music Am I the only one that feels

[ralphcornio]

That most non-single songs - and even some singles - Brit did after Blackout and before Glory are generic fillers? Like, most songs on her albums before Circus sound well-thought, written and produced, leaving us wishing they were all singles. Then when Circus came, it's like her songs stopped having a strong identity each, they became too generic. Specially when you listen to In The Zone, it sounds like a very interesting human being expressing her most deep visions about life. Then Circus has tracks like Shattered Glass (which is a bop and I love) and Out from Under, that sound like a step back in her musical maturity and evolution. It repeats through FF (she sounds distant from many songs, not really 'meaning' what she is saying) and then can be noticed all through Britney Jean. I see Glory as a step forward from this, as she seems more connected with the songs and it ended up being more interesting than all her records since Blackout. Thoughts? :

[EzekielJean]

Yes I do feel same about Circus femme fatale and Britney Jean, especially Femme fatale 

[The Greatest Show]

Yes. You can tell it the most with Glory. so many fans argue and cant decide on which songs should have been singles because they are all kind of fillers. If any of the songs would have been on ITZ, they would have been filler.  I like most songs on the album but they arent "hit material" You listen to ITZ or Blackout and almost all of the songs could have been a single. Femme Fatale and Circus were really generic and britney Jean was just a MESS. I havent listened to a single Britney Jean song for at least 3 years.

[ralphcornio]

28 minutes ago, The Greatest Show said:

Yes. You can tell it the most with Glory. so many fans argue and cant decide on which songs should have been singles because they are all kind of fillers. If any of the songs would have been on ITZ, they would have been filler.  I like most songs on the album but they arent "hit material" You listen to ITZ or Blackout and almost all of the songs could have been a single. Femme Fatale and Circus were really generic and britney Jean was just a MESS. I havent listened to a single Britney Jean song for at least 3 years.

I think with Glory it's different; the 'soul' is there. I don't think they're fillers; rather they concentrated and put efforts everywhere else while producing it and forgot that it was a commercial album, that was supposed to chart. Glory's biggest fault is really this, it lacks a real hit. Even Britney Jean, with all its flaws, had Work *****. It's sorta like they tried to sell Britney Spears as a more 'concept' artist, which the world didn't buy for obvious reasons.

[Urbanney]

I understand what people mean when they say Glory doesn’t have a hit. However, it’s one of my favorite albums by her and it has so many “hits” for me personally. Yeah I know they wouldn’t all be hits commercially, but there are so many strong tracks to me. 

• Invitation is beautiful and a bit experimental. It’s probably one of her best intro tracks. The pre-chorus melody is probably my favorite of any song of her’s. 
• Make Me is an absolute moody bop and deserved better. 
• Man on the Moon is really cute and the message is heartbreaking and a nice change of pace. 
• Just Luv Me is so calming and tranquil. I love the atmosphere of it. 
• Mood Ring is just great. That baseline during the chorus is amazing. 
• Better and Change Your Mind are both bops and I think had the most potential for possible singles. 
• Love Me Down is pretty generic but I enjoy it a lot. 
• Do You Wanna Come Over? had the Britney X-Factor - it sounded like primeney singing with the **** confident attitude she has in the vocals
• Slumber Party has always been one of my faves from day 1 and it really had the potential for success but Britney failed it imo

Also, the fact that Britney has a LOT more personality and effort on her vocals is another reason why I love the album a lot. I get that there’s not obvious hits for singles, but the fact that there’s this many strong songs to me shows  why I enjoy the album so much. I generally only keep listening to a few songs from each of Britney’s albums, but I regularly listen to a lot of the ones from Glory. 

[Avatar]

Circus was a rushed album. She doesn’t even sing well on it. After a decade of the general public saying Britney’s voice was studio manufactured, it wasn’t true until Circus. 

How many stories have we heard about her albums not being what she originally wanted or started and the label changed it.. That’s definitely been the case with all the latest albums, except maybe Glory. 

[Inherzone]

i think Circus was kinda fine for an Britney Album - esp. the way they treated the whole era.

Femme Fatale seemed kinda forced idk what happend back then, but a good thing about this album have been the bonustracks  

Britney Jean was just... a whole filler album with maybe 2-3 good songs on it (wb, tig - because of the lyrics and bms - it just makes me happy listen to it)

and Glory was too much themed with *** - idk if britney was talking about the lyrics direction or the melody direction that she wanted - but it was kinda too much at this point 

 

so yeah, after Blackout the others dont feel like a 100% Britney Album (for me)

[breathe_on_me_toxic]

defn true about circus!!!

[Chaoscontrol]

I kind of understand, but for me Circus has some bops and is one of my favorites, regardless of how generic it may be. Glory (IMO) is one of her most cohesive ‘albums’, since Blackout. It’s something that is definitely missing from Cricus onward. It reminds me of old school Britney but with a somewhat more mature sound. 

Circus was rushed, FF is really generic in general and BJ is a complete mess that should’ve never happened. 

[tommy_boy]

I was never a big fan of Circus, but I loved the theme though. Like many here said, it was a rushed album and personally when it came out, I felt it sounded old like 2002-2005, except the obvious edgy ones: Womanizer, Unusual You, Shattered Glass (my favorite). I don't know, but never liked Riccus that much, just a few songs. 

FF was a pretty cool generic album, enjoyable but Britney was totally disconnected with it.

Britney Jean is just a waste of everything, they should have realesed WB as a single and that's it. No album and just promote the **** out of Piece Of Mess residency as they did. 

Glory is a stepfoward, even though it was probably too chill, at least she feels there, awake and not forced. I think CYM, LMD, Better and IID were good candidates for forgetable hits. 

