...Baby One More Time

"The beat goes on" cover was wel verrassend.

Maybe it’s nostalgia clouding my judgment, but I really enjoyed this album a lot. A couple of the songs are goofy and corny to an almost ridiculous degree, but I feel like it adds to the saccharine, bubblegum pop charm. The hits in this album are still in my regular rotation of playlists. All in all this album was fun as hell, idc.

Blackout and In The Zone are much better Records

4/29/26. Insanely repetitive and bland to my ears, but provides innocent fun. It’s also very nostalgic since this was some of the first music I’ve heard on a wide scale. This epitomizes the pop sound of the late 90s.

I was so incredibly turned off by the sound of most of this. The TLC-style funk guitar backing was just driving me up the wall. That said though, her voice is incredible, and this record kind of created an entire sound, launching the Max Martin 'thing' into the stratosphere (to my chagrin). The only song I liked on the first listen was the Sonny and Cher song covered by The Buddy Rich Band sampled by The All Seeing I and then lent to Britney and Max.... On a second listen I found Sometimes kind of stuck with me though - that might be a legit classic.

Bänger

Some classics on here for sure, gets a little corny at times but there are good songs here

Ugh

nope

WHAT- omg. Leave Britney alone

I’m not a teenage girl from 1999.

It’s Britney, bitch

Some solid tunes on this one

Not something I would seek out to listen to but kinda fun. The lyrics to Email My Heart are hilarious and date the whole thing perfectly. Whoever claimed Britney is a soprano on her Wikipedia page hasn't heard her sing the words "ooh baby baby".

Y’all need to get over yourself, Jesus christ

Not for me, but I get why ut was popular.

The first half is the singles and all that so thats fine The second half is tough Nowhere near the levels xtinas albums on the list, not even close. Its very disposable Email my heart? Fuck off

Wow didn’t realized Brittany was that good of a singer

5/5

Priem

Das Highlight kommt direkt zum anfang. Danach muss man noch 50 Minuten ertragen wobei viele Songs skips sind. Viele sind einfach nur langweilig. 2/5

To je hudba, ktorej som neprišiel na chuť doteraz. Ale lepšie ako NWoBHM...

Despite a few songs that are definitely dated, any album I want to immediately play again after finishing gets 5 stars from me. This one is just fun pop and sometimes that’s what you need.

No one needs to listen to this record who hasn’t already.

On an early date at the state fair, my wife and I rode the Tilt-a-Whirl to “Baby One More Time,” so that song (a banger to be sure) will always hold a special place for me — thanks, Brit Brit. The rest of it is tightly produced, high-gloss, major-key saccharine pop that does absolutely nothing for me. Beyond a title song whose chorus goes “Hit me baby one more time,” everything here feels safe and anodyne, with all the intrigue of a trip to the mall. Also, the album cover is cringeworthy and hard to square with the sexpot persona she was embracing at the time on MTV.

Rightfully since removed. Other than the banger title track, nothing else on here is memorable or essential.

s hebt nöd zrugg mitem erste song hä. ein vode makellosiste popsongs ever findi. nüt womer chönt no abkürze. und sie singten genau so wiemer en mues. boah und wo am schluss d bridge und de refrain glichzitig laufed huere geil. sometimes isch chli heavy schnulzig gad auno key change uf de schluss hobla. meh. soda pop isch wüüürkli würkli bubble gum. mega fest. sie singt scho nöd sooo guet haha. aso sie singt okay sie het afoch weeenig stimm. ich han meeega wohlwollend wölle sii zu dem album au wellis scho viel bi random lüüt bide 1er gseh han. aber etz isch es halt scho so dass baby one more time en riese song isch und die wo bis etz nocher cho sind halt alli mir bitz z wenig groovy und die boygroup 90er drums neeeerved mit de ziit. ok. immerno würkli sehr sehr guet konstruierti popsongs. und sie machts scho richtig. boah aber from the bottom of my broken heart isch sooo teeenie ui. deep imn my heart isch au insane teenie, aber irgendwie au meeega en banger?? bin etz am schluss und es sind so catchy songs zum teil und de titelsong isch insaaane guet. aber scho extrem schnulzig teenie musig au. es 3 isches sicher.

ich han nöd cheggt, dass sie sooo jung gsi isch! mit 16 ahfange uufneh für das album find s albumcover chli icky baby one more time isch halt soooo en bangeeer s bridge isch na easy cool? STILL BELIEVE de refrain vo you drive me crazy isch so AGGRESSIV 2000er (ja ich weiss, isch churz vorher ussecho) finds halt no geil aber jooo nüt unglaublichs HAHAHA NEIII S GITARRESOLO ahhhh sometimes hassi soda pop hass ich NOMEH I was born to make you happy isch sooo e teenager-definition vo liebi hahah ich liebs mannn jz hani ich schochli hoffnige gha nach you drive me crazy und jz chunnt scho wieder so e schnulze (obwohl ich amigs schnulzene gern han, suscht würd ich nödso gern metalcore haa. aber nöd die art vo schnulze😭) hahaha jaa paar melodratischi lyrics woni usseghör holet mich scho ab aber d musig dezue isch eifach arsch, sorry hahaha hoii don philip DAMN MAX MARTIN bi wie villne hits hesch du dini finger im spiel gha e-mail my heart isch e tragödie vomene lied puuuh he hetmer gar nöd gfalle. ohni baby one more time wärs würkli es 1. hetti nie denkt

Another album that seemingly made the list based on the strength of a single. Britney has a nice voice, but this whole package is dated and probably felt soulless and stale right out of the box. Her producers didn't do her any favours here.

I don't think I've ever heard some of these songs, which is weird because I thought I had this CD. What does hit me one more time mean? 3.3.

Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 4/5

This is just fun pop. It doesn’t need to be deep, it just needs to bop

It's not bad, but I pretty much just listened to the same song 14 times. It's upsetting because Britney Spears is a talented singer and performer, but was categorized into this weird devotion pop that wasn't the most comfortable to hear for 50 minutes. The instrumentals aren't too bad, but they're sporting the most surface level lyrics and formulas that the studio churned out to fill the rest of the album. The closing track is actually pretty nice, as well as the Cher cover.

Good prototypical pop girly stuff. But it’s been done better many times

I grew up thinking of Britney as a fairly lightweight pop star with a personal life that was at least as well-known as her music, so why the hell is this so good? Am I reminiscing, or just getting more open minded as I get older? Well-written songs with catchy melodies and banging key changes, and Britney has a great voice. This is the prototype of its era and while there are elements which date it to that time, that is by no means a bad thing. Best thing I've heard on here since... well, yesterday and N.W.A., but it's been a good couple of days of suggestions. A really enjoyable hour: 'Sometimes', 'Soda Pop' 'E-mail My Heart' and 'Autumn Goodbye' all unfamiliar songs I liked

After the first 3 songs, which sort of held up as era defining pop, this was pretty bad. A generous 2

This isn't on the list for Britney. This is here to showcase 90's swedish producing.

Muestra de su época. Hoy en día me parece monótono

Este álbum moldeó una época y es un clásico del pop 💖

4/15 Really? Sigh....okay. Not my genre of music at all. I admit to having some nostalgia as I haven't heard these since it came out when it played on Radio Disney constantly. As an album, I think it's fine. I understand the significance and how influential it was at the time but unless I have a preteen daughter, I don't see myself listening to this ever again.

Eh. Not my kind of pop

At first I was afraid that the songs were too good to deserve a low rating, thankfully there were a lot of filler songs after the beginning that I found boring and could reduce my overall rating to 3. I can see why the songs that are known are so well respected but I would personally not listen to this album again.

