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Jeg er villig til at anerkende at The Beat Goes On, Deep in My Heart og Baby One More Time har noget kørende for sig! Men alt i alt synes jeg det er en skrammelplade som er et af de primære eksempler på en skrammel-produktionsstil fra en æra som var virkelig rough for pop-albums generelt. Havde ikke behøvet at høre den her før jeg døde.
Lydmæssigt er tiden nok løbet lidt fra den her plade, men den er også 25 år gammel 🤯 Vildt produceret og tonesættende for det næste årtis pop musik. Langt de fleste sange er stadig fine, men det er lige lidt svipsere hist og her. Kommer aldrig til at høre den her igen fra ende til anden, men ligemeget hvor langt væk jeg flygter, så kommer jeg ikke til at kunne undgå nogle af de her sange.
2/10 I got bored. I can't listen to the whole thing. I did try. Not for me I guess. 4-24-2024
I do not like this. It's not a style of music that I enjoy or think deserves much respect. But, trying to meet it on its terms, I can get it to a 2.
Well, I won’t lie. I was more than a little disappointed when this showed up. Flashbacks to seeing “Baby One More Time” on MTV and losing my teenage mind in lust and hormones at a house party with my pals. A lot of crossed legs and pillows over winkies that evening I can tell you. But I digress… The album itself is one truly great track (Baby One More Time) followed by relentless dirge. It’s abysmal.
I get this speaks to an audience. It’s just not for me. The If I Were a Rich Girl bit was cute. Satisfaction? Bleh.
Britney Spears has certainly been historically mistreated by record companies, her own family, the press, and the public. Her career and image were carefully managed and manipulated and unfortunately the result is not great. This is unimaginative corporate pop designed to sell records and an image. Of course, it’s wild success is why this album is on this list, but this is not good music.
Erm, are the people running this list OK? This isn't peerless pop music - one annoying hit doesn't mean this is a classic album
Perfectly acceptable pop. No, you know what, it’s not great. I think Britney got better as she went along, or at least the production got more interesting. My issue with this is that so many of these songs are about being controlled or submissive to her partner. It sets an unfortunate precedent for young girls who propelled this album up the charts. Fortunately, the antidote would arrive in about a year with Destiny’s Child. One positive: there’s a completely genuinely earnest love song on here called E-Mail My Heart which could only be done this earnestly in 1999.
This is a big contrast to the types of albums we’ve listened to so far. I’m, of course, familiar with all the hits in this, as I was in high school when it came out. I came in with an open mind, but once I got to Soda Pop, I knew: I do not like this. This is not surprising, but I also wouldn’t have been surprised to come out of it thinking “Actually, that’s a really good album!” It feels a little mean to give this a 1, but the last half of this is so, so, so bad.
This was a huge hit and there are some very, very good... even great... pop songs on this album. The album as a whole is a vit disjointed and all over the place. For 1999 when people were still making (and listening to) albums, it feels like a collection of singles. It does deserve a half star more than I'm giving it, but not a full star mor, so I rounded down
To still feel enough masculine, I must give this 1 star. I feel the need of chugging a beer and watching football after listening to this to compensate and I don't even like football.
There is a reason why this is pop and not classic.
5.5/10
3.5/5. Max Martin is a legend.
¿En serio? 1999 año de Summerteeth de Wilco, The soft bulletin de The Flaming Lips, Mule variations de Tom Waits, 69 love songs de The Magnetic Fields!!! Incluso Californication, Surrender, S&M, Come on die young, Play... todos ellos son más recomendables que el debut de Britney (que contiene un exitazo monumental como la titular y seguramente ya has escuchado miles de veces lo que hace innecesario el resto del disco). Este debut ha vendido más de 30 millones de copias (uno de los más exitosos de todos los tiempos) , y es una continuación del estilo Backstreet boys-spice girls-Tiffany-New kids on the block, no hay más que escuchar Sometimes o Born to make you happy.
I’m probably gonna hit this baby one more time at some point (👀)
Incredibly mid tween bubblegum pop. 2 or 3 decent songs and then a load of breathy dirge. 5ive should have taken Baby One More Time Just below middle of the road 48/100
Hey Max it's great we're halfway through the album. If we keep up the standards of the first half of the album this is going to be a stone classic album. Can't wait to hear the tracks for the second side. Er yeah Britney about that. I generally find that four or five bangers upfront plus an equal amount of B-grade filler that no-one will listen to more than once is the way to go here. It's worked for Madge for twenty years. You the man Max.
I was a young teenage girl in the late 1990s when this album came out, so I remember well how huge the singles 'Baby One More Time' and then later 'Sometimes' and 'You Drive Me Crazy' were. Although I liked the singles at that time, I have never bought the full album or listened to it in its full length. After all these years, this album sounds a tad too dated. The hit songs are the best, but the slow ballads and other fillers on the album just drag too long (except for the 60-s inspired The Beat Goes On, which is a good ending of the album). It's also not genuine when 17-year-old Britney sings about broken hearts etc. Objectively looking at it, this album doesn't really deserve anything above 2. P.S. In hindsight I can only feel sorry for this girl - she was built up, she was used by both her parents and the whole entertainment industry and when troubles came she was thrown away. She seemed to be a naive but good-hearted girl when this album came out. She paid a big price for the success and millions of dollars.
Para resumir: Álbum adolescente para adolescentes.
Daar zit je dan, als man van 35, een serieuze mening te vormen over het debuutalbum van Britney Spears. Britney Spears is denk ik één van de objectief gezien mooiste vrouwen die ik nooit een lekker wijf heb gevonden. Ik weet niet wat het precies is, maar ik knapte altijd op haar af. Doe ermee wat je wil. De eerste 3 tracks zijn het meest bekend. Knetterfoute pokoes, 1999 was een rare tijd. We snakten naar luchtige muziek om het doemscenario van het Y2K probleem even te vergeten. Je hoort het succes van de Backstreet Boys terug in de muziek, daar moeten we (zeker bij die eerste 3 tracks) eerlijk over zijn. Die open hi-hat die steevast voorafgaand aan de snare op de 4e tel wordt ingezet is een duidelijke weggever. Tante Britt zet een gek stemmetje op, een beetje als een pornoactrice die ongemakkelijk vaak 'yass daddy' zegt. Dat vond ik toen al fout, al had ik toen nog nooit een pornoactrice aan het werk gezien. Op track 5 heb je nog 'Born to Make You Happy', wat ook weer fout maar wel lekker is. Helemaal aan het einde heb je nog een halve jungle dubplaat (The Beat Goes On) die wel verrassend is. De rest van de nummers op het album zijn 13 in een dozijn. Probeersels die niet aanslaan. 3,5 hit op een album van 12 nummers is een prima score, m'n album gisteren scoorde 0 uit 16. Het is bubblegum pop, het is fout, onbewust ken je van 3 nummers 98% van de tekst, met een beetje pech zit het de rest van de dag in je hoofd. Word ik hier enthousiast van? Zeker niet. Maar de hits zijn voor een keer wel te pruimen en ik kan het op zich wel waarderen voor wat het is: Een catchy tijdcapsule. Voor de hits zou ik (gerate naar stijl) een 3 kunnen geven, maar de 2e helft van het album trekt de boel wat naar beneden. Een 2 dus, want de tyfus wat is dit fout zeg. Respect voor iedereen die de albums op deze lijst in de auto onderweg naar het werk aanzet. Ik zou dat bij deze niet durven.
As a Millennial, this one hits different. I saw Britney perform this album at Grad Night in 1999
Says a lot that I still know all the words to even the less known songs.
Of course I gave it five stars argue with someone else
Started off strong but very mid after “Sometimes.” Every song kinda sounds like “I Knew I Loved You” by Savage Garden.
I am uncomfortable
I still remember when I got this album as a kid, and it was something I listened to a lot when I was really young. The standouts hold up but the manufactured-ness of it is pretty clear compared to more personal pop music that’s more ubiquitous these days. It’s also hard not to feel like it’s a bit of a cautionary tale now.
