Are there any not on vinyl at the moment?
Oh that’s very good news! Her discography certainly deserves to be widely accessible on vinyl. I wonder if they’ll be standard black or if they’ll be available in new colour variants?
I spent a small fortune on getting the Urban Outfitters vinyls No regrets though… I wouldn’t have had the patience to wait for years.
A couple of my Urban Outfitters ones sadly don’t sound very good though… so I may consider buying a couple of the new pressings to see if they’re any better!
Looks like all of them were available at some point or another I think. I thought Urban Outfitters got to a point and stopped aha. But I hope this news is just that it’s going to be easier for those who want to fulfil their collections. The others are so limited and we’re kinda blink and you miss it.
I’ve seen the ‘Britney Jean’ pressing and why does her worst album have the most stunning pressing???? Lmao
I’d definitely purchase these if they were readily available!
Thanks, how exciting. Would My Prerogative be the greatest hits?
Yup, it marks the change from her imperial age to her dance pop robo pop phase.
Omg! Need! But moneyssss, let me start saving x
It's "currently unavailable" in the UK but I'm happy to see those prices! It suggests they won't be overpriced in the UK either, so I think I'm going to try and get hold of them all
They’re going to be available in colour as well *.* They're mostly different to the Urban Outfitters colours.
These are up for pre-order in Australia at the moment, but they should be everywhere soon ( https://www.sanity.com.au/specials/964/Britney-Spears?fbclid=PAAaZiNYzD--ubbxsBAf4ICIz3frwn3MZnM2xEVereJsoc1bb6tH9eiQKt00E )
Release Dates:
31st March - ...Baby One More Time / Oops!...I Did It Again / Britney
28th April - In the Zone / Blackout / Circus / Femme Fatale
26th May - Greatest Hits: My Prerogative / Britney Jean
I think those colour choices for Blackout and Circus are better than Urban Outfitters! I’m kind of tempted to get them, even though I already have the UO versions
In my opinion most of the new colours suit the artworks nicely. However pale yellow for My Prerogative seemed a bit random to me, while marbled grey for Femme Fatale is a bit dull.
The above colours for Baby One More Time, Britney and In the Zone are similar to the original UO versions. The difference is that UO had the colours swirled with white, whereas these new ones will be solid colours.
The label not using the international artwork for Baby is an oversight imo! It seems to have become very forgotten in favour of making the US version the main version. I get why they used that cover for Urban Outfitters in the US, but using it internationally is a bit of a let down for me. My nostalgia for the album is with it having this cover:
The original Urban Outfitters colours for comparison (not my image). Baby was released in 2017 and all the others came out throughout 2019 and 2020:
...Baby One More Time [Pink & White Swirl] (The white swirl is certainly subtle but it's there, it's not just solid pink even though the above image looks that way)
Oops!...I Did It Again [Purple & White Swirl] (It appears more purple than the above image makes it seem)
Britney [Yellow & White Swirl]
In the Zone [Blue & White Swirl]
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [Grey with Black & White Splatter] (This was advertised as being "Clear with Black & White splatter" but for some reason ended up being pressed in opaque grey)
Blackout [Black & White Swirl] (Essentially making it Grey...)
Circus [Clear with Gold & White Swirl]
Femme Fatale [Gold]
Britney Jean [Hot Pink]
Although I found it strange that the "white swirl" concept was abandoned for the last couple of albums, I think they ultimately looked better without the swirl!
Overall it's a bit of a hotchpotch, but I mostly like them apart from the Blackout and Circus colours.
Urban Outfitters reissued the albums a few times in different variants. There's some that are just clear, and others that are clear with some colour swirls/marbling. For example, the second and third versions of Oops:
Here's another image of the first version of Oops which I think shows off the purple more clearly:
Agree with you on the …Baby One More Time cover Jay. The International cover outside of the US would be much better. It’s also the one I have the nostalgia with.
Britney Jean had another vinyl variant.
It was a Neon Blue & Pink splatter! Looked stunning!
I definitely intend to go with the colour vinyls when they do this. I am with Jay in that I am slightly meh at them using the US cover even for the U.K. release of BOMT. My nostalgia is with the other cover (and I think it looks far nicer than the pink bubblegum pop US version).
You can pre-order on HMV now:
EXCITING!
Great to see her albums getting a vinyl release, I feel like it's a simple but effective way of putting the focus on the music and give the chance for fans to celebrate an artist's legacy.
Don't think I'll be purchasing them all, but I'm interested in getting 'Blackout', 'Circus' (the two albums I purchased around the time of release so I have most nostalgia for) and the greatest hits.
I’m guessing all track lists will be the standard American ones?
All pre-ordered!
I don’t even have a vinyl player
Looks like you might need to get one!
All the colours available on Amazon UK!