Not my thing in the slightest, but this album was absolutely huge during my childhood and you can't deny the influence it has had on pop music. Musically there was a little bit of variety, though ultimately it's all over-produced pop rubbish. Didn't hate it as much as I thought I would. I did know most of the songs already but hadn't heard them for a long time.

ehhhhhhhh Why is every song about love? It turns out there's a good reason I've only heard the first song, these other songs suck... I guess my opinion on love songs is the same as some people's opinions of sad songs. Low 2

Many fluffy pop anthems. Not my cup of tea.

Will not listen. Also, that poor woman.

This album is so front loaded. Only the first two songs, ...Baby One More Time and (You Drive Me) Crazy, would mean anything to anyone. I get it, Max Martin knew how to bang out the hits but the rest of this is garbage.

Key change the album. I get why she’s the pop princess of the era but post the two bangers to start this thing it gets very samey boring. You can literally pinpoint where this goes from an 5 to a 3 and it’s the key change in the third song. Insane how much like Disney radio/every pop album of this era sounded just like this. It is a good album, deserving of placement, but eh.

What have I. What have I. What have I done to deserve this? Said it before, I'll say it again. 90's top 40 pop sux. 2.75

2 stars for the 2 songs that were okay. Did this album launch Britney into pop-stardom? Yes. Does that make it good? No.

pretty good. iconic pop sound.

Boys who hate pop are lame

3/5

Max Martin is completely underrated. A modern-day Mozart lol. Easy 4 stars from me. I don’t agree with the comments about fillers- it’s full of bangers. The middle-aged men complaining about listening to this are incredibly lame. I bet you didn’t have any trouble listening to Kid Rock. Edit: 100-album calibration - lol at my prior comment, I guess I was in a mood. There are so many killer songs on this, I am changing from a 4 to a 5 : )

Some bangers some not so bangers

Maybe if I were 12 I'd like this album

No one needs to listen to this if they haven’t already. Unless you’re 12. And maybe not even then.

Wasn’t expecting this one lol but honestly as far as light dance pop goes this is pretty fun. Probably not gonna listen to this ever again, but overall I didn’t have a bad time

I don't think this album as a whole is particularly notable aside from the fact it made Britney a global commodity, largely on the back of one music video. It's manufactured bubblegum pop and reflective of what sold records at the time, nothing more.

It’s Britney

I mean… it’s Britney, b*tch!

Giving this 4 stars because I'm sick of ppl shitting on stuff that teen girls like!

The main influence of this album was Max Martin, who has had a hand in some of the best pop tracks over the last couple of decades. However, I found this quite an uncomfortable listen, both musically and in the context of what emerged about her subsequent treatment. The production is anaemic compared to modern pop, the songs are not particularly strong melodically, and the vocals are poor. Not a huge amount to recommend.

What a bag of shit this was. With hindsight this is even more problematic based on the exploitation of a young person by many people surrounding her, the hypersexualisation of her in the media, and the invasion into privacy which must have undoubtedly led to some of the mental health issues later in life. The music is awful, saccharine sweet, oversung at every opportunity, problematic lyrics, horrible bass runs thrown in to accompany the plodding hyperquantized drums; it just reeks of the manufactured pop that this probably influenced what followed. Obviously Max Martin found a niche and cultivated this particular sound and type of melody and was hugely successful as a result, but good god the singles were bad, the rest of the album was awful.

Put her on the map but not her best! where is black out!!!!

The top 3 movies on IMDB for 1999 are Fight Club, The Matrix, and American Beauty: movies about ripping off the shiny but not-quite-right veneer of life to reveal a sordid, confused reality. And then we have Britney, manufactured as a shiny veneer in contrast to the grunge juggernaut that eschewed things like "post-production gloss" and "consonance." There have always been musical darlings, and pop music has exploited the tween demographic forever. There were glossy albums that felt vacuous, but this album was like a hydrogen bomb vs a coughing baby. It was made in a lab, a soulless automaton created with the singular purpose of dominating pop music, of distilling Michael Jackson into something that could be sold exclusively to middle school girls who shopped at Limited Too. And in the middle of this pop evangelion was Britney's Shinji: sexualized and sanitized in an impossible paradox. So here we are, with this...not over-produced, but produced-within-an-inch-of-its-life sound of tooth decaying sincerely not-ironic-eye-winking-coquettish thing that drills into your brain whether you like it or not and just keeps going, a death march of sugar and pop and sheen. The people putting this stuff together were scientists. They didn't quite crack the genre, they're still throwing things at the wall (what the hell is Soda Pop? Some of this borrows a bit too heavily from mid 90s R&B? There's a marked decline after the first three megahits?) but the reverberations are there a quarter century later, like when I have to watch Barbie Mermaid Power with my kids and the dance numbers are basically identical to a lot of this album. A massive milestone in music that is the apotheosis of the brutally milquetoast tween tune. As an album, it's pro-forma - it's a vehicle for some singles. But also, as an album, it's a blueprint.

In a nutshell: "give me a sign..." Now, I'm judging this album as a whole. I'm well aware of its popularity, the number of copies sold and how it changed the pop music landscape forever because I was a meek 14 year old in 1999 who thought liking Oasis was daring. I must confess...some lyrics do perfectly capture the doom of the first heartbreak, the utter devotion to and confusion of early love; learning about love: "the reason I breathe is you", "I don't know how to live without your love" "all I really want to hold you tight. Treat you right. Be with you day and night..." People remember the title track (which is an earworm to this day), but what about the rest of the songs? I tried to look for the sign of a solid album, but we are clearly back in the singles era. It's not you Britney, it's me. Overall: 2/10

Not a huge pop music fan... feels very fake and uninteresting.

Some wonderful songs but beyond the hits the rest of the album felt like punishment.

Popular doesn't always equate to good.

The fact that Britney had these vocals at the age of 17 is wild. Better than I thought it would be, but mainly the first couple of tracks that brought me down nostalgia.

of course i would like it because although you can make the high school girl a music nerd, its impossible to take the high school girl out from the nerd! 4/5

Take me back to the 90s and the commercialized pop that they tried to shut down your throats

É o que é

One good song 1.4/5

Objectively I should probably not give this album more than 4 stars, but there's nothing objective about my 2000s nostalgia and my childhood love for Britney. And this is a truly fun pop album, isn't it? You can't be serious all the time, you need some fun, and Britney provides it perfectly.

Obviously this has some catchy poppy stuff on it. Having said that, it’s not for me. A little cheesy.

This album is minimum 3 stars just for the opening track. Listen to the Tenacious D cover of it if you’re not convinced it’s a great song. The rest is pretty cheesy.

I was ready to be surprised by this album but I was not. A couple bangers but mostly songs that feel like they are ushering in the tradwife era or are weirdly bad (soda pop, email my heart).

The best that late-90s corporate pop can offer, which isn’t much. The title track, “Sometimes” and “I Will Be There” are OK, but mostly I’m just glad this era of music is over. Best Track: “Sometimes”

não é para mim

116. ok

Maybe it's nostalgia, maybe it does have some bops

A flash from the past of my youth, still a great album for what it is.

It’s Britney- and it goes down smooth and sticky like a bomb pop on a summer day. No notes!

Overproduced, cheesy music. If I want to listen to a baby voice, I'll listen to my kids.

