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4/10. Yeah, I didn't really care for this. Felt like she was trying to sound like Tina Turner, but just wasn't great at it. And I'm sure the music sounded revolutionary when this came out or something, but now…
Not great. 5/10
Its not peak Britney but you have to admire the style diversity, if not the spradic filler
Spears is a singer I know almost solely through the cultural zeitgeist. The launch of her career as an ostensible adult seemed particularly egregious in terms of leaning on the young and innocent imagery while infusing everything else with sexuality within an inch of plausible deniability. The music, while professionally catchy pop, I find mostly pretty dull, though there are a couple of interesting moments. Not a fan of her particularly affected signing style.
Surprised myself how much o enjoyed this might relisten
Whatever else a person can say about this album, it's a pretty impressive debut from a teenager with plenty of deserved commercial appeal and a instantly recognizable voice and singing style. The title song is still a classic. I was surprised but happy to see such a bubblegum pop album in this list. It definitely sets a standard for the genre.
Not an album that I would have thought that I needed to listen to, but glad I did. Excellent pop music from a teenager!
I love the title track and the cover of Sonny and Cher’s The Beat Goes On and I appreciate this album's cultural significance but the rest of the tunes on this record don't quite do it for me the way some of Spears' later records do. I hope we get to hear more from her.
It has been a long time since I’ve listened to this album. Since the early 2000s I have just cherry picked hits off it. It’s a terrific album and I’m glad to see it getting recognized for its cultural significance. Pretty amazing coming from a teenager. This deserves its spot on this list!
Modern pop classic
Nicht im Ernst
Can't do it sorry
I didn't dislike it
I've been saving this one for a special time, and I can think of no better than my 500th album. I have never heard this album straight through, but this came out during my childhood and I have definitely heard it second hand bleeding through the door of my sister's bedroom. ...Baby One More Time deserves whatever flowers people have given it. This is great pop with all of the period production. As soon as the piano line drops you can't help but hear the whole thing play out in your head. Add also the funky little slap bass line :chefkiss: Ya know a reggae inspired pop song was not at all what I expected... Also not great. Born to Make You Happy is a better return to form. I like the instrumental here with the layering of the piano and wah'd out effects. The back half of the album really slipped by without anything notable (except for Thinkin' About You, which is a fun little R&B-inspired pop song). She certainly has a voice, but the overprocessed bubble gum 90s pop sound doesn't do a whole lot for me. Nothing I out right hated; nothing I loved. For me this is a high 2 verging on a 3.
Is this taking the piss?
There's much better bubble gum than this.
The album cover is kinda weird. It has a few fun pop bops on it, but it's not a genre designed for a whole 11 track album
Good art is made of good choices and it’s become pretty clear that Brittney wasn’t making a lot of choices. Not a personal slam on Brittney. I think she’s great. I just don’t think this album is.
I mean it's fine, really not my type of thing
And thus is the Radio Disney era begun. Bad songwriting, average voice, crappy production. This site's credibility is again brought into question simply because some wonk decided that selling 25 million albums must make it one of the all-time greats.
If you could distill pop music and crystallize it into its purest form, you would get this album.
It’s Britney bitch. Kind of weird to see this making the list but alright. The first couple songs are pretty standard pop hits that covered the early 00s. Everything else on this album was some pretty bad generic pop that seemed made in a lab to get as many listens as possible. The featured and R&B cohesion was a big miss on this album and out of place. This was only worth listening to the beginning and that’s it. 4.6/10
Britney's voice is annoying but there's some good melodic song writing. I might have like it more if Christina Aguilera sang it.
Not for me.
Title track is a stone cold banger. Some other decent singles but largely a load of shite
I thought I liked Britney spears more but did not really enjoy this album that much. The only song u actually like is Crazy, as it's been my favorite Britney song forever. but the rest just weren't my style. since she's an icon, and since crazy is one of my all time favorite pop songs, I'll be kind about my ranking. favorite track: crazy!!
My first instinct was to wonder whether it is legal to look at this album cover. I was, obviously, familiar with the title track (and consider it incredibly catchy), but I never realised it was packaged this way. Anyway, legal musings aside, the music itself is of the repetitive, artificial, boring, an uninspiring nature that modern pop music grew to become over the years (since the early to mid nineties, if you ask me). So, yes, one good song, the rest can remain hidden.