What a fun blast from the past. Of course, the first three songs are the stars of the album and the rest is definitely filler for this album but I don’t care, I had fun
The sound of the late 90s, and quintessential Max Martin. While the hits still get played (overplayed by the nostalgia junkies IMO) the middle and back songs aren’t very good at all. To have not heard the album for 20+ years but still recognizing these trash songs shows how much we must have listened to this CD in formative years . Provides good album ratings debate on how to factor in: -familiarity/fondness/cultural impact -album consistency (highs vs lows) -music quality in a vacuum
Strong nostalgia here, but the music isn't my favorite.
Yeah it's perfectly fine. I was familiar with one or two of these, just through pop-cultural osmosis. The rest are novel to me, but still just, you know, okay. "E-Mail My Heart" is hilariously dated, at least.
there are plenty of examples of good pop music. this isn't one of them.
Mostly harmless
Britney Spears' debut album was a signaling for the new era of pop, as a core demographic (teenagers) would now be catered to with the likes of solo artists instead of boy bands and girl groups. It would still be distinctly dance-oriented with some R&B influence, but the product would look a little different. I am referring to Spears as a product here because, in the eyes of the industry and audiences alike, she was not a person. She was less than a person. She was a puppet. With no writing, production, or creative credits, Spears is only here to sing the lyrics and look the part. It is a particularly vapid role to fill but most of the blame ought to be placed on Jive Records for this shameless commodification of music as an artform. Riding on the strength of one single (two if we count You Drive Me Crazy), this album has little to offer. The ballads are uninspired, the hooks are weak, and the inspirations are shallow. Nothing about ...Baby One More Time, save for the title track, is worth remarking. As for the earworm single, it serves its purpose as a danceable pop song that performed well on the radio. It's good enough. The real importance of this album lies in it's cultural impact outside of music. Spears was the blueprint "pop star" in every respect, and other would follow with the likes of Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift, and eventual K-Pop idols. It's a tale as old as time, since the teenager first became a marketable demographic with disposable income, but Spears' impact seemingly brought the pop star into a whole new era of commercialization. It's made people millions at the cost of her well-being. In truth, Britney Jean Spears deserved better.
Day84 - who doesn’t love some pop schmaltz. this album is definitely top heavy, the last couple weren’t great. i just saw britney is in the top 10 all time female singers in album sales so i would think this would be rated higher since most of you own a copy
understand how its influential and what not but couldnt make it through more than half of any song. 1
I guess just not my cup of tea
Being all of a year older than Britney, I remember this skyrocketting into public conciousness. I also remember being horrified at the entire pop princess/boy band atmosphere that quickly followed. I agree with other commentors that the first three songs really are stronger than the rest. I also think those demonstrate the direction she'd go better than the rest of the album which just blends together (until The Beat Goes On cover which is fun). The moments that aren't just a pop slush don't generally stand out for good reasons. Soda Pop, Email My Heart are cringe. Born to Make You Happy makes me deeply uncomfortable. Hey, it's hard to make 17 year olds interesting, especially if their role is primarily to be cute and "innocently" sexy (barf), not to actually contribute in meaningful ways. This is definitely a product of a very specific culture I hope most of the country has moved on from.
Ainda não acredito que apareceu este pop jovem melado e não a fase mais assanhada de toxic.
This album is a mess. But probably by design to get a single out of it matter what. I'd this a decent album? No. Is this an album id listen to again besides the first 2 songs? Also no, but man does it hit a zeitgeist. Plus I'm only giving this a 5 because I know that there are assholes just giving this a 1 because it's brithey and I have to void one out
I came into this hoping the album aged well, especially considering the revival of 90s R&B in pop music lately. However, my low expectations were not low enough. The production on many tracks can only be described as abrasive and downright irritating. Spears' vocal performances shift from 'seriously what are you doing' to excellent, but not enough to carry this album. I can understand why it was so successful at the time, but it doesn't stand up so well now.
I really didn’t want to be this person but my unfortunately my entitled expectations were correct. Really boring, nothing-y lyrics… I just felt sorry for her. Having a bunch of blokes sit around and write a song about ejaculation for a teenager to sing. I know it’s said to be an incredibly important and influential album but I can’t give it any more stars for that alone. At least there were some catchy moments here and there and the title track is objectively a good pop song.
This actually isn't terrible. It's what you expect, mostly, but there are a few surprises in there. If you get over yourself for a minute, the first three tracks are actually really well constructed. It's not giving some deep philosophy, but that's not what the cover promises me. Very much the definition of mid.
Mmmm play once in a very long time
Outside of the opening two tracks, there is not a lot to recommend here. The production sounds decidedly of its time and the ballads really drag for me.
I realize this is quite a popular album and timeless in it's own right, but I didn't buy it when it originally came out and it hasn't swayed me to do so to this day. It's just not my cup of tea, personally.
!!!НАКОНЕЦ-ТО ПОПАЛСЯ АЛЬБОМ, КОТОРЫЙ Я ПРЯМ БЫЛ В ПРЕДВКУШЕНИИ, ЧТОБЫ НАЖАТЬ НА КНОПКУ ПЛЕЙ!!! по альбому: я больше люблю эпоху Бритни-бич. Здесь же на дебютнике, помимо мощных Дисней хитов, есть и баллады слишком сладко-детские, и очевидные филлеры, и супер странная Soda Pop (хотя местами прикольная). Поставлю 3 балла, т.к. альбомы позднее заберут лучше оценки, но и здесь ностальгия делает своë дело.
Niet eens aan begonnen
Hit Me Baby One More Time is an absolute classic, one of the great pop songs of all time. The rest feels a little formulaic but I'd rather have an album of pop songs than an album of pop "sounds" that don't bother putting a song together. Dated, a bit hit and miss but it's a pop album, it's not supposed to get me to change the world.
Possibly the worst album I've come across in 3 years of working through this list. An objectively terrible piece of art that lacks any of the special sauce that I know pop from this era is capable of a la JT's Justified or Christina Aguilera's Stripped. As a staunch advocate for the key change I also now know there is such a thing as too many key changes in one album. Would rate zero stars (if I could) for having zero redeeming features and almost turning me against my most cherished musical trope.
Is this the ultimate coming-of-age album? Aussies didn’t know Brittany, so she was just a sexy starlet with great pop songs. But now, in 2024, this album sits Ian integral part of her journey as an artist.
Baby one more time is a classic 90’s pop song. All of the music is very dated. I don’t know if it’s looking too much into it, but it’s strange how one sided the love that is being sung about is. Also “born to make you happy” is a weird concept and sounds like she was born to be someone’s property (husband) and not her own woman. I don’t think it’s a good example for girls to strive to make other people happy above your own happiness. I don’t know…
Un album dont chaque pièce est accrocheuse et semble minutieusement réfléchie pour créer un tout cohérent qui s'enchaîne, comme des phases d'un seul mouvement. Il est assez surréaliste d'entendre le discours amoureux chanté par Britney et de l'accoler à ce que fut sa vie, soit de s'adapter aux désirs d'un public et de producteurs, plutôt qu'au désir de son partenaire.
1999 and few more years after that definitely belonged to Britney Spears. I wouldn't call myself a fan of this type of music, but I knew all the lyrics to the hits from this record. And now, 25 years later, I have my first approach to listen to the full album. And what a weird journey that was. Songs like "Soda Pop" and "The beat goes on" definitely don't belong in here. Some other songs are extremely cheesy, you can't get much more "naughty" than that. And the hits slightly lost their power now, but one still has to appreciate how much she changed musical landscape with those singles. Rating for the album would be 1 without the impact and fond memories, but because of that, it goes up to 3.
Starts so strong but ends up surprisingly weak, alot of the slower tracks felt indistinguishable from one another. There are some absolute bangers on here but can't help feeling short changed. Fav track: Hit me Baby one more time 2.5
Had less fun with this than I thought I would :( there is more flops than bops. But there is some great bops. Fave track: Born to Make You Happy
Really not bad at all for a debut pop album, but I maybe was expecting some more. No doubt there’s some great vocals and nostalgic beats, but there’s also some pretty corny and cringey filler in there too (even for an album like this I’m surprised by songs like Soda Pop). A harmless listen and Britney is amazing so this lands at 3 stars. Fave track: Deep In My Heart
Eh. I gave it an extra star because I can’t separate it from my childhood. But never again will I listen to this album.