Dear God, no. I never expected this album to be on here. Maybe a later one. Maybe the one with Toxic on it. Now Toxic is a jam. I can’t stand her voice, I can’t stand how they sexualized this 16 year-old girl to sell records and I think we can all agree the whole Britney Spears experiment has ended up very sad. I tried to listen to this album all weekend and I just can’t. I’m not sure why it would be on the 1,001 Must Listen Albums, because I think you’ll be just fine. This era in pop music was bad with Britney and her clones, boy bands and their many clones. The songs were catchy, but they were empty calories. If you want to listen to this album, go for it, as for me, I lived through it and I have no desire to relive it. Ugh, I’ve actually put it on as I write this and it just makes me cringe. The music is bad, just a bunch of computers trying to mimic instruments. Skip this and relisten to Carole King’s Tapestry.

I'm a girl born in the late 90s of course I always give Britney her flowers. I mainly knew the first 3 tracks but everything else wasnt bad in my opinion, just mostly ballads.

Iconic work by Britney, and influential in the turn of the century pop.

You know what's fairly surprising? She doesn't actually have a very good voice. Britney Spears was THE teeny bopper pop star in the early aughts, but she has nowhere near the pipes of Christina Aguilera or P!nk. OK, but musically...it stinks. It's just an overproduced hodge podge of recycled pop beats. The writing, however, is where it really shines. Ha! Just kidding. Have you ever heard any pop music from any era? Then you've heard these stories told in the exact same way. I'm going to give it 2 stars because I really try to reserve 1 star for stuff that is so bad it makes me mad, but this is 1.5 stars at best.

It's really not that good minus the singles Will I listen to again: 1%

Woo hoo, I've listened to a Britney Spears record. The fast songs are catchy, but they're also kind of annoying. And the slow songs are boring and REALLY annoying. I've read that this is a revolutionary album for teen pop, but it doesn't sound very different from a lot of other things to me. But maybe that those other things came out after this? Why am I acting like I know what I'm talking about, I don't know anything about "teen pop" since I didn't even listen to it when I was a teen. I think this is a good record, for the genre at least, right? But unfortunately, it's a genre I really can't stand. 2 stars.

I have a feeling people are ignorant or forget the fact that this album launched a new era. Anyone giving this a 1 star review quite clearly hates joy and happiness. For better or for worse, she changed pop music for decades with this. The first 3 songs of this album are absolute perfection. Yeah, it's dated, but it's still an obvious 5 stars x

It's a decent pop album, I guess. Was looking forward to it being over. 1.9/5

Solid bangers but felt like it fell off after a strong start.

It's okay I guess but she should have left Sonny & Cher alone. 3 stars or C-.

Title song is great. I love that Richard Thompson and so many others have covered it. But the rest is forgettable for an old guy like me.

This is what you’d think it’d be: a pop album with some rock sensibility, although some tracks sound they were fished out of Mariah Carey’s trash bin. A cover of Sonny & Cher’s “Beat Goes On” is a nice surprise.

Haha fuck yeah

3/16

Peaks with the first two tracks and the rest is mostly just passable, if unmemorable, bubblegum pop. Don’t have much else to say about it really.

Couple big pop hits the rest was forgettable.

Tracks 2,3 and 5 are good examples of 90s pop. Whether or not that’s a good thing is debatable. The title track is, despite its baggage, a really well constructed, catchy song, but otherwise the remainder are pretty limp and unforgettable.

🤢 Very formulaic. Very slushy 🤮. Not my thing. The title track has catchy hooks. I'll not revisit this in the future.

Soulless, industrial pop on one hand, fucking catchy on the other. Some fun memories with ..one more time, most of the rest just went past me, maybe I was just to young to have been really hit with the britney spears train, or it was just neber something for.me

Flashing back to the late 90s like a 'Nam vet

agfange miteme genrational banger, nocher starch abgnoh, rnb chli weirdi choice für britney, soda pop sehr random song, chli schade, overall nödemol schlechte boge übers album, remixes am schluss au chli blöd

Beat Goes On cover is actually kinda good? Otherwise way too long, cloying, and uninteresting

No thanks

Decent pop, but it does lose steam as it goes on. The closing track is mixed pretty poorly, not a good ending note.

I gave a 1 because I can't give it negative stars.

I mean what the hell do you say about this? When this was released was this what Don McLean was talking about? I remember when this album took over TRL, and you could tell the music we loved was over. I can't give this album a 1 because of its cultural significance. So 3.5/10 seems generous enough. Top song Ummmm I guess... baby one more time

…Baby One More Time is a fine pop song and is the highlight of the album. It’s downhill from there…. Soda Pop is criminal and how do you make a cover of The Beat Goes On so bad. Utter bobbins.

#FreeBritney

Never before or since have the first three notes of an album hit so hard. And the saccharine hits just keep flowing. It’s a classic for good reason

Look. It's not good. But it is always hard to argue against wildly popular things, even if their popularity doesn't really last. These are far from timeless sounds, buuuuut they definitely completely changed the face of music. There is undoubtedly some historical significance there, regardless of how problematic her life and treatment was/is. For at least a few years before she was the poster child for exploitation/manipulation/abuse, she was the face of pop music, and that means something.

prosze nie

To many hits...

2 big ass hits, 2 smaller hits, 2 remixes, 1 cover and a lot of fillers

It's Britney... So, I mean, she's great... I thought after the first two songs...5 stars, no doubt. But it is only meh... Still the first two tracks give the whole album a boost.

remember the album and videos well. listening to the album, i was surprised that it's not as bad as i originally thought. especially for a seventeen-year-old. it's much better than the pop music out now. now dont get me wrong, i probably will never listen to this album again, but i i was pleasantly surprised.

Boy, this is a tough one. I do believe this album might be one of the best, if not the best, in this, I'll say, early 2000s pop, genre. I know it is great. I just don't like this stuff and I wouldn't listen to it again. The songwriting is talented, the singing is talented, her face is extremely talented haha, so I'm torn. Plus it is catchy as tell and I can't get Oops I did it again out of my head! Btw Jack Black does an AWESOME cover of that song. So I guess I talked myself into a four star.

A prime example of teen pop rock. Hard to hate but equally hard to loke. Fluff.

Not bad but not my genre

You just wonder what the album could have been with a real band.

What in the Mickey Mouse Club is this happy horse crap? Of course, I'd heard the hit singles from this album before, and while not great, they're miles ahead of the assembly-line, super-forgettable, bubble-gum pop that is the rest of the record. It's so unbelievably bad, I find it hard to believe that Britney wasn't just a one-hit wonder.

Album #56: …Baby One More Time - Britney Spears Genre (W): Pop, bubblegum pop, dance-pop, teen pop Singles: …Baby One More Time, Sometimes, (You Drive Me) Crazy, Born to Make You Happy, From the Bottom of My Broken Heart I have not listened to this album before. Thoughts?: This is the first time I disliked an album. Truly disliked it enough to one-star it. I can’t stand how bland this is. I know that it defined the sound of pop at that time, but it’s still really bland. It feels manufactured too. I don’t want to get another album like this again. Favorite songs: None of them.

It's difficult to listen to music created for 12 year old girls in 1999 as a 34 year old dickhead in 2026. The title track being iconic and a couple of songs that cross the threshold into 'so bad it's good' give this one an extra star.

Wow, the non-single album tracks are awful! I don’t miss that time in the 90s when everyone was sneaking reggae vibes into pop tunes (Soda Pop). The song Baby One More Time is a treasure, the rest was on a scale of “fun bop from the late 90s” to “unlistenable slop”. Love Britney, not her debut. 2/5

Similar to the JT album, this started very hot but then dragged on for too long with the best songs front loaded

This title track is a banger...so is "(You Drive Me) Crazy". Idc what the haters say, whoever was writing these songs was churning them out. The R&B influence in 90s pop makes the pop music of that era a lot more interesting and msuically sophisticated than today. Album overall has some goofy bubblegum teenage pop songs, shes not the caliber of singer as Christina, but they're little earworms and I was alive in 1998 so I enjoy it. Way prefer this over the braindead British electronic that has dominated this list at times.