Not as good as Oops I Did It Again but a good'un.
This starts off strong with the title track that everyone knows, and Crazy (which I would expect most people, like me, would know it if they heard it). After that, it's a really uninspiring saccharine tour through various genres (Britney + reggae = total fucking shite!) and painful cliche; it feels really, really dated. And it's an hour long (if you include the two remixes of the single). 2/5.
This 1001 albums project has utterly failed with the inclusion of this album. This is no album - this is a more expensive version of the single ‘…Baby One More Time’. That’s all the consumer needed. The consumer thought they might get more of the same. But nothing else here is as good as that track - indeed, much of the rest is laughably poor, surely rushed, designed to capitalise off the success of the single as fast as possible. Now, the *song ‘…Baby One More Time’ is an outstanding pop record. And if this was 1,001 songs etc it would have to be included. But this project is not that. We did get more of the same eventually - ‘Oops!... I Did It Again‘ Is ostensibly the same song (even down to the ‘…’), before Britney’s immortality was assured with the magnificent ‘Toxic’ probably the greatest song of the 21st century.
Y'all, it is perfectly okay to let loose and indulge in some dumb junk food every so often.
I gave this an honest try -- as I often say, I love this whole project because it ensures I'll listen to a wide variety of recordings from many eras across all genres -- and I can definitely understand why it appealed to tons of people. It just didn't have much for me. Nothing wrong with it at all. I frankly get a bit weirded out when some folks go pretty far with anti-genre or anti-artist ravings. It's merely a matter of personal preferences to me, that's all.
I don’t think there is enough substance here to land on 1001.
90s pop. But compared to what passes as pop today, this is high art. The first three notes of ...Baby One More Time contain more musical talent than anyhing in the pop charts today. Yes, it's a bit cheesy at times, especially the ballads, for which I'll deduct half a point. But really .... it's Britney. I mean, come on. 3.5/5
1999 I would‘ve hated to listen to it except ironically and completely plastered at the end of some birthday party. Today, hate has disappeared but I still can‘t listen to it in terms of consuming inspiring music. Mega boring plastic pop.
Bubblegum bullshit
Poppy and catchy; no surprise there. I enjoyed this more than I expected to.
First 2 songs are timeless jams. Sodapop was fun but not necessarily a good song. Rest of the album I am fully happy with leaving in 1999
The first two songs are very solid. Mostly bubblegum bullshit after that until "The Beat Goes On" which I actually enjoyed. Just really wanted to turn it off besides those 3 songs though.
One verse of “…Baby One More Time,” is euphoric pop bliss, but quickly becomes trite. Unfortunately, the album lacks anything else with similar pull. The ballads are bad, all of the outdatedness with none of the emotional sincerity. It’s a 2.5 for me with a round up.
the title track and lead single is an incredible debut song for any artist, maybe the best of all time. a shockingly influential album, but beyond the singles there isn’t much here. the singles still go hard, though.
The definition of bubblegum pop. Some real jams here, but way too much fluff.
When this came out I pretty much completely disregarded it. I'd long stopped listening to Top 40 radio by that point. I heard the singles without trying to of course, but I never listened to the album. Never crossed my mind. I was pretty far from the target audience. If you'd confronted me with having an opinion on it back then, I probably would have decried it as total shit. Now, twenty some years later, it's nothing that really causes any sort of emotional reaction one way or the other. A carefully crafted pop record if anything. The singles are the standouts for sure. Otherwise, it sounds like she is throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks. It's kind of all over the place. She hadn't quite dialed in the personality/image she wanted to project yet, and I guess she had to segue out the Disney thing as well. Not sure this belongs on the list as much as her followup does, but I suppose it was a big deal in mass culture.
Aight well, title track is obviously extremely influential in terms of the pop landscape then and even still today. My sister loved it, I hated it... but teenage self still thought she was cute, of course. Rest of the album is pretty meh, for me at least. I'm not the demographic and pop in general is not my thing. I love that there is a track called "E-Mail My Heart", hyphen and all. Peak 90s.
Banger
—I think when she says “Oh baby baby” it sounds like she’s saying “Oh bathin’ bathin’” —Soda Pop was more like-able than I imagined a song called Soda Pop would be. -I listened to half the album but I think I got a decent taste lol
Humble beginnings.
