Britney's Back

Britney Spears…

Two words that automatically spark some sort of connotation within in minds of EVERYONE. If you’ve never heard of her, you are either living on another planet or lying. Although there is always a connotation, for some it is negative and for others it is positive and for many it has teetered back and forth over the years - and that is totally ok! Regardless, according to the sales numbers, people are still loving her (or loving to hate her) but either way, they are opening their wallets!

Her most recent album, as we all know is Circus. She’s been through a lot emotionally and physically but no one can deny, she looks AMAZING on the cover and the inside pictures. This is the thing about Britney, you can’t just review her music without reviewing her. Now, to the music…

We all are familiar with the tracks and the fact that Britney is "re-vamping". Although the overall feel is somewhat perverted, the album shines compared to others. The songs are in an order that rotates between fast and slow/good and bad which is key to a good album. The fatal flaw of it all has to be the simplicity in the repition of the hook’s of most of the songs. What producers thought would be the hook of the century is so simple that it’s almost insulting and their hook proved to be nothing other than a “hook-line and sinker” (for example, Womanizer…are there no synonyms?) I think what really makes this album great though, simplicity aside, is the intros, outros and transitional bridges. The songs are on subjects almost all can relate to in one way or another and that’s what is most important part of music - that it speaks to you as a listener. The beats make it good for listening to as you’re driving around in your car or stepping up on the stage at the hottest dance club in the city. The optimistic, make lemons into lemonade feel is constant throughout and I think (age appropriate) this album will serve to boost or instill confidence in girls, ladies and women alike (and make a few men aware of the fact that we really aren’t sickers for the swagger of a champion).