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| | Britney Spears: The Singles Collection | | | Music Artist : | | Britney Spears | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Jive | | Release Date : | | 2009-11-10 | | Store Price : | | $13.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.49 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. 3
2. ...Baby One More Time (2009 Remaster)
3. (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Remix!) (2009 Remaster)
4. Born To Make You Happy (2009 Remaster)
5. Oops!...I Did It Again (2009 Remaster)
6. Stronger (2009 Remaster)
7. I'm A Slave 4 U (2009 Remaster)
8. Boys (The Co-Ed Remix) (2009 Remaster)
9. Me Against The Music (2009 Remaster)
10. Toxic (2009 Remaster)
11. Everytime (2009 Remaster)
12. Gimme More (2009 Remaster)
13. Piece of Me (2009 Remaster)
14. Womanizer (2009 Remaster)
15. Circus (2009 Remaster)
16. If You Seek Amy (2009 Remaster)
17. Radar (2009 Remaster)
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Ten years of Britney!!!
Submitted on: 2009-11-21 |
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I think that this album is a big gift for us, fans of Britney...it's contains all her best hits of this last ten years and more the new single "3"!!!
I'm little regret that there aren't "I'm not a girl, not yet a woman" and "Sometimes"...for me they are fantastic songs of Britney...but however I'm satisfied and enjoy for this cd!!!
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 Great collection, but lacking some hits
Submitted on: 2009-11-20 |
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Ok, I love Britney. That said, this CD is a pretty decent collaboration of hits, yet is still lacking some of her more memorable singles. My issue, just as with several other reviews, is the fact that there are several other hits that are not included... the biggest for me are Overprotected (darkchild mix) and Break the Ice. But that being said, I do think the rest of the album is outstanding. 3 is an awesome, catchy up beat pop hit. And I think it shows how Britney has finally crossed into a new category, possibly trying to keep up with Lady Gaga's more racy, sexual beats. Britney has her own sexual inuendos obviously, but personally I dont think she's had anything comparable to Lady Gaga's 'bluffin with my muffin' LoL But now she definitely does... 3 is definitely more towards the adult audience rather than every day run of the mill teen pop.
And truly, she's got what, 6 albums now? Unless she was going to do a 2 disc set, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE!, there is no way to shove all her hits onto 1 cd. She, or the record label or whoever, chose the 'bigger & more popular' hits from past records....
-3 ok, I already talked about this one... it is a great song... but parents shouldn't let their 8 y/o's jam out in the car to it either. I hate that its the only new material that's offered here though.
-Baby One More Time had to be on there, its her first ever...and a favorite of mine.
-The Crazy remix is also infectious! Even my rather conservative mother likes this song, granted its b/c of the way Brit says 'only' in the 2nd verse but I'll take that.
-Born to Make You Happy... now this is a good song and also one of my favorites... however when it comes down to greatest hits/single collection collaboration kind of thing, it's just not on the same level as "Sometimes" honestly I prefer this song on the CD, but for her fans it could have been replaced with the above mentioned song.
-Oops I Did it Again... ok, she did it again. It's got a great beat but I still can't stand the spoof on Titanic in the middle... it just gets in the way of the flow of the song. Other than that the song is still a winner.
-Stronger... this is a wonderful song. It kind of ties in to Hit me baby one more time since her loneliness aint killin her no more whereas it was in hit me one more time. But if thats intended or not, who knows. But the lyrics are bold and the music itself is intense. And if she was only going to choose a couple singles from this cd, I feel oops and stronger were the 2 best... but Dont let me be the last to know was also a killer hit that could have been added. (I mean come on, this album and her 3rd album, Britney, only had 2 songs taken from them for this... why not 3 each?)
-Slave 4 U this is so my favorite Brit song ever. I dont listen to it as often as her new material obviously but OMG, I use to get down to this more hip hop sounding song back in the day, every day! Seeing her debut it on the MTV MVA's was amazing... and very gutsy of her to do seeing as how it was the first time the world ever heard the song.
-Boys - ok I like this song. But I feel it no where climbed the charts or the popularity height of "Overprotected" or even "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman" Personally I dont care much for 'not a girl' but OVERPROTECTED! would have been a wonderful addition. Boys... this is the version that was released as a single back in its hay-day, but for me I prefer the original album version with out Pharrell on it.
-Me Against the Music - everyone seems to gripe about this song. I felt it had to be on the singles collection... it has Madonna on it for crying out loud! How can her singles collection not include both queens of pop on it? Plus its pretty easy to just get down and dance to it as well.
-Toxic ... this is one of her best songs. Someone else was saying they thought that kylie's people wrote it for her? I may be wrong on that but no, it has been redone. I cannot remember who the artist was that originally sang the original version of it, but it was decades ago... and no where near as popular as Britney's version.