Not bad for early pop
Pop culture! Thank you, Britney.
It’s not great, but to deride it fully ignores the appeal it had. A danceable clean album aimed at young girls was clearly an incredible move even if the writing and production is mid and the messages about romantic love are naive to the point of being harmful. The tracks are very bouncy and idealistic and if nothing else they are fun. It isn’t a great listen through for me, but I’m so far removed from the target audience that the fact that it has one track I like at all is impressive (Baby One More Time is obviously a banger). It certainly deserves a place on this list if just to offer a point to examine the grip pop music like this would hold throughout the following decade at least.
I get why it's on the list, but this is pretty bad.
This is not good for 2023, but it's far from the worst thing I've ever listened to and far from the worst thing I got here on the 1001 list.
...Baby One More Time
Horrible album, filled with vapid pop songs. I was the right age for it at the time, but even then I hated it. Me getting older hasn't made it any better. The only reason why I won't give this album one star is because The Beat Goes On is actually a great song and I wish I knew it when I was 14.
What I remember
The title track is a legendary piece of pop history and still holds up decades later. The rest is pretty formulaic and stale.
Where does one begin? The truth is this music was made for the masses. Auto tune is very evident. The life disasters that followed Brittany can fill volumes. As music, it is pablum. But I feel a great deal of sympathy for Brittany the person. She got chewed up by people who should have seen beyond the dollar signs. For what it's worth the music is ok if not particularly interesting. Also fwiw, I hope she gets to be happy.
OK, but … why? 2/5
BL: Britney is someone who needs no introduction. Probably one of the most popular artist of the 90s and one of the most culturally significant of all time. Will be interested to listen to this as I only know the hits. AL: I’m pretty dissapointed by this album. It didn’t really do anything to me. 12 of the 14 tracks sounded identical to one another. The only two that stood out were the opening track (due to how iconic it is) and “The Beat Goes On” due to its very nice sampling and beat sequencing. Other than that it was standard 90s love song girl pop, which I understand why it appealed to the target demographic of the Y2K teens at the time but doesn’t really do anything for me now. FT: “…Baby one more time”, and “The Beat Goes On” 1/5
If I was a young woman who had her entire life on display, forced to sing songs blatantly written from a male perspective, and constantly objectified, I'd probably shave my head and break out car windows with an umbrella as well. Still doesn't make this album all that palatable.
Its britney bitch
In the late 90s, music execs needed a nubile pop star to peddle their inane drivel, so they turned to the Mouseketeers and ruined the rest of this poor girl's life. The dudebros today who complain about Taylor Swift's music being everywhere obviously didn't have to suffer through this overproduced, oversung, written-by-committee drivel. This got popular on the strength of the opening beat to the opening song, and not enough people listened past that to see if it was worth anything before buying 100 million albums or whatever it was, and that's why the music industry bubble burst. Best track: ...Baby One More Time
2,5
The title track is still a goddamn earworm, 'Crazy' is catchy. But man, the rest of this is completely forgettable. I wish pop stars would be content with singles and not feel they needed a full length. Beyond that? It really is bizarre to me that people feel emotional connections to songs that just ooze by like sickly sweet treacle. How bout the message of 'born to make you happy' ? Woof.
Whoever doesn’t give this 5 stars is lying
I've been bad with my 1001 Albums project the last two weeks, so I'll keep this one short: This album makes me think of my life in 1999. From time to time, I'd hang out with this group of girls from Plain City because my mom lived out there, and this one, Mindy, was very obsessed with Britney Spears and I was kind of obsessed with her. There are a few memorable singles on this album, including the title track, one of the best selling physical media songs of all time (it came along at the perfect time as online media was just over the horizon). Crazy and Sometimes, both singles, are also good tracks. This is a boring review, though! Not much to say.
surprised how many of these songs I wasn't familiar with. loved it tho
The non-single tracks seriously lacks of musicality, hardly remarkable at all, but the singles are nostalgic to me, personally (yes!). Spears's voice is sometimes little annoying but bearable overall. I want to rate this 2.5, but it's impossible, so 3.