This is the first album my toddler self really loved. It doesn’t hold up.
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I could have done without 3 versions of the same song on this “deluxe” album. I was familiar with several of these, but I can’t say that I love this. Definitely preferred Christina Aguilera’s album.
it's definitely dated, but not in a bad way – it's like a time capsule to everything that was good about the early 2000s, a nostalgic throwback even to someone who's otherwise not a fan of the period. the album is excellent for its genre and such a vibe. some people criticise it, citing a team of producers and other professionals carefully crafting the image of Britney, but that doesn't take away from it – it's just a different genre and approach. I'm not one to listen to pure pop bands or artists regularly either – it was my first time hearing this album in full and unless someone else plays it to me, I might no do it again. nevertheless, I immensely enjoyed it and therefore cannot possibly rate it lower than 4 stars
I managed to listen to the entire album. I didn't think I could do it, but I did it.
i find its a pretty decent album. its pretty ahead of its time for the time it was released.
This album is not made for me: it sounds as if it were created in a lab by a committee and aimed directly at love-struck teenage girls. Having said that, it is undeniably catchy, and the producers try a bunch of different styles, so it doesn't get boring. The album is so overproduced that I am not sure I could identify what Britney Spears actually sounds like without seeing her name on the title. But again, this isn't for me. There is lots to like on this album. I particularly liked the final song - a 60s-sounding "The Beat Goes On."
Oh boy, right in the childhood, nostalgia through the roof! I meant to give it a 4 because I never liked the second part of the album as much as I did the first but it's gotta be a 5 for the feelings it evoked... good times
I was ready to slam this with a 1 but some of the songs actually are a little catchy. It's all so very brainless though. I'll give it a 2 because I soiled many a tissue to Ms. Spears as a young man. I'm 2 years younger, I'm that creepy. I am creepy though. Don't care.
This is so fun and magical I love it. I’ve never described an album as being magical before, so I really felt something with this one. The album cover is atrocious, but I won’t hold that against Britney. She was just a girl. She’s got a great voice that has an infectious energy to it. The writing isn’t the most groundbreaking and the production, while sounding crystal clear, really is a one trick pony on this album. The songs can blend together and get repetitive, which makes things super boring, but there’s some range here and there. For example, “Soda Pop” sounds distinct from the rest of the project, which isn’t necessarily a good thing though. Jankiest song on the album. Best tracks “…Baby One More Time” (obviously), “I Will Still Love You (with Don Phillips)”, and “The Beat Goes On”. Can’t dispute the impact of this album and no arguing that I had fun listening. 4/5
Not as horrible as I thought it would be, but definitely not good. I get why it’s on the list as it was extremely popular when it came out. 2 stars.
Adorable. I haven't listened to this since I was in grade school. I remembered turning on this and Christina Augulara and N'Sync once I found grunge in 6th grade. It was fun to come back to this as an adult. Unfortunately, that's where the fun stopped. Soda Pop is a ridiculous song and Sometimes is legitimately good, but everything is so forgettable. Like eating macaroni and cheese from a mediocre cafeteria. It's not exactly objectionable, but bland and unsatisfying.
This has some amazing poo tunes, the title track, From The Bottom of My Broken Heart, and The Beat Goes On were huge stand outs. Spears has a great voice too. But there are also some songs that are rather bland or just corny and don't really work well
Now a camp classic, but camp is about knowing something sucks and loving it anyway for the lols. I don't understand why we're all supposed to retcon this into being good. bUt ShE's aN iCoNiC pOp KwEeN! Who cares? Does pretending this is good somehow make it worth the abuse we now know she endured bc of it? Celebrating this is just celebrating the abusive corporate monoculture that victimized her. Sure, it was a defining sound of its time, but so was kid rock and the chilli's baby back ribs song. This music sucked in 1999 and it sucks now and nostalgia for pre 9/11 adolescence isn't fixing anything.
are some of the songs embarrassingly weird and bad? sure. do i still like it? of course
About what you'd expect
This album changed the face of pop music toward teen pop, energizing yet friendly and accessible production using strong funk and soul influences. It paved the way for a wave of female artists, and with the likes of Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry, would indirectly shape music for decades to come. But despite that, it's more of a reflection of the cultural shifts of the time than a depiction of artistic innovation. It inspired a lot, but had little artistic value. Derivative of other pop of the time, a lot of songs fall into cliches with cheesy teen lyrics and cheap pop tropes to try to tug the audience's heart strings. The instrumentals feel very commercial and predictable. There's some diversity in there between tracks, but it only makes it more bearable to listen to. Most tracks feel like they're trying to highlight Spears' vocal abilities, her dynamics and range, especially with the excessive multi-tracking, and it comes off as forceful and lifeless. That being said, I actually do like the first 4 tracks. The title track is an incredible song that shows her potential and has a ton of power and emotion, with strong Sly funk in her voice and the guitar. "You Drive Me Crazy" is pretty good but forgettable. "Sometimes" was the strongest ballad but is also generic and forgettable. "Soda Pop" grabbed my attention but I wouldn't really call it good. Giving it 2 stars for the over-the-top production and some diversity. And many of the songs are ok, not necessarily awful.
Teen pop was good all this time?!? The answer may shock you
Jätteswäg
I thought this might be a nice bit of 90s nostalgia but beyond the massive titular track, and to a lesser extent Sometimes, (You Drive Me) Crazy, and Born to Make You Happy there was not much to remind me of my youth. Yes, it's pop in it's purest form, but it's also a pile of wank in my opinion. Makes me wonder why Britney made it so big, so much of it is anodyne and saccharine sweet to the point of nausea.
This is not a good album. That said, I do understand its inclusion here. It's an impressive example of manufacturing-craft that must be admired in some ways - at least in terms of marketing, persona-building and crafting a phenomena. It's like cheap fruit-flavored bubblegum in more ways than one. It's clearly marketed toward kids and teens, it's overly sweet, mass-produced, entirely artificial, highly predictable while pretending to offer variety, not enjoyable to anyone with an ounce of discerning taste - and yet, it's an absolute best-seller, the taste of which is familiar to everyone. This is the first time I ever listened to more Britney than her big hits, which are admittedly amazing for karaoke as long as they aren't taken seriously. The rest of the album is exactly as I imagined it would be. One notable exception is Soda Pop - what in god's name is this auricular abomination? 1.5 rounded up for karaoke purposes.
Okay, let's go over this for a moment... I was nine when this album came out. My barely-younger sister absolutely LOVED this album. When I saw this pop up, the ONLY thing I thought of was how annoying this album was, except I learned that I was conflating it with how annoying my sister was. WHAT. AN. ALBUM. There's a reason she became a household name. This album had people talking, and her follow-up (Oops I did it again) solidified Britney's place in pop culture. My god, to think about how she recoreded this album when she was (checks notes) 16-17 years old! MY GOD WHAT A PERFORMANCE. The vocals are sooooo goood. Like, sometimes as good or better than what you would expect from Mariah, or Janet, or even Whitney. Perfectly timed tremelos and vibrato along with the vocal overdubs will remind you of 90's production techniques, while also reminding you of how versatile and accurate Britney's voice really is. I hate loving this album. I feel like a corporate shill when I think of this as a business-created album from JIVE records. I've never felt so guilty loving an album, especially the covers. But, it's still the 8th highest selling female album of all time FOR A REASON. The duality has me loving and hating myself for this at the same time... Added to library.
Never listened to Britany spears before. This is why I like this. Not bad.
Listening to this from start to finish made me feel sorry for everyone else who is going to do the same in the future.
süßlicher Kram
Presumably, if Sabrina was American her debut album would be on here too, then? "Baby One More Time" is of course iconic but the rest of this mass-manufactured, Disney production line pop is muzak for big box store shoppers.
Didn’t love
Har et par bangers, men ved ikke om det kan bære et helt album
What I’ve just listened to is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in this rambling, incoherent album was there a musical idea even close to anything that could be considered an interesting tune. Everyone who pressed play is now dumber for having listened to it. I award this album 1 star, and may God have mercy on “1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die” editor Robert Dimery’s soul.