[Spearsfan]

Circus is so underrated in this place. It’s my second fav album. 

Personally I rather have pure pop Britney/circus album than these attempts at r&b which don’t make Britney stand out. 

FF/Glory were “in” so makes sense that you feel that way. BJ was a disaster

Circus was back to old school formula which you guys hate it seems but that’s what Britney is. 

 

Circus to now is when Britney lost her passion so yeah it obviously is missing something... Britney. 

[WilderWein]

7 hours ago, ralphcornio said:

That most non-single songs - and even some singles - Brit did after Blackout and before Glory are generic fillers? Like, most songs on her albums before Circus sound well-thought, written and produced, leaving us wishing they were all singles. Then when Circus came, it's like her songs stopped having a strong identity each, they became too generic. Specially when you listen to In The Zone, it sounds like a very interesting human being expressing her most deep visions about life. Then Circus has tracks like Shattered Glass (which is a bop and I love) and Out from Under, that sound like a step back in her musical maturity and evolution. It repeats through FF (she sounds distant from many songs, not really 'meaning' what she is saying) and then can be noticed all through Britney Jean. I see Glory as a step forward from this, as she seems more connected with the songs and it ended up being more interesting than all her records since Blackout. Thoughts? :

Talked about life? I think britney sang more songs about life post breaksown than before.

[.: lucky :.]

This reminds me of this article I read after Glory came out. It's pretty much a career retrospective talking about how Britney's voice has become progressively less human, less her, since BOMT. Good read.

https://www.theringer.com/2016/8/30/16044428/britney-spears-glory-album-vmas-42701dddac4c

[Puppy]

I don’t get why all of a sudden Glory is getting so much hate, everyone is so hooked on the idea that it sounds like Rival  and she worked with the same songwriters but like she’s done that in the past too like she always worked with the most popular trendy people at the time, I mean she was working with Eric Foster White on BOMT but when they changed direction, they got Max Martin who was getting popular at the time and she worked with the Neptunes for Britney and they were already making hits before working with her and ITZ she got all big producers to work with her. 

Also I can’t believe people are complaining about Glory being all about *** when Blackout is basically all about ***. People here just want her to keep making club hits so they can twerk to but at the same time complain that she hasn’t changed or evolve all this time. You guys ***** about Glory so Team B goes “oh see, we took a risk and look where it got us, Britney we need to go back to what works” I love that she is experimenting and doing things out of her comfort zone. Glory was risky, Britney Spears and a chill album? What? That’s probably what happened with FF, she wanted a rock type and her team was probably egging on her that her fans love dance hits hence bringing dr luke and Max in and why songs like He About To Lose Me and Don’t Keep Me Waiting ended up as bonus tracks. Even if I don’t like it, I want her to keep pushing her limits and push for new sounds, that’s why Circus, FF and BJ are boring albums. It’s basically paint by the numbers.

[Joshyworld]

Definitely agreed and I thought this was quite obvious amongst the Britney stanbase and the general public. The main problem with Britney's material, post-2007, is that it failed/fails to showcase depth, soul, or much expression. It's like you can hear her going through the motions and being told what to sing whereas you can feel the presence from BOMT-ITZ/Original Doll and some of Blackout. Most of her material after that fell short, absent and disconnected which is quite obvious in retrospect.  Out of all her recent efforts though, "Glory" felt most expressive and hands-on, but even that fell short in the aspect of replay value and commerciality. 

[Brat]

Circus has a lot of fillers but not FF 

[LanaDelGeyJordeezy]

I don't really refer to songs as fillers but rather "experiments"... I honestly appreciate songs that stray away from the hit formula such as "Shattered Glass", "Mannequin", "MMM Papi"... those songs are very unique and I like them as they are.   

[LostInAnImage]

Femme Fatale and Circus both had great singles and music videos, but otherwise the tracklists had tons of generic filler.

However, FF was far more soulless than Circus. The deep cuts on Circus are fantastic (e.g., “Unusual You,” “Blur,” “Quicksand”). The only song even comparable on FF is HATLM (“Inside Out” is great as well but still totally robotic). 

And even the singles are of vastly different quality. “Circus” and “If U Seek Amy” are far more interesting songs (and with exponentially superior music videos) in contrast to “Till The World Ends,” for example.

[Cappycorn87]

6 hours ago, .: lucky :. said:

This reminds me of this article I read after Glory came out. It's pretty much a career retrospective talking about how Britney's voice has become progressively less human, less her, since BOMT. Good read.

https://www.theringer.com/2016/8/30/16044428/britney-spears-glory-album-vmas-42701dddac4c

Oh great another idiot not getting Britney VMA performance

That review was a waste of a read

You either like the music or not

Like get to the damn point instead of saying a whole bunch of nothing that has nothing to do with Glory.

[.: lucky :.]

46 minutes ago, Cappycorn87 said:

Oh great another idiot not getting Britney VMA performance

That review was a waste of a read

You either like the music or not

Like get to the damn point instead of saying a whole bunch of nothing that has nothing to do with Glory.

I don't know if you got to the end but she says she watched the performance again the next day and found it to be triumphant.

And in regards to Glory, not everything is black & white. She was just talking about that elusive quality Britney has.

Glory might feel impersonal compared to, say, the public exorcism of Beyoncé’s Lemonade, but I don’t really need “personal” music from Britney Spears. I’ve come to see her gradual transformation into a rather distant, robotic pop star as an act of preservation, a way of having a private identity that no one can take away from her. I admire her for that, the way she now manages to be simultaneously visible and inscrutable.

I think that's a fair and logical assessment..