What a flash of nostalgia this was! Definitely some items on this album that haven't aged very well. Born to Make you Happy felt the weirdest to me, with Soda Pop in close second. I also cracked up at E-Mail My Heart. What an incredibly out of date song hahaha
Music for middle schoolers, but like, it's extremely creepy for 6th graders to be singing some of these lyrics... Everything from the dynamics, to the melodies, to the instrumentation, to the production sounds so manufactured and fake - it's boy band music but made by an overtly sexualized minor.
This is music for kids. The producers did a good job making the best of Britney's vocal but the backing tracks are absolutely mental if you listen hard enough. The guitar solo and the unnecessary record scratching on "(You Drive Me) Crazy" is almost too much. And the reggae one? I'm dead. The Euro-House "Deep In My Heart" probably spawned a million remixes that never made it to the US. The whole thing is super plastic and manufactured. There's nothing I can really fault since this kind of record is a bridge between Kidz Bop and grownup music. [post-script: On "Thinkin' About You" there are a couple of lines where Britney harmonizes with herself. Not sure what the interval is (Beato) but it sounds like the same effect used on more than a few Sublime songs.]
Meh. Very very pop, not my thing at all, and yet, there is something there. The acoustic indie covers of some of the songs are better, but also show the songs are ok without all the production and nonsense. "Email my heart" might be the most 1999 song title I have ever heard though, and most of the album just sounds like filler; especially the terrible remixes that close out the album. However, 1 good and 2 decent songs (3 of the 4 singles) => better than the albums that get 1 ⭐ (but only just - like 1.5000000001/5!)
C’mon now
ahahah really? Christina Aguilera a few days ago, now this? In Australia we had a show in the 90s that talked about pop music etc, and on this show they TOLD US ALL that this album was coming and that it (specifically the single) was going to be a huge hit. It hadn't come out yet, and "no one knew" whether it'd be a hit... but somehow they did! I guess this makes me a nerd/captain obvious to point out, but its success was pre-guaranteed in deals between Max Martin, the record company and retail outlets. Britney didn't have to grind her way around the local touring circuit hoping to hit it big by her 4th album, getting ripped off every 2nd gig, drunk punters spitting in her face and spilling beer on her speakers, sleeping in shitty rooms above bars and all that. Her handlers just bought the #1 single spot and that was it. Anyway, the album is a non-event for the most part. The single carries it, but the entire affair is the sort of stuff that could've been Britney, Christina, Mandy Moore, Jessica Simpson, any spice girl, etc etc. It has no actual character, it's just nameless pop songs that I guess the swedes had sitting on a shelf ready to fill up an album. It does that thing where pop music ticks boxes while ticking none: there's some "reggae-infused" nonsense, a bunch of ballad-type tracks, latin-ish stuff and dance numbers... yet it's still very much bland tween pop. Song title of the album award goes to EMAIL MY HEART. hahaha. I know the internet was still kiiiinda new in '99, but that's a 1995-level reference if ever I've seen one. That shelf the swedes kept their album filler material on must have been DUSTY. I dunno, it's hard to actually rate this. 2/5.
Ugh, I admit I almost sort of like the first song 'Baby One More Time,' but I just can't do this album as a whole. I now feel some sort of embarassed that this will show up in my played list.
This album, which was also her debut, solidified Spears' place as a pop icon and helped establish her as one of the most successful artists of the late 90s and early 2000s. The album features a mix of catchy pop tracks, such as the title track and "(You Drive Me) Crazy," as well as more emotional ballads like "Born to Make You Happy" and "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart." Each song on the album showcases Spears' versatility as an artist. Overall it’s a fun pop album that many people would enjoy singing along to.
Oh man. What a nostalgia hit. The song “…Baby One More Time” has all the sounds from pop of this era — those big Max Martin drums, the processed funk licks, the gratuitous vocals runs. Of course, I’ll never be able to separate it from childhood memories. I was in the 4th grade when this album came out and like everyone else, these singles (and their music videos) rocked my world. The music on this album was assembled by producers who understand how to elicit Pavlovian responses from listeners — dance! cry! smile! Every chord is chosen for maximum impact, every sound is polished for maximum shine. But even though the music is synthetic, the feels are real! Why is that? I think it’s the songwriting. It’s formulaic but very effective. A record label can market the hell out of a song but it doesn’t become an all-out phenomenon without something real at its core. “…Baby One More Time” and “(You Drive Me) Crazy” are mega hits that will make any millennial lose their mind when you play them. But the album cuts are solid too. They push a lot of the same buttons and do so almost just as well. From a consumer‘s perspective, this is a good product — if you bought the CD for the singles, you wouldn’t be mad about the rest. And if you were at the right age, you probably fell in love with all of it.
