Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Britney Spears' Blackout: Review

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Britney Spears' latest album Blackout was definitely not the usual of what we normally hear of her; the provocative and sensual type. Her latest comeback album somehow incorporates her feelings, though in a poor sense, since we all know she doesn't wrote much of her songs. No one truly knows whether the said compositions reflect Britney's true emotions or not, but one thing is for sure about the album; Blackout surely is not even comparable to the previously released albums of Britney Spears that her fans had come to love. Blackout lacks the sensuality of the "I'm a Slave 4 U" or the provocativeness of "Toxic", and it also lacks the classy pop style of "Oops... I did it Again", more so, the album is deficient of the dance-able rhythms exemplified by "Me Against the Music" and others songs that had hailed her to her position in the music industry

Whether or not Blackout reflects her emotional roller coaster, the album shouldn't had been released early not until resolving all the negative criticisms and publicity hailed at her. Her management and record label, shouldn't had took the risk of releasing the said album just to combat online piracy, more so as a follow up for the success of the carrier single "Gimme More". They should had test the waters first, by releasing another single from the said album, and check it comparatively with the success brought about by "Gimme More".

So far, upon listening to the entire album, I can assert that the album is fairly good, but really not that good enough to stir my attention to re-listen to the entire album itself again.

Here is the complete retail track list available plus some bonus tracks courtesy of Wikipedia:

Retail or Standard CD:

  1. "Gimme More" (Nate Hills, James Washington, Keri Hilson, Marcella Araica) – 4:13 *
  2. "Piece of Me" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Klas Ahlund) – 3:32 *
  3. "Radar" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback, Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick J. Que Smith) – 3:49
  4. "Break the Ice" (Nate Hills, James Washington, Keri Hilson, Marcella Araica) – 3:16 *
  5. "Heaven on Earth" (Michael McGroarty, Nick Huntington, Nicole Morier,) – 4:53
  6. "Get Naked (I Got a Plan)" (Corte Ellis, Nate Hills, Marcella Araica) – 4:45
  7. "Freakshow" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Henrik Jonback, Ezekiel "Zeke" Lewis, Patrick "J.Que" Smith, Britney Spears) – 2:55
  8. "Toy Soldier" (Christian Karlsson, Pontus Winnberg, Magnus Wallbert, Sean Garrett) – 3:22
  9. "Hot as Ice" (T-Pain, Nate Hills, Marcella Araica) – 3:17 *
  10. "Ooh Ooh Baby" (Kara DioGuardi, Farid Nassar, Erick Coomes, Britney Spears) – 3:28 *
  11. "Perfect Lover" (Nate Hills, James Washington, Keri Hilson, Marcella Araica) – 3:03 *
  12. "Why Should I Be Sad" (Pharrell Williams) – 3:10 *

Bonus Tracks:
  • "Outta This World" (Japan Bonus Track)[19] – 3:33
  • "Everybody" (iTunes and Japan Bonus Track)[20][19] – 3:18
  • "Get Back" (iTunes and Japan Bonus Track)[20][19] – 3:51
  • "Gimme More" (Paul Oakenfold Remix) (Japan Bonus Track)[19] – 6:08
  • "Gimme More" (Junkie XL Dub) (iTunes International Bonus Track)[21] – 4:59
  • "Gimme More" (Stonebridge Dub Mix) (iTunes Switzerland Bonus Track)[22] – 7:23

Legend: * indicates the songs that appears to be fairly good to listen to.

Posted by jaycee at 3:54 PM |  
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