Your sister is a prophet.
― Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 23:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Why is her hair up in one second but down in the other? could they only do two takes?
― o-ess, Thursday, 20 December 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
This album is the bomb.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:27 (sixteen years ago) link
I wasn't too impressed at first but it hit me yesterday : this album is great, indeed ! no track I really dislike and many potential hits (well, maybe not commercial hits since it seems "gimme more" didn't work too well yet it might be my favorite britney single ever). as everybody said, the production/synth sounds are amazing. from "it's britney, bitch" to the pretty smooth neptunes closer through the fun paranoid robotic pop of "piece of me" (the equivalent to MJ's "leave me alone", in a way), the raving 90s synth of "break the ice", the great pop tunes "heaven on earth" and "hot as ice", the epic "get naked"... so many things to love ! also, I really like how her image has changed, much darker, trashier, stronger (i'm not talking about her life per se but the image the album and videos build). When you compare her in the video of "piece of me" (which I find very fun) and "slave 4 u", for instance, it doesn't really seem like it's the same person. she seems, I dunno, taller, stronger (obviously, she's not as thin but that's not just that), her face is more angular... I was never a big fan (liked "one more time", "boys" and "toxic" but that was about it) and never found her sexy or else but I really like her new persona and music.
― AleXTC, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:42 (sixteen years ago) link
hum. after a quick check it seems I was wrong and the album and "gimme more" are a success, actually... all the better for her !
― AleXTC, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:46 (sixteen years ago) link
rly ? i thought they weren't doing too hot. numbers?
― Surmounter, Friday, 21 December 2007 17:06 (sixteen years ago) link
here's what I found on wiki:
blackout : United World Chart peak : 1 Gold 1,232,000+ "Gimme More" became Spears's highest chart peak since "...Baby One More Time", having reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100. The single has sold 2 million+ United World Chart points
― AleXTC, Friday, 21 December 2007 17:26 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd take it
― Surmounter, Saturday, 22 December 2007 06:19 (sixteen years ago) link
But the album didn't perform that well...
― zeus, Sunday, 23 December 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
mhmm... well who gives a flying fig, i mean everyone knows it's the best she's ever done. she just needs to fix her skin situation and she'll be fine.
― Surmounter, Sunday, 23 December 2007 17:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Surely her best, but she can do better. If next time around she gets rid of those Timbaland proteges and instead uses someone like Richard X, to make a similar album, only with straight 4/4 beats and a more true 80s-retro sound, it will be even better.
― Geir Hongro, Sunday, 23 December 2007 17:28 (sixteen years ago) link
You seem to have gotten lost, Geir:
http://poptimists.livejournal.com/
― Dom Passantino, Sunday, 23 December 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
the other day i was struck by how much "piece of me" sounds like a justin timberlake song; not just the melody and instrumentation but the WAY that she sings those lines, with the same kind of insistent, almost monotone that he uses
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 23 December 2007 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I think it sounds like Virginia Woolf tying stones to her shoes. Great song.
― Eazy, Sunday, 23 December 2007 19:31 (sixteen years ago) link
Her skin is bad?
Officially break the Ice is by far the best thing on this. It sounds different on every different stereo/headphone whatever you play it on too.
― I know, right?, Monday, 24 December 2007 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
wow I just realised how risqué the lyrics are
― I know, right?, Monday, 24 December 2007 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link
do people (and by people I mean 'people who aren't record companies') still care about chart placement in this day and age where no-one actually buys music?
― akm, Monday, 24 December 2007 18:05 (sixteen years ago) link
by which I mean: this album and the single seem to be in a weird place where they have sold relatively ok, placed well in charts, have gotten critical acclaim, and yet everyone still has a terrible opinion of her and the media is out for blood (not that she is helping them in that regard...and I guess you could argue the album's critical success has little or nothing to do with her)
― akm, Monday, 24 December 2007 18:06 (sixteen years ago) link
It is all about her though!
They wanna look, we can give 'em a ENCORE!
― I know, right?, Monday, 24 December 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
yea it's not about the album it's about her. which is too bad. but actually for the people who don't follow all the bullshit (like my parents), the bottom line DOEs sometimes seem to be -- well the album is fairing well. it's just when you pay attention to like Access Hollywood that things get messy
― Surmounter, Monday, 24 December 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm sorry but this is just hot
http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g192/rrawn/brit.jpg
in a big way.
― Surmounter, Monday, 24 December 2007 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
& she lost even more weight no?
Easiest mash-up in the world: "Piece of Me" and "Word Up".
― Eazy, Thursday, 27 December 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Such a sucker for these things: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixlHxS3ZpZM
― Tape Store, Sunday, 30 December 2007 04:13 (sixteen years ago) link
akm: I wouldn't say "critical acclaim", rather mixed reviews: http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/spearsbritney/blackout
Surely the best album of Britney, but it's mainly because of their previous ones were shite. This is just half-shit.