Ugh oh man this is a hard rate for me. Britney Spears is one of the greatest and most important pop stars of all time- she ushered in the bubblegum / cute blonde sexy schoolgirl / chorus hooks that are literally infectious tonal shift in music and you can't deny the effect that this has had on the majority of music beyond this release. Max Martin is one of the greatest pop songwriters and producers of all time. Really, to me he is possibly as skilled at writing as the Beatles and I don't know if I consider anyone else to be in that area. Reasons why I don't want to give it a 5: It's a team of super producers/minds who created this music in what is essentially a lab. Like scientists mixing chemicals to find a cure for an end-of-the-world virus, this album similarly was genius producers finely crafting a cure for an end-of-the-90s virus (called "The Grunge"). I'm trying to be objective and bias-less in these, but it's hard! And it's really hard for me to not envision Britney Spears leaving her mandatory 6 hour gym dance practice and daily appointment with her nutritionist and going straight to the studio where all the music is ready for her and the lyrics are in their 501st iteration and all they need is her to step up to the microphone and sing. And I hate this image! It's so... manufactured and so far removed from a more natural songwriting environment, like a group of people sitting in a room with instruments and each of them working through a bad breakup by writing a song together. It's funny to me, when this album popped up I literally said "oooh shit" to myself, because this is such a monstrously popular album, but one that I don't really ever think to put on and listen to. After that innate reaction I took a moment to think and realized that it's really just like all the other albums on this list; it's simply a record full of music tracks. Yes, I have like 50 events from my youth where I associate songs from this album very strongly to- and I'm sure there are many other people my age who have the same. It's just funny how once anything gets so ubiquitous and famous it kind of changes, right? Like the name "Britney Spears" isn't two names- Britney and Spears put together, it's one phrase- "Britney Spears". I think what I'm trying to say is that this album has this quasi Gestalt effect where the sum is greater than it's parts, and it's easy to forget that the parts are really just chords and melodies put together, and the album is just songs bundled up and put in a specific order. A younger me would have given this a 4 and felt that was generous, but alas- I am not that same young, stubborn, opinionated music head anymore. I am wiser. I can see this album pop up on this list and say "oh shit, this album ushered in one of the biggest paradigm shifts ever in the industry". I can say "these songs slap, and ultimately that's what music is about- songs that are simply great to listen to. No matter how you get there, you can't deny a slap." It's a 5 for me. The songs are great, and It's just too important of an album to the landscape of popular music.
With everything Britney's been through she deserves, just one more time, to be on a list of the 20 _____ _____. This album's 2.68 rating is too high to make the cut for the 20 lowest rated albums on 1001. The rating needs to be lower than 2.48 to make the list. Let's give Britney some 1 rating love to help her make this list. It's the least we could do.
This is a good example of how a star gets “manufactured”. They find a child celebrity who’s got the look and can more-or-less sing, link her up with Swedish producers and song-writers who put it all together, and more importantly score that multi-platinum hit, which apparently sounds a bit like a hit by Swedish pop-star Robyn. Anyway, I’m not an expert in teen pop, but the title track is great and some of the more up-tempo numbers are bearable. The ballads are putrid.
Does bubble gum pop deserve to be on the list? I think not.
My reaction upon seeing this album pop up: "*sigh* Okay, here we go..." Knee-jerk reaction aside, I tried to give this a fair shake, but it went about as expected. The album peaked at"(You Drive Me) Crazy," which was track 2 (it's never a good thing when your best two tracks on your album are the first two). It was all downhill from there, with perhaps a small speed bump at "Thinkin' About You." No disrespect to Britney (she's never been a favorite of mine, but she's a decent singer, a better dancer, and seems like a nice person), but this album couldn't overcome the fact that it's a conglomeration of uninspired R&B-inflected pop songs written expressly to appeal to teenage girls. I suspect more of her albums will crop up, and they'll at least be better than this one.
