...Baby One More Time

Not for me 1/5

Sounds like a late 90s, early 00s album 😂

Had me wiggling hips in the office

This one is a surprise. It must have made the list because of its huge record sales, and its release coincided with the emergence of several teen girl singers. I listened to the original release. There are a few catchy tunes on the album. The music is overly-processed (reminds me of the boy bands of that era), but otherwise no major complaints.

Ho ho!! I Have This Album (#7). It is the second full album I ever got. ("Full" because in the 90s-00s I got a bunch of "CD samplers" from clothing companies, YA book orders, school stuff, etc. In fact, 'Sometimes' is on one of those samplers (from Jive, which it turns out stopped existing in 2011), not that I needed a sample because these songs were everywhere!) Usually I think the bias towards debut albums on here is annoying, but in this case, I do think it is Britney's best album. Her vowels are so distinctive! Is it a good album? I don't know about that, but I don't think it's a *bad* album. I don't relisten to it that often nowadays, but I never skip the songs when they do come up. I think the singles are bops and the rest are nostalgia-good but otherwise just OK. Highlights: '...Baby One More Time', 'Crazy', 'Sometimes', 'Soda Pop' (had no idea Agamemnon was name dropped in this; very B*Witched-esque), 'Born to Make You Happy' (very M2M-esque), 'Thinkin' About You', 'E-mail My Heart' (I'm sure people are having a lol at this title, but please know that my people (xanga users) have been laughing about it since 1999)

Once you got into it, a lot of this is fairly low effort late 90s pop. Email my heart a particular low light. Dated hilariously now, who knew? 2*

The whole album is overall alright, but of course the biggest hits are the first two songs, which I really enjoyed jamming to. We found a stereo system in our basement one day and it had a CD player, so we got this album on a disk and also a couple of other ones, and we enjoying having it playing in our bathroom, good times. The rest of the songs are alright, but not really THAT amazing, but that's pretty much every album.

Not for me but also not bad. Was not expecting so much guitar on this album but it worked.

I loved this at 12 years old. Baby One More Time, Crazy (my personal favourite) and Sometimes bump it up to 2 stars but i think the rest was written on someone's dinner break.

Låg kvalle utöver hitsen

Svårt att argumentera mot att det var ett tongivande album för sin tid, men särskilt intressant känns det inte idag och utöver hitsen lät det sämre än jag mindes. "E-Mail My Heart" är dock en härlig tidskapsel i låttitelformat.

Hitsen är hits av en anledning, men överlag är det tyvärr ganska mjäkigt. Ett typiskt popalbum, även om topparna definierade en hel generation.

Inleder urstarkt, med klassisk popbanger efter banger. Andra halvan mer anonym, men ändå stark 4a.

loved autumn goodbye

Man I really wanted to enjoy this album. I thought it would bring me so much nostalgic joy. It really did not work for me. I found it so boring. It really did not age well. It just feels uninspired.

Well produced

This album starts with two bangers then kind of falls apart after, but Britney was such a phenomenon. It's hard to not give it 3 stars.

In one ear and out the other. I get what they were trying to do; it's not unartful necessarily, but it comes out lukewarm and gummy.

Not really my thing, didn’t like it

Meh. Album seems more worried about production value. 3. A couple nice moments but nothing really interesting

A slick, instantly catchy debut that defined late-’90s teen pop, …Baby One More Time is packed with undeniable hits but feels more manufactured than emotionally deep. Still, has some bang her. Oops I mean bangers.

This was the album that truly made me fall in love with music. Is there anything particularly unique or technically accomplished about it? Maybe not. But it's peak 90s bubblegum pop and I love it. This album was what made me want to be a singer and what made me obsessed with all the different ways music can make you feel. Every song takes you into a little world and the songs on this album were some of the first worlds I fully explored. Is it cheesy as hell? Yep. Are there some skips? Yeah, absolutely (although this is more the case with the deluxe edition that's currently on Spotify). But I can't rate this album any lower for any of its faults. I wouldn't be who I am today without it.

Of all the albums ever released, is it really necessary to hear this album before i die?

Certified carbage

Awful

Feels like this was the beginning of committee music for the masses, calculated blandness for maximum profits, all the while record companies also made sure they were the major beneficiary of any and all profits. Empty, dull and artificial like cotton candy.

Ok.

It's britney female dog. The tracks sound like random beats from the electric keyboards I used to play with during music class in my youth. This is somehow positive. It reminds me of simpler times. When owning a house was the standard and when you could walk into a place of work with a can-do attitude and get hired. A time I ofcourse never lived, but sounds swell. Some of the slower songs are boring to me but I cant give an album with bops such as Baby one More time and the beat goes on lower than a 7.

Essential for this list, but it will never grace my ears ever again.

This sounded everywhere in my 17s, respect the album as the cultural moment it was, but hopefully won't have to hear it again.

briteny spears

Seriously?

I know the singles. Incredible how revolting the other pieces really were. Like someone was not even trying. Good enough for 25m cd sales though.

Baby, every song has the same boring sound and lyrics that appeal to the sixth-grade crowd.

The 60s came knocking with a paint by numbers set.

After Mariah and Madonna, now Britney. Color me surprised that I liked this better than the others, and by a bit. But, as told by the 3 stars, not exactly won over. I'll hand it to Britney — she doesn't try to blow your face off or create some sort of mystical persona. She sings pop tunes, pretty adeptly. My issue was and still is the sexualization of her, particularly in this era. She was maybe 16 when this was released? As the disgusting, disquieting details keep dropping with the Epstein files and the abuse of young women in our culture, the pose of Britney — a minor — on the cover... it's gross. The lyric "hit me baby one more time" is also gross with its submissive, abusive implications. It all struck me as exploitative when it was released and considering how things went for Spears in adulthood, I guess that never changed.

The hit is definitely a banger. The rest not so much. Its inclusion on this list confuses me.

Other than the opener…what’s here? But Sylvia reminded me that Britney needed to hit for Taylor to soar and Andre had more positive notes than me. It’s the holidays so I’m bumping Britney a star.

= The Beatles Reminds me of the Beatles in that the songs we all know are great, they're a fun time, but everything else is so aggressively fine and forgettable.

Slightly ashamed to say I found this way better than I expected. I guess the thing about an album like this is that it'll never sound better than the first listen - not like there are deep themes to the lyrics to unpack, or textured music which reveals itself more with each listen. These tracks are catchy as hell love songs, not something to overthink if you just enjoy for what it is

Mediocre pop album. A few catchy songs; lots of schlock.

Not the best voice and some of the songs are truly bad. However, the bangers do bang. 6 maybe.

The music never gets good and the lyrics are pretty bad. Some legitimate smash hits. Not my favorite, but I wanted to recognize that on the back end of the album, without the vocal fry seduction act, Spears has a really pleasant singing voice. Not enough to salvage the album, but a nice surprise.