― zeus, Sunday, 30 December 2007 13:19 (sixteen years ago) link
the same kind of insistent, almost monotone that [justin timberlake] uses
it's like halfway to rapping (at least) - so cool how her voice is literally played on a synth despite how many times this has been done - shades of "j-j-jam it on the one" as if theo was hanging out in booka shade's studio instead of stevie wonder's
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 30 December 2007 13:27 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost
I don't really like Hot As Ice all that much, but there's pretty much no song on this that you could say is less than good. About 50% is brilliant and 40% is incredible
― I know, right?, Sunday, 30 December 2007 14:44 (sixteen years ago) link
definitely not half-shite, if you appreciate pop music.
― Surmounter, Sunday, 30 December 2007 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
"Hot as Ice" sounds like it could fit on Felix da Housecat's Devin Dazzle and the Neon Fever.
― jaymc, Sunday, 30 December 2007 16:44 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, seriously, this album is like the definition of unfuckwithable
― Tape Store, Sunday, 30 December 2007 18:18 (sixteen years ago) link
I do appreciate good pop music... But this is just half good. Sorry about that, Brit.
― zeus, Sunday, 30 December 2007 21:20 (sixteen years ago) link
That Turtles song "Ooh Baby Baby" or whatever it's called is garbage, and "Why Should I Be Sad" is kind of blah, but otherwise yeah this album is wicked. The three-song stretch "Get Naked (I Got A Plan)"/ "Freakshow" / "Toy Soldier" is *LEGENDARY*.
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 30 December 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
How do the Turtles get here?
― zeus, Sunday, 30 December 2007 21:35 (sixteen years ago) link
it samples/interpolates some Turtles song...
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 30 December 2007 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
"happy together"
Strange, but I can't hear The Turtles there... but the song is really shit, you're right.
― zeus, Sunday, 30 December 2007 21:53 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't understand why they didn't put "Kiss U All Over" on the album, it's one of the best songs from the Blackout-sessions.
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 30 December 2007 22:00 (sixteen years ago) link
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1r-mJb1ERF4
― The Brainwasher, Sunday, 30 December 2007 22:01 (sixteen years ago) link
theres some good songs on the new album but id like to hear songs like why am i so sad sung by someone else.
― titchyschneiderMk2, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 11:39 (sixteen years ago) link
"Radar" and "Piece of Me" are masterpieces. Then there's about five or six lesser ones. Her best album.
― kiss out the jams, Wednesday, 2 January 2008 18:55 (sixteen years ago) link
You are forgetting Break the Ice, from the moment you really hear it, it sounds amazing!
― I know, right?, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
yes.
putting it on
― Surmounter, Wednesday, 23 January 2008 20:44 (sixteen years ago) link
"why should I be sad" is so nice and sad. great one to end the album after all the synths and freaky beats...
― AleXTC, Thursday, 24 January 2008 11:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Apparently she is supposed to be dead within the next half-year. So I guess this is her swansong album then....
― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 24 January 2008 12:58 (sixteen years ago) link
PERFECT LOVER
― Surmounter, Thursday, 24 January 2008 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't rly know that there's a bad song on here? i'm not HUGE on Get Naked but everything else sounds great to me.
― Surmounter, Friday, 25 January 2008 14:59 (sixteen years ago) link
get naked (i has a plan)
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 25 January 2008 15:56 (sixteen years ago) link
"Heaven on Earth" gets better and better, and it was already my favorite song.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 25 January 2008 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
If it's her last album, it's a great one to leave with (and "be sad" would be a good final). the rest of the album is really amazing, indeed. for me, with no order in particular, the best would be : gimme, naked, break the ice, heaven, sad, ice... almost all the album actually ! (and it's such a joy to listen to with good earphones). any idea what the next single will be ?
― AleXTC, Friday, 25 January 2008 16:09 (sixteen years ago) link
Britney to Make 'Purr-fect' Album
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Troubled popstar Britney Spears today announced plans for a new album entitled "Epic Fail." Spears further said that all lyrics for the album will be written in something she referred to as "loll-cat."
"I has producers. I has artistic vision," Spears said at a press conference. "Nom nom nom nom nom."
At times, Spears seemed agitated, yelling for no discernable reason. "I IS SINEAD CAT," she said. "WHERE IS MONORAIL BABY?"
At other times, however, she was playful, pointing at a photographer and saying, "Invisible ethics."
The press conference finished as confusingly as it began, with Spears asking, "My bucket--has you seen it?"
Representatives at her label had no immediate comment.
― Eppy, Friday, 25 January 2008 16:45 (sixteen years ago) link