When I saw this album, I thought easy 4 or 5. Yup, I give it a solid 4 for some of the best pop songs in modern history. It's easy to hate this & pass it off a bubble gum pop, because it is, but this album & its singles never stopped being played at gay clubs, drag shows, and at parties. Britney isn't a strong vocalist, in fact she has a lot of support from her backup singers on this album, but damn those tunes are catchy. I will always love Britney & she deserves pop music accolades.
No.
While I've listened to the title track countless times, as well as a couple of the other singles here, this is the first time I've listened to any Britney Spears album in full, and I imagine it will be the last time for this one. I've got love for Britney herself, but less for most of these songs. Besides that tinges of discomfort brought about by lines like "hit me, baby, one more time" and "sometimes I run, sometimes I hide, sometimes I'm scared of you" I have a really hard time taking songs about deep love and intense heartbreak seriously when they're being sung by a teenager who has doubtfully experienced much, or any, of either. But such is the pop machine and, obviously, the formula works. Max Martin's music by numbers and the corporate buyers that snap it up have certainly made a cultural impact. As for the music itself, "Soda Pop" is a horrid attempt at blending bubblegum Britney with contemporary reggae sounds, "Sometimes" suffers from some unsettling lyrics and "I Will Still Love You" is a wee bit vomit-inducing but I was pleasantly surprised by the cover of "The Beat Goes On." "...Baby One More Time" is an absolute belter. "(You Drive Me) Crazy" doesn't reach the same stratosphere but is a perfectly enjoyable pop song. The rest of the album was quite a bit of "whatever."
Trying to give this one the benefit of the doubt, despite the fact that it's really not my taste. For what it is, the album is fine. But if you're looking for substance, you'll need to look elsewhere. Vocally, Spears sounds more natural and less processed than she will in later works. Arrangements are tight and boppy, if a little shallow. Ultimately, most of the songs are forgettable, although the title track is a pretty solid pop song. I can understand why this might be a touchstone for some people of a certain age, but I was 28 when this came out. I don't need to hear it again. Fave Songs: ..Baby One More Time, (You Drive Me) Crazy, Born to Make You Happy
Holy shit this is a bad album and represents the awfulness that is late 90s pop. Why the hell is this album even on the list, when other good albums have been completely left off? I hated this album when it came out and I didn't listen to it completely then. It did not get any better with time. Also why is there a reggae style song? Songs were skipped. Pure shit. Please avoid.
Why on earth is this on the list.
Sometimes an artist’s best album is their greatest hits and that’s absolutely fine.
Just not my cup of tea. Very bland late 90's pop.
I don't think I've ever really *listened* to this album, but I've definitely heard most of these songs before. It took until track 8 until I felt I was listening to something that didn't sound familiar. Not sure if that's because I've actually heard these songs before, or if that so much of the pop music from this period is all made in the same mold and sounds so damn similar. I feel like these songs have said all they have to say musically long before the runtime is up. You could shave a minute off of most of these songs and not lose anything. Title track feels like the only real standout. The guitar solo in the second song was a bit of a surprise (seems a remix was the version that got the radio play), but it's gone before it does anything meaningful. The Beat Goes On is a nice curveball. The cover doesn't redeem the album, but is worth checking out if only for how different it is from the rest. 1/5
Wasn't my cup of tea in high school, still isn't my cup of tea today. Title track had a nice funky beat under it. Otherwise, forgettable.
The Beat Goes On was surprisingly solid. But, y'know.
No, just no. I don't care how many copies it sold. I don't care if it is Britney bitch.
Yup
...Baby One More Time is the debut album by American singer Britney Spears. After being a child star on the Disney Channel, Britney Spears wanted to become a pop icon and was excited to produce this album. The album received mixed reviews - because although commercially successful - it was also seen as a little premature for a start in her music career. However, the album has since been hailed for its major impact on pop culture and has been cited as one of the most influential pop records of all time. It topped the Billboard 200, has been certified 14x platinum (diamond), is Spears' best-selling album as well as the best-selling debut album by a female, and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time. The title track single became iconic, topping charts around the world and becoming one of the best-selling singles of all time. Obviously the title track single is what blew up this album and jumpstarted Britney Spears' singing career, because the rest of the tracks on this album are just competent enough to pass as decent pop music. It's a record breaking album that revived the teen pop scene for the next decade (I won't list out all the broken records as it will take too long). Everyone and their mom has heard ...Baby One More Time and especially Oops!... I Did It Again from Spears' second album of the same name, so that says something about this album's success. Personally, I don't like pop - especially teen pop - so this album wasn't anything special to me. It is nostalgic because I grew up with this music, but listening back on it I can hear that although she is super talented, the album may have been rushed out to meet demand. Her second album is when Spears really showed her stride of attempting to become a global superstar.