This started well, front-loaded with the hit single. But the rest of this is bland teeny pop. Gave up way before the end.

Refused to listen

I like mostly the songs that weren’t hits. A lot of the album sounds like an overproduced Disney song. Notable tracks include Soda Pop, Born to Make You Happy, I Will Be There, Thinkin’ About You, The Beat Goes On.

Debut album. Pop. Bubble gum, American white girl, cheese Pop, sung nasally while utilising fucking awful production. LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE 😢 😭 !! (as in leave this shit well alone)

I thought I'd like this more than I actually did. Guess I'm not really a Britney fan.

I found this to be a pretty enjoyable listen.

Baby One More Time is a banger but the rest is a bit generic. Also Email My Heart probably sounded so modern in 1999 but is now so cringe. 3.

there's a reason no one actually listens to this album outside of like 2 tracks

I don’t care if any of the underlying songs have any merit it’s drowned by the saccharine, sanitised late 90’s production. I don’t even think Britney has a good voice unlike some other paedo baiting sex pots of the period. 1.0

...and I'm being kind with 1.

I didn't like pop like this in my youth - but obviously this music was not for my ears and instead was targeting amusical children and teenagers, and perhaps adults with minor to moderate learning difficulties. I get that this had a big cultural impact at the time but so did Sunny Delight. And no one is recommending we go back and consume that again.

leave britney alone 2/5

idk

I’m a woman who was 10 years old when this came out, so basically the target audience for all things Britney at the time. To say this album didn’t shape at least a portion of my childhood would be a lie.

Tenía la esperanza de que no lo fuese, pero ...Baby One More Time es el típico álbum pop de los '90: beats bailables, coros en todas las canciones, la aparición de un hombre que a nadie le importa, y una cantidad excesiva de baladas que no traen nada nuevo a la mesa. El fuerte de este álbum son los primeros temas, porque ya después de eso uno se da cuenta que está escuchando más de lo mismo y que las siguientes canciones serán iguales. Las letras rondan sobre amor y desamor de la forma en la que solo podría contarlo un adolescente, es decir, con una emocionalidad completamente exagerada y poco poética; aparte de eso, no habla sobre nada más (realmente, nada más). The Beat Goes On es quizás el único tema que plantea algo más experimental que los demás, pero es tan malo que ni siquiera sé si merece este reconocimiento. Sí tengo que admitir que la producción del álbum es de la puta madre, y hace que me pregunte si quizás se habrán cortos de guita para contratar a un buen letrista... ↑: ...Baby One More Time, (You Drive Me) Crazy, Born To Make You Happy, Autumn Goodbye ↓: Soda Pop, E-Mail My Heart, The Beat Goes On

This started pretty strong with the hits. It then went sort of all over the board with some Boyz 2 Men sounding stuff, and then some slow songs. Typical of the time period I think, but it definitely went to several different genres which I wasn’t expecting. 3/7/26

I get that there is an all time classic on this album (the title track) and three lesser hits that have some reverence from her fans, but the majority of this album is not good. The Beat Goes On cover is a highlight.

Okay, the song Baby One More Time is a solid gold classic, so I was excited to listen to a whole Britney album for the first time ever! Crazy is bland, and does not sound at all crazy to me Sometimes - just boring Soda Pop - not good - a filler track Things rebound slightly after that but its unimaginitive pure bubblegum pop from here on out If this was on a vinyl record, there would be no reason to play side 2

nice to listen pop album. special ???

Holy vocal fry, Batgirl

One good hit, a couple of catchy numbers and a load of filler.

Don’t judge a book a book by its cover…. Once you get past the artist, and the first 2 songs, this album, even though it came out in 2000 has some great 90’s r&b vibe. So many songs sound like Tamia

Album No. 0166 on my list. Oh wow, I honestly was not expecting to find this album on the 1001 album list, but now that I think about it, it does actually make sense. This is certainly a seminal pop album of the 1990s, and one of the best-selling albums of all time. Knowing only the uber-famous title track, I was curious how the rest of the album would hold up. And well, what can I say, it is really peak pop music at the turn of the millennium. Perfectly produced to death, everything catchy, everything glossy. I've grown up with casting shows, and I definitely get now what the music that was written for the participants and later published got its inspiration from. It's not really bad in a sense, it's just too perfect and boring and mainstream. I fully get why Britney was so absurdly successful at the time (and she certainly doesn't deserve her treatment by her environment and the media). It's just not really for me. Maybe if I were a (female) teenager at the time, this would really have spoken to me, but from my demography, it's just not my cup of tea. But what the hell. Live and let live - I'll still dance terribly to the title track at house parties. I'll add "...Baby One More Time" (of course), and "Sometimes" to my playlist. 2/5 stars.

It's not Madonna, but it's still a decent album. Also, the title track is just straight up a banger.

The culmination of pop I would say. There are some pretty boring songs on here.

Poor Britney. Such a sad life.

Classic title track, the rest is meh. There’s certain songwriting things repeated throughout, like key changes and triumphant bridges in almost every song, but the slow burn songs suck and the album overall sounds dated now. Still worthy of this list, because she is so famous because of this album but I won’t be back.

t makes me feel properly old realising that …Baby One More Time came out in 1999. Twenty-seven years ago. That’s slightly terrifying. Taken at face value, this isn’t a bad pop album at all. It’s just not really my thing. Listening back now, I didn’t hate it, far from it but I also can’t imagine ever choosing to put it on again. It’s very much late-90s teen pop: polished, tightly produced and built around massive hooks. The big singles are undeniably strong. “...Baby One More Time” is a genuine pop classic. “Sometimes” and “Born to Make You Happy” are solid, glossy ballads that did exactly what they were meant to do at the time. And I have to admit, I quite enjoyed “The Beat Goes On” it has a bit more groove and personality than some of the surrounding tracks. That said, once you move beyond the hits, the album does dip into formulaic territory. Tracks like “Soda Pop,” “I Will Be There,” and “Email My Heart” feel very much of their era, over-sweet, slightly disposable. Favourite tracks:“...Baby One More Time” — still a bona fide pop anthem. Least favourite tracks:“Soda Pop” “I Will Be There” and “Email My Heart” Album artwork: A snapshot of peak late-90s pop innocence. Long before everything in her personal life unravelled.

This algorithm just went from BS being Black Sabbath to BS being Britney Spears. I just have no qualifications to review this album. It feels weird to listen to it and even weirder to comment on it. I did listen to it, but what the hell do I rate it? I don't know. I'm rolling a D4.

Vapid trash.

Not what I expected to listen to today but here we are

Bubble gum pop... It's fine, but in small quantities.

Catchy and has some originality for a pop album 3.2

Some fun tracks (mostly the singles I've already heard). Dated production. It's ok. 2.25/5.

I remember when this album dropped, and I could not stop listening to it. It’s still a super guilty pleasure of mine. Does the album fully hold up, especially if you are a new listener, probably not. Does it hold up for me as someone who loved it at launch, hell yes. There are some noticeable dips in song quality though, so a 4.5 overall.

I was a 10-year-old girl when this came out. The target audience for this bollocks. It was a nope then, and a nope at 38. She appeared on Top of the Pops wearing the same pair of white and silver Adidas tracksuit bottoms that I had. I was devastated. As much as I feel for her treatment, fuck you Britney, you ruined my favourite outfit for me. Just pop crap. Nothing to say particularly.