-Everytime - a pretty ballad... and a number one hit as well. However, compared to the rest of the album, it isn't a hip hop track, its not a dance track, its more of a skip track. I love the song, dont get me wrong. But again compared to the other songs that encourage one to get up and get down, this one is obviously lacking. From this CD, In the Zone, Outrageous would have been a better choice. However the problem with "Outrageous" is it never got to become a true hit... right when she was planning to release it and making a video she injured her ankle (right before the whole K-Fed crisis)
-Gimme More... Blackout was a MAGNIFICENT dance album... I think her best work ever. But it didn't get the reviews it deserved because she was to busy shaving her head so thats what was in the media instead. Gimme More is a very catchy tune and infectious lyrics... you hear it and want to sing.
-Piece of Me... this song is honest and open. It reveals how Brit feels about the paparrazzi and how they never stop hounding her. This song rightfully won several awards at the VMA's... Its lyrics are just real... its a whole new side of Britney. In addition to these 2 songs, Break the Ice so should have been included. It wasn't a major hit unfortunately, but it was an amazing song though.
-Womanizer - We all know how this song goes. Great beat, great tunes, great lyrics. Britney made her comeback!
-Circus - and she kept her comeback going too. This song has great verses.. the chorus itself is a little lacking to me but all together its definitely a keeper.
-If You Seek Amy - this is plain and simple a very fun song. It wasn't quite the hit that Womanizer and Circus came to be, but none the less I'm glad they included it in the collection. And btw, it is called IF YOU SEEK AMY... not Seeking Amy... It gets on my nerves when one particular radio station calls it that.
-Radar - Ok this song is great. It actually comes off of Britney's BLACKOUT album. But she sings so beautifully in it, she really does. Ok beautifully may not be the best word but she put forth I think the best effort shes ever done in singing with this song... she really shines in it. And I think thats why she, or whoever, put it in this collection was so that it would have 1 last chance... because again it was released on Blackout, which didnt get the attention it deserved. Next it moves to Circus as a bonus track. But the above 3 songs get primary attention prior to this singles collaboration. For whatever reason its here, I'm personally happy that it is... but in the end I'd trade it for Break the Ice & Overprotected & Outrageous (thats a 3 for 1 swap... if it was 2 for 1 or 1 for 1 I wouldn't do it... this song really is that good) |
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Better than the 2004 "Greatest Hits" album, but still "The (Selected) Singles Album"
Submitted on: 2009-11-16 |
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Music: 4.5 stars; Compilation: 4 stars; Economic Value: 3.5 stars
In 2004 Britney released "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative", covering many singles of her first 4 albums (more on that later). Now 5 years later, after a meltdown (or two or three) in her career, and 2 more studio albums under her belt, comes this compilation.
"The Singles Album" (17 tracks; 61 min.) starts off with her new single (and only new track on here) "3", which I don't find the irresitable stopmer that so many others seem to think (but that's just me, it reached No. 1 on Billboard for some reason). It is then followed by 10 singles from the fist 4 albums that also appear on the 2004 compilation. Two singles from "Blackout" and four singles from "Circus" complete this collection. Overall, you can't argue with the music, most of it is pretty stellar. And thankfully this compilation plays chronologically after the new track "3", which was not the case with the 2004 compilation (a major flaw).
Yet this is not THE singles compilation, obviously, as Britney has charted 23 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 charts... At 61 min, there was clearly room for at least 4 or 5 more songs on here, so where are "Do Somethin'" and "Break the Ice" (to just name those two latter day songs) or throw in a few singles that charted outside the US (such as "I Love Rock and Roll", a major hit in the UK)? But comparing the 2004 compilation against this one, this one is an improvement as it brings a decent overview from Britney's 10 years of singles (even if it's still incomplete). |
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Long Live the Brit Bot!
Submitted on: 2009-11-15 |
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If you don't care for Teeny Bop
But you dig Techno-Pop
You should try the Brit Bot!
I am no Teen Bop fan, but I picked up Britney's last collection because of Oops!... and Toxic. Those were the only 2 songs I would listen to. This CD basically drops some of her earlier Teen Bop songs and adds a bunch of tracks from her last 2 albums, plus her new single. Some critics trash her "Brit Bot" enhanced vocals, but these additional tracks rock! These are heavy-duty techno pop ... kicking songs like Womanizer, Circus, Gimme More, Pieces of Me, 3, etc. You don't have to like Britney to like this music. She's only singing, and that is heavily enhanced most of the time. The real magic here comes from the musicians, composers and writers that put together some extremely innovative, creative and, most importantly, AWESOME music. Great CD!
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 WHY?!
Submitted on: 2009-11-13 |
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| A total waste of time and money to release this. Why would people buy something that they already have?! It's NOTHING new. Brit's management made a big no-no with this |
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