Britney Spears – Circus
Circus sounds like a rush release aimed at erasing whatever it was Britney Spears (or her handlers) was trying to do at the time with Blackout (which actually did a good job of moving forward away from the teenybopper stuff she could never seem to get away from and was a very strong pop album) since she reportedly had little to do with the whole project and it was a credit to the producers more than anything – Circus is indeed a “comeback album,” but the problem is that she appears to be adamant in coming back on her own terms this time, and it’s a step backward from Blackout…much less of a dance-oriented album and a more well-rounded but outdated and meandering one, which is a problem because if Britney Spears has a strength, it’s dance-oriented music.
The Creepiness Factor We just want to know whose idea it was to immediately follow the suggestive and provocative “Lace and Leather” with the lullaby “My Baby”. Ew.
Grade: 1.9 / 5
December 2, 2008
Jive/Zomba/Sony
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:11 am
Y’know, I don’t think anyone really wants to see Britney fail, and it would be nice to see her get totally clean and make a comeback but I’m kind of starting to remember that she wasn’t that talented to begin with…