OK, tossing on my 90's teenage girl hat.. Really interesting listen because of how massively influential it was at the time, yet now feels so dated and corny.. and the fact that I absolutely avoided this when it came out. It was EVERYTHING I was against. I don't hate it, but I also can't see myself putting it on again, anytime soon. It falls off a cliff after the first three songs anyways. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions - ...Baby One More Time - (You Drive Me) Crazy - Sometimes

A classic

So I fucked up and listened to “oops I did it agin” instead so I ended up listening to two Britney Spears albums in one day and they both suck, but this one sucks marginal less than “Oops” which has the worst “satisfaction” cover ever made, even counting every shitty house band in existence. Rounding up to a 2 due to what a phenomenon the title track is and also due to how many times I jerked off to the music video in high school.

1.4 I felt a bit bad listening to this, knowing how badly the entertainment business messed Britney up. Sure, she made millions of dollars but still seems like she was taken advantage of. Anyway, this is pure bubblegum. I also feel bad for teenage girls who connect with the lyrics in anyway, teenage love cant be that complicated, can it? Also watched a Sun Ra documentary the same evening I listened to this. Could not be any farther away from Brit on the musical spectrum, Black, avant-garde space jazz. Pretty interesting abiet a bit cultish

I have high confidence I will not listen to this album in full again. But time may tell. I also did not remember the guitar solo in “(You Drive Me) Crazy”

Didn't—truly couldn't—finish this album. But we're talking about millenial canon – this is ...Baby One More Time!

Take me back to 1999 and listening to 'Autumn Goodbye' on repeat after Connor Callahan and I broke up while the smell of the Tommy Girl perfume he bought me lingered in my childhood bedroom. I loved revisiting this album, even if I found myself wanting to speed through the back half (but for real, was Email My Heart ahead of its time?). Is it the best, tightest album I've ever listened to? No. But its impact on pop music is unquestionable.

The cool thing about being in sixth grade when this came out is that being horny for Britney was totally unproblematic. More R&Bish and less annoying than I expected. But impossible to evaluate objectively through the haze of middle school nostalgia.

good god this thing nosedives after the first 3 hits are over. bonus point for a solid entry in the opening riff hall of fame.

nope

Quintessential pop. High quality. Good music to have fun to. Staple for anyone seeking a good time. 3.8 outta 5

How do I know all of the words to these songs???

this album reminds me of my mom soooo much... therefore I cant rate it too low! I definitely enjoyed this album more than it deserves. I will feel no shame for enjoying Britneys music!! im normally not a big fan of songs that are just girls fawning over guys but it was fun to listen and sing along to 7/10

Um clássico pop.

This album starts really strong and gives a false impression that it is going to make you sit up and notice. Unfortunately that energy fizzles a few tracks in and devolves to mostly forgettable pop ballads with a over-polished sheen. This might also win “Most Turn of the Millennium” album by having a song named E-mail My Heart. I do feel bad for Brittney. Not just because of the obvious stuff with the breakdown, but also because this album is full of elements from R&B and spiritual music, and it was foist upon a little white girl. It just feels extra slimy anymore.

actual radio slop

I was never a big fan of pop, especially teen pop like this. However, a few songs on this album are catchy and nice to listen to. That being said, all those songs are on the first side of the album. The second side is easily forgettable and the songs run together. Overall, the album is good, but it’s not amazing.

The hits are so good but the others fell flat :(

Classic pop. I really think soda pop defines this entire album. Catchy, nostalgic, classic

the debut studio album of britney spears, her catchy pop songs playing on most every radio at the tail end of the 20th century paired with her infectious and youthful energy won over the hearts of all sorts of women. her voice is sappy and syrupy, most every song is an earworm... really, when you've got producers from sweden, you pretty much already have a spot on every pink sparkling boombox in north america. can't wait for the people in this platform to give me crap for rating this sappy and ABSOLUTELY corny at times album a little high, but i'm gonna do it and you can't stop me. i think the only critique i have is how similar songs sound. oh, britney... you've been through hell all your life and this is me straight up saying i admire your talent. love ya mama!

Les premières tounes c'est quand même de la bombe en terme de prod. Mais l'album est en quelque sorte une dégringolade avec de multiples exercices de style. Malheureusement, elle n'a pas la voix pour accoter cette diversité (motown, pop à la Madonna, R&B).

Une vraie capsule temporelle! Je me souviens distinctement la première fois que j'ai vu le videoclip de Baby one more time à Musique plus. J'avais 10 ans et peut-être le début d'un éveil sexuel parce que je me souviens que je la trouvais hot dans le video! Malheureusement l'album, à part les 3 principaux singles en début d'album qui sont de la bombe, est assez fade et oubliable. Comme je dis, intéressant pour présenter le début de cette explosion pop au tournant du millénaire, mais c'est pas mal ça.

Definitely a get away album

I'd rather be hit than listen to this

…Baby One More Time //

This album was pure nostalgia, but I don't feel like the bubblegum pop sound has aged well.

Classic!

Honestly, I've never listened to anything from Brittney Spears besides her hits, and I'm a child of the 90s. Her music just never really was something I was interested in. Is this album influential? Yes, absolutely. An enjoyable listen, though? Today? I don't think so. The modulation in "Crazy" was actually really cool, but that's kind of the only thing really interesting. Her strained vocals sound so bad. I'm nodding along to some songs, because the beat and instrumentation is a little catchy, but it's not good. It's also really weird that there's no credit on any of the songs to any of the other vocalists. I'm so glad we've developed past this, musically. I do not like it. Favorite Song(s): ...Baby One More Time

I don't think this album is meant for me. I am not a middle school aged girl, nor was I when this came out, nor have I ever been. This just reminds me of everything that I don't like about most modern pop music - where it's put together by a committee of producers and designed to check all of the "hit" boxes. Just feels soulless and boring, like a mass produced disposable product. Maybe this is the album where all of that started - perhaps that is why this album is on this list?? The only reason they needed Britney involved was to come in and sing. It could have been any other person. To be honest, her voice actually isn't very good on this album - which is kind of sad since that's her only contribution. I don't know how her voice here compares to her subsequent releases. It funny, it sometimes seems like she's trying to sound like a young Michael Jackson. It seems they just chose her because she's cute - which I guess actually is a different contribution since that shows up well on videos. To compare to other popular women artists who all started out fairly young such as Taylor Swift, Lorde, Liz Phair, Madonna, Sarah McLachlan, Alanis Morrissette, or Sinead O'Connor - at least they write a lot of their own songs - which I can respect since you feel like you are hearing the perspective of the actual artist. In this case we are hearing the thoughts of middle aged men trying to put themselves in the mind frame of a teenage girl. I'll never proactively listen to any of these songs again. It's just all pretty bland and forgettable. Actually, the best song on this is "The Beat Goes On" - which technically isn't even on the album since it's only on the Deluxe Edition. It's got much more interesting music. Liked songs on Spotify: 0/11 Rating: 1/5 (should be zero)

This is a bop of an album, don't understand why it's rated so low. Britney's singing is underrated tbh. Not as good as Blackout (which is a 5/5 btw), but definitely a solid album.

Never listened to her much back in the day. Typical bubblegum pop music. Nothing groundbreaking or overly offensive either.

Lowkey this ruled. Obvi title track is a classic, the other stuff is not as iconic but still some really solid pop tracks

My at the time 8 year old daughter was a fan. And that’s good enough for me.

Pop is a genre that has some of the best songs in the world, but also some of the most annoying. On one side of the spectrum, we have songs with exciting, glorifying or calm melodies that use so much music theory to take it to a truly amazing level. On the other side are the songs that are cheesier than other pop songs (which is saying something), or have super annoying melodies, which can get stuck in your head due to pop’s repetitive style. This album skewed closer to the latter. It wasn’t a bad album, but nothing great.

