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what you need is like what I wanted from her for sooo long.

 

Grammy winner for best pop vocal album.

 

slayed. thank you britney. good night.

 

Omg I am definitely listening to this tomorrow *.* Do You Want To Come over alone has really re-ignited my interest!
I've re-listened and I'm a bit overwhelmed. There's quite a lot of highs on this album.
I've re-listened and I'm a bit overwhelmed. There's quite a lot of highs on this album.

 

My patience, is killing me.

 

Describe e v e r y t h i n g if anyone is given the chance.

My patience, is killing me.

 

Describe e v e r y t h i n g if anyone is given the chance.

 

Single choices for me would be:

 

Man on the Moon - utterly brilliant but I'm not 100% the GP would get it.

Do You Wanna Come Over

Slumber Party - banger. Swearney

 

 

Also Just Luv Me is impeccably produced. But it kinda disappoints on the chorus and doesn't climax properly but I do love it. It's similar to Selena's Good For You but I feel it would have needed a feature or something to break it up a bit. She sings about being thirsty.
I'll do a full review a bit later on! Should I try to avoid giving too many details about the songs? Cos it'll be spoiler-heavy otherwise.
This has leaked. I need full reviews people! I'm waiting until Friday!

 

Me too! I'm not reading reviews though, I don't wanna be influenced before I hear it lol

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My rank based on first listen only since there is always growth potential.

 

07 Invitation

08 Make Me... (feat. G-Eazy)

08 Private Show

07 Man On the Moon

10 Just Luv Me

09 Clumsy

08 Do You Wanna Come Over?

07 Slumber Party

06 Just Like Me

07 Love Me Down

07 Hard To Forget Ya

06 What You Need

09 Better

09 Change Your Mind (No Seas Cortes)

09 Liar

05 If I’m Dancing

10 Coupure Électrique

07.0 Invitation

06.0 Make Me... (feat. G-Eazy)

05.0 Private Show

10.0
Man on the Moon

10.0
Just Luv Me

07.0 Clumsy

10.0
Do You Wanna Come Over?

09.5 Slumber Party

10.0
Just Like Me

08.0 Love Me Down

08.5 Hard To Forget Ya

07.5 What You Need

08.0 Better

10.0
Change Your Mind (No Seas Cortes)

06.0 Liar

07.5 If I’m Dancing

07.5 Coupure Électrique

 

Potential singles :
Just Like Me, Man on the Moon, Slumber Party, but also Do You Wanna Come Over & Just Luv Me.

 

So, so, so gooooood. 'Make Me' is honestly one of the weakest offerings of the album. :unsure:

Also, 'Liar' is
definitely
bonustrack material.

I have basically no idea how to format an album review so I'll try to be somewhat concise but I'll just do all the songs 1 by 1.

 

'Invitation' is really beautiful, I think it's the best I've ever heard her sound on a ballad track. It's not a proper ballad, but rather an electro-R&B ballad, but it still feels more emotional than most of her actual ballads. It's really really gorgeous and so vibey and sexy. Pretty perfect.

 

'Make Me' is still pretty perfect. Couldn't fit in any better with the rest of the album either.

 

'Private Show' kinda stands out. I think a lot of people would disagree with me here but I don't really think this is an album it should be part of. Still the same song we've all heard but yeah.

 

'Man On The Moon' has been called a better 'Alien' by a lot of people but from what I remember of 'Alien' it's not that similar. The latter lyrics of the first verse have some of the very best delivery on the album, you can tell she is putting her heart into it. Chorus is really stunning again, and the production is surprisingly clever. She doesn't sound sad at all but the lyrics are really crushing, which is a nice contrast. You can picture her mascara running down her face while she sits on a bed really easily here. Then there's the - wait for it - probably Italian middle 8, which concludes in what I would say is the most dramatic/epic moment of the album by far. That's breathtaking. Amazing!

 

'Just Luv Me' disappointed me, I have to say. I never thought the snippet sounded incredible so I'm sure if you liked the snippet you'll like the song, but it felt way too ploddy to me. Interesting note here is that earphones are pretty essential for the production in the chorus to really come through. It feels like the most commercial song on the album but I don't think it's strong enough to be a good single regardless. It just doesn't progress or vary or anything, and I think she sounds dull here.

 

'Clumsy' is so underrated!! Again we all know what it sounds like but it's really a jam, I love it. It's like FF/BJ but with at least some personality and decent vocals.

 

'Do You Wanna Come Over?' I honestly want this to be the second single. It feels like a good representation of the album (certainly its themes) and it's easily the most performance-friendly song on the album. So much potential for Fierceney with this.

 

'Slumber Party' is so classically R&B, it's a really refreshing listen and sound for her to do. Her delivery in the first verse reminds me of someone that I can't remember, but it also is *very* Britney to the point that the person it's reminding me of might just be older Britney. The lyrics feel very Britney here (candles during sex! of course) and it's nice to hear Swearney. This feels like the sexiest song on the album, I think. There's a lot of parts to this that consistently take the song higher.

 

'Just Like Me' isn't really for me but I do like a lot about it, it's just kind of boring me. The chorus is a bit too repetitive, just like 'Just Luv Me'. The production in the chorus is really nice and ~chilled~ but I don't know if that really suits the song. The middle 8 is great lyrically/delivery-wise, it's like 'Perfume' with more intensity. What I will say in favour of this song is that I appreciate the vocal style being so subtle. I never have too much fondness for Britney's emotional songs because the delivery can feel a bit tryhard ("I AM SO SAD CAN YOU HEAR IT IN MY VOICE?"), which makes them feel quite fake. This is a song about something very upsetting that's confident in expressing that level of upset without needing to scream it in your face. She doesn't give any big ballad vocals but you can still tell how she feels and I like that.