Si. Tiene un single histórico. Pero la lisura, vagueza y falta de todo de este disco es vergonzosa 3/10.
Ugh. Typical pop album. Nothing special here… let’s move on. 2.5/5
Æ þetta er eitthvað svo fallega saklaust, en samt ekki. Áfram Britney!
The title track? Good. Nice to dance to. The rest of the album? Gad. It was a tacky as a neurotic college kid’s corkboard. Not to mention that this was all going on before Spears turned 18, which… mercy. At least I have the non-US cover in my collection to save face when someone asks me what it’s doing there.
DIVA!
Awww come on people!? It's Britney? This was massive. She was massive. The video was massive. For sheer impact on our Western culture this is right up there and whether you loved it or loathed it we've all heard it. As someone else said the album is top heavy probably because the producers didn't think people would get to listen all the way through? And to think this has a string of awards and record sales stats attached to it. Bless.
I grew up during the 00s and even then i hated the sound of 00s pop so this is a very personal rating. music wise it is regular pop nothing extremely good or bad. i had to skip the first 3 songs which are the most famous one's because i involuntary heard em to many times growing up.
Eén goed nummer (de titelsong) maar voor de rest vrij dramatisch. Aan het begin gaat het nog, het eind is echt niks. Had beter een EP kunnen zijn, onbegrijpelijk dat het een volledig album is geworden. 1,5 ster als het kon, dus we ronden toch maar af naar 2.
It's classic, it's cheesy, it's 90s fabulous - singing into your hairbrush whilst trying on your mums make-up questioning your sexuality... wait, what?!
That's embarassing
Well.... It's Britney spears.
Umm disappointing Sunday for a lazy Sunday...the title track is a banger as they they say. The rest depends into very lightweight cheezy pop. Insubstantial. 2
Listen, I was a 12 year old girl when this album came out. Let's not pretend I wasn't into this. I never owned this CD but I am familiar with a third of the tracks. I think there are too many schmaltzy filler songs, but otherwise, there are some great songs here. Gonna forward this review to myheart@britneyspears.com because she asked me to.
Please not one more time! One time is more than enough. Some silly on ear in one ear out commercial pop songs with some hits and a lot of filler material.
A bit surprised to see this album on the list. Sure, it was culturally significant but musically not so much. Nothing bad about it, just basic bubblegum pop music. 3 stars.
In the early 2000s one of my best friends at school had a 'shoe box of shame' within which lurked albums that he was too embarrassed to store on his CD shelf, lest anyone see them. Owning this record as a schoolboy was bad enough, but as an adult it would be even more questionable (particularly if you happened to buy a version with the North American album cover). The big hit singles could, at a stretch, almost be considered ok(ish) late 90s manufactured pop music, but in retrospect even these aren't great. Go beyond the singles and this is really awful. Overall this album has aged about as gracefully as it's creator. Unlike Britney, however, the record doesn't deserve any sympathy. Rating: 1.5/5 Playlist track: ...Baby One More Time Date listened: 24/01/23
Tough one for me. Interesting to hear how low her natural voice is on the filler tracks. Saga more interesting than the music.
Skip this unless you've been already a fan of Britney or you like sugary pop. Otherwise it'll melt your teeth (and ears). Songs from this album made me wince back then in 90s and they still do. Best song: The Beat Goes On (the only song that has something going on, trip-hop vibe; shame the lyrics are atrocious) Worst song: Born to Make You Happy (key change feels like "nails on a chalkboard"-bad)
Pop comercial. Un par de megahits. Ni fu ni fa.
Shit.
I dint listen to the whole thing but five stars defintiely
I recognize the hits, but that's kind of all I'm taking away from this album. Also E-Mail My Heart. Could be a time for a more modern version.
Nothing against Britney, plus there are some iconic songs on this album, but Max Martin doesn't write good lyrics, catchy songs yes, but those lyrics are cringe.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Baby one more time, Crazy, Sometimes, Born to make you happy, Autumn goodbye
Like a giant bag of haribo - all sugary sweet but surprisingly varied in flavour.
