Brit sings “I can be the treble you can be the bass”. It is brilliant.
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Heatworld.com
http://www.heatworld.com/Entertainme...tally-LOVE-it/
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Leaked: Britney Spears’s Appealingly Odd Femme Fatale
3/11/11 at 2:45 PM Comment
Photo: Splash News/Candie's
We posited a few weeks ago that as goes Britney’s hair, so goes Britney. Following our own logic, we should have taken her recent Out magazine cover —in which a team of stylists managed to, finally, help girlfriend get her weave semi-right — a bit more seriously. (To be fair, we were reeling from Britney's answer to the question, "What album do you consider life-changing?" Answer: "Natalie Imbruglia’s Left of the Middle.") Turns out that shoot was, in fact, a harbinger of sorts: Britney’s album, Femme Fatale, has leaked (listen here), and though it can't change the fact that Spears is dead in the eyes, it's interesting. Yes, it's a record of heavily produced dance songs, but it's both not that bad — way better than we would have predicted after the mediocre lead single "Hold It Against Me" — and also a little strange. It actually contains the rap, thankfully, not delivered by Spears, "You got me hot but I ain't sweating you/ steaming like a pot full of vegetables." Let's get down to dissecting the broccoli.
Pop Justice ran a deliriously praiseful review of the record this morning, arguing, ecstatically, that the "good news" about the record is that "Femme Fatale is another Blackout," as opposed to being another Circus. (Blackout is Spears second-to-last album, Circus her most recent.) While being "another Blackout" does not make Femme Fatale an artistic triumph, it's true that Blackout does contain the track that is the musical antecedent to most of what's good on Femme. Blackout's "Piece of Me," the best track on that record and a legitimately dark, twitchy number both lyrically ("I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17 ... You want a piece of me") and musically, hovers over Femme. It's not that the songs on Femme have the same spirit as "Piece" (Femme is much happier), but they do have a similar underwater dance record aesthetic. Almost every single track, even the straight fist-pumpers, contains a few seconds when everything slows way doooooownn. The slo-mo feels less freighted than it did on 2007's "Piece" (because, not to put too fine a point on it, it feels less like we're listening to Britney Spears wreck herself), but no less oddball. When "Hold It Against Me" came out, we wondered why Britney couldn't get herself a pop song as clean and catchy as Avril or Katy Perry's: It now seems that she (or, really, her managers) didn't actually want one.
As for the songs themselves: In terms of the singles, nothing is better than the already leaked, Ke$ha-supplied "Till the End of the World." (Who did more for Brit with her track than Will. I. Am does with his contribution, "Big Fat Bass.") "Inside Out" sonically references, in its intro, Justin Timberlake's Britney takedown "Cry Me a River," and "Gasoline" has some of the clearest vocals on a Spears song since "Stronger" or "Crazy" (we don't mean best, just literally — that you can hear them). "Trip to Tonight" is a nicely satisfying, radio-ready "Waiting for Tonight" rip-off, and "Seal It With a Kiss" sounds like a summer jam. One song that is pretty much not a single is "How I Roll": It's a charmingly cracked-out nursery rhyme — simple and cloying, and with some limerick-level lyrics about tequila. It's the sort of song that rewards people who still listen to albums as albums: something you would never hear on the radio, but is a likable curiosity. To our ears, that's the first such song in Britney's entire oeuvre. Like we said, strange.
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- New York Magazine
http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment..._out_drop.html
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he singer's new album leaked in its entirety on the internet today over two weeks before its official release.
It was going to happen sooner or later, and to be honest I am surprised it took this long, but Britney Spears’ Femme Fatale has leaked in its entirety eighteen days before its release.
The standard version of the album – as opposed to the deluxe version also to be released on the same day – found its way online, and as expected from the numerous promos and snippets released over the last month it is borderline so-so to rather good in places.
The album is full of tracks that could be pumped straight from the cd into the sound system of every club across the country, which is pretty much the intention of every record produced by Spears’ new team of Dr Luke and Max Martin. The thumping bass, thumping drums and mostly synthetic vocals are all catchy enough to ensure that while the album will never change the world it will at least be hummed for a few months before falling into obscurity.
Standout tracks on the album are the already released single, Hold It Against Me and How I Roll, the latter having the same production team as mega hit Toxic, but while the catchy club theme is there throughout the album does have a darker edge than her previous album, Circus. This is not the pop princess who brought us Baby One More Time, but I kind of like it.
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-Musicrooms.net
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Just a little tease
FRI, 11/03/2011 - 17:08 BY TIMC
We've just been played four more songs from the new Britney album, which means that, including the singles, we've heard half of Femme Fatale. Who wants to lick our ears?
Here's what we heard...
Inside Out
This is very good. It's about having sex with someone who is good at sex. It's a Dr Luke/Max martin production but it's reminiscent of Timbaland back he was good. It's very slow, but not in a ballad way, although the vocals are very fast. Trust us, it works and this will be your favourite track on the album. Unless the others are better. It features the lyric: "I know that we probably shouldn't do this / Wake up in the morning feeling stupid". We've all been there. It all features the lyric: "Hit me one more time". I know, right?
Drop Dead Beautiful
This is alright. It's about wanting to have sex with someone who Britney finds attractive. It sounds a bit Ke$ha even though she didn't write it. Ester Dean wrote it. We guess this one is a "club banger" in that it doesn't really do much except have a very big danceable beat. Actually, it does stuff at 2m20s when Britney does a big laugh. Then a lady called Sabi raps about "steaming like a pot full of vegetables". Like we said, it's alright.
Big Fat Bass
This is not called, as our autocorrect wrote, Big Fat Boss. That would be a better subject for a song. It's about dancing. This will definitely "go off" in the right sort of clubs. And by right sort of clubs we mean gay ones. Britney speak sings the words, which are mostly "big fat bass" over and over again. There's an entirely superfluous rap from Will.I.Am, but it's over quickly.
Criminal
Rejoice! Britney's singing voice has been found safe and well. This a PROPER SONG. It is a bit weird but not in a robot voice, funny noises way. It has a flute on it. And a piano. It's about being in love with a criminal. It also features the word "bum". Good. Britney tries to rhyme this with "gun". Bad. You will like this song.
Based on hearing half the songs we are now willing to state that the new Britney album is officially better than Circus. You may whoop.
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-Holymoly.com
http://www.holymoly.com/reviews/musi...ey-spears54045
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