Not as good as I had hoped, but not as bad as I was worried about. Much like the Cyndi Lauper album, I wouldn't ever give this a 2 but it's really not a 4 either. Favorite Track: ...Baby One More Time

Starts with a classic but after that it's filled with outdated teenybopper crap with questionable lyrics that I am far, far from the target audience for. 3/10

Baby one more time is an earworm. But I’m not going to be spending my time listening to this.

Bringing up every emotion

Fave tracks: The beat goes on, you drive me crazy, baby one more time

So much fun, great vibes 10/10

Bubblegum pop

I get this sold a lot of records at the time but I’m not sure that’s enough for an album to make this list. Let’s just move on and forget this ever happened.

Corporate pop at its absolute worse. Middle age men write poor bubblegum pop for kids and thrust a kid into the limelight with the inevitable consequences to her life. Sexualising a 16 year old is not cool either. Lead track is an iconic pop song the rest is just really bad.

“Absolute scenes Jeff, they’ve made some middle aged men listen to Britney. It’s total carnage in here!”

iconic

Title/opening track is amazing. the rest is some tried and true and yet a little corny even for it's era. Overall a fine pop record regardless.

I remember "...Baby One More Time" and "(You Drice Me) Crazy" from the radio, but there's a few more songs on this album that I forgot I knew. Somehow I know "Sometimes", and "Soda Pop" was on the Pokemon: The First Movie soundtrack. I was under the impression going I. That this would just be trite pop ("E-mail My Heart") and there is a little of that, but much more nuanced and catchy tunes than I would've expected. Overall a nice surprise. Not something I'd return to, but I learned something about Britney Spears,and myself, today.

Harmless pop. Some songs are better than ever. The Sonny & Cher cover is absolutely awful.

This record was okay. This was a nostalgic listen, though it's also one of those records that was a product of the time. Playing this back, only a few tracks hold up. Favourite Track(s): Deep In My Heart Least Favourite Track(s): Soda Pop

its Britney bitch its a 4 personally but the ratting of the general public is too low

Oh putain, la voilà… Il est 6h du matin, le café n'a même pas encore eu le temps de faire effet sur mes neurones embrumés, et le générateur aléatoire de cette foutue liste des "1001 Albums" vient de me cracher un nom que je redoutais depuis le début de l'aventure. Je savais qu'elle était là, tapie dans l'ombre, cachée quelque part entre un chef-d'œuvre de Bowie et une obscure galette de jazz fusion, attendant son heure pour me sauter à la gorge. J'avais secrètement espéré la croiser plus tard, beaucoup plus tard, peut-être quand je serais devenu sénile ou sourd. Mais non, le destin est un petit farceur cruel. Aujourd'hui, on s'attaque donc à un monument, non pas de la musique, mais de l'industrie lourde. On parle ici de l'une des petites fiancées de Mickey (ça me fait tout drôle d'écrire ça, bordel 😂), l'égérie du Mickey Mouse Club devenue l'icône planétaire de la fin du millénaire : Britney Spears. Pour remettre les choses dans leur contexte, en 1999, j'avais 29 ans. Je bossais derrière le comptoir de mon disquaire indépendant. C'était une époque charnière. D'un côté, on vendait des pépites, on débattait sur la pertinence du dernier Godspeed You! Black Emperor, on s'imprégnait des sorties de chez Warp ou des noirceurs de Godflesh. De l'autre, à la radio (où je bossais aussi, double peine), on voyait déferler cette vague de pop aseptisée qui allait tout emporter sur son passage. Britney, c'était l'ennemi juré, l'antithèse absolue de tout ce que je défendais. C'était le symbole de la mort du rock, le triomphe du plastique sur la sueur, du marketing sur l'authenticité. Musicalement, on est loin, mais alors très, très loin de mon monde. Imaginez le choc thermique : mes oreilles sont calibrées pour le drone abyssal de Sunn O))), pour les lamentations de David Tibet avec Current 93 ou pour les dissonances contrôlées de John Zorn période Painkiller. Me demander d'écouter "...Baby One More Time", c'est comme demander à un amateur de grands crus classés de s'enfiler un litre de soda tiède cul-sec. Excepté les singles qui ont matraqué les ondes à l'époque jusqu'à l'écœurement — impossible d'y échapper, même enfermé dans une cave —, je n'avais jamais, et je dis bien jamais (et heureusement), posé mes oreilles sur l'intégralité de cet album. Alors, qu'est-ce que ça donne, vingt-cinq ans plus tard, avec le recul et un peu moins d'hormones rebelles ? Comment dire… C'est de la bubble pop mais le terme est presque trop gentil. Je pourrais qualifier ça de "Soup Pop". C'est de la soupe, mais servie dans une assiette en or massif. Dès les premières secondes du morceau titre, on reconnaît la patte de Max Martin, le génie maléfique suédois, l'architecte sonore qui a décidé que la musique ne devait plus être un art mais une science exacte. Ces trois notes de piano, ce "Da-nah, da-nah"… C'est d'une efficacité redoutable, presque terrifiante. C'est conçu en laboratoire pour activer les zones de plaisir coupable de votre cerveau, que vous le vouliez ou non. Je vais être honnête, ce serait bougrement hypocrite de ma part de dire que c'est "mauvais" au sens technique du terme. La production est irréprochable. Chaque fréquence est à sa place, la voix (aussi nasillarde et modifiée soit-elle) est mixée pour percer n'importe quel système audio, de l'autoradio pourri à la chaîne hi-fi de salon. C'est un produit calibré, formaté pour plaire à tout le monde, de la gamine de 8 ans au camionneur en pause déjeuner, et surtout, c'est une machine de guerre conçue pour une seule chose : remplir la caisse enregistreuse. Et bon dieu, qu'est-ce que ça a marché. Mais une fois qu'on a passé le tube intergalactique qui donne son nom à l'album et peut-être "(You Drive Me) Crazy", qu'est-ce qui reste ? Des ballades sirupeuses à vous filer le diabète, des morceaux de remplissage qui sentent le synthétiseur bon marché et des textes d'une vacuité abyssale. On est dans l'ère de l'industrialisation de la teen-pop. On sent que derrière Britney, il y a une armée de producteurs, de compositeurs, de stylistes et de marketeux qui tirent les ficelles. Elle n'est pas une artiste ici, elle est un vecteur. Un très joli vecteur, certes, qui joue sur l'ambiguïté "écolière innocente / lolita provocatrice", mais un vecteur quand même. Pour un mec comme moi, nourri au post-punk, à la noise et à l'indie rock, écouter ça relève de l'exercice anthropologique. Je suis un touriste en terre hostile. Alors, quelle note donner à ce bulldozer culturel ? Je ne peux pas mettre en dessous de 2, car comme je l'ai précisé plus haut, ce n'est pas inécoutable, ce n'est pas une agression sonore mal produite. C'est un travail de pro et il y a un savoir-faire indéniable derrière cette machine à cash. Mais mon ADN, mes années passées à déballer des cartons de vinyles chez le disquaire, mes nuits blanches à écouter The Cure ou Nick Cave, tout mon être m'interdit formellement de mettre au-dessus de 3. Si je mettais 4, je crois que mes disques de Joy Division s'autodétruiraient par pure honte sur mon étagère. Donc, entre 2 et 3, mon cœur balance. D'un côté, le rejet épidermique de ce que cet album représente (la marchandisation totale de la musique), de l'autre, la reconnaissance d'un hit pop qui a marqué son époque. Et même si elle me susurre à l'oreille "Hit me baby one more time" avec ses couettes et son petit air faussement ingénu, ça ne changera pas la donne. Je reste un vieux con intègre (ouais, enfin, on essaye). Allez, je vais mettre 3. Pourquoi ? Parce que je suis de bonne humeur aujourd'hui. Peut-être parce qu'il y a du soleil, ou parce que j'ai bien dormi. Ou peut-être parce qu'avec le temps, j'ai appris à ne plus avoir peur de la pop mainstream. C'est un 3 de "reconnaissance historique", un 3 pour l'impact, un 3 pour Max Martin qui a su créer le virus auditif parfait. Mais ne vous y trompez pas, une fois cette chronique publiée, je retourne direct écouter un bon vieux Sonic Youth pour me nettoyer les oreilles. Faut pas déconner quand même.

