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Must be a stock issue then for the album to fall this much then :cry:

...well they shall better sort it out...cause this is stupid her dropping 9 places in the 2nd week!

 

Circus down too 4 iin Ireland

#4 in Ireland, can believe didn't make #1, Take That is #1 this week (3-1) Britney (2-4) :(

Posted above you. :)

Saw an advert for Circus today, was the 1st I'd seen and was great! :o

Not just a normal boring advert for a CD, can't really remember it now though!

"You're in Denial

and that is final.

Less drugs and drinking,

is what i'm thinking."

 

 

 

#4's not bad i guess, it's going to stick around for weeks now though with all the big realeseas have come and gone.

 

 

 

 

Hopefully will come back into the top 10 by the end of the week, remember how high sales are at the moment though.

..BUT its a relative thing - the (pre-)XMAS CHARTS are always high sales BECAUSE this is when the majority of people BUY their music AND the majority of people just like at any other time of year DO NOT take Britney seriously as a music star - ONLY a certain type of people buy a Brit album in any quantity now in the first week and thats no matter how big a single (eg Toxic) she has - unfortunately, for her continuing stable mental health, she is as much a manipulated Puppet by greedy heartless men as she ever was, now - practically NONE of her own decision making goes into "her" career which she doesn't even want herself any more (yes OF COURSE you swallow ALL their propaganda as usual - its like taking candy from a baby for her puppet masters, with their insidiousness).

 

 

 

 

 

Does anyone know if there is still a stock issue or something? :unsure: I didn't think it would fall this much in its second week. I hope it can rise again when the weekend comes.

You had NO IDEA it would BOMB in the second week YET eg. Tyler and myself (afterall i predicted it WEEKS ago on this forum) weren't surprised . I guess HISTORY is a science U R not familiar with?

 

 

 

 

Yeah I think there still is a stock issue :drama: But no-one else seems to be suffering from it :drama:

Yes HOW STRANGE it defies ALL LOGIC and REASON - but it must be true if Britney fantics and their reputation and history of rationality, think so. :wacko:

 

 

 

 

Circus down too 4 iin Ireland

OMG there are STOCK issues ALL over the WORLD too and despite it potentially affecting infinite other acts, BRITNEY is THE ONLY act to suffer BOMBING sales uniquely + directly from it ?????????????????? :blink:

 

 

 

Speaking of reputations you probably aren't aware of the very unique one Spice Girl fanatics were renown for - well unique NO longer! - you are clearly chanelling the long dead spirit of SG fandom......

Why do you just post some pointless comments every now and then attacking what people have said, stop being so sarcastic or f*** off.
Yes HOW STRANGE it defies ALL LOGIC and REASON - but it must be true if Britney fantics and their reputation and history of rationality, think so. :wacko:

OMG there are STOCK issues ALL over the WORLD too and despite it potentially affecting infinite other acts, BRITNEY is THE ONLY act to suffer BOMBING sales uniquely + directly from it ?????????????????? :blink:

 

Excuse me I have heard that there are still some stocking shipping problems this week! Which is why I said I THINK there are still some shipping problems. GET OVER YOURSELF!

..BUT its a relative thing - the (pre-)XMAS CHARTS are always high sales BECAUSE this is when the majority of people BUY their music AND the majority of people just like at any other time of year DO NOT take Britney seriously as a music star - ONLY a certain type of people buy a Brit album in any quantity now in the first week and thats no matter how big a single (eg Toxic) she has - unfortunately, for her continuing stable mental health, she is as much a manipulated Puppet by greedy heartless men as she ever was, now - practically NONE of her own decision making goes into "her" career which she doesn't even want herself any more (yes OF COURSE you swallow ALL their propaganda as usual - its like taking candy from a baby for her puppet masters, with their insidiousness).

First of all wtf with the lyrics...

Secondly, what is the bold part of your quote supposed to mean? I bought the Britney album are you trying to say something -_-

And also for her not "wanting her career" anymore, could you be any DUMBER? Im sorry but she could have taken a year away get her head sorted out, get her kids back, fight all court battles but no instead she decided to make a COMEBACK which Circus well and truely is. To say she does not want her career anymore is like saying you dont want your drugs anymore ^^

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I love how people like to come in the Britney forum and try to prove that they're always right over us deluded Britney fans. I guess we live in a world now where some people have nothing better to do. There's nothing wrong with all of us wanting Britney to do well. People must seem to think Britney is a horrible person and doesn't deserve it. WTF is that?

 

And actually, if you paid any attention, Britney has already said a few times that she wants to tour, promote, put out an album again. So no one is forcing her to do anything she doesn't want to.

 

Oh, and I would say there is a stock issue. I'm sure it wouldn't have fallen as much if it wasn't just sold in HMV. :P If you read the news, Woolworths and other stores are having issues right now.

 

DUH albums sell more in the run up to Christmas. It doesn't take a genius to realize it. That's why artists release their f***ing albums just before the holidays. -_-

Guh I'm becoming more and more disappointed with Circus as the days go by. The whole project is just...guh...

 

This review from Cokemachineglow kinda highlights how I feel, though it is a bit harsh and I don't agree with all of it:

 

Britney Spears

 

Circus

(Jive/Zomba/Sony; 2008)

 

Rating: 31%

 

 

I loved Blackout—proper loved it. Before, I had no time for Britney or her various incarnations. The Mouseketeer Lolita that gave us “Hit Me…” and inspired a league of women to wear school skirts in clubs and do that hand-to-the-head-sideways-hair-flick dance move. The petulant womanager that gave us the anemic demands for respect “Overprotected” and “My Prerogative.” Not even her desperate clod-hopping genre chasing on “I Love Rock’N‘Roll” or “Me Against The Music” made me gave even the tiniest of f***s. The only time I paid any attention was with “Slave 4 U” and “Toxic.” Apart from those two killer tracks Britney never produced anything that had any bite, no matter how many purrs, mewls or vocal hiccups she used to disguise her limited range.