I don’t think I’ll be getting these since I already have all of the UO releases (well, one copy of each!) but I really like the colours… if I wasn’t so broke from Madonna and Beyoncé tickets it’d be tempting lol
She’s slaying UK Amazon vinyl albums Chart all her albums are high on the Chart also on the overall Chart are high too
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Greatest-Hits-My-Prerogative-VINYL/dp/B0BNRTQYJB/ref=zg_bs_music_sccl_16/257-9128223-6085361?psc=1
Ooh the Amazon prices are quite a bit cheaper than HMV.
They had a banner for it on hmv’s site yesterday too, which I assume it means that it’s selling really well for them to make it a priority on their front page!
Maybe some of them will re enter on official Chart
The banner for her vinyl on hmv is the 3rd one on hmvstore’s homepage (behind 2 PS5 - Hogwarts Legacy bundles) and iirc they’re created for popular titles.
Basically, if true, she’s selling really well on there too!
https://hmv.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAuaKfBhBtEiwAht6H75qLQeEjYBN-IGztPVlEOcOCs563BiCXRojCwfSmQcX6nnU18Xo-8hoCc10QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
Looking forward to seeing if these can re-enter the UK album chart! Not really sure what to expect sales wise.
Randomly Baby One More Time and In the Zone have increased to £29.99 on Amazon but the other studio albums are currently £24.44.
I guess it's not surprising that Greatest Hits My Prerogative is doing the best (even though it only covers the first 4 eras). Blackout is leading the way for studio albums *.*
Amazon Best Sellers in Vinyl
4 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
6 Blackout
7 Oops!... I Did It Again
8 Femme Fatale
9 Circus
10 Britney
11 ...Baby One More Time
12 In The Zone
16 Britney Jean
Amazon Best Sellers in CDs & Vinyl
15 Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
24 Blackout
27 Oops!... I Did It Again
30 Femme Fatale
31 Circus
33 Britney
34 ...Baby One More Time
38 In The Zone
55 Britney Jean
Just pre-ordered all of them + bought Glory vinyl too! Can't wait to have them all
Why is The Singles Collection not getting the vinyl treatment?
I hope they continue to be stocked as I cannot afford them at this moment in time and will probably have to buy one a month at a time.
I think it might have been better to release them separately over a longer period as some fans will buy all albums on vinyl but thats not to take away from the fact how great it is that all her albums are getting the vinyl treatment, hopefully some of the albums will return to the chart, id assume her debut will be her most popular.
In the Zone deserves more!
ITZ is widely considered as her 2nd best album (even the very best by a LOT of people too) and it's home to 2 of her biggest hits, one of which is largely considered her defining hit, so it's really baffling how it's so low down the rankings of her orders! So bizarre. Also, for me, it looks like the best pressing
Remember it is pricier than the others too!
I am SO excited to have all of these in my hands
#22 for In the Zone isn't that low, she's just got too many albums. It could really use the boost though as it's not that far off from 2x Platinum. Hopefully we get some re-entries!
Have to agree, In The Zone is her best album. Deserves to be high.
Blackout deserves the sales.
In The Zone deserves the recognition.
The first batch ('Baby..', 'Oops!..' and 'Britney') are released this Friday! *.*
For some reason on Amazon UK, Baby, Oops and Britney aren't displayed with the vinyl mock up designs anymore. In the case of Oops it's showing completely wrong artwork...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Baby-One-More-Time-VINYL/dp/B0BNSNQ8PY (#596 in CDs/Vinyl chart & #146 in Vinyl chart)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oops-I-Did-Again-VINYL/dp/B0BNTKB3LV (#769 in CDs/Vinyl chart & #180 in Vinyl chart)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Britney-VINYL-Spears/dp/B0BNSWGBFG (#191 in CDs/Vinyl chart & #44 in Vinyl chart)
:\ What a mess?
HMV took my payment on Tuesday so I think they'll be here soon. I really hope they're the ones I actually ordered. Ugh.
Also that Baby one on Amazon looks like the picture disc sleeve...
It's just a bug. The Oops one is back to normal, by the way.
They had better be the ones I ordered too! mine have been dispatched apparently
I got my copy of 'Britney' today!
Well, apart from some very minor changes on the back cover (the fact it states it's printed in Europe, has a different barcode and has the Sony Music logo printed), it is pretty much the exact same as the Urban Outfitters versions, in terms of overall quality. That is to say, slightly on the thin and flimsy side with the outer card sleeve and inner thin paper sleeves... but with above decent reproductions of the photographs used so that it looks good overall (there are considerably worse re-issues out there than the Britney ones, I'll say that!). On 'Britney' they haven't even amended the error on the vinyl's labels - where it says "2001/2009" rather than "2001/2019" (that's another thing, they've not updated the text to say 2023 anywhere on this release). Obviously the actual colour of the vinyl itself are different to the originals, that really is the main difference.