I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but this album is wonderful and should be on this list 100%. I feel like too many people would underrate this claiming it can't be as good as [whatever they like] when in reality this album has MAYBE 1 skip. The point of the list isn't to compare albums to each other, it's to determine if it should be on the list in the first place. This one should.

I am fairly certain I've only ever heard the one single from this. Gonna be interesting! Hah, immediately proved wrong. I know at least two songs! This is incredibly inoffensive unsubstantial nothingness.

no notes. free Britney

I enjoyed this at the time and have continued to do so ever since. Unashamed bubblegum pop which feels like it comes from a simpler and more cheerful time. Just what I needed to hear on a dreary Monday morning.

I'm conflicted on this one. Sure, the title track swept Western pop culture off its feet. The rest of the album though? I'm not sold. Let's assume that this album belongs on the list. It therefore must offer something novel and innovative that leaves a lasting impact on its musical successors. More specifically, it must offer something that the other 1000 albums don't. What this album offers is: - Europop songwriting and production sensibilities - A nubile American teen as a pop idol In 1999, Europop is neither novel nor innovative. ABBA, Roxette, Ace of Base, Aqua - these groups proliferated this aesthetic to America long before Britney Spears. The songwriting and production values on this album don't even really iterate on the established formula, save perhaps the title track itself. Thus, this album doesn't really introduce anything new to music, save for the performer herself. I hold the position that you don't need to hear this album to appreciate her impact on pop culture, and that appreciating the album's impact remains secondary to examining the musical value of the album. Insofar as America's proclivity for sexualizing teenage girls may have hit a new, or at least another, high with this album, the album itself remains at best a conduit through which American culture can feed this desire. Again, you don't need to hear the album to understand this - in a vacuum, this album remains unremarkably derivative of the Europop tradition. What made Britney Spears, and ...Baby One More Time such a moment in pop culture? Pop culture's ability to sell Britney's image on the back of this album's title track. One important single does not a must-listen-album make.

Britney Spears’ Debütalbum „…Baby One More Time“ erschien 1999 und markiert den internationalen Durchbruch der US-amerikanischen Popsängerin. Die Aufnahmen fanden überwiegend in den Cheiron Studios in Stockholm statt, einem Zentrum der späten 90er-Popproduktion. Stilistisch gehört das Album zum Teen-Pop und Dance-Pop, mit starken Eingängern und klar strukturierten Melodien, die stark auf Studioeffekte und Groove ausgerichtet sind. Besonders prägende Tracks des Albums sind der Titelsong „…Baby One More Time“, „Sometimes“, „(You Drive Me) Crazy“ und „From the Bottom of My Broken Heart“. Diese Songs trugen wesentlich zum kommerziellen Erfolg bei und etablierten Spears in der Popwelt. In der Gesamtbetrachtung wirkt das Album als Produkt seiner Zeit mit hohem Wiedererkennungswert.

Album 989 of 1089 ...Baby One More Time - Britney Spears (1999) Rating : 2.5 / 5 This one is obviously not my cup of tea, but it’s also impossible to ignore what it accomplished. This is pure bubblegum pop, polished to a shine and aimed squarely at the mainstream, and it hit every mark it was designed to hit. The songs themselves aren’t doing much for me musically, but that almost feels beside the point. This album was less about depth or experimentation and more about selling a moment, a sound, and a brand - and Britney became that brand almost instantly. The production is clean, the hooks are obvious, and the whole thing is engineered for maximum exposure and replay value. While it’s not something I’d ever choose to revisit, I can respect the machine behind it and the cultural impact it had. For what it set out to be, it absolutely succeeded. Sometimes an album isn’t about artistry in the traditional sense - it’s about execution - and this one executed perfectly.

It's 2 stars, bitch.

The first 3 songs brought me right back to my childhood, I'm not sure if they're actually heat or if I'm just a sucker for nostalgia jams. After those I thought "is this an unexpected banger album?" Nope, the rest of the album is ass.

I do enjoy bubble gum pop, and even love the first Spice Girls album, but this album sucked.

Poppy

Definitely not the target audience for this one, and I can respect its influence but ultimately it was a 90’s pop record so a few hits and a bunch of filler around the hits. I did enjoy the cover of

Didn't like it when it came out in '99, still don't like it now.

4.5/10 I still prefer swedish factory product over anything made by AI. Starts strong, but after the first three songs it collapses. Highlight: Baby One More Time

It’s funny how we’ve heard Baby One More Time to death, but forgot everything else

Creí que lo iba a pasar peor y al final hasta me he guardado una canción: The beat goes on.

One of the examples of an album that absolutely belongs on the list. Britney Spears is one of the first aspects of pop culture I remember. I was 3 when this album came out and it was such a gigantic phenomenon I was aware of it despite barely knowing how to talk. Mind you in hindsight that’s just because the media desperately wanted to know if this poor girl was banging people. And then her life got ruined by that and her crazy dad. Anyway. This album is really just the singles which are nostalgic as hell, but also really good outside that. The rest of the album? Ehhhhh. I think this era of ballad is automatically repellent to me. They sound like ass. Soda Pop? More like, uh, Soda Poop. I think my favorite song on here is E-mail My Heart, mostly because it’s this beautiful relic. It’s the You’ve Got Mail of music. And that’s great.

I remember when this album came out, the pop princess got plenty of radio time. As I started this album, I was a bit scared that I recognized the first three songs…all pop hits,

3.7 not bad but kinda boring and not as good as her later work

Classic

Love it perfect early 2000s

Feels icky idk

About is silly and fun as it is corny. I am way too old to like this kind of music or to have a decent opinion on this, so I'm just gonna say for the time it was good.

Leave Britney alone! Seriously, dont press play, dont consider the merits of this, dont feed this machine. Culturally a significant milestone but aurally it is lowest common denominator pop, made by committee to be as inoffensive as possible, packaged in what is obvious in hindsight in a really troubling paedo-centric way.

2 - Receta POP, 2-3 éxitos fabricados, rellena el disco con música hueca y que suena igual. Ahora la IA genera mejor música.

This was a solid pop album. I obviously knew the titular track, but hadn’t listened to it all the way through and honestly liked some of the other tracks more. More of an R&B vibe than I expected!

Can’t deny the staying power of the hits on this one, but it also gets repetitive to the point of parody. Every song has the potential for being a radio hit but in a cynical “throw a dart” way. The touches of R&B balladry were a welcome showcase of her vocal ability.

Cover 5 From a bubblegum pop perspective, this is decent, especially the opening three songs. The rest are decent but nothing like the opening three songs. Personally, I'm only familiar with the songs from radio, tv and movie play. Never listened to this album and probably would have never thought to do so if not for this list, which I don't think this album even belongs on.

Sadece ilk parça bu kadar efsaneviymiş

sondaki iki remix fena makaraymış

I have lots of fond memories of the pop music from the late '90s, early '00s. Destiny Child's. Neptunes. Timbaland. Missy Elliott. Kylie's Can't Get You Out of My Head. It was often much more exciting and forward looking than the so-called 'alternative' music that had been my natural habitat for a while. I assumed that I could have put Britney in this list as well but having listened to her debut album I have to make a u-turn on that. This is terrible. Hit Me Baby is still great. The rest is all filler and slop. Cheap, unimaginative r&b-pop with some cheesy ballads. The second best track is a totally superfluous cover of The All Seeing I's The Beat Goes On.

