Ok thank you for the clarification. I'm going to dissect Britney Jean again and listen inventively to the ones you described and see if I can distinguish the differences. But after hearing it today, I felt like I heard 80% Britney Spears.
Like in Chillin' With You. It's Britney first verse and I was waiting for Jamie's verse and I noticed a difference in pitch/tone. It wasn't Britney! But duh. Anyways, I'll pay more attention to this album, but from what I've gathered I hear Britney like any other album. How is this any different from her past work?
When you start to be able to hear it, it's a lot easier to tell the difference.
Some great remixers made an acoustic version of Passenger using the stems, and they kinda confirmed that the only parts with Britney's actual vocals were the parts you hear in this version that aren't Sia:
The lead vocals on the album version in the chorus are done by Myah. The "muffled" background vocals you were talking about are actually Sia singing the background harmonies.
They used Myah because she can impersonate Britney's voice, so it sounds similar.
I ADORE Alien and Work Bitch... but the rest..... especially Passenger is horrible!!! I mean who sings this song? Who thought that could sound like Britney? It's just so offensive to her fans
It's not "bad", the songs are actually ok , especially Hold On Tight (my favorite).
The problem is it is uninspired, rushed, and a ploy to trick her fans into thinking its her most personal album when half of the songs aren't even sung by her (my biggest problem).
The songs are also very forgettable. I bought a physical copy during release week to help her debut at #1 but threw it away in the trash 2 weeks later because of how disappointed & frustrated I was of her with the album.
I just listened to Body Ache and I feel like the second verse sounds different from the first. Is it true?! Myah actually sung the second verse?
Yes, that's another example. I'm still baffled at them actually releasing that. That and the chorus of Passenger are the most obvious parts that aren't Britney IMO.