Posted November 7, 200816 yr By GORDON SMART Published: 08 Nov 2008 BRITNEY SPEARS has never been a shrinking violet and her latest album Circus takes her bravado to startling new heights. I’m the only journalist on the planet to have heard the pop princess’s latest offering — and one track in particular left me stunned. The title If You Seek Amy, seems innocuous enough, but it has an entirely different meaning. It goes: “All the boys and all the girls want to if you seek Amy”. That clearly doesn’t make much sense. What you hear, though, is the quite shocking statement: “All the boys and all the girls want to f*** me.” I can’t see LEONA LEWIS releasing anything like that in the future. It’s a great track. A stomping robo pop number with clattering kettle drums and Brit being quite frank about the opinion she holds of herself. Kill The Lights focuses on the star’s relationship with the paparazzi, the lights referring to flash bulbs. It’s a brilliant disco banger with an elastic bass line and plenty of spooky keyboard work. During Kill The Lights Brit addresses her camera-toting tormentors with the brilliant line: “Is that money in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?” The collection’s title track sees Brit morphing ever closer to MADONNA. Circus has more than a passing resemblance to the industrial hip-hop-powered tracks on Hard Candy. Her marriage meltdown is tackled on Out From Under and Brit seems mighty relieved to be shot of KEVIN FEDERLINE. She sings: “We tried everything we could try so let’s just say goodbye forever.” It’s a stirring break-up ballad up there with the best. Circus is out on the star’s 27th birthday on December 2. Parental discretion is advised. Source: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...cle1907117.ece During Kill The Lights Brit addresses her camera-toting tormentors with the brilliant line: “Is that money in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me?” AMAZING LINE.
November 8, 200816 yr Is it bad that I just got the If You Seek Amy title? D: Before I was like 'WTF KIND OF TITLE IS THAT' LOL. I get it now.
November 8, 200816 yr I didn't get it either and probably wouldn't have go it until someone explained it. :lol: Album sounds very promising though!!
November 8, 200816 yr I still don't get that title!? haha Say 'If You Seek Amy' fast a few times :naughty:
November 8, 200816 yr Sounds great apart from being similar to Hard Candy what a $h!t album that was.
November 8, 200816 yr I didn't get the title straight away either. When everyone was saying about what a great title it was, I was just thinking WTF?! But now I get it. :rofl: :rofl: Can't wait to hear that one in particular!
November 11, 200816 yr Author http://www.popjustice.com/ Alright then, due to 'overwhelming public demand' (ie a string of emails ranging from the polite to the downright offensive) here are some words about tracks from the Britney album. 'CIRCUS' This is the title track. This means the song's called 'Circus', and it's from the album 'Circus'. "I run a tight ship," Britney announces, "so beware - I'm like the ringleader, I call the shots, I'm like a firecracker I make it hot, now put a show". What does this mean? Well, she is a ringleader on a ship - we presume this is something to do with a special circus on a cruise liner of some sort. Basically Britney is comparing herself to lots of things at the same time. Your English teacher will tell you this is a silly thing to do - but Britney is allowed to do it, because she is Britney. The track comes with massive thudding electronic R&B production and there's a lot of stopping and starting, including a a built-in MTV-style dance breakdown segment. The chorus lyric is "all eyes on me in the centre of the ring just like a circus" but the best bit's the bridge, with its "I feel the adrenaline moving through my veins, spotlight on me and I'm ready to break, I'm like a performer with this world as a stage" bit. There's all sorts of other stuff about "don't stand there watching me, following me, show me what you can do". Bits of it are a lot like 'Break The Ice' from the last album, but with an extra layer of Big Production. OUT FROM UNDER 'Blackout' didn't have any big ballads so here is one for 'Circus'. It's incredibly similar to this version... c-6kf1UwXPQ ...of the song but with more guitar (weedy guitar, not big proper guitar). The production's a lot less sparse and a great deal more 'Britney ballad' (in the 'I'm Not A Girl Not Yet A Woman' tradition). Basically the most interesting thing about Britney's version that you can't hear on the Joanna Pacitti original is the finale, which ends with a great "from under, from under, from under" bit. KILL THE LIGHTS Well this one has definitely leaked so we're bollocksed if we're going to spend time trying to describe it when we can just post this YouTube link. The fact that this has been on YouTube for two days already without Sony pulling it via a copyright claim suggests that Sony leaked the song themselves, but it might just be that everyone at Sony is busy doing something else, like watering the plants or eating Haribo. IF U SEEK AMY This is the one people are excited about because the words "if you seek Amy" sound like "F-U-C-K me". After a "la la la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la" intro the song sort of throws itself into a ridiculous faux-lesbo 'romp' in which Britney looks for girl called Amy in a club ("oh baby baby have you seen Amy tonight, is she in the bathroom?"), can't find her while the club's closing, bangs on about "love me hate me, say what you want about me but all the boys and all the girls are ready to f-u-c-k me" and then goes bonkers over a lot over a thunderous Timbaland vs Scooter production job. There are some "ha ha he he ho ho ho" bits, a great whooshing noise into the final chorus and an overriding sense that this might be one of Britney's most ridiculous recordings to date. 'VERDICT': It's 'Blackout 2.0' - this is good news, 'Blackout' was a phenomenal album - but seems to include a lot of posturing and also seems to be quite gimmicky, which hopefully won't extend across the entire album. The inclusion of a song like 'Out From Under' suggests that this album, as a whole, might be a bridge between 'In The Zone' and 'Blackout', or at least a bridge between 'Blackout' and a next album more along the 'In The Zone' lines. That didn't make any sense at all, did it. Anyway if these are the very best songs on the album we're probably heading for a 7/10 sort of affair but it's hard to second guess a Britney album so what it will end up like is anybody's guess.
November 11, 200816 yr Author Circus sounds amazing...and I LOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE 'Out From Under' :wub: It's very sad when you think of Brit's relation to that song...
November 12, 200816 yr Wahey In the Zone and Blackout are my two favourite albums of hers so sounds amazing.
November 12, 200816 yr Author Heatworld's review of Circus -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ooh, we've just had a sneak preview of Britney's new album... We’re feeling a bit giddy and overwhelmed this afternoon because we’ve just come back from Britney HQ, where we’ve had an exclusive sneak preview of her new album, Circus (out 1 December). We can officially confirm that Britney’s back on form, which should mean we’re talking more about Brit’s music than her personal dramas from now on. So, what's the album like then? Well, highlights include title track The Circus (set to be the next single) which has an insanely catchy chorus and loads of cool electro-y bleeps and beeps; it’s vintage Britney, which means it’s totally amazing. While Kill The Lights and the tongue-in-cheek If U Seek Amy (which is not, we’ve been assured, about the Winehouse) are both fab dance tracks that have a typical Britney attitude and edge to them. But it’s not all up-tempo dance floor-fillers, Out From Under is a gorgeous ballad with poignant lyrics (which we reckon might be about K-Fed); best of all Britney’s vocals sound natural, making it one of her best ballads ever. So tell us, are you excited about hearing Britney’s new album? http://www.heatworld.com/Article/796...neys+new+album
November 12, 200816 yr I think we should have a thread just for reviews otherwise it could get a lil bit excessive. :lol:
November 12, 200816 yr A mix of the promo CD has leaked and i have to admit Circus as a track sounds the least impressive.
