"Before The Goodbye" is awesome. I wish Brian Transeau (BT) did more tracks with Britney though. Like I said regarding "I Run Away", the fact that this didn't make the standard version is a blasphemy.

 

Rank:

 

#1. "I'm A Slave 4 U"

#2. "Before The Goodbye"

#3. "I Run Away"

#4. "Anticipating"

#5. "Let Me Be"

#6. "Boys"

#7. "Cinderella"

#8. "What It's Like To Be Me"

#9. "When I Found You"

#10. "That's Where You Take Me"

#11. "Overprotected"

#12. "Bombastic Love"

#13. "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman"

#14. "Lonely"

#15. "I Love Rock N Roll"

I love, love, L O V E this! There's something very Eurovision and European about this! I wouldn't have been mad that this was a single either. So wholesome. :wub: THE 2nd CHORUS *.*

 

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R A N K I N G:

01. Overprotected

02. Cinderella

03. Lonely

04. I'm A Slave 4 U

05. Before The Goodbye

06. What It's Like To Be Me

07. Anticipating

08. Bombastic Love

09. Let Me Be

10. I Run Away

11. I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

12. That's Where You Take Me

13. Boys

14. When I Found You

15. I Love Rock N Roll

'What It's Like To Be Me' is a bop, had no idea Justin was on it but is so obvious upon re-listening! :lol: Would've probably been a hit had he had an official credit etc.

 

01 Overprotected

02 Cinderella

03 I'm A Slave 4 U

04 Lonely

05 Anticipating

06 Bombastic Love

07 What It's Like To Be Me

08 Let Me Be

09 I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

10 Boys

11 When I Found You

12 I Run Away

13 That's Where You Take Me

14 I Love Rock N Roll

a nice album closer...the production is amazing...the pre-chorus and chorus is like that big Eurovision ballad that finishes top 5 :wub:

 

Singles:

 

01. I'm A Slave 4 U

02. Overprotected

03. Boys

04. I Love Rock'N'Roll

05. I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

 

Album Tracks:

 

01. I Run Away

02. Lonely

03. Cinderella

04. What It's Like To Be Me

05. Before The Goodbye

06. Bombastic Love

07. Let Me Be

08. Anticipating

09. When I Found You

10. That's Where You Take Me

Okay so... this album doesn't let up for a single second? Before the Goodbye is another excellent track!!

This is such a gorgeous closer! :wub:

 

I forgot just how much I love it! That instrumental outro... LUSH!

Send Britney to Eurovision and win the whole thing :wub:

NOW can people see why this is considered to be her most underrated album? :cheeseblock:

 

It's incredible and early 00's pop at it's PEAK!

01. I’m A Slave 4 U

02. Cinderella

03. Anticipating

04. Boys

05. I’m Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

06. Let Me Be

07. Overprotected

08. I Run Away

09. That’s Where You Take Me

10. What It's Like To Be Me

11. Before The Goodbye

12. Lonely

13. Bombastic Love

14. When I Found You

15. I Love Rock ’N’ Roll

 

What a KILLER album - I genuinely *love* that entire top 13 and... it gets better as 'In The Zone' is my favourite Brit album, can't wait :wub:

 

Thanks for the session again :heart:

ok this album is so underrated but it always been in my top 3 :wub:

 

Thanks Jonjo for doing this :wub:

This re-listening has solidified that 'Britney' is my favourite Brit album after 'Blackout' :wub: Ugh, there is so very little filler and so much killer. Such a shame about the single choices oops.

 

01 Overprotected

02 Cinderella

03 I'm A Slave 4 U

04 Lonely

05 Anticipating

06 Bombastic Love

07 What It's Like To Be Me

08 Let Me Be

09 Before The Goodbye

10 I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

11 Boys

12 When I Found You

13 I Run Away

14 That's Where You Take Me

15 I Love Rock N Roll

That was a great listening because Britney brings me back to a lot of memories. Thanks for the session Jonjo! :wub:

 

Also, I think this is one of the few albums where the bonus tracks ("When I Found You", "I Run Away" and "Before The Goodbye") are superior to the songs which made the final tracklisting.

01. Overprotected

02. I'm A Slave 4 U

03. I Run Away

04. I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman

05. Anticipating

06. Cinderella

07. Let Me Be

08. That's Where You Take Me

09. Before The Goodbye

10. Bombastic Love

11. Lonely

12. When I Found You

13. I Love Rock 'N' Roll

14. What It's Like To Be Me

15. Boys

I think this is her second best album. It sort of helps that the singles aren't HUGE favourites because they don't overshadow the incredible album tracks. It all flows brilliantly and there are expert moments throughout. A truly great pop album :wub:

Thank you to everyone who made it! :wub:

 

I love re-reading the threads in the middle of the week and seeing all your reactions properly! It's amazing.

 

'In The Zone' is definitely next week! Might stick with a 7pm start again, but it depends on whether we have a BJSC listening sesh clash again. If no listening session, it'll be 8.30pm!

Thanks for this Jonjo! :wub:

'In The Zone' is definitely next week!

Please, include this version of the album. I don't think "The Answer" and "Don't Hang Up" are georestricted, so... the more Britney to listen to. :P

 

Please, include this version of the album. I don't think "The Answer" and "Don't Hang Up" are georestricted, so... the more Britney to listen to. :P

 

That's DEFINITELY going to be the version! :D

 

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'Blackout' and 'Circus' will be EXTENDED sessions.

 

I'm gonna do whatever we have on Spotify for those and then do the bonus tracks through the Youtube links that we also use!

I'd forgotten how I Run Away goes before this listen, which is possibly not a good sign! I know I would have heard it a fair bit back in 2002 though, with it being a B Side on I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman. It's a very nice track, but I don't find it essential or sorely missing from the standard album. The switch up in production in the middle is an interesting moment though. Maybe I need more time with it , I see some of you are big fans!

 

What It's Like to Be Me is another great one. A great contribution from Justin. This album is sooo strong!

 

Not sure when I would have heard Before the Goodbye for the first time, because my CD of the album from 2001 didn't include this track! I may have not heard it until many years later. I like it, that chorus sticks in my mind!

 

1. Overprotected

2. I'm a Slave 4 U

3. I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman

4. Cinderella

5. Lonely

6. Bombastic Love

7. That's Where You Take Me

8. When I Found You

9. Anticipating

10. What It's Like to Be Me

11. Boys

12. Let Me Be

13. Before the Goodbye

14. I Run Away

15. I Love Rock 'N' Roll

 

Such a strong album. :wub: A step up from her previous two.

 

I think I'm Not a Girl... ended up so high on my rank mainly for sentimental reasons. Objectively there's some better, catchier songs directly below it in my list. However I loved it so, so much when it was her current single, and I still find it lovely to listen to.

 

On the other hand, somehow memories of Crossroads and being a single wasn't enough to be able to place I Love Rock 'N' Roll over anything else from the album. I still like it though!

 

I'm kind of surprised Boys ended up pretty low down for me :o

 

Enjoyed that! Thanks again, Jonjo, and to everyone else who took part :cheer:

Fun fact: at HMV we do "Staff Picks" where we order in CD's and DVD's and basically put them in store to recommend to customers... this was one of my first picks, mainly coz I wanted the album in store so I could play it when I was on shift! :lol:

 

We sold a few copies I believe! *.*