2 absolutely enormous pop BANGERS. And some other stuff. This definitely felt enormous at the time. Britney was absolutely everywhere along with all the discussions about whether she was still a virgin. Which, in hindsight, was pretty weird. A game-changer, or just another in a long line of pop artists who achieve stratospheric popularity out of nowhere. I feel like the title track alone should get it a 3-star minimum, it more than stands the test of time. But the filler.................oh boy, that was not easy to get through. A "slightly sad for my younger self" 2 stars it is.

I get why is here

Definitely not my cup of tea. The big singles are catchy enough, and there’s a surprisingly decent stab at “The Beat Goes On.” But the rest of it is so syrupy it practically made my teeth itch. A polished pop debut, sure—but far too bubblegum for my taste.

After 300+ albums I am finally making a review because this 1 star isn't because of Britney Spears but rather the sexual exploitation of young female stars that reads through in the album. Britney has a great voice and personally I like her 2003 album In The Zone better.

Na een poppunk album, laten we dat kleine stukje punk voor wat het is: Tijd voor 2000s pop! God, als we het over absolute oorwurmen hebben, ja dan is het openingsnummer(!!!) natuuuuurlijk een perfect voorbeeld! Wel heel benieuwd of dit een gevalletje Layla and other songs word of dat er nog meer Perfecte Pop Parels hier te vinden zijn. Britney heeft dus best wel een fijne stem. Het zit een beetje op het spectrum van Christina Aguilera, maar wel wat beter, vooral haar uithalen werken voor mij iets beter. Eerlijk? Dit is gewoon best wel een lekker popplaatje. Ik heb wat nummers toegevoegd in de hoek van 'Ooooooh dit ken ik wel!' Ben alleen niet de allergrootste fan van de tragere, meer ballad like nummers... Zo'n nummer als Soda Pop; is dat slecht? Is het juist heel goed? Ik weet het niet man, het is een halve reggae achtige plaat ofzo? Er staan meer van dit soort vreemde keuzes op. Nee sorry, het grootste deel is toch meer trage ballads dan dat er meer bubblegum girl teen pop op staat. Als ik dan een Britney album moet luisteren, ga dan volledig er voor verdomme! Ik denk dat dit album zo veel meer potentie had dan dat het heeft. Niemand luistert Britney Spears voor de ballads. Mensen willen hits en bangers. Of tenminste, ik wil hits en bangers. Sorry Brit, maar het begin van dit album haalt het wel omhoog van 2 sterren, dit was best prima om eens te luisteren. Nooit gedacht dat ik ooit zoveel woorden zou schrijven over een Britney Spears album, 1001 lijst, wat doe je met me..? FAVO: Baby one more time, You drive me crazy, Soda Pop(wat een bizarre kutplaat, ik hou er van) , Autumn Goodbye

Partially known. I think you had to get in on it when it happened.

I had no idea about the non-radio hits. The album turned into a variety hour. When that reggaeton song, I was truly shocked.

I understand that I was not this album’s target demographic, but man, were the late 90’s early 00’s a cesspool of soulless commercialized pop music. Didn’t care for this when it was new. Don’t like it now.

Bubblegum pop just isn't my jam.

an iconic album by miss britney spears

I had heard One More Time before. I liked the short little guitar solo in Crazy and the acoustic guitar on some of the songs. There was also more variety than I expected with songs like Soda Pop. She also sounds older than she really was.

Wild Tuesday pull! As a millennial I will try to not let nostalgia cloud this review too much. This album has an incredible opening three track run. Three huge hits to get the party started. After that however its a mixed bag of 90s pop. Fun at times and boring at times. I'd probably give this album a 3.5/5 if I could but its gonna get rounded down to a 3/5.

Title track is a banger, the rest is not

Manufactured, over produced pop slop with no redeeming features.

Solid pop album with some bangers

Well produced pop, but not my style of pop I couldn't help while listening to think about her mental health issues, the many (mostly) older men who controlled her life, and struggles with gaining independence. This made for a sadder listen than the songs would otherwise warrant.

This album is great. It’s okay to like this AND Radiohead. It’s not a zero sum game.

Gear: Hifiman HE6se v2 SE Artwork: 👧🎒😬 Production: 🎛️💸🧼 Music: 😐💭🚫 Rating: 🍒(🍒)/5

iconic forever

A couple of the chart hits got my feet tapping, but as an album, I just couldn't get into it.

Not for me

A product of it's time, the songs all tend to follow the same pattern and structure. Especially the final chorus on each song that's pitched up an octave. Soda Pop and The Beat Goes On do stray from this though. And I will say that the title track is a certified banger.

Soda pop was fun. Its very much a product of its time between the singing, music, and production.

It's Britney, bitch!

Perfection

194/1089 Britney was my first favourite singer so I’m biased for sure but I don’t need music to always be experimental or pushing boundaries, sometimes I just want some solid pop songs. I like this album, especially the hits. It’s extremely 90s teen pop and not necessarily groundbreaking but i feel it shows that Britney has always had the charisma to elevate these songs. It deserves a place on this list purely bc of its commercial and cultural impact at the time. However, Britney deserved a second spot (certainly over some artists who got 5/10 spots) because it’s just not her best or most interesting record, Blackout was truly influential and pop music wouldn’t be the same without it. I’d also argue that Britney or In The Zone deserve a place over this one. faves: …baby one more time, (you drive me) crazy, i will be there, autumn goodbye 86/100

Although this album is no longer in the current edition of the book, it still deserves a spot in my opinion. This album had a tremendous influence on pop music back then. Sure, it's a pure commercial product, and the producers and Britney delivered an iconic product. The lyrics are, from today's view, in most parts way too cringy. But they're not important; the way Britney delivers them is.

I hated on this album so hard when it came out, but now with time and more music experience under my belt, I can see that it is just a classic pop album. Her delivery and dedication to the performance really sells it.

Lot more guitar than I remember - interesting how ubiquitous rock tropes were even late 90s before the hip hop took over. It's fine and had an enormous cultural impact which I was of age to be cognizant of. And being a teen boy, well... interesting to see the max guy, like so many frustrated metalhead nords working out terrible english lyrics and terribly catchy music.