Soda pop and deep in my heart were stands out. Reminded me of J-pop at times and good memories of persona 4. The rest of the album was not really my style though. Would have been one star if not for the stand outs.

31/1089 норм, слушать можно, даже несколько песен приглянулись но очень одинаково и затянуто, все как одна и та же песня, плюс голос местами бесит

хороший, лайтовый, но ничего особо примечательного не было, ток один трек прям понравился

it's britney bitch

Shite

This album really falls down about half way through. Starts out super strong and then past track 6 just becomes bland pop.

Will not be listening again sorry Britney. BOMT remains a classic - everything else is forgettable and sounding pretty dated. BOMT drags it to a 2.

I go from Systems of a Down to Britney. Be careful what you ask for. The contrast with every element of the music is vast. This is just sickly, processed saccharine. The synthesized clap beat in every song is annoying. The lyrics are as dull and whiney as much as SOAD, if for opposite reasons. And Britney's warbling is as bad as SOAD roaring. Maybe it was a good juxtaposition algorithm to show there is lots of average music being made at the forefront of their genre.

Man, middle school me was smitten with Britney when this came out. I still remember a good bit of the songs on this album. This was a total paradigm shift for female pop at the time so I get why it was important. Not my type of music but the nostalgia was nice.

Hugsaði allan fyrri helminginn hvað þetta væri geggjuð plata, söng og dansaði í höfðinu á mér, pottþétt fimma! Svo var seinni helmingurinn allt í einu ekki eins góður

Ákveðin forgjöf sem þessi plata fær hjá mér. Hef hlustað nokkrum sinnum á hana. Gífurlega sterkur fyrri hluti. Sum lögin samt rosalega 90s. Verð að gefa henni fimm stjörnur sem eru samt ca. 4,75 ❤️

Man the 90s were wild. Add Britney's name to the collateral damage left in the wake of Disney's Pop Princess Assembly Line™. I was too old to listen to this when it came out, so my opinion today means even less - however what this album and this person did to the culture at the time? This is nothing short of influence. 3/5

I fear there are better Britney albums!

Funny one to rate. I was a freshman in high school when this came out. Went to a Britney concert in her prime. Now I'm over 40 and it feels weird listening to this. Can't not give it at least a 4. Her 2nd album was better too. So there's that.

Emily Thompson, hope you’re well 🫡 Could have been any Max Martin album of the era, but this one has Baby One More Time.

All the stars go to the opening track

Did this have to be the Britney album on the list?

Dass der Opener einer der größten Pophits ever ist - brauchen wir nicht zu diskutieren. Aber wir bewerten hier die besten Alben. Und nach dem einen Song ist das ein einziges Snoozefest. Leider.

Brutale Banger, aber auch teilweise Quatsch dabei.

Die Hits sind schon krasse Banger, aber die meisten anderen Songs fallen dagegen schon sehr stark ab.

Ich hatte deutlich mehr erwartet. Funktioniert als Album für mich überhaupt nicht, alles beliebig zusammengewürfelt. Dafür sind es aber zu wenig Hits, dass das funktionieren würde.

Das Album bekommt 2 von 5 Sternen, weil es trotz seines prägenden Pop-Einflusses stark formelhaft produziert ist. Die freche Stimme wird von eingängigen Hooks und dem ikonischen Titelsong aufgefangen. Melodien und Energie überzeugen bedingt, auch weil tiefere musikalische Überraschungen fehlen. Insgesamt ein wichtiges, aber nicht vollständig rundes Werk aus der Dekade.

Ne, da bin ich dann raus. Kann gut verstehen, warum das auch ein Meilenstein war und warum viele damit was anfangen können, ich kann es aber nicht. Denn dafür ist es zu sehr genau der komplett eindimensionale Pop, mit dem wir seit Jahrzehnten "beglückt" werden und wofür auch dieses Album wegbereitend war. Gleichwohl muss man zugute halten, dass es textlich noch nicht der berüchtigte Lalala-Pop ist. Ich bin auch der Meinung, dass abgesehen vom Titelsong und 2-3 weiteren kaum was wirklich catcht.

Das ist schon okay, aber wir bewerten hier die besten Alben und das hier hat 1 Highlight, 1 Lowlight und dann viel dahinplätscherndes belangloses. Das ist maximal auf Platz 1002.

Bubblegum at its best!

4 of the first 5 tracks are lovely little pop tracks. Tracks 6 onwards will NOT be played One More Time

I‘ve never listened to the whole album until now and DAMN Britney really is a legend! I enjoyed this so much. Probably one of the best pop albums for me.

Nostalgic and still quite fun. Not sure if I can relate as well as I could growing up but definitely a good listen.

No.

Носталгия

Definitely not her best.

Such a nostalgic album from start to finish!

I remember this debut. I'm trying to be objective here, but this really isn't something I would listen to. Obviously, the hit songs stand out, because I was forced to listen to them so many times. It's hard to give any good ratings for albums like this, because she didn't write any of this, or perform any of the music. Pretty good pop production, though, so I'll give this a 3.

Well I think this was the first time 26 years after its release that I listened to a Brittany Spears song on this album intentionally. Very slick production, but just not a lot of heart to it. Brittany is actually a decent singer,.I just can't really get into what she is singing. I mean Email my Heart? Come on record label , do better. There's a lot of songs on this album and I don't think I had heard any of them except for the first two. I'm glad that Brittany seemed to get her head straight.

2/5 so bad I could barely get through the album.

Strong first half, weaker second half. Not my kind of music but I understand why it is on the list.

Not totally offensive bubble gum pop. But I’m offended that I had to listen to this and someone in a position of power thought this album was essential listening. Email my heart. Shame on you.

Well not as painful as I thought it would be! Actually a very well written and produced bit of poppy pop. Niiiccee!

Fun girly pop but didn’t hit a 5 for me

Man, ...Baby One More Time comes out swinging. Great bassline, tight percussion, simple but fun hooks. The rest of the album is fine. As expected, it's drenched in turn of the millennium optimism and teenage naivety. These songs were everywhere when I was a kid. nearly 30 years later, its a shame that it's not worth really talking about besides the singles/hits. There's a lot of schmutz to sift through on this. I definitely agree with adding it to this list, it's a cultural touchstone and Britney Spears was/is one of the most famous people on the planet. Albums like this (and the legion of copy cat artists) continued the work started by boy bands like the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Hypnotically Caucasian music that sells you the personality of the singer alongside the music. You know what, its just more fun and interesting to talk about teen idols as a cultural phenomenon. What the fuck is with that? Why were their grown ass men counting down when teenage girls were turning 18? A decently interesting pop album that is much more thrilling to discuss than listen to. Fits right into this list.