Not my thing
I understand her contribution to pop music. I lived through the sensation that she was at the time. I know her importance to the queer community. I have all the sympathy in the world for her as a teenager who got ground up in the gears of the industry. I just do not like this music at all.
One star each for baby one more time and you drive me crazy, the rest, not so much.
eeeeeeh, I do NOT like this cover art. It almost caused a jump-scare when I opened the new album for today. What is with the creepy glowing white teeth and eyes?? And such a (unironic) pervy vibe. ew While this album has a mildly pleasant nostalgic feel, I have the impression that this is where the next 20 (plus or minus) years of awful "girl singer" pop music has its roots. I have to think that is what made the radio un-listenable and broke pop music in America. I might give this two stars, but I'm going for a one because of the paedo undertones, the faky-ness, and the bad precedent
Another one that is not my thing.
Of course I am familiar with the mega hits ... Baby One More Time and Crazy, the rest were all new to me but for the most part, solid songs. I liked this album.
Highlight for me was "The Beat Goes On".
A classic.
Son debut album. Album pop le plus influent. Ça vole pas super haut après la 1ère chanson.
A fun pop album. Could be a guilty pleasure if you wanted a dance around the kitchen :) some tracks a bit Disney channel !
Nawet nostalgia nie uratowała ;-)
Typical pop.
I won't deny that the opening/title track is a great pop song and it's what's keeping me from giving this one star. After that however it's just a series of diminishing returns. I think Soda Pop might be one of the worst songs I've ever heard.
Slay
Britney is a fantastic singles artist but yeah, unfortunately this gets pretty mediocre pretty quickly and just goes on too long. The (incredible) title track is the only real stand out
Ok
Opens with a banger then drops of into a pile of forgettable cheesy pop nothings. a good single doth not an album make.
Already own it, good for its time
Too repetitive, fav: Born to Make You Happy
no lo escuche me parecio muy pussy
I have to come at this one with an open mind, as this is not my thing in the slightest. 90s bubblegum pop is one of the few genres I just can't hack. It's undeniable that this is a great, iconic pop record, it's catchy and fun! However I can't get away from how manufactured this whole genre is though - overly produced, ghostwritten songs performed by stars who are groomed and abused by their labels and management. It's sad, and doesn't feel like real music.
I get why this is on the list, but apart from a couple songs there's not much here for me. Something about pop music from this era (Christina A, J Lo, etc.) makes me feel like I'm stuck in a stuffy doctor's waiting room on a hot day. "Born to Make You Happy" is such a problematic song, I can't even start. Given what we know now about how Britney was abused over the years, I really find it hard to enjoy this album at all
If you want to discuss cultural resets, there's really hard to deny just *how big* those first three piano chords are on "...Baby One More Time". We're still dealing with the Max Martin aftermath, especially considering Dr. Luke was one of his protegees. Britney can really belt, and is probably one of the more talented pop singers of the last few decades. That being said, there is a noticeable disparity when Martin isn't producing the track. 1The album doesn't feel as strong when he's at the helm, not to say Britney doesn't try, but some of these songs (notably the extremely dated "E-mail My Heart") just don't have the same evergreen feel that the first few do. Favorite tracks: "...Baby One More Time", "(You Drive Me) Crazy"
classic britney takes me back to a simpler time. great tracks throughout the album, dont stop at the singles. deep cuts are equally stellar
in the late 90’s, bubble gum pop was everywhere and the big debate was who was more talented, britney spears or christina aguilera. we’ll get back to that question shortly. while this album does contain songs that have a “stickiness” to them that make successful pop songs, it also has everything that i hate about the genre from that era… breathy “sensual” vocals, drum machines a’plenty, vapid and empty lyrics. and it falls into the trap that most modern day pop music falls into, the singer does not write any of their songs. it’s literally putting someone else’s words in your mouth. it’s the textbook definition of inauthenticity. anyway, going back to the question at the beginning of this review. while britney spears may have been more popular (from what i remember at the time), christina aguilera could sing circles around her. and it’s not even close.
It's hard to write about this album without discussing the absolute shitshow around it. We've had commercially produced pop for a long time, but this one really hypersexualized a child for profit, then kept the child from having access to that profit. This record is fine, not my music, but it's fine, but it's also a projector of the grotesque underbelly of the music industry.
Oh boy. The few songs I’ve heard are catchy but the rest is a bit meh.
This sucked, especially the worst rendition of The Beat Goes On.
It would be cool to find some modern defense of this, but it's just way too artificial to find any interest in. Spears has a good voice and the hits are catchy (but in an annoying way). The worst era of pop?
I now know why I love A Touch Of Class's Planet pop... They are very similar ! And both are awesome !
Some critics call this "silly and immature". That's my genre! The first three songs are just great. She's the Debbie Gibson of the 2000s. Of course, I don't think Deborah went psycho. But who knows?
So there are a lot of bubble gum pop gems in here but the songs that don't really hit really seem to emphasize some record producer male fantasy of subservient teenage women that seems all the more creepy in that they all probably manufactured it for her to sing. Born To Make You Happy? I Will Be There? I Will Still Love You? Thinkin' About You? Jeez. I feel dirty.
Well I did listen but not for me. Modern pop Muzak yuk!
Oh baby, baby So I bought this album as a 13/14 year old because of, well, horniness I suppose. When I heard the song Soda Pop it was like a weird dream I had turned out to be true. I remembered how bad that song was specifically (there was like a Shaggy inspired phase with weird carribean vocals) and hearing it again was a trip.
This is a cultural moment to be aware of, not an album to listen to. If teenagers made this music themselves for other teenagers it'd be unlistenable but fine. For grown adults to decide it's fine to send a teenager through the grinder to sell records and soft drinks is chilling. music: hated. (⌐■_■)
The positive thing about this, is that when I think of a 90s pop record, I think “two or three singles and 35 minutes of filler”. This record is an hour long, and most of the songs could pass for late 90s singles. The negative thing is that it sounds like two hundred people made this album, and not one of them had any creative care towards it. Completely dispassionate. There exists a line at which Art becomes Commerce in full. Good radio pop music often gets close to the line but doesn’t QUITE cross it. I don’t know exactly where it is, but it’s way East of this one. Not to mention the fact that there’s an actual human teenager in the mix being dragged around and exploited (look at the fuckin cover man, Jesus Christ) so that this can make a lot of people a lot of money.
Really enjoyed this. The Beat Goes On was my favourite track on the album.
This was a chore to get through. There's really nothing about this I liked.
Never thought I'd listen to this album, and now I have. It wasn't for me, and it wasn't particularly good. She has a good singing voice, but overall it is dull and uninteresting for me. Toxic is a banger though. I like that song. 1/5
I have a lot of nostalgia for Britney. She was my first concert (it was my sister’s birthday gift for the Oops I Did it Again tour), and those big singles sound just like going back home does. This isn’t a very good album, the non-singles aren’t very memorable and frontloading all the hits at the beginning is never a good idea (see also: U2), but seeing where Britney the phenomenon started is always fun to go back to. C
Nostalgic.m, but still not my jam.
Pop halt
It's Britney Spears, what else do you want to know?
