Blackout - Britney Spears

INTRODUCTION You have to have been living under a rock this last year (arguably the last 9 years) not to know who Britney is. Unfortunately the focus hasn't been on her music since 2003 when 'In the Zone' was released. Since then she has become a running joke, train wreck, living a downward spiral that involves custody battles, head shaving, multiple divorces and attacking people with umbrellas. The once sweet and innocent, loveable pop princess has now become a tabloid fixture for all the wrong reasons. This album is the make or break point for Britney. It has been hyped up beyond belief and been called her comeback album, her chance to prove that she's ...  Read the complete review

Now, it would be fair to say that Britney has seen a fair amount of publicity over th past year and not all of it has been completely positive. When an artist is chewed up and spat out by a hostile audience in the way that poor Britney has been there's a fair chance that any comeback album is going to be met with a fair amount of hostility. In fact here are some quotes from disgruntled reviewers scared of losing face. "In terms of studio trickery, Paris Hilton's album was practically 'unplugged' compared to this." "certain songs wouldn't have sounded too different if her vocal were totally erased" My personal ...  Read the complete review

I have to admit no matter how much Britney is slowly losing the plot I cannot help but feel sorry for her. From her marriage problems to children problems I just want her to be back to the Britney she was. I, like many never even expected I would get to write this review about Britney’s technically 6th album after her Greatest Hits if we include that. However, once I got a bit of a listen of Gimme More I heard ‘it’s Britney bitch’ and thought it was a joke but then after so many radio plays I slowly began to find the song quite catchy and thought to myself maybe it isn’t so bad. However, Britney then performed at the VMA’s and I couldn’t believe how bad the performance ...  Read the complete review

What is Britney like. She had everything to play for. Starting out as media darling and pop queen - something that most other little starlets would have killed for. Her killer band of electro-pop ensured massive sales and hit single after hit single in the late 90s and early 00s. But recently, she seemed to have gone a bit mad. And the papparazzi dont really do her any favours. Turning up on a jaunt to catch her every stupid move. So it was with a bit of reservation that I checked out this album. I half expected Blackout to be a disaster. After all, she seems to have lost all reality recently. And then before I'd even heard lead single "Gimme ...  Read the complete review

Bought this album over ebay as I didn't want to pay full price due to all the bad reviews of the album. When I did get the album I was really suprised, the usual you expect from Britney, alot of songs that will get you dancing about aswell. As an artist I believe that she could have done alot better and I still wouldn't pay full price for this album but it's alright for sticking on to get your housework ...  Read the complete review