This album was exactly what one might expect. Baby One More Time is an absolute top tier pop song. If these things were easy to write we would hear more of them, but we don't. If they just put this song on the album 11 times I would enjoy it much more, but they can't do that. That said, the filler in the rest of the album is totally fine.

Firstly - Hit me baby and Crazy are awesome pop songs. And I love pop music. Secondly - this album is very representative of 90s pop and is well produced. There were some other songs I liked outside of the hits too. Thirdly - I have a lot of empathy for Brit and remember quite clearly how she was glorified, grossly sexualized (queue endless questions about her virginity) and also trashed. She was so incredibly famous at such a young age. I cannot think of another example of someone that young and intensely famous. I also feel for her for her mental health and all the vultures who have encircled her since she got famous (including her family). She was such an amazing performer with that real star quality. It is so hard to find that. I wish her well.

Crazy what they had a 17 year old singing about lol

Very fun! A few standout tracks, most I probably won't go back to. Favorites were the title track and From the Bottom of My Broken Heart 4 stars cause it was fun and goofy and did what it wanted and greatly hate overthinking music ratings. Plus this has to be higher my 3-star rating of (What's the Story) Morning Glory cause that was boooooring

After reading the other ratings I've realized that some people just hate having fun. Is this the most 1999 album to possibly exist? Absolutely. Does it still just kind of rock? Duh! I love girls, I love Britney, 4 stars I don't care I don't care

The first two tracks are decent. The rest falls into a 90s pit devoid of originality. She's a good singer, but they hide her behind some shitty tracks. I'd love to hear her do some covers or reimagnings of other songs. This is pretty bad. E-Mail my heart was especially awful based on the title alone.

Not terrible

There’s nothing better than a great pop album. And this isn’t one.i’m not averse to a bit of Max Martin but this is weak. The production has not aged well and the overall vibe is sugary and twee. The songs aren’t good enough either apart from the obvious. Disappointing

Wow der Hit! Das cover ?? Und der Rest dann doch so flach Candy Pop hatte mir viel mehr erwartet. Ist sie erst später auch musikalisch zur Ikone geworden? C

More bangers than I remembered, loses steam in the back half. E-Mail My Heart really needed a modem sample

A masterpiece. The memories I have from her first two albums are happy. I’m a pop girlie through and through

my poor ears……..

Can’t say I hate this. Infectious pop sounds of my youth. I literally still remember all the words to “baby one more time” and I wasn’t even the one in the house who had the CD! What a weird pose for an album cover.

Please… please, just… no. I’m so many ways. I feel so bad for Brittney and her exploitation. I feel even worse that I showed so much hate towards her back then. Still, if it wasn’t for KISS’s 1998 terrorism causing album “Psycho Circus”, this album might have ruined my day. But thankfully knowing that “Psycho Circus” exists makes “Baby One More Time” sound like “The White Album”

"This album is heavily driven by nostalgia for me so I'll try to divorce my personal favorite memories from it. This is the first album on this journey that I know the album intimately. Of course, this album is bubblegum pop to the core and the entry of pop into the 2000s with ""Baby One More Time"". Along with ""Baby One More Time"" that matches or meets the pop hit is ""Drive Me Crazy"" (crazy that this was made for the movie) and ""Sometimes"". A personal fave of mine is ""Born to Make you Happy"" and I enjoyed ""Autumn Goodbye"". The song ""Email my Heart"" was fun for the novelty of email. There were some kind of blah songs and this album is carried on the back of the few mega songs. This album should get a 3 overall but this is my list so it gets a high rating ha. "

Apart from the couple of hits, this is more basic than I thought it'd be.

This is hilariously of its time - "Email my heart" feels like a parody song. Having said that, the hits are hits for a reason. Quite a nostalgic listen

I'm getting a Greg Brady/Johnny Bravo vibe from this album. It's got a whiff of being a pre-packaged product that needed the right body to sell it and Britney won the honor over any number of other girls who could have served in the same role. She's got talent but I'm not a fan of her affected way of singing. I'm definitely not in the target audience for this album and I have no desire to ever hear it again.

Godt gjort å produsere et album på 60 minutter, også er det bare 6 av dem som er verdt å høre på.

Hit me baby one more time

Pretty good, not my favorite.

Sure, it has one of the most known pop songs of the 90s on it, and sure it launched the career of Britney Spears, but by no means is this a good album. It’s definitely not for me.

F yeeeeeeah My childhood 100000/5 Nah oops is better

Uhhhhhhhh

Album #951 Looking through the song list, I only recognized the title track. I was 24 when this album released. I wasn't listening to or exposed to much pop music at this time. But when hearing it today, I definitely remember the first three tracks. And they are pretty darn good pop songs. The album does get worse the further down the track list you go, ending with a cover of Sonny & Cher's The Beat Goes On. Spears' voice just isn't as powerful as Cher's, so it's weak in comparison. And they added static to make it sound older for some reason. E-mail My Heart wins the award for dumbest song title in recent memory. All in all, it's a decent pop album. If I played it again, I'd cut it off after 3-4 songs.

Yes, it's a one-star failure to rise above commodity culture, but it's not a one-star trainwreck or a deeply offensive nightmare, or a creative catastrophe consigned to conservatorship — but certainly not anything I needed to hear in full, not once, and definitely not ...Baby One More Time.

Fuck this extremely bland pop w crap vocals.

Not my taste

It was Ok. Though Baby One More Time is a banger.

First 3 songs make it a 4 1/2 automatically

Save it snobs, this is good pop. No, it’s not Revolver, but for what it is it, it’s great.

Really??? There aren’t 1001 albums that are better than this? Really?? My teenage lads already think I’m an uncool loser. If they, or my wife for that matter, walk in and I’m listening to this I think that could be irretrievable. Not gonna listen sorry guys. I already know it’s a 2 star album at best anyway so 2 stars.

283/1089 - This is most definitely teen pop music. Last song was kinda cool, found an earlier version by The All Seeing I.

Ngl the first two tracks are bangers. But the rest was tough to get through. Generically vapid pop music of the time.

I mean, come on. This isn't actually good music.

I did not realize that this came out in 99. I always assumed Britney was just before me. Anyways, this was pretty bad. Not strictly musically. I think Baby one more time is a solid track but the rest of it is pretty bad. Pop music really didnt' know what they were doing. There are some tracks that are more danceable, some are them sound more like musical theatre. The voice she does for a lot of this is pretty awful, it reminds me of christina aguilera or maybe just a general "urban female voice" but it's bad. The production is good and it makes sense because I imagine she was an industry plant. I do think the sexualizing of Spears on this album (who was 17) is pretty gross. Sexuality on albums like these aren't always bad, but when the emphasis is on her youth and being a schoolgirl, it's pretty gross and fetishistic. Britney had a magnetic angelic personality and look. She was a great performer and knowing now what we know about her, it's sad that this is how her legacy turned out. Despite this we see the same blueprint being followed again with Sabrina Carpenter and we'll see if she is able to handle it better in this slightly different world.