I'm going to start this review by saying I truly feel sorry for this girl. I don't think she's ever received any true support from her family or those who were suppose to look out for a young child. Truly disgusting and sad. I'm am rooting for Britney Spears to have a wonderful life. As for the album, I really felt strange when I saw the album cover and actually listening to her music. Don't know why, it just felt weird. I really enjoyed The Beat Goes On. But I was thinking of the days of Sony and Cher and their TV show. Outside of that, just felt this was bubble gum, generic music meant for pre-teen girls. I can't believe this album was an hour long either. Rough listen and just not for me. But good luck Britney. 2
1.5 Look, I totally get why it’s here… but no. I don’t want to spend this whole review going off on a boomer-esque rant, but I truly believe the late 90s/early 00s was the absolute worst era for pop music. I know it doesn’t mark the start nor the end of the manufactured, curated pop star, but it was at its worst here. So many of the hits from this period just feel so artificial and cheesy by modern standards, and I really believe the reason that they’re still looked upon fondly today is done more so out of nostalgia rather than actual admiration for the artistry. For me at least, music is all about self-expression, so if you’re just putting out something scientifically engineered by someone else to sell records, what’s the point? Oh yeah, money. Fortunately, I feel like this is something that has gotten a lot better in recent years, and I do think we’re in a golden era of pop now that the record labels aren’t as afraid to let stars take on a much larger role in the creation and production of their own music. Anyway, I’ll step off my soapbox now. Maybe I shouldn’t be looking at this album through a modern lens, but I just really feel like it’s hard not to find this album dated as you’re listening. I admittedly was a little surprised by some of the diversity in sound here, but then again, it also felt like some producer was going through and trying to check boxes. Topically and lyrically, it left a lot to be desired - at its core, every song seems to boil down to the same kind of lovesick teenager thing (felt like “love” and/or “heart” was mentioned at least once on every track). Not really much stood out to me besides the obvious megahit, but I will give credit to I Will Still Love You for being surprisingly enjoyable, though it transitions into the most annoying gummy pop song on the album in Deep in My Heart. Also, I gotta point out E-Mail My Heart - it’s hard not to crack a smile at that one. So, I didn’t really enjoy my listening of the album, but I want to end my review on this - I have no disrespect or ill will towards Britney by any means. Why would anyone say no to fame and fortune, especially at her age? If anything, I have a bit of sympathy for her knowing she was largely forced into the role by selfish, greedy parents, not to mention the resulting developmental issues and media response. I’m glad Britney is doing much better now and that society has a much more considerate and understanding outlook on mental health today. Hell, if I’m being honest, I would even be interested in giving her memoir a read. Like her or not, there’s no denying her place as the Princess of Pop, and for better or for worse, she changed all of pop music to come after.
Lyder måske meget ens.. men hey det er fedt pop! Så god energi, og et frisk pust efter så meget kedeligt seriøst musik
I did not care for her music when it came out back when, but I listened to this entire record anyway since previously I have been pleasantly surprised with previous entries in this list that I found I now enjoy or do not dislike. However, nothing has changed. I do not like her music. It definitely had an impact and she was, I guess still is, insanely popular, but there's nothing here for me.
Nope
I know that we've been rehabilitating Britney as a pop icon of late and I'm all for it but boy did this age badly. I'm not even a pop hater or anything, I just thing these songs are abysmal.
God damn did that suck. How did we survive culturally through the beginning of the Century with music like this all over the radio? Seriously, there's only one "good" song on this.
We can all agree that Britney Spears is an iconic and important popstar of the 2000s, however, from a strictly musical standpoint, we can all agree that we don't need to listen to these meaningless, premade, insignificants songs before we die.
A very good pop album. Interesting to hear the producers take the elements of the boy band craze (at the time) and use it effectively with a female solo artist. More singalongs than I remember. A good album to switch things up on a road trip.
Perfect pop album. Britney was a star at a young age because she knew how to hit every cord and check all the boxes on bubblegum pop.
1.5 There was a song or two that wasn't quite as bad as the rest.
Wow. I don't even hate this!
not gonna go through this
Not my style
Just not the Depeche Mode that I enjoy. Some good tracks, a lot of ones I cared nothing for.
It's typical pop of the era, but in all honesty done very well. She's leagues ahead of the slightly newer equivalents ie Beyoncé and her ilk. Having said that, it's not my thing but I can still appreciate despite all the hype she does have talent, a mid 2
Nausea inducing. Just can’t stand her voice. Pop is not my thing, but even this cold old heart can be warmed occasionally by a nicely sung pop tune. We all have guilty pleasures right? Just not this bile. The closest to thawing me out was ‘Sometimes’. I’ll give 2 stars because it’s better than the other genres clogging up the bowels of the 1 rated albums.
Oh baby baby! I bought the single when it came out. Shoot me now or have I just got eclectic tastes? '...Baby One More Time' and 'Born To Make You Happy' are the standouts. 'Soda Pop' is a very low point. The rest just drifts along in a sugary sweet sort of way. So pleased there are no pop-Country songs which I was half expecting, some small blessings. It's not a bad first outing for the trailer trash which done good. A low 2.
2.8/5 - Its fun and entertaining. Nothing more really.
No thanks. I can't listen to this. My fingers won't hit the play button.
Vile nonce pop
still a banger
Surprisingly a good record - the sound of teeny-bopping-american-trailer-trash - and bizarrely most of the songs sound like anthems for future women locked in abusive marriages. At the same time, either very deeply honest, or very prescient knowing now in hindsight the story of Britney Spears. And it's very listenable and albeit the production is a bit dated, and ... no comment on.. 'Email my heart'... It is definitely far superior than contemporary crap like Kid Rock or Chocolate Starfish Limp Bizkit - but at the same time it sites nicely alongside the peak of the pre-me too misogyny of the time of the likes of the aforementioned terrible records, Eminem and well quite a lot of pop culture late 90s / early 00s. So it kind of makes it a cultural snapshot disguised in bubblegum pop, and, in a way, deeply political. Yes. I stand by it.
Obviously the first two songs were mega hits so that out of the way, I thought it was an interestingly listen. Not sure if there was an album that incapsulates the late 90s pop scene as well as this album does. Are all songs very good? Well... no... and "Soda Pop" is quite something, but overall I thought it was solid. 7/10.
What in the 1999 is email my heart?
Brittany taught me everything I know http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm
Bland and boring
Drive me crazy and baby one more time are bangers. Rest of album feels dated and forgettable.
Grew up with it, not a huge pop fan. Some classics of course.
It's bubblegum pop, but she shows much more range than I realized she had at the time. Quintessential Y2K pop album. Could have been ~5 songs shorter though.
i didn’t expect to dislike this album but i didn’t expect to like it as much as i did. a couple really good songs and very solid throughout. probably a low 4
The first 5 or so tracks are pretty good, enjoyed the sparse rhythm and the drive of Spears' voice. The rest of the album didn't connect with me. The significance of her album driving the return to teenie-bop pop in the late 90's was a cultural milestone, but overall I found the album lacking as a whole. 2/5.
Take the singles out and this is the weakest of weak tea. The singles are in there though, so this is an easy 4*s. More 90's pop and RnB please
It's impossible to separate this album sung by a 17 year old from everything that happened since, but this is how you become Pop Royalty. Captures some of the R&B and even punk tones of the era in certain songs, as well as went on to shape pop music around the world in a complex way. I was 3 when this came out, but doing the research and trying to be objective this time: this shit slaps. Soda Pop was an unexpected gem. Worthy of its' accolades and a defining moment in music and cultural history as we shifted into the early 2000's
The only way I could ever have been into this was if I was 12 when it came out and all my friends were into it. But in reality, I was a 19 year old dude with a very different taste in music. I saw this as trashy bubblegum pop for the masses, and frankly it still sounds that way today.
Solid Pop album. I mean, it's Britney, Bitch.
Cute
Interesting to hear the first record of an immense global pop star. Like what the hell were Soda Pop and The Beat Goes On? I guess she was finding her footing/personality but the singles carry hard (2.5/5)
There's nothing like a debut from an artist you've heard alot about but never got the chance to dive too deep into their music. I love coming to my own terms of why someone is considered a "legend". If this was my foreground into starting the path to understanding then I'm going to be in for a wild ride. This was a great listen. I may not have heard this before but it truly felt like a breath of fresh air jumping in. You could tell Britney was coming to terms with her own artistry and there was the balance of her mainstream "catchy pop" sound and her personal "meaningful" sound. It was a constant back and forth. I will say that though the singles are iconic well within her own right, her deeper cuts were able to stand on their own. I'm a big fan of her conveying her personal experience with love and connections with the people in her life. There seems to be a hint of her coming to terms with everything that seems to be changing around her. It's both devastating and intriguing how far she would go after this point. I will say that it equally makes me excited to jump into more of her discography on here whether listed in the future through this list or on my own personal time.
Couple of classics but overall album wasn’t for me 5/10
For her first music video, whichever record executive was behind this travesty dressed this 16 year old child in pig tails and a Catholic school girl outfit and blatantly sexualized her. This “album” was obviously marketed in part toward pedophiles. The people who made this pile of garbage should be in jail. Substantively, this isn’t an album. It’s two singles and a bunch of filler. I am dumber for having listened to this. Absolutely terrible.