I've seen from 'Baby' and 'Oops' online that they're practically the same as the original releases too. For instance, Baby uses an inner blank/white record sleeve to store the vinyl in and a separate square sheet with printed credits, which is unlike all the other Britney albums where there is a printed sleeve to slot the vinyl into. So the label has kept these specific designs for years [Baby One More Time's first pressing came out in 2017]. I'd wondered whether they'd ever change Baby One More Time's inner design to match how the others are done, but evidently not!
I'd be interested to know why it's taken as long as 2023 for Europe to get these produced. I'm guessing there was some sort of length of time that Urban Outfitters were granted exclusivity and it only recently finished?
I bought Britney because my previous two copies both have problems (original yellow = sounds bad / clear = off centre labels). My new copy isn't perfect either, it's a bit warped, I've got to push the record down rather than it just slotting into place... so that's a bit of a shame, but I played it and overall it sounded good, better than my previous two at least, so I guess I'm satisfied enough to keep it. I'm not sure if it's just the case that I'm continually unlucky with this album or if lots of them end up being warped.
Haven't opened them or played them but I've got the first 3 and really happy with them! Such cute nostalgic albums <3
I caved and bought a vinyl player lmao. Just a cheap one, but I couldn't not get SOMETHNG.
My problem now is... I've missed all my favourite Taylor vinyl variants lmao. I'll have Britney's. But I will start getting Taylor and Little Mix at some point, but everything else will have to be either special edition limited releases or really cheap sale ones lol.
Do we think these could make an impact on the charts this week?
I decided to request a replacement copy of 'Britney' from Amazon, and that will be arriving later today. I'm determined to have a copy of this which doesn't have any problems! Fingers crossed for fourth time lucky...
I also bought '...Baby One More Time' and that's coming later too! My 2017 copy of that album is actually pressed off-centre. Somehow that had slipped my mind until I got the album out yesterday and noticed it looking weird when it's spinning on the player. I must have just accepted it as it was back in 2017, because it had sold out during pre-order and there was no way to get a replacement of it anyway. Apparently it's not good for the stylus to play an off-centre record, so I guess I shouldn't. Hopefully my new 2023 vinyl has no problems!
I wasn't in to collect my vinyl player so my neighbours have it and I gotta grab it from them tomorrow as I came home from work too late... boo! I didn't think hmv delivered THAT quick! I ordered it Friday and it dispatched yesterday... grr.
Got my vinyl today too, I LOVE them. I especially love the 'Britney' yellow!
The sound on 'Baby...' is pretty good for me. But then again I wouldnt be able to notice the difference as this is literally the first vinyl I've listened to lmao!
Jay what do you mean “off centre”?
My BOMT & OIDIA vinyls arrived today!
In The Zone, Blackout and Circus up next this week! *.*
The whole vinyl is like it’s slightly shifted over, so none of it is perfectly central like it should be. You know the outside edges of the vinyl that isn’t the music grooves, but just the run in? On one side of the vinyl there’s more of that than there should be, and on the other side that part is rather thin. It’s like the whole thing is off. It’s probably only a couple of millimetres, but that makes a surprising significant difference!
It’s hard to explain, but I hope that makes sense. A video would be easier!
By the way, the next 3 Britney’s albums are out on Friday
That came around quick. Love In The Zone & Circus.
My struggles with Britney vinyl continues with both In the Zone and Blackout coming with the sleeves damaged Already arranged for Amazon to send me replacements :') Circus seems fine though! The red vinyl is just so right for this album.
It feels SO good receiving these vinyls
Britney my Number 1 fave
Blackout on vinyl is just everything Listening right now and it sounds incredible! Better than my Urban Outfitters copy!
Blackout, In the Zone and Circus not in the top 100 this week, I’m kind of surprised at how poorly all the vinyl releases have done. I guess anyone that really wants Britney on vinyl, already had the Urban Outfitters pressings.
UK Vinyl Albums
#18. Blackout
#24. Circus
#29. In the Zone
UK Album Sales
#31 Blackout
#42 Circus
#51 In the Zone
UK Physical Albums
#28 (RE) Blackout
#38 (RE) Circus
#45 (RE) In the Zone
Saw all of these except for Britney at the shops last night. $68 Australian, seems a bit pricey. Still hopefully they do well.
'Blackout' really does sound amazing on vinyl. A LOT better than I had anticipated actually...
Yeah I haven’t bothered with any of these as I already broke the bank getting all the Urban Outfitters releases, I don’t need/can’t afford multiple copies
The final 3 drop this week. How will the GH:MP sales work chart wise though? Will 'Singles Collection' be switched out as all the sales that was going towards that album, now go towards GH:MP for this week (I assume GH:MP will be the most purchased?) orrrr..??
TSC is still showing up in the midweeks at #99
Not got mine yet but I’ve seen a couple of unboxings and… not her worst album having probably the most stunning pressing??? 😭😭😭
It looks better than the mock ups even!!
Finally received my last 3 vinyl (my friend ordered them for me but only just managed to get them off of her ) and yep, can confirm 'Britney Jean' pressing is stunning
It really is a stunning cover
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