Much like the destiny’s child album we had, beyond the hits this is bad. The big songs all frontload this album and the rest is completely phoned in. The classic pop music move of raising the hook by a half step to make the song longer is in nearly every song and the lyrics and beats are painfully dated. She’s not even a bad singer and she has some range but the songwriting after the first two sings falls off a cliff.

It's not bad. It's just filler. Generic pop music that was right for the time that doesn't really have any staying power.

Big impact, especially the video at the time from the title track. Outside of the few mainstream hits it just fell flat like dried bubble gum.

I had higher hopes for this one based on the first three tracks. But then it really falls off into homogenized pop schlock territory. I’ll give it some props for legacy and influence. But this was a tough and utterly forgettable listen overall that really is no different than what had already been done 15 years prior (ala Debbie Gibson, etc.). Wash, Rinse and hopefully not Repeat.

Was never going to go high on this, but was a bit surprised at how many of these songs I remembered. Counts for something I guess

I’ve had massive swings on this one. Coming of age when this came out there’s so much nostalgia. I found myself singing along to “Sometimes” and was like “how do I know this!” But after the 3 radio friendly hits at the beginning this drops off massively for me. Britney’s singing is so inconsistent and at times was wondering if that was even her. It was all just over produced garbage. This wants me to rate low and having a weekend with this doesn’t help. Man…but it’s Britney bitch…I’ll go 2.5 but round up for the pure star power, cultural impact and hotness.

I'm sure many will question this album's inclusion on the list but hard to deny how epically yuge it was when it came out. Not the easiest listen when it is front loaded with hits and the rest is pretty meh. But I gotta round up on this one even if it isn't my cup-o-tea. 2.75/5

fun but a little long

While nothing about it other than the time and circumstances in which it was produced is bad, I don't want or feel I need to listen to the entire thing.

nothing wrong with this

It's Britney, bitch. Not even going to go too deep on this one, it's Britney's debut album. Not made for me then, not for me now. I remember how huge this was, and "...Baby Onde More Time" is a bop, but the rest of the album is unrecognizable to me. Not giving it a 2 because it is not unlistenable, but not more than 3. Mostly rating for nostalgia, and prolly won't listen to the full album again, willingly.

My first celebrity crush <3 It's increadible how my brain can fully remember some of these songs, even though it's been 25 years since I've heard them. I cannot rate an album with One More Time lower than 4 :)

First half is loaded with bangers. Baby One More Time still works. Second half is a bit weak. The song about emails is so funny and dated. 3.5/5

oops :P

One point for Born To Make You Happy being a bänger despite the extremely corny lyrics.

If they’d played this for the judge, she’d still be under than conservatorship, because no sane person could’ve done this.

Great album

Not the kind of thing I would ever listen to but honestly a really good pop album. It is, in fact, Britney bitch

its britney

Got whiplash going from "(You Drive Me) Crazy" to "Sometimes" to "Soda Pop".

Loved it when I was a kid

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I mean, what an opening, front loaded 101. I was actually enjoying myself, then came the filler. And too much length... but what a 90s pop flashback. Max Martin is a master.

this is when white girl music started... good album, baby one more time, born to make you happy, from the bottom of my heart are nice songs. 3

Big pop highs for the first three songs then it all slows down a bit too much.

A fun bit of dated bubblegum. Charles will beat me if I don’t rate it highly.

It’s pop.

Day 58 Looking back, it really is creepy how Britney Spears was marketed around this album. A couple of decent enough bubblegum pop songs on here, although Soda Pop is probably the cringiest thing I’ve ever heard, the song I liked most is the only(?) cover. 2/10 Highlights Born to make you happy The beat goes on

Sorry Britney. You did better later.

Album opens up with two of the greatest pop songs of the 90s then falls flat on its face afterwards. Good lord.

listen, I have to give a 5 to the album that did the biggest business on my walkman.

Not for me.

Removed

If you're a fan of poppy pop then I'm sure this is wonderful

A definite no .

The pop song of all pop songs, another banger, and then the most basic pop popslop imaginable.

She’s got a nice voice, but every song sounds the same, too sweet and poppy. The title track definitely deserved to be the hit.

This is a pretty solid debut pop album, and at the time it paved the way for a resurgence of female solo bubblegum pop. Boy/girl bands as well. This was the gatekeeping album. I’d say half this album is pop dynamos and the other half is half baked or not super interesting. One half carries the other.

Production is slick, with an emphasis on creating anthemic statements with the singer projecting agency while simultaneously pleading her lack of agency, her neediness, and lack of power in her relationships. Production is very slick while the aggregate message is nothing short of repugnant. These songs are all written by one Max Martin. Britney Spears has not written or received writing credit for any of them. The ellipses in the project's title obscure a telling lyric: [Hit me,] baby, one more time. I should listen to this...why?

A few decent songs but most was not good. Britney has better albums

Aged okay, used to listen to this as a kid when it first came out. Definitely a product of the 90s but the music is still solid.

Ah "...Baby One More Time." One of the late 90s phenomenons that moved MTV away from being taste makers to going where the audience was. I was 18 when this came out. At the time, I found Britney's schoolgirl-baby-voice thing —ahem— compelling. Now it seems kind of icky. It's hard to understand how much of her popularity was fueled by the male gaze versus adoring teen girl fans. The songs on "...Baby One More Time" range from Max Martin diamonds to obvious filler, and to my (pop-loving, dance-loving) ears there's far more of the latter. Britney was always a singles artist though, so I'm assuming the folks that voted this one onto the list did so because of her historical significance. Fine. There are better songs on future albums, but this is the seismic, culture-shifting one, and all of them are over-half filler. It seems like she left a big footprint on many LGBTQ+ communities, and I've never understood if that was born out of a sincere place, and if so, why. It seems to be sincere now, though. People are very passionate about her. It doesn't *seem* like it has much to do with the music, but maybe I'm wrong. Still, the things teenage girls (not to mention the LGBTQ+ community) have to go through are overwhelming and heartbreaking, and if this music brought them a little bit of joy, then I'm glad it exists.

The hits alone are massive and while the 2nd half of this album trails off a bit to tired 90s pop, the magnitude of how this impacted the genre was immense. Britney has the classic raspy breakup in her otherwise stellar voice that intrigues the listener. Powerful. My primary hold up is that Britney is a performer, we miss half of her musical talents, but that is still impressive. Timeless hits, even if I’m just a casual listener.

What is this doing on the list? I mean, yes, I was secretly in love with her back then (anyone else remember the Future Husbands of Britney Spears website?), but this album is pretty corny. Especially 25 years later. Even more so with the tracks they've added to the "digital deluxe edition" that this site links to. I'm torn. I still have a soft spot for this album, for my own personal nostalgia, but it does not belong on this list.

I can't think of any alternate reality where I would listen to this album and not give it one star for being cheesy pop-pap.