Classic

Good pop album

1.3 1x once was enough. Man those deep cuts were pretty bad. Listened embarrassingly while in SLC in layover. 3/32

It's hard for me to listen to the title track, "Crazy", and "Sometimes" objectively because I was seven years old when they were released and they live in the most nostalgic part of my brain. I don't even know how much I like them, but I'll be damned if they don't evoke some reaction out of me. My sister had this CD, so I remembered most of these song titles; unfortunately, those first three tracks/singles do pretty much all the heavy lifting. The other "original" songs are all pretty anonymous to varying degrees, and given that Britney has never been a remarkable vocalist by any means, she doesn't elevate them above their cookie cutter late 90's teen-pop vapidity. 2/5

Fun pop album and a total time capsule that too many people think they're above

Baby no more times. Unfortunately the generator dished this one up for me on a day I was commuting via bus and I, as a man in his 50s, had a full screen lock screen of a 17 year old American girl on her knees gazing coyly and adoringly up at me (and the bus driver as I lent in to pay via contactless). Cheers random generator dude. Headphones on and shielding my phone from fellow passengers I sat down ready to give this my full and rapt attention. The first song, that had already played as I queued is instantly recognisable. A great into and a really catchy tune. Would we, the great public, known that if it hadn’t’ been for the accompanying video of all-American pigtailed school girl Britney dancing in the corridors? This video played out everywhere, and according to my Reddit brought the staff and punters of one Blockbusters Video store to a standstill. I think the song with its opening base note and “ooh baby baby” would be strong enough without the video, however, I was surprised that the album didn’t open with a ticking clock and a ringing school bell. The rest of the album wasn’t recognisable or memorable. If you’d asked me I would have told you that the second single would have been “Oops I did it again” and the third or fourth the excellent “Toxic”. Instead it would have been something from the Factory Pop mediocre sludge that I think the rest of the album is. Noticeable low lights on the album include the raga tinged “Soda Pop” which was so bad it instantly drew to mind the infinitely better parody song “Equality Street” by Ricky Gervais. Also the soppy ballad “Email my heart” a lazy lyrical song for the kids which I’m sure the writer thought was really clever at the time. Email my heart? No. Mark as spam and move to junk. This was a poor debut album front ended by one great song. Britney deserved much more than this, more care from the writing team and, considering this launched her into fame so fast, more care all round.

take a shot every time she says baby tellement straight Born To Make You Happy slap quand même j'adore l'intro de I Will Be There, le reste est bon (très réécoutable en fait) eww pourquoi ya un dude qui chante

♡: Deep In My Heart, You Drive Me Crazy

so painfully 1999

well, i'm guilty as anybody growing up around the turn of the millennium to have listened to Britney voluntarily and/or involuntarily a thousand times. the hit songs of this album are ingrained in my memory and i can't help but feel nostalgia listening to them. of course, i prefer grindcore or being impaled with hot spears (ha, see what i did there?) to listening to this, but i'm unable to give it 1 star. must be a satanic ritual thingy ingrained in the record.

I mean, how can I rate this without my 90's millennial bias? Forever a classic.

top track: (you drive me) crazy - more cowbells!!!!!! … baby one more time- obvs 10/10. super nostalgic

Nostalgic, some good tunes. Email my heart…..

OK, I'll admit, I didn't make it all the way the end but why bother?

Sorry, har inte åldrats väl och de flesta låtar är helt forgettable

Title song brings me back, but this was not a great sound.

It's Britney, bitch.

I was enjoying the first three or so songs. Turns out that's where the hits ended and it became a bit boring and generic. Sometimes I had the feeling it was Christina Aguilera singing, didn't know they sounded so alike.

Memórias da rainha do pop dos anos 90

First three songs are bangers, the rest are just filler.

Only liked the hit song

Not really an album for me. It was fine though.

I wish I didn't like this as much as I do. 4 *

It's a bop.

From CD

I definitely regret how I saw her as a punchline back in the 2000s, she deserved better for sure. Not much here for me musically though, the first couple of songs are decently catchy but most of the rest is balladry that does little for me

There’s no reason anyone should ever listen to this.

Iconic

8 million versions of Baby One More time was a bit silly. I felt like multiple songs could’ve been in Ella Enchanted, fun throwbacks

I really liked it more than I expected, also Britney has a more powerful voice than her popular songs show.

Well, I did not expect this album to be so different to the single baby one more time. Definitely peak 90s pop but not something I particularly like

8/10

un clasico, nunca falla

Peak Britney was great

Interesting time stamp in pop music - an instant icon fronting a well oiled album filled with super Y2K & blippy tracks with sophisticated chord changes that are also paired with a couple middling Adult Contemporary corporate ballads that point to the dregs of American Idol. All the singles are classics and from the jump Britney has an immediately recognizable identity & presence.

なぜ死ぬ前にこんな音楽を聞かなくてはならないのか

I’m kind of torn on this one. On one hand, some of the songs are passable, if not extremely boring, and on the other, there are some really bad songs. At least I finished it, but I think I could’ve died without listening to this and lived a fulfilling life.

loved it! Soda Pop FTW

Δε μου αρεσει που σχετιζεται τοσο με τα γκομενικα και επισης δεν μου αρεσει η ποπ

I love that modern pop is included on this list. But my issue here is that this isn't a good album, it's GREAT singles surrounded by a number of filler tracks. Baby One More Time, Crazy, and Sometimes are so goddamn good, but if I ever have to hear Soda Pop again I'm gonna yeet myself off a building. Great tracks for a best singles of all time list, but doesn't quite meet the high expectations I had for this album. 2/5

Great start to the album and i thought i was about the have a lovely blast from the past. but baby i hope to hear this full album no more times. but i cant give britney a 2.

I really enjoyed this in a guilty pleasure way... the main issue was the remixes at the end which were so unnecessary. Like girl its hit me baby ONE more time not three...

Objectively is this good music, maybe not but it makes me happy and if you know me well, you know I'm partial to a bit of Britney 😏. However, I do have something disappointing to say. I feel like most people can agree that Britney's popular songs are popular for a reason - they're great and we love them, I mean who won't sing along to Toxic?!?!! Maybe if you suffer from toxic masculinity. Anyway, the issue is that the well-known ones are amazing and the not so well-known... well that's kind of for a reason and it pains me to admit that it's true, they are repetitively trashy. So today, when faced with an entire Britney album, I was pretty excited (as you may imagine) but it turned out maybe I was better sticking to the songs I know and love 🥲. That being said, girl is an ICON and I still love her. 💘

Iconic pop album but it got abit too much by the end (for me)

Tacky and distasteful. The only good thing about this album was the first song, the rest was a whiney mess. The only time this album would ever be good would be if I was in a cringe 2000s romance film where I fell in love with my best friend's brother. Thank God its over

why are we using cow bells in pop music and why do they kinda work. Legit sounds like it's straight from high school musical. 2.5 rounded down

4 stars

Pues lo queramos o no, es un disco generacional. Es el disco por el cual la generación de los 90 se hizo mayor y desapareció del mainstream. El disco que inició a los millenials en la música y que borró de las listas lo que conocimos como rock and roll. Todo lo que vino después es simple ademán. Dentro de que no es mi estilo preferido, debo reconocer que hay algunas canciones realmente bien compuestas y que el impacto visual y sexual de la Spears fue un hito. Nunca escuché el disco entero en su día. S ver qué encuentro más allá de los singles conocidos. Vale, es más insoportable de lo que pensaba. Los singles magníficos, pero lo demás es un relleno pestilente.

This one got boring fast sadly.

Thought the rest of the album after THE SONG was pretty mid, but luckily THE SONG is an absolute banger

The first two songs gave me a bit of nostalgia to listen to. Overall, this was a fun album to listen to - her singing on some of the other tracks surprised me (it didn't sound "like her", in a good way). I wouldn't say this was anything remarkable though.

I actually listened all this as well. Mental that this is over a quarter of a century old. The singles from this got played a LOT so they're fairly familiar. Most of it is pretty acceptable bubblegum and you can call it some of the Best of Genre if that's what you're into - though not sure song for song this holds up with the likes of Taylor Swift, who's obviously a pretty smarter, more talented and business minded sort. But Baby One More Time is a fucking banger and that's all there is to it. The mark of a good song is when other people cover it and it's always good, and I've heard loads of great covers of it.

Fuck all the haters in the reviews. God forbid someone perceive you listening to a young woman sing. This shit was revolutionary at the time, grow the fuck up