This was pretty painful. A few catchy songs I guess but mostly not pleasant.
I'm pretty sure I owned this album when I was 12. Definitely lost the appeal over time. Some of the songs are so toxic! I gave it a 3 instead of a 2 just cause the beat goes on was kind of cool.
No please no!
35/100 Based on this scale: 1 star - 0 to 19 2 stars - 20 to 39 3 stars - 40 to 59 4 stars - 60 to 79 5 stars - 80 to 100 This is generic bubble-gum pop, with occasional catchy bits. I'll say this much; this is far from the worst album I heard this week, thanks to this list.
Email my heart is one of the most of it's era songs I could ever imagine. The fact that it is followed up by "beat goes on" is excellent too. Really variable quality here. Some undeniable all timer's , then some absolutely basic dirge. Although I tend to not review an album based on the deluxe version extras (in fact I usually skip them), shout out to the David Ospina Radio mix of ...baby one more time - a real Pro Evolution Soccer 6 menu music banger of a remix.
I mean what can I say about this album other than I was born in 1993.. I heard this album so much growing up and personally I'm a britney fan, at least her early days, I mean how could you not be? Especially being born in the era I was.. That being said this album ISN'T perfect no but it does has so many great pop songs on it.. to name a few I mean lets start with the opening track and one of her most famous songs, '...Baby One More Time', which is like saying the words "Pikachu" everyone knows Pikachu.. A great energy song, then we get 'Crazy' which has big psycho energy (early signs) but its such a catchy song.. then we have probably my favorite song on the album, 'Sometimes' its this like ballet-y kind of 90s song and it just feels good.. I love this track. I hated Soda Pop myself, this is what I meant by this album isn't perfect lol.. but then honestly, the later half of this album just was not it. I mean it definitely front loaded this thing but god like this album just kind of feels like a mess, a bunch of different sounds and not like a collective piece which I guess is fine, its pop music but idk, lets just say the second half has a lot of dollar general shopping music on it.. BUT that being said 'Born To Make You Happy' is my SECOND favorite song on this album, it was ALMOST my favorite but like the more I listened to it I thought, "God it's so fucking corny" lol but idk I just like it. 'From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart' is a great break up/broken up/sad song, its got a bit of uhh.. extra.. vocals on it, but its a decent song.. and then, honestly after that like it just gets bad in my opinion, I don't want to get too into the songs but I definitely think the goods on this thing are in the front/middle. Overall: 2.2/5
3/5 aaaaah memories :) But it's not enough.
Britney est bien meilleure sur de la chaudasse-pop.
Album sympathique de chaudasse-pop offert ici par une Britney Spears encore équipée de toute sa tête.
My big complaint with a lot of 90s pop albums is that the big hits are all front loaded, which is the case for this album. Still, the back half is solid. And the big hits are total monsters.
Surprisingly bad. 2 good songs and ouch
I actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. I think "Hit me baby.." gets ever more suspect especially as "Me too" roars on.
Trash
Nostalgia!
Tiene 4 hitazos y el resto es relleno. En ocasiones su voz era irreconocible y eso me llamó la atención porque nunca escuché este disco en su totalidad. De hecho, tal y como ahora, sólo los hits me bastan. Y eso me pasa con todo lo de Britney.
First things first, not my jam... I had to listen to this in headphones at the dead of night so no one would catch me. Obviously it's the monster debut album from the preeminent pop star of the 21st century, starts off strong with the title track but then dips when the second song "You Drive Me Crazy" comes in as it's not the far superior single version. Song three, "Sometimes", is pleasing enough for a mushy pop ballad but thereafter is far more misses than hits and full of emotionless generic pre-millennium pop beats that could have been lifted from a preset library. She would go into better things as far as her career was concerned, but was this as good as it got? It was definitely the biggest commercial success she'd experience but it just felt so empty out with a few fleeting moments.
I would rather listen to my kids yell and fight in the car than listen to this. I don't understand how this makes it. It was a cultural sensation at the time but a team of writers and producers churn out this garbage and Briitney steps in to recite the prewritten lyrics.
Mostly boring pop
Apart from baby one more time, I didn’t get any of the songs. It’s too commercial and if it’s not a club song then it’s just a bit bad 1/2**
This was always going to be a good time
Really enjoyed this - she is the GOAT noughties pop star
Very good pop album, lots of bangers I didn't know she had
3/14, 21%
Si bien entiendo contextualizado lo que fue este disco, hoy en día es inescuchable. La producción es demasiado. La verdad que los únicos instrumentos que son tocados están puesto de forma que parecen irreales o están muy poco presentes. Entre scratches sin sentido, efectos que aparecen una sola vez y sintetizadores molestos que están muy al frente, hacen que decaiga mucho el disco. Obviamente lo único que unen y generan una línea de continuidad es la voz de Britney y las baterías programadas. Si bien existen buenas canciones, la producción muy de la época destruye todo. Hitazo: baby one more time Canción favorita: crazy Sorpresa: born to make you happy
love Brit but no, not to listen to
L'album est un peu front-loaded et l'esthétique de beaucoup de pièce a plus ou moins bien vieillie, mais c'est le genre d'album que je m'attends quand même à voir ici dû à son impact sur la culture pop. Il y avait des bons moments, mais c'est clairement orienté pour un publique plus jeune. 6/10
the hits are great but the rest of the album is filler
Overall I was surprised by a few tracks, but as I suspected, most tracks were boring pop songs ...Baby One more time - banger (You Drive me) Crazy - meh (did not enjoy the weird cowbell or the melodies Sometimes - solid ballad Soda pop - Kind of a bop, but not something I'd want to listen to more than once Born to Make you happy - meh From the Bottom of my broken Heart - similar vibes to Sometimes but much better I will be there - pretty basic, not great I will still love you - meh Deep in my heart - kinda fun, still pretty basic Thinkin about you - repetitive but okay E-mail my heart - meh The beat goes on - fun beat, subpar singing I'll never stop leaving you - meh Autumn Goodbye - okay
Email my heart, what a sign of the time. Thanks Britney
it's britney bitch
First song fine obviously knew that. The rest is just bland so bland
No... No place for this on this list
Fun songs to sing along to.
Genre defining 90s bubblegum pop. Although not something I would ever listen to on my own it seems pretty obvious why it is so popular. Repetitive angsty teenager lyrics that are easy to sing and simple 4/4 beats for dancing. The entire oozes a predictable premanufactured cheesiness.
Hit me with lots of nostalgia despite not remembering most of the songs. Extremely of the time.
To bangers, resten høres it som Boyzvoice
Oh jeez... I understand what this album stands for in terms of reviving teen pop at the turn of the millennium. But there's not a single track on this album that I was able to listen to from start to finish. I didn't like any these songs before, and I dislike them even more now.
Made me want to revisit other albums of this time period. Full of nostalgia and I was surprised how many songs I knew. Still, the lyrics are pretty corny and the vocal style is distracting and doesn’t hold up.
Needed fewer sappy ballads and more Max Martin pop bangers. "E-mail My Heart" is the most late 90s thing I've ever heard.
Listening to this was like being transported back in time - I feel like I haven’t heard most of these tracks in 20 years. All in all, it was a good time.
Not really my style, but wasn't terrible.
innocuous pop for the most part. the slow ballad songs are forgettable, the big singles are kind of catchy, hard to pinpoint why it caught on so much at the time, 1999 was a weird time in music.
The hits are catchy, the rest isn't for me. Just feels like filler.
I honestly think "...Baby One More Time" is an essential listen. Just that song though. The rest is actual garbage. To the point where this still averages out to a 1.5 (rounded down per protocol).
Pop music like this is not for me. I had to suffer through my sisters listening to this album over and over growing up. They aren't terrible songs, definitely catchy, but very over-produced.
I'm not a Britney hater, I quite like Britney. And the title track here is great, but the album itself is just nooooot. Some of the most boring teen pop ballads the 90s had to offer & lyrics that were very apparently written by dudes in their 40s for a 16 year old to sing. Just very offputting throughout.
Pop intrascendente
Very nostalgic. First few (singles) were good. Rest of the album was only ok. Honestly felt like filler songs.