I knew the words to at least 80% of these songs and I didn't realise most of then were Britney. Very poppy

2,5

Overall: 3/10 I'm the farthest thing from a Britney hater. If something like Blackout or Circus was included in this list the I would be a very happy camper. However, this just ain't it. That's not to day I don't understand why this one was chosen, as it was obviously a big deal at the time and very influential. It's just aged so horribly and there's too many tracks that made me physically recoil. Thankfully, the title track is a banger and there were a couple other tracks that kept things interesting. I find it hilarious that almost every song has a key change. Fav Song: ...Baby One More Time

This is a weird one to listen to now. I don’t have the nostalgia for it a lot of people do. I also don’t completely hate it the way I did when it came out. It feels so manufactured and corny now that it’s hard to listen to, but at the same time it was massively influential at the time. I think I just have to go middle of the road

It's alright, but not the greatest. High 2/5,

I was young when this came out and Britney was everywhere, but everything about it was the opposite of anything I was into or wanted to be associated with at the time. Now I’m a grown man and not much has changed, except that I think I’m now able to listen more objectively. The songs (well, some of them) are actually pretty good. The lyrics utterly ridiculous. There are moments when Britney’s voice sounds pretty great, but others when she sounds like a creaking door. In 1999 I would have taken stars away from this if I could. In 2025 I’m feeling generous and I’ll give it two. Could have been more if the lows hadn’t been so low. 2/5

2 Stars (5/15)

almost pop perfection, just a bit too long

This was fun and nostalgic and energetic but idk if it's really groundbreaking enough to warrant inclusion on this list

Had a couple of classic tunes but mostly forgettable

Despite knowing of Britney, I never went out of my way to listen to any of her songs. She’s talented and I’m hopeful that she’ll continue to improve mentally and emotionally!

Me he divertido y recordado mi adolescencia. Empieza fuerte con todos los hits y luego se va desinflando un poco.

a welcome reprieve from jazz. email my heart baby

Still better than Kanye West, if only just barely.

One really great song, a couple decent songs, and a lot of very forgettable 90s bubblegum pop. Particularly rough was that dated duet with Generic McAverage

You really get what you expect with this one.

I’m not giving this a one because I actually enjoyed a couple of songs. Especially the best goes on. Big nostalgia too!

Would probably resonate with me more if I were an adolescent.

Not even remotely my cup of tea, but the singles have OK hooks and in my old age I'm much more amendable to late 90s stuff that's sort of mindless fun . A remarkable lack of effort was put into the non-singles here.

Wtf

Every once in a while, a record crops up on this list that makes me think, ‘God, this is going to be awful, I can’t do it.’ But I pull myself together, park my preconceptions and dive in with an open mind only to be rewarded by something surprising and oddly enjoyable, even if it’s something I wouldn’t normally give the time of day. Sadly, this wasn’t one of those records and I feel like every last drop of enthusiasm I may have had for life on earth has been sucked out of me. So yeah, thanks for that.

I thought hard about writing a convincing erudite review: Utter shite.

I miss the old Britney Spears

Fun album; the lesser known songs are surprisingly good

Classic teen pop. Britney walked so that Taylor Swift could run.

The hits are excellent examples of 90s American pop. The rest of just filler. Apart from Sofa Pop - WTF?

A lotta little nuggets of good in an album thats probably more relevant for its artists cultural significance nowadays than the substance of the album itself. “Baby One More Time” in the context of the rest of this project now seems almost edgy on purpose. Worth its status as a pop hit either way. “Soda Pop” latches on to one of the funniest pop trends of its time with the Caribbean MC and laidback beat. “E-Mail My Heart” had me laughing at its title but honestly this song ended up being my standout track. There’s some amazing vocal runs and it goes above and beyond in achieving its goal of being a sappy pop ballad. Love the chords, love the composition choices towards the end of the chorus. “The Beat Goes On” also has some wildly in-touch production choices, this thing sounds spectacular. Last, “Autumn Goodbye” is a candy-sweet dance pop closer that nails that bittersweet banger sound that came from y2k club-focused tunes like this one. I’m a little uneasy coming away from this one, and none of it has to do with the music really. I think she got too much attention for all the wrong reasons that had to do more with her appearance, age, & status as a popstar around this time. She got the raw end of the deal a lot of times following this album. Some solid pop hooks, a few forgettable 90’s tropes. 3/5

No, please. Once is enough

It's Britney Byatch.. Kitsch, the beginning of the end, super weak lyrically, samey. I can see why this would be historically important, however this stands against everything I believe in music.

Catchy nostalgic but meh

Except for the mega hit, the album is pretty meh, with some generic pop music that must have been groundbreaking at the time, but the songs are not that exciting

...Baby One More Time (The single) is peak pop music, but the rest of the album is like one long B-side, that isn't really that interesting.

Still love the hits plus a couple other tracks but some of these songs are just straight up bad.

Apple Music has three essential BS albums (Oops I Did it Again, In the Zone, and Blackout) but not this debut. The first track is great, the second pretty good, and then things go way downhill. She’s not a great singer and the songs get lamer and lamer. The opener saves this from being a 1. Is this in the 1,001 just because of the phenomenon that it was as Britney’s first album? Just asking…

I like the title track. “You drive me crazy” is ok. Everything else I really disliked.

I can't believe this album is here. I mean, it really is peak late 90s - early 2000s pop, but I just can't blast this one in the office like I do with most of the albums on this list without the ole coworkers giving me some judgmental stares.

(You drive me) crazy is one of the best songs in the world

Debut, world record for use of baby, cyndi lauper, write s/t Baby one more time Born to make you happy

What I find interesting about Britney Spears is that she sticks her tongue out when pronouncing "L". The only other person I noticed doing this was ll Anyway, the album was good. Finally a proper pop album and not another voice range tech demo I particularly liked how "thinkinabout you" line is rushed, sounds funny, a bit grimey even

She was way more of a normal pop star than I imagined. I thought all of her music was sexy but no, only a select few of them were made that way

Very pretty and deeply disturbing.

a collection of either competent pop songs underwhelmingly executed or underwhelmingly written pop songs competently executed.

This is #day392 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… I didn't realize most of the songwriters here were Swedish. Fun fact. My kind of Britney was about songs like "Overprotected," "Toxic," and possibly "Everytime," the ones that were on TV or radio when I was a teen in the early '00s. Still, "Born to Make You Happy" hit those fragile nostalgia strings, as I haven't heard that one in a while. Otherwise, this feels more like a product of a time, and not really something you must hear before you die. If I'm not mistaken, it was even pulled from some later editions of the list. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day393.

I know that when this came out it was a huge success, but maybe I feel like it ends up, not in a bad or negative way, but just a sort of point and say, yeah, that is an OK album sort of way, that it is radio POP. There are lots of snappy, memorable tunes born of radio pop. OK. Great. The issue is not that this is bad or flawed or there is something wrong with it. Maybe, just maybe it feels produced to be simple, catchy, hit making through repetition, there is nothing unexpected, exciting, different, deep... it is what it is supposed to be, nothing more, nothing left. It pulls no punches. And I suppose that is kind of a problem in a way.