 

'Love Me Down' is great. Really really shallow but I like it, it's something she would have made like, in 2006 or something. Sexy and boppy but not too much to say about it beyond that.

 

'Hard To Forget Ya' scared me a bit cos it felt a bit Britney Jean ('Now That I've Found You' came to mind) but it's actually nothing like that. This song is so happy and I don't think I've heard her have so much fun on a song for a long time. Highlight of this is the "Somethin' boutcha, boutcha!" in the chorus which is just so euphoric. It's great to hear her singing like this again. This song should probably be played at excessive volumes.

 

'What You Need' is the first song on the album to have "MAY" in it so it's great for that alone. The first artist that came to mind was Duffy, which is not a huge compliment, but then I don't really intend it to be one. The instrumental is just quite irritating to my ears and... yeah. Pass. It feels like they were really just f***ing around with this. "That was fun!" is a great line to end the album on though, I'll give it that.

 

'Better' is really really nice, I guess tropical house is the genre you'd give it. I'm a bit iffy after BJ for Britney to be releasing songs quite as ~trendy~ on this but my God is it a jam. Amazingly danceable and I can't believe it's on the deluxe. Lyrics are cute and whoever produced this should be proud of themselves.

 

'Change Your Mind (No Seas Cortés)' SPANISH-SPEAKING QUEEN. This is basically exactly what you'd expect it to be ("Spanish-sounding" guitar and sunny synths), but I think that's the perfect thing for it to be. It makes the naturally campy idea of Britney randomly singing in Spanish even camper and that's exactly what the song should be. This is one of the songs that made me want to dance most on the album.

 

'Liar' is kind of epic but not really the sort of music I care for. It's kind of pop-rock (like an electronic, angry Kelly Clarkson) with random "twee" (is there a better word?) production to make it stand out a bit more, but personally I'm happy it's a bonus track. It's worse than most songs on the album.

 

'If I'm Dancing' brings back Britishney kinda except without any of the fabulousness Britishney once had. This is incredibly, incredibly boring. The production is quirky and all which is nice but it's chilled to a huge, huge fault and I just don't get any value from it. It has one fun moment (a spontaneous "Did you get that?"), but otherwise I kind of spend the whole thing wanting it to end. It wants to be a relaxed, ~cool~ dance song but just ends up being kinda sleep-inducing.

 

'Coupure électrique' could well be her weirdest ever song. I can't quite decide if her pronunciation is terrible or not, so I'm a bit confused by the lyrics, but the basic point is just that she gets so caught up with the man in this song that the rest of the world seems to "black out". It doesn't feel like a song Britney should be making, which is a good thing because that's a testiment to just how different it is. The production is super super cold, which is cool. This is definitely a novelty track but honestly it's nice to get some of those.

 

 

Overall the album is unsurprisingly fantastic, and comfortably better for me than everything since Circus. It's also probably better than Circus, which would put it in my top 3 Britney albums. It's an impressive album in that I'd say it has the cohesion of Blackout while having variety more comparable to the two albums that came either side of Blackout. Her vocals are great and should bring a lot of happiness to people who miss how she sounded before the breakdown, and there's no Myah Marie so that's nice. I'm not sure there is a Britney album that feels more like Britney, which might be inaccurate of me but I thought even on ITZ she didn't have that much agency on what she was doing. It's a really good listen that shouldn't ever feel dated like Femme Fatale (which was also amazing on first listen) did, and perhaps more interestingly it gives a lot of hope for what's to come after this.

Wow that's so long, sorry! Don't read it unless you really want a review cos it's not interesting.

 

@Hurricane, I don't suppose you could help us with the lyrics to 'Coupure électrique'? I'm struggling and I can't tell if that's because she's pronouncing things terribly or not.

J'oublie le monde quand tu fais

Fais-moi l'amour

Mon amour

 

J'ai oublie le monde quand tu fais

Fais-moi l'amour

Mon amour

 

Comme une

Coupure électrique

 

J'oublie le monde quand tu fais

Fais-moi l'amour

Mon amour

 

Un moment avec toi

Dans le noir

Un moment avec toi

Dans le noir

 

Comme une

Coupure électrique

 

T'es la lumière

T'es la lumière

 

J'oublie le monde quand tu fais

Fais-moi l'amour

Mon amour

 

Comme une

Coupure électrique

 

J'oublie le monde quand tu fais

Fais-moi l'amour

Mon amour

 

 

Translation for anyone:

 

I forget about the world when you...

Make love to me

My love

 

I forget about the world when you...

Make love to me

My love

 

Like a...

Blackout

 

I forget about the world when you...

Make love to me

My love

 

A moment with you

In the dark

A moment with you

In the dark

 

Like a...

Blackout

 

You're the light

You're the light

 

I forget about the world when you...

Make love to me

My love

 

Like a...

Blackout

 

I forget about the world when you...

Make love to me

My love

Ok, it's like a tribute to 'Blackout'.

 

I'm dead. I'm going to bed. Thank you guys for taking the time to review it!

Woopsie, I didn't think the spoiler thingy would look like that. :lol:

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