Is it good? No. Does it stand the test of time? No. Is it fun? Mostly! I didn't grow up listening to Britney, I was too young. This album came out when I was just 1 year old. Listening to this album today I tried to adopt the mindset of a 13 year old girl in 1999. It's a fun album, but it's not empowering at all, no good values to be found here for teenagers girls. Teaches women to live for love and for men. I guess Britney was never positioned to be a good role model for women...but she was, all the same, and I think that says a lot about the late 90s and early 2000s what kind of role models women had. I don't know. I'm reading into this too much. It's girly bubbly teen pop. I really liked "Soda Pop", it's a great vibe change and a really fun track. Overall it's a decent album, definitely iconic.
Essential Tracks: (You Drive Me) Crazy (Playlist) …Baby One More Time Sometimes
I never thought I would've enjoyed Britney Spears' debut album as much as I did. Its clear to see how she impacted the world of pop music and what followed. 12 year old me begrudgingly liked it and 36 year old me frickin loves it. The only knock against it is that its top heavy. You get the strongest hits right away, but the rest of it is still pretty good and has maybe one or two misses. Its Britney bitch.
As my wife said “If you could wear out a CD then this CD would have worn out in my discman” What a landmark pop album! As a 90’s boy I was NOT into Britney Spears (until her Rolling Stones covers obviously) but returning to this album as a MAN I can honestly say it’s a great pop album. Not only are the singles catchy as hell, the album cuts like “Deep in my heart”, “Thinkin About You” and “Soda Pop” are great too. This album completely changed pop music and it’s easy to see why. It’s Britney bitch! “Email my heart” is a junka though
How can the singles be so good and the rest of the album so terrible?
Very nostalgic but lotta filler on this album.
Ooh baby. Lots on here that I hadn't actually heard before. It's ridiculous (E-mail My Heart) but I kinda love it. Chose my standout track as I hadn't heard it before and it instantly makes me think of school discos and not having to give a shit about anything. Standout Track: Soda Pop
An iconic album
One of the best selling albums of all time. It's pretty wild really. Hard to get thru but I recognize the pop sensation on a couple of these singles. I wonder how many of the nearly 20 MILLION people that purchased this album listened to more than 3 of the songs on it. Glad its over.
Crazy amount of hits on this album. Some pretty mediocre filler holds it just back.
I haven't listened to this is full in decades. This really brings me back to my childhood and my sisters playing this all the time. At the time I thought I was "too cool" for this, but secretly loved it. My only complaint is that this album is a bit too long. 3.75/5
Largely forgettable pop album beyond the singles. Which may have been the strategy..
NOPE
who the fuck knew brocolli spears did a cover of the beat goes on? wild. it's not even an altered version, it's just a direct singalong to the all seeing i version that was released a year earlier. were they trying to make her hip or something? anyway that aside, it's nice to see that churning 16 year olds through the 90s pop machine creates such stable individuals.
Straight bitch behaviour, yo. Britney Spears gushes all over my face and boy, do I like it? Holy shit, her dripping cunt is steaming and the smell is something I'll never forget. Smokin'
LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!! She's absolutely fine...definitely fine.
First two songs were good. Also liked E-Mail My Heart :)
Growing up in the 90s these songs hold a lot of nostalgia, that being said I don’t particularly love this style of music it’s very dated and of it’s time Nothing about this album is particularly good but they’re not bad either it’s just memories of being a teenager This has to be one of the most average albums out there
Pretty dated, and way too long. I mean, it's not unbearable, but I did not get a lot from this album.
Pretty alr
I hated this album so so much. This kind of pop music never ceases to amaze me with its vapid lyrics and uninteresting music. But the appetite for this kind of sugary ear cancer is even more inexplicable. But… even with that being said…I hated it and I hate that it exists.
It’s a little difficult to listen to this young optimistic Britney knowing the hardships she’d face later in life. But buried among the filler are several excellent bubblegum pop singles, with the crowning jewel the immediately iconic title track.
ehhhhhh About 3 songs in, I was ready to write something like "This album is actually good and some people are just not ready for that conversation" Was ready for a good chuckle at the song "Email My Heart", but I have no recollection of hearing it even though I definitely put it on 10 minutes ago. I started to dissociate after track 5 At least "The Beat Goes On" is a pretty good finish HL: "...Baby One More Time", "(You Drive Me) Crazy", "Soda Pop" September 21, 2023
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You know I thought, I remember this song it was catchy, it was the turn of the millenium. Ill give it a go ill open my mind and ears and just listen. The substandard pop by number title hit was the highlight. Down a rabbithole of schrunchy sacrin terrible pop with a subtext that just seemed to be child explotation. I think this is the music industry at its worse and I feel sorry for her.
Nope
I got through this by checking out the credits and Googling who else put in the hours apart from Britney. Eric Foster-White and Max Martin are the main culprits. It is vapid, chewing gum music, slickly produced and cynically written. I enjoy a lot of vapid, cynically-written television, but and is the equivalence of being too tired/stoned to change the channel at 3am and watching some Hallmark bullshit. The Beat Goes On was a surprise halfway through, as I quite liked The Allseing I, and this was that, identically, again, but with Britney instead of Cher. I survived it: Go me! Now I have to catch up on that Iron Maiden album I similarly put off until my completionism got the better of me.
Yet another ex-1001 album!™ http://1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie.wikidot.com/album-artists-a-z-ex Dreadful album. But ...Baby One More Time still hits the nostalgia hard. Oh how teenage me wanted to go to that school!
Better than the 900 brit pop albums on this list
My algorithm is so bricked now, lol. Year end spotify stats about to be wild. Those random swedes sure know how to write a nonsensical pop track with a strong hook - or at least a couple tracks. I dont personally enjoy Britney, but I dont think it's her fault that much, and I certainly don't have the loathing I did when I was 11. She's def talented (some decent runs) and was ferreted into this hypersexualized role from the mickey mouse club days. Was surprised I still knew all the words to the first three songs (or at least the choruses) despite never actively choosing to listen to Britney til now. Its crazy the grip this subgenre of pop had on the early aughts. The production sounds the same on almost every track: that snare sound, churchy background vocals paired with an insanely reverb-y rhythm guitar, gratuitous chimes usage, a classical guitar restrained noodling nonstop. The album is explicitly derivative. Soda Pop had to be written for Mariah (and sounds like Baha men meets Hanson). From the Bottom of My Broken Heart is trying to channel Boyz II Men, I will be there is Backstreet Boys to a tee, etc. It's a pity its such a long album, shorter would have been stronger. You start to feel how samey it is. That being said, it was eminently listenable, if light on substance or sophistication. Would go 3.5 for the cultural impact.
It’s Britney Bitch. This was fine. Other than the first 2 tracks (both bangers) the rest is kind of generic and sounds like scrapped Madonna tracks. Autumn Goodbye was decent. I am also of course not the target audience for this. As a kid there was nothing worse than being accused of liking Britney Spears. I strongly believe we are the first group of people to listen to Baby One More Time the day after listening to Low End Theory. If my Spotify algorithm wasn’t in shambles before it sure is now.
Vapid dance pop. Yes, some of the tunes are catchy but the lyrics are shallow at best. This is teenybopper stuff more concerned with what the video will look like than the actual music.
Starts out way better than I expected but does start to drag towards the end. She’s just not a strong enough singer for the ballads, but the uptempo songs are a lot of fun. Should get a 3.5 but what the hell.
Ughh..how did this make it on the list. I understand it has cultural relevance for the time but so do bell-bottoms and cholera.
This is simply great pop music. Every song is incredibly catchy, and while it is for sure locked into the time it was made, it almost feels like a time capsule in that way.
Girl boss
Sinkut ovat popmaailmaa mullistavia, muitenhan tämä on suht tyhjänpäiväistä (toki moitteetonta laulua ja tuotantoa). Kuulostaa ajaltaan, se on kiva, ja tulin hyvälle mielelle.
Kivan melodista, tai melodisesti kivaa. Mutta en voi kuluttaa musiikkia, jonka soinnilliseen luonteeseen suhtaudun ärtyneellä huvittuneisuudella.