Liked it more than I thought I would lol.

Bad singer but it starts with a fucking banger

Quintessential 90s album. Fun, memorable, a good time

After the first, was this one long song? Painful.

Ugh, this was somehow worse than my low expectations

Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Nich so gut gealtert.

1: 5/5 2: 4/5 3-6: 2.5/5 7: 3/5 8/9: 2/5 10: 2.5/5 11: 2/5 12: 3.5/5 13: 2/5 14: 2.5/5 15: 3/5 16: 3/5

Heard it a million times, and the good ones are still good

Cool to see 90s teen pop represented :-) can't treat it as a masterpiece though

This is the perfect encapsulation of Y2K pop, and unfortunately that’s not always a good thing. The title track is a masterpiece, but the rest of these songs are so flat and mind-numbingly repetitive. Best Track: …Baby One More Time

Pretty much genre defining for late 90's, early 2000's pop music. It has a few widely successful songs, but the rest of the album is pretty boring and uninspired. I can remember how popular this was when I was younger, even though I wasn't remotely interested in this kind of music. More culturally relevant than musically. 2/5 Won't listen again

Can’t deny this is a pop masterpiece.

Åh äntligen ett popalbum! (Ej sagt ironi, snarare sarkasm mot all jävla gitarrmusik vi tvingas utstå Dessvärre är det inget bra sådant. Jag hade förväntat mig fler potentiella hits och en high-end produktion av guds nåde. Men det är frapperande hitbefriat, det är egentligen bara de två inledande spåren som har hitkvalitet, resten är ren utfyllnad. Och produktion är inte dyr och särskilt fet alls, den är tunn och känns tafflig, gjord med vänsterhanden. Och ja jag vet att en av Cheirons kännemärken är att skala bort men då måste man ju i så fall boosta det lilla som är kvar. Produktionen har åldrats fruktansvärt illa. Jag har lyssnat på lite annat samtida i samma fåra (Justin T, Jennifer Lopez t.ex.) där är det bättre bett i produktion och därav håller den betydligt bättre idag också även om drt ibland tippar åt andra hållet istället där. Kanske visste man inte riktigt hur man skulle paketera Brittan här, det är ju debuten, eller så valde man helt enkelt att sätta begränsningar på reglarna så det skulle låta så snällt som bara möjligt. En annan sak slår mig, det här är startskottet till all den format tv musik (vi kan kalla den Idol, men det har funnits uppemot ett 15tal motsvarande) som vi fått sen dess, det börjar här i och med Brittan. Det går att föra ett jätteresonemang kring det, men nöjer mig med att konstatera och skuldbelägga Max Martin även för detta. Denniz Pop va da shit, Max Martin är en klåpare! Lyssna hellre på Spice Girls - Spice world, Justin Timberlake - Justified , Rovyn - Dont stop the music

Cheiron-soundet runt 00 är ett tidsdokument. Därav har jag inget problem med att den här platsar på 1001 album. Men jag behöver inte tycka det är bra för det.

Vi första anblicken kan man luras att tro att vi här ett av de mest ocreediga albumen i boken, en guilty pleasure. I själva verket är tvärtom. Här sitter den övervintrade rockjournalisten i sin slitna Zeppelin-tisha från 72 och ska visa hur Brittan verkligen ska tolkas. De ska dras paralleller Beach Boys och Motown, det ska oreras om hur man ser konsten i mainstream-soundtrack osv. Allt med ett enda syfte att få hipster-barometern att slå i taket. ”Jag är så indie att jag till och med Brittans första (naturligtvis i japansk limiterad vinylutgåva). Men om vi ska vara uppriktiga, det här är inget att hänga i julgranen. Ett par popmelodier som är okej, men rätt mycket som varken gör till och från (sodapop sticker som ett rejält lågvattenmärke). Produktionen som väl syftar till att musiken ska kunna pågå i bakgrunden, funka på radiostationerna, inte göra någon upprörd är på svintråkig. Bebisrösten gör inte saken bättre. 2:an är svagare än amerikanskt kaffe.

Ska detta klassas som musik eller som utnyttjande av minderårig. Vuxna män skriver texter om hur en kvinna ska vara en man till lags och låter en 17-åring framföra dem. Djupt obehagligt att lyssna på.

No album more defined my elementary school bus ride.

Britney may not have the voice of an angel... That's... that's all I got. 👼👼

Reminds me of vanilla deodorant, lip gloss, poor make up and ex girlfriends. I'm a lover of all different types of music, but I find it difficult saying this is something you need to hear. It's by no means terrible, it's polished, it's pop, it's written to make money. Catchy tunes that are 3 minute hooks to people who just like music as entertainment, not for the effort and skill in it's writing.

This album has some all-time hits, but I'm not sure if I've ever listened to the entire album. Honestly, I think I was surprised at how inconsistent the album was, because for every "Hit Me Baby (One More Time)" there's an "Email My Heart". Little bit of a roller coaster. Overall, the hits raise it up, but it's not a winner from start to end. Has some important songs though so definitely still worth a listen.

There were some good songs on here but also some stinkers.

Really strong in the front half, soon declines. It's ok - I'm surprised how identifiable the production and songwriting styles were with that period. Just didn't quite make 3 stars.

Soulless, generic sugary trash but at least it got hits at the time and did what it was supposed to do.

Won’t be playing that one more time in my life.

7/10 definitely a charming album, but I tend to be fairly critical of this era of music, because I feel it set the standard for the mass corporatization of pop music; frankly, you can TASTE the industrialism; it completely lacks any soul, it feels like it was grown in a lab to be as kitschy as possible I still found some songs to be kinda catchy, but it’s REALLY really fake

- ok, I'm gonna steel myself for this one and apply my efforts earnestly to this project ....... .... but I, once again (and with many others on this project) question what exactly is the criteria used to determine whether a release absolutely MUST be heard before one dies .... - So, let's get this out there at the beginning; I don't care how many awards were given or how many "units" were sold. I care about the art. Coming at this release from an artists perspective, I can unequivocally say that this record is just not that good. Others may take issue but here's the list of reasons why I claim this position. 1. She just doesn't have a very good voice and is not that skilled ** at this point in her career**. Maybe she gets better, don't know. If you don't believe me, listen to the track "I Will Still Love You" and pay attention to whoever she's singing with because that person has some pipes and skill. 2. The writing is average at best and overly derivative overall. Arguably, "Baby, One More Time" is the standout track. After that not much is brought to the table. 3. The instrumentation is pretty fuckin' weak; kinda boring and, again derivative. 4. The production is ...... boring and brings not ONE thing new to the party. 5. Where is the art? So, not a great album, I don't care how many it sold. ...... 2.5 and I can't round up to 3 ...... -

Bubble gum pop - some decent songs, some really bad songs.