I really tried to approach this one with an open mind, but after a listen it's just not for me. It definitely does capture the late 90's pop music to a T.
A travel to my early teenage years with these sugar pop tunes. Some of these songs shaped the pop ecosystem from late 90s and still resonate today. The songs themselves, don’t say anything, but became a musical zeitgeist - if you are a film direct and want to tell your audience that it’s class of 99s dance, you play “you drive me crazy” and boom! The album itself, is front loaded. The hits on side A, filler on side B. However, if you pay attention, your payback comes in form of gems like “email my heart” which is one of the more curious tracks you could ever hear… think of your grandkids laughing at a track released on 2021 named “Tinder Crush”
Jeez that was a though listen. Had some bangers though
If it wasn't for the few big hits from this album, she would never have been such a success. The well known songs like Crazy, Baby One More Time, and Born to Make You Happy are great and nostalgic. But I can gladly never listen to the others again.
Listened Before? Y Well, this one was an interesting choice... I have heard it before, as I actually owned this back in the day just like 20 million other people. Now that it's had 20 years to settle in, I can see why it made this list. This album was highly influential in pop music and images in its time. It touched off a decade of female pop that a lot of people didn't see coming and paved the way for future generations (see Miley Cyrus). With all the struggles that Britney has faced over her life and career, this seems like a snapshot in time where she was simultaneously young and at the top of her game performance wise. The songs are a mixture of forgettable tunes and absolute bangers. Not an album I'll listen to over and over, but one I can respect. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: ...Baby One More Time, (You Drive Me) Crazy
I'm a huge pop fan and have always loved Brit, and therefore, I have to appreciate this album on some level. Not only did it introduce America's beloved pop princess, it also introduced Max Martin to the public through the title track-- the most influential pop writer of the last 30 years. That being said, the majority of this album does not live up to the first two tracks, which are fantastic. Britney has better albums-- particularly Blackout.
Probably deserves to be on the list for cultural impact? The title track still sounds huge and a couple of the other singles are either also genuinely decent or at least hold some nostalgia value. The rest is trash, really. But I suppose it was primarily aimed at kids.
This album is like candy, it looks shiny and colourful but it rots your teeth.
28th December 2022 Listened while chilling in the morning in Norfolk. Pub, games in the afternoon. Told Jen’s family about the baby. Snuck in at the Death to give us the ultimate 90s sound.
Ok, well. It's not as bad as I remember. I mean it's super over-produced, the lyrics are shallow and inane, and she's kind of terrible at singing. But... Maybe it's the perspective that this project has given me but, well... it's not Bjork or Devo so I guess it could be worse.
OK, I listened to it before I died...
-"...Baby One More Time" is a classic and very catchy, with a highly recognizable intro -Rest of the album is perfectly cromulent pop music. I seemed to have a slight preference for the first half of the album or so. ("...Baby One More Time," "(You Drive Me) Crazy," "Sometimes," and "Soda Pop"). They seemed to be a bit more upbeat and have more stuff happening. -Long story short, the big hit was good, rest is not my style, but perfectly cromulent music
I feel like some of my earliest music tastes were from riding in the car listening to pop radio when stuff like this was playing
First 3 songs were pretty good. then idk what happened at soda pop and onwards
Hit Me Baby One More Time is amazing. The rest of the songs are horrible.
Pop comercial. Un par de megahits. Ni fu ni fa.
Menos ...Baby One More Time, no me ha gustado nada. Me ha decepcionado.
Rating a little higher than it deserves because the first three tracks are so iconic. The rest.... is fine. I was surprised by how strong her vocals are on this compared to her later work.
first listen pretty forgettable
Why? Why do I have to relive this? This record was garbage in the 90's when I had to hear the song every 40 minutes on the Blockbuster Trailer tapes. And it's shit now. This is the worst record so far on this list. I did make it though. And now I am having a bad day.
3.25
Aina ihana Britni <3
Oli tässä oma viehätyksensä kuunnella ja muistella
Un peu catchy sur les bords
failli me faire choper en train d'écouter Britney au bureau, j'adore l'adrénaline
Britney's low register and then 'Britney' noises she makes in transition.