As a teenager, I hated the singles off this whenever they came on the radio. Now, as an adult, I can acknowledge they are bops, well-constructed pop anthems. Unfortunately, the deep cuts on this album do not live up.
Tough one. Popcultural impact 5/5 Overall music 2/5 Would round up the 3.5.
Го мрзам албумов из дна душе
As if you don’t already know what you’re getting from this before you listen. Terrible.
Bubblegum pop that was very much of its time, hasn't aged that well in comparison to other young starlets of that period
Pop masterpiece. Max Martin at his finest, and Spears vocal performance here is perfect. Shame what became of this pop legend.
Starts good with a few hits but by the end of the album, you feel like you've heard the same formula over and over again
I don't understand... Britney Spears.. but shes kinda cute
Yeah it's ok, some 'classics' but nothing super exciting
Miss me baby one more time
I dont understand why she can't pronounce the word baby correctly, when it is in the title of the album. Her inability to sing leaves me baffled as to why anyone ever liked this album. Not a fan.
unremarkable. sounds auto-tuned. pretty much an album of lame love songs. Difficult to finish... 0 tracks enjoyed; difficult to understand how this was so popular in HS. That was rough. the version of the album i listened to had remixes of the baby one more time song at the end so i had to endure several versions of it. didn't like any variety.
Full disclosure: not the kind of music I generally listen to. That aside, obviously the hits are good - but the album goes downhill pretty quickly after soda pop.
Hey! I know this from the radio! Baby One More Time's vocal harmonies sound like Britney is a demon and so she get's an extra star.
A couple of killer tracks and then farts ‘till the end.
It's Britney, Bitch. The singles on this album are excellent. The rest of the album.....isn't really. I don't think I enjoyed any of the non-singles, especially Soda Pop. Sometimes and Born To Make You Happy are excellent songs. Baby One More Time is a classic and Crazy is also excellent. Can't believe she was 16 when this stuff was made. Good for her.
Baby One More Time is a great song. A lot of the rest of this album sucks though
No. Just no
grandes momentos pop
Pop classic
I’m a little less than four months older than her and this album kicked off a lifelong love affair with her.
A couple of hit singles at the start, which do take me back to when I was a younger fella. But on the whole this is dated, saccharine sweet pop music.
Ha! I enjoyed that a lot more than I would've admitted when it first came out. I have some good memories linked to this album. I art directed a couple of teen mags at the time this album came out and Britney was our cover star on a few occasions. So apart from a couple of tracks this is a fun piece of pure pop and Max Martin and co did a fantastic job of harnessing Britney's talent. Even though I like it, the album is overall run of the mill and I wonder what it is doing on this list.
Vacuous tripe.
2.4 this started off with a bang and kinda went meh after the first three tracks fave songs: drive me crazy, baby one more time
Ok, not a fan but it has to be on the list
Oh baby baby, if I was a 12 Yr old starry eyed girl I'd think this was a good album... doh! This album is the definition of factory manufactured music and artist. Apart from the lead single, which was Britneys trademark song, the album is very boring and factory created.. not for me this one!
Teen pop back in the day, not sure it even has relevance today. No doubt one of the most popular albums when it was released and was an excellent album for what/when it was. I can't imagine a scenario where I would play it!
Catchy pop tunes written by the chatGPT of the time
A pop classic. Wish I hadn't been such a stereotypical "boy" when I was younger because I could have been enjoying this for many more years! Some of the slower tracks in the middle get a bit samey/boring. There's a proclivity in these songs to lean on the R&B which I don't think is Britney's strength necessarily. But the first 4-5 and last 2-3 tracks are so good that really it's a good time all around. Can't believe she recorded this at 18!
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
Made it through about 5 songs, that was enough. 2 stars.
Idk what to make of this ima give it 3 but I’m not sure why exactly
This album has a few genre bending tracks I didn’t know about in addition to the hits
OK... wasn't expecting this, but determined to go in with an open mind. Honestly first 2 songs good pop. So of the time it's crazy with voice distortion and "email my heart". On the other hand, although I try and not rate on outside factors the whole thing smacks of exploitation with a fairly good voice obviously being put through so many recording studio sessions. At the end of the day its a good pop album though, firmly aimed at white teenage USA I'll let it scrape a 3 based on more than a few stand out songs. 2.5
I was hoping nostalgia would carry this, but it's really just forgettable and kind of cheesy pop, with some really nasally singing.
Mother is MOTHERING
I've let this one sit in my Unrated backlog for a year-plus now because listening seemed like a fraught situation. On the one hand, you have the ingrained sexism through which so many people - in the world, on this site, and me myself (I was 12: the culture demanded I either objectify or hate her, or both!) - view Britney and this album in particular. People are icky towards pop stars, and have been especially icky towards Britney. On the other hand, there's the fact that I've just never come around on Britney, even as the drumbeat of time has vindicated her and literally rescued her from the conservatorship which has come to represent the shackling of a complicated person who's been lent zero grace. I've come back around on Madonna, Janet, Mariah, Celine...just not Britney. So...all that aside? I don't like this! Baby One More Time is weird and gross! Sequencing on this album blows: stacking Crazy right after Baby just makes the two singles feel so interchangeable. Soda Pop is a freefall off a cliff quality and energy-wise. I was about to complain about the length, as the Spotify version is 16 tracks and an hour long, but wikipedia tells me this is 42 minutes and 11 tracks; that's blissfully brief, considering the number of pop albums on this very list which run a full 70 minutes. You get an extra star for that, Brit.
The epitome of 90s pop The way the world treats child stars is truly appalling, glad she is finally free 3.5/5 rounded up
Such a massive album in terms of influence and wake for my generation. That being said, I just can't honestly say I enjoy it much. Things would get way more interesting later with tracks like "Toxic" which totally kick ass. This just feels a bit dated and even creepy in a certain light.
When this album was released in January of my eighth grade year, I had nothing but disdain for pop music of this period. Young female pop stars and boy bands permeated the airwaves, and their popularity made me feel even more out of place amongst my peers who loved this type of music. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, my disdain has softened quite a bit. I find a lot of the pop songs that were being churned out back then pretty enjoyable these days, and I'm likely to sing along with them should they be playing on the car radio or in public settings. This album is no exception to that rule. The first three songs on this album are easily the most fun, and with "Oops!... I Did It Again," are probably the best example of Britney Spears's early career. The rest of the album is okay, and features a few other decent pop tunes. The musical aspects of this album are just backdrops for Spears's 'baby talk' vocals and her dance moves on music videos and during live performances. The lyrics are all pretty much teenage love songs, ranging from the cheesy on "E-Mail My Heart" (this song had to inspire at least one Robin Sparkles moment), to somewhat uncomfortable innuendos on the title track. Nothing on this album is high art, but it wasn't intended to be. This album was recorded to sell copies, and in the process of becoming the highest selling debut album for a female recording artist (14x Platinum, holy shit), it created one of the biggest pop culture icons since Michael Jackson. Spears's vocal talents aren't spectacular, but her talents as an artist and performer are magnificent. It's difficult to succinctly communicate just how she and her music were everywhere during her peak popularity. Not only did she sell crap loads of albums and concert tickets, but she managed to have an award-winning four year residency in Las Vegas, and I don't think I can overstate the cultural significance of this album. Of course, Britney's legacy is beyond complicated. In the last several years, we've learned just how poorly she was treated by multitudes of people in the music industry and her own father. I could go on and on about the abuses she suffered, but I think I'll just summarize by saying that some of the things that were done to her should be considered criminal in my opinion, and my heart goes out to her and her kids. While this album is musically three stars for me (it's pretty good compared to its peers), it's a must-listen for any music lover. On the timeline of popular music, this album is a point of massive significance and consequence. Britney Spears paved the way for and influenced so many female artists, and by speaking out, she's also made the music industry a safer place for women. Favorite track: "Crazy" Favorite track not in the first three songs: "I Will Be There"
Out of context, it's too easy to glance over the hit, title track, opener, high point; Ignore the down-home half of Britney's persona. Britney, pre-cybernetic. Britney in, perhaps, a moment shared with a kinder timeline. That doesn't squash ...Baby One More Time's space for growth.