Oh no, I really wanted to like this but it's actually dreadful. Britney comes out swinging with what is maybe the best pop song ever written, but it quickly unravels into low-effort tweeny drivel. Far too much whining and pining for my liking. She's an icon, and this album clearly defined the zeitgeist more than maybe any other album released in the last 30 years, but it's plainly not good

It turns out that many of the songwriters/producers on this album are Swedish. And there are tracks that definitely qualify as Euro-pop. ... it's basically a late-90s (and way sexier) version of ABBA.

Of course based on quality alone this should be a 1. But I did listen to the cassette a lot as a 12y, so it gets a 2

Mother.

I'm not much of a fan of this era of pop women. It feels like they're oversinging, and it's lyrically pretty generic. Still, bubblegum is fun sometimes, and I enjoyed the production for what it was.

I'd never paid this album that much attention (other than watching a great documentary on Netflix about Max Martin and the Swedish hitmakers). It was pretty good I thought. Though Toxic is my favourite Britney track

Nah.

When this came out I was living in Australia with a Papua New Guinean roommate named Eugene who loved Britney Spears. One afternoon the video for "BOMT" came on and he ran squealing into the TV room in his bathrobe and stood four inches from the screen kind of bouncing on his heels. "Oh brother, she makes my thing do like THIS," he screamed, and then he did a sort of uppercut motion with a closed fist. A month or so later, after our other roommate Clint, an Australian who could identify any aircraft by sound, had failed to do his dishes for an entire week, Eugene got a hammer and smashed every single plate, bowl and glass we owned on the back deck of our townhouse. Even the clean ones.

Meh. A few incredible songs and i feel like i ought to love this, but it’s just.. i think it’s just not for me lol. No hate tho im not qualified to do so. TWO!

Honestly, better than expected. There are some really cool ideas on here and Spears might be underrated for a vocalist. I’m just not a fan of the lyrics or the slower, blander tracks.

1.7 I remember this coming out, it was MASSIVE. Listening back now is quite amusing. The main track is actually not as bad as I remember. Pure bubblegum pop, somehow more poppy than other pop artists (Backstreet Boys etc.) of the time. However the rest of the album is pretty shit let's be honest. Soda pop, email my heart etc., need to be banished from this earth. The only other bearable song is the one cover at the end.

Sockersöt pop.

Amazing singles but the filler is stomach churning.

Well executed pop music. It is awful.

I was around for the rollout of this as an early 20-something indie/hardcore dude and it felt so thoroughly shoehorned-in. Spice Girls and Backstreet was the same vibe: "electronica," trip hop, and myriad one-hit wonders were on the come-up and then all of the sudden, manufactured pop groups? The sense I got was the industry had no clue what to do with (broadly defined) rock and hip hop and just reverted back to a prior formula. So hackneyed and in Britney's case, not a little queasy-making. It's wild reading reviews here where folks claim this ushered in an era for girl pop singers and I'm like, Debbie Gibson? Tiffany? Janet? Madge herself? The music itself mostly ticked off a lot of boxes that made it an easy fit for pop radio, especially the europop blend of the late 90s: just enough (but not too much) hip hop and past sell-by-date r&b flourishes with a white girl up front. Very safe. And apparently the stuff of worldwide success.

57/100. The album leans heavily on its biggest hits, while much of the rest feels forgettable or underwhelming. It's alright, but far from consistent.

Phenomenal.. nothing more, nothing less

Fuck Britney Spears Zero reasons for this album to be on a top albums list

Ha man, crazy to listen to this. What a weird time in popular music, especially since I was squarely in the age range this music targeted at the time. I obviously know the hits, and they stand out. The rest of the album, not so much. I guess that probably comes with the territory of manufacturing bubblegum pop in the model of hitting a couple big radio/MTV hits. Some killer and a lotta filler. This album is obviously notable because it had a huge effect on pop music and culture going forward. But it's not something you need to listen to.

Inoffensive bubblegum pop that has no substance and no staying power and does not belong on a list like this. I couldn't make it through the album from boredom and partly from sheer embarrasment. What are the thinking? 2 srars

catchier than i thought it would be but not catchy enough -fav track other than the hits: "Thinkin' About You"

There are some fun songs on here, don't know if it's nostalgia from my mom listening or if they are genuinely good. The rest of the album is typical teen pop, but not the worst I've heard. 4/10

Wow, I remember when I was 10 and Britney took the world by storm. Definitely an essential listen from a historical perspective, it provides a great summary of pop music at the turn of the century.

I'm so biased towards this album. I was a tween when it came out, and I was obsessed with Britney. I had Britney doll that when you pressed it's stomach it sang "...Baby One More Time." I knew all the dance moves to the "(You Drive Me) Crazy" music video. Saw her in concert, etc. I'm a lifelong Britney fan, and even though I fell off a little after Circus came out, I'm still a huge fan and want the best for her. To this album - groundbreaking. She put female popstars back on the map and surpassed previous teen idols like Tiffany and Debbie Gibson. The songs on the album are what you'd expect from a 16 year old girl recording them, and frankly feels appropriate considering how young she was. They're not profound, but they're fun and catchy. "...Baby One More Time" was a phenomenon, and all the other singles were also great (although the "Stop! Remix" of "You Drive Me Crazy" is much better than the album version). Sure songs like "E-Mail My Heart" are kind of hokey, but she was a teenager in 1999. It works. This is far from her best album, but it deserves to be here. She really changed the game for female popstars going forward, and she deserves recognition on a list like this. Tween me and adult me both give this album 5 stars. Also her cover of "The Beat Goes On" is a total banger. Hated it as a kid, probably because I hated the song in general, but it's actually a really great cover and lowkey one of the best songs on the album. And I encourage everyone to listen to the bonus tracks because "Autumn Goodbye" is one of her best songs.

Okay, I'll give one to the pop princess. 3

Favorite songs: ...Baby One More Time, (You Drive Me) Crazy, Sometimes, I Will Be There, Autumn Goodbye Least favorite songs: From the Bottom of My Broken Heart, The Beat Goes On 3/5

Just really didn’t need to listen to that again - as a 53 year old.

Fine, but not my preference

has not aged very well. Fun album though with some questionable lyrics. Feel sorry for poor old Britney though, the industry (and family...) really does treat people poorly

The title track is a great song. The rest is forgettable. Not sure why it made it to this list.

1/5 - I most definitely did not need to hear this before I die. Britney Spears was a cultural phenomenon, but this album nose dives after the first track and hits bottom on “E-mail My Heart.” This album is laugh out loud, wretched pop written and produced by an exploitative factory. I only made it through this because I had 9 hours of driving today, and it made all the other music feel like a savior.

An album for teenage schoolgirls and people who like to perve at teenage schoolgirls. One and done with Britney, I never want to hear this low effort pop shrilling again.

-needless to say this is FAR from Britney’s best work. rather commercial and underwhelming in many ways, but we certainly don’t blame her for that -but oh my god that title track. perfect. immaculate. iconic. regardless of anything else this is such an important album for the development of 2000s teen pop -Favorites are …Baby One More Time, (You Drive Me) Crazy, and The Beat Goes On

My first album. I love it. Soda Pop😍