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Music News: Britney Spears - 'Femme Fatale'
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Originally posted by £100
One of the most respected and widely read newspapers worldwide. 
Who cares about the entertainment section anyways?
Real news> |
They do suck when it comes to music reviews.
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Originally posted by Duca
They do suck when it comes to music reviews. |
Music reviews aren't nearly as important as, say, the rest of the newspaper, or even film reviews, because they don't attract as much interest (naturally). As such...
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Originally posted by £100
Music reviews aren't nearly as important as, say, the rest of the newspaper, or even film reviews, because they don't attract as much interest (naturally). As such...
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I agree.
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Like my fellow stans always answer to those dance-statements..."It's not 2003 anymore...it's 2011"
In case of sales when can say the same now, I guess
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Originally posted by Lily Gaga
Like my fellow stans always answer to those dance-statements..."It's not 2003 anymore...it's 2011"
In case of sales when can say the same now, I guess |
Rise Against were #1 on pre-orders and barely debuted in the top 5.
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Originally posted by LightandDarkness
We get predictions tomorrow right for the UK?
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UK dont have predictions, not official ones anyway, but we get midweek updates throughout the week. We'll get the first one Tuesday/Wednesday
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Femme Fatale (US)
#3 - Amazon
#10 - iTunes
3 hours and 32 minutes to go till release
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3 Hrs 28 Mins 39 Secs left now.
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Originally posted by Duca
Rise Against were #1 on pre-orders and barely debuted in the top 5. |
they actually weren't even top 20 on pre-orders and debuted at #2 
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http://top40.about.com/od/britneyspe...mme-Fatale.htm
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Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
Quite Possibly the Best Britney Spears Album
About.com Rating 4.5/5 Star Rating
Bill Lamb
Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
Make no mistake. This may be the best Britney Spears album yet. It is filled with solidly entertaining, consistent, state of the art dance pop. The mood is sexy with a hint of regret or sadness that serves to ground the songs emotionally. The songs don't lack in trademark Britney Spears humor either. Production here is stellar. The overall impact is Britney Spears headed to the studio to make the best contemporary dance pop album possible and gathering the best production and songwriting talent she could find. Femme Fatale is unquestionably a triumph.
Juiced Up Dance Pop That Is Forward Thinking
Those big dubstep elements on "Hold It Against Me" were just a hint of what was to come in a full-length Britney Spears album. Somehow working with Britney Spears seems to push pop producers further than they have gone before. Max Martin and Dr. Luke sound like they are clearly digging deeper and pushing the boundaries of past work. Benny Blanco and Ammo deliver Britney Spears to a loose-limbed dance heaven on "(Drop Dead) Beautiful" that their work with Ke$ha only hints at. The Swedish production duo of Bloodshy and Avant seem particularly inspired when they work with Britney Spears. Although their productions for other artists have arguably been spotty in succes when working with Britney they have delivered a string of classics including "Toxic," "Piece Of Me,", "Unusual You," and now this album's indescribable pop gem "How I Roll." Filled with humor and futuristic effects, will.i.am will leave you laughing as you sing along on the dance floor.
Sex and Fun In Abundance
It wouldn't be a Britney Spears album without sexual innuendo and even explicit commentary in abundance. However, the words remain clever enough that Femme Fatale is likely to generate smile after smile from those looking for sexy dance pop. "Inside Out" has to be one of the sexiest breakup songs ever recorded. It even includes a sly lyrical nod to Britney Spears' first hit "...Hit Me Baby One More Time." The ticking pop beat of "How I Roll" wraps itself around a lyric that is just a bit more explicit in what is wanted sexually. More than one fan may just laugh out loud listening to Britney Spears singing of the bass that is getting "bigger and biggger" on "Big Fat Bass."
Top Tracks On Femme Fatale
"Hold It Against Me"
"How I Roll"
"Big Fat Bass"
"Trouble For Me"
Blackout and Circus Were Just the Warmups, This IS Britney Spears
Clearly, after listening to Femme Fatale several times, the last two albums Blackout and Circus, as successful as they were, were just the warmup acts. This is THE contemporary Britney Spears album. It also represents the state of the art in contemporary dance pop. Filled to the brim with edgy audio effects, sexy lyrics, genuine humor, and a sense of focus on creating quality pop music, Femme Fatale cements Britney Spears' status as one of the top female pop artists of all time. Most pop fans will be quite pleased with the majority of the songs here. Look for more pop radio hits to come as well. Now well over a decade into her mainstream pop career, Britney Spears does not have to worry about competing with prominent younger artists. She is a star and is just now reaching the peak of her talent.
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Bill Lamb always knows the true tea..... 
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ATTENTION STANS!
When you buy MORE THAN ONE FEMME FATALE COPY...
BUY EACH ONE ON DIFFERENT RECEIPTS TO COUNT AS MORE THAN ONE UNIT!
also, if you buy more than one copy of a version (standard/deluxe) of Femme Fatale on iTunes, you should gift them to count as more than one sale.
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Originally posted by All Music Guide
The aftermath of Britney Spears’ 2007 freak-out and Blackout wound up with her ceding control of her personal and professional life to her father and producers, respectively, leaving her as no more than a figurehead of an enterprise. Of course, Brit Brit had essentially been the face of a carefully calibrated pop machine for years, but every element of that contraption hinged on her persona, the songs and the sound fitting her evolution. Starting with Blackout, Britney started to slip into the background on her own records, a progression that continued unabated on Circus and finds some kind of culmination on 2011’s Femme Fatale. Essentially a cleaner, classier remake of the gaudily dark Blackout, Femme Fatale is a producer’s paradise, each cut decked out with stretched vocals, glassy keyboards, and insistent beats, all coming together in hyperactive arrangements that shift every five seconds. Sonically, it has everything except hooks, either in the rhythm or the melody; it’s all surface style, driven by sound and given shape by hypersexual lyrics Britney sings listlessly. Her name and face are on the cover but she is not at the album’s center; she is nowhere to be found amidst the clamor created by Dr. Luke, will.i.am, Bloodshy, Shellback, and Max Martin; she’s a black hole of charisma sucking everything in. Britney dutifully steps through the paces, singing enough of the words so they can be tweaked in the computer, never quite investing anything with emotion, never getting in the way of the producers, who deliver a showcase somewhat less captivating than Blackout. Surely, there are moments, sometimes stretched over a full song, that are compelling, but even these can’t erase the feeling that Britney no longer has a real, tangible personality. She’s now a reliable brand selling high-class productions designed to last not one minute longer than their season of release.
AMG Track Picks
Hold It Against Me
Seal It With A Kiss
Big Fat Bass |
They always discuss her personal life.  70 at Metacritic. 
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Tour announcement tomorrow!!!! 
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Can't wait for you guys to see my GMA concert from San Francisco tomorrow morning plus a special tour announcement afterwards. -Britney
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Originally posted by Duca
They always discuss her personal life. 70 at Metacritic. |
it's good, but the others have to go.... 
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Can't wait for you guys to see my GMA concert from San Francisco tomorrow morning plus a special tour announcement afterwards. -Britney
OMFG!!!!! Tour comming!!! Can't wait!
March 29 is almost here 
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AMG Track Picks
Hold It Against Me
Seal It with a Kiss
Big Fat Bass
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Bitch, say what?
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Originally posted by eegigyy
Bitch, say what?
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Not too much on "Hold It Against Me."
My track picks would be: - Hold It Against Me
- Inside Out
- How I Roll
- (Drop Dead) Beautiful
- Trouble For Me
- Gasoline
- Criminal
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still waitting for my copiesssssssssssssssssss
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