 

Then, after her well-documented descent, she returns with “Gimme More,” a grinding electro dirge at slightly too slow a BPM to really classify as a dance jam, her vocals dry and sapped of her usual affectations. Seriously, brilliant: I’ve dropped it after Hot Chip’s “Over & Over” and watched people go ape-crazy. Best, for Blackout, it wasn’t a one-off. The stuttering “Piece Of Me,” the thrum of “Heaven On Earth” and the defiantly idiotic R&B of “Get Naked” all bizarrely boasted flat vocodored vocals. They’d be listless from another artist but after Brit’s career of hiccups and giggles and autotunes they sounded revolutionary. It seems, in hindsight, that Britney + Producer – Britneyisms makes for a great formula. Even the title, Blackout, suggested that in her fame-doused stupor she had managed to arrive safely without really needing to be there. It was the album equivalent of drinking nothing but peach schnapps for twelve hours and waking up at home, in bed without having soiled yourself, lost your wallet or f***ed something unfortunate. It was, in short, truly magical.

 

But now we have Circus, and I’m already annoyed. For example, halfway through the second track, we get this: “There are two types of people in this world. Those who entertain and those who observe.” Oh, f*** off. Shambling performances and public meltdowns are hardly entertainment (except for those with a bet on Deadpool). She seems, after everything, completely unaware of herself. She believes she’s the top attraction but in truth the album should have been called Sideshow. Those that followed her story rabidly on TV, after all, weren’t doing so out of loyalty to her but like a crowd at a car crash, and even then she was one-upped by fresher messes like Lindsey Lohan and Amy Winehouse. Still, that’s in the past—let’s see what back-from-the-brink Britney’s like.

 

In short, not so good. “Womanizer” is instantly unlovable. That play-sexy purr is back but that’s not what galls. Since nothing from her personal life has remained personal, the song’s sentiments just sound dumb. Who’s she singing about? That paparazzi with the goatee that even a mother wouldn’t love? That charmless opportunist is a “Womanizer”? But, meaning aside, even though the song is melodically bereft there was a hypnotic quality about “Gimme More” and its lolloping beat. “Womanizer” replaces that with a skipping chirpiness that tips it straight into annoying. And that’s the problem with Circus as a whole. Essentially, Britney’s back, she’s connected to the material and…she’s annoying.

 

Bizarrely, it’s with “sexiness” where Britney really struggles. Where Blackout‘s sexuality was rooted in its grubby beats and seethed with the kind of perversion Xtina could only really showboat about, Circus panders on a type of sexuality seldom seen outside of ’70s B-movies. The baffling “Mmm Papi” is, despite layers of moans and groans, too cutesy-cutesy. It’s like she’s struggled back into her “Hit Me..” schoolgirl outfit and baby-talks. Besides that, there’s a vaguely-racist Latino impersonation at the end of the track, which makes the whole song a grubby affair and, were I straight, decidedly limp-making. There’s also a song called “Lace And Leather.” With slap-bass. FFS, COME ON!!!

 

Although Pink’s “So What” wins the award for most-alienatingly narcissistic song of the year, “Kill The Lights” comes awfully close. “Is that money in your pocket or are you happy to see me?” coos Britney. True, you could argue that “Piece Of Me” has precisely the same sentiment, but, whereas that song was delivered with a tossed-off flippancy, “Kill The Lights” is delivered with gusto. “I don’t give a damn what you think of me” is pretty hard to believe from someone trying so hard, and Britney, if nothing else, tries hard. There’s a song called “If U Seek Amy.” Was “See You Next Tuesday” already taken by Fred Durst or something?

 

So, Britney’s back with a brand new anti-Midas touch. In the past few years she focussed on and f***ed up her personal life. Now, by involving herself in her music again, she’s managing to f*** it up as well. Circus is a saddening step back to her glossy yet unengaging In the Zone era, which is a shame. The only standout is the woozy, flange-guitared “Blur.” Showing off a disarmingly soulful vocal, it sets the tone for a great come-down album that could have been. It’s a shame she didn’t have the guts to make that album. That really would have caused a media circus.

What a $h!t review, they are attacking her about the lyrics of Circus and she didn't even write it.

It's a well written and good review. o_O And even if she didn't write the lyrics they're still a part of the album aren't they? Tis not an instrumental work?

 

Blur being the standout I don't agree with, but I can see where they're coming from. The part I'm most agree with is when they talk about the sexyness of Blackout and the absolute cheesiness of some of Circus.

It's a well written and good review. o_O And even if she didn't write the lyrics they're still a part of the album aren't they? Tis not an instrumental work?

 

Blur being the standout I don't agree with, but I can see where they're coming from. The part I'm most agree with is when they talk about the sexyness of Blackout and the absolute cheesiness of some of Circus.

Yeah but it says like she's claiming her past few years were entertainment for everyone which I highly doubt was what she had in mind when she listened to the song and decided to record it. Blackout for me was a bit boring in parts Ooh Ooh Baby, Heaven On Earth, Perfect Lover and Why Should I Be Sad were all ok songs but pretty bland for me if songs like Mmm Papi are cheesy then thats fine because they have something more to them and are fun.

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