Is it just me or is Circus kind of a forgettable album?

[Peter Paulin]

I just realized it's probably the album I listen least to from Britney (Britney Jean is not a thing). Listening right now and there are a lot of bops, but I don't know, it just seems like a meh album that everybody kind of forgets. It definitely brought some hits, but she just doesn't seem that present in it; it lacks personality. 

Thoughts?

[GlitterSlayDExhaleHI]

It is. And it’s not even like it’s bad. Kill the lights, circus, shattered glass, they’re all great. But for someone reason you’re right, it’s forgettable. 
 

Spoiler

I blame mmm papi

 

[MARKUS]

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[Alexio]

Same here. Besides Womanizer, I hardly listen to this album.

[BanMeBoop]

Agree, o have never liked it due to the circumstances not a recent opinion a long term one she sounds so lifeless 80% of it

[Broccoli Spears]

Justice for Unusual You

[Urbanney]

Disagree. Blur and Unusual You are some of her best songs period. Womanizer, Circus, and IUSA were amazing single choices. And it has quite a few unique, somewhat experimental songs like Mannequin, Lace & Leather, and Rock Me In. The bonus songs are absolute bops too - Phonography, Trouble, Rock Boy, Amnesia, Quicksand. 

[EonBauer]

it is.

[ovoxo]

I agree. I listen to it the least, even BJ is played more which says a lot lmao. Idk it’s not bad it just lacks personality. It’s sad cause it’s her only heavily themed album and could have been done up more to be like you know, a circus 

 

IUSA AND Circus are one of the best produced songs she has though imo

[TomasBR]

Circus is one of the greats! 

And it was, for me, her last good album. After that, was just the mess. None of them has Britney personality, the one I fell in love with in the 90's and 00's. 

[thebritmaster]

Circus lacked the character of Blackout but helped normalize her public image or at least turn the volume down on everything that had happened. Unfortunately looking back it seems that was team con’s agenda more than Britney’s but we’ll find out when she tells us all 

[studlygeorge]

I remember when it came out I didn’t care for it. It didn’t help that it was the follow up for Blackout, I think. But something about it is just so….meh. I like the majority of the songs on their own but as a body of work it just isn’t very impressive

[Jefferson Silva]

circus is full of filler 

femme fatale is dated has too much auto tune and vocoder or whatever the name of that thing that makes ppls voice robotic

britney jean i cant even describe but IMO its still better than the others above

the perfect discography would ITZ - blackout - GLORY

[Broccoli Spears]

I really loved the Circus version of Radar 

[HairFullOfSecrets]

I think Cirvus really lacked consistency. It had "darker" songs like Kill the Lights and Blur that seemed like a continuation of Blackout and possibly a route Britney would've preferred to take, but her team was really interested in rehabilitating her image so they brought Max Martin back to do songs with a softer pop sound like Circus. 

Most of the songs are great, but as some said as a body of work it seemed lacking and wasn't consistent. They were also under a tight schedule to record and release and it showed.

[colormefresh]

Mannequin was never the girl y’all hyped her up to be… That followed by Radar and My Baby kinda killed the buzz. 

 

[ICouldntThinkOfOne]

I think Circus started the conservatorship backed trend of albums that were practically made before she even stepped into a booth. It's clear they didn't wanna push any envelopes and wanted an album that was safe, bubblegum pop. 

I think it is a solid album of bubblegum pop, and some of the ballads and midtempos are very good, but it lacks a consistency all of her other albums had, almost like it is a solid bunch of songs but not necessarily an album she worked on, and given the fact that it was probably recorded in like 6 months, that's not surprising. 

 

I do think it set a really bad professional precedent for Team Con, due to its success, as it gave them a greenlight to rush production on albums in a 6 months max window, while promising Britney that it would be her project only to scrap it. Femme Fatale is a more consistent album, but you can tell she wasn't engaged it in anyway from melodies to vocal takes, and i don't blame her. BJ....happened.....and thats completely her management's fault.

[HairFullOfSecrets]

2 minutes ago, colormefresh said:

Mannequin was never the girl y’all hyped her up to be… That followed by Radar and My Baby kinda killed the buzz. 

 

how dare you come for My Baby (I had forgotten about that song lol) 

l smell your breath, it makes me cry 

[Lex993]

36 minutes ago, Urbanney said:

Disagree. Blur and Unusual You are some of her best songs period. Womanizer, Circus, and IUSA were amazing single choices. And it has quite a few unique, somewhat experimental songs like Mannequin, Lace & Leather, and Rock Me In. The bonus songs are absolute bops too - Phonography, Trouble, Rock Boy, Amnesia, Quicksand. 

Your taste level is immaculate. Those are my two favorite songs on the album!!

[KatieKat]

I love Circus! 

And some of the videos/photoshoots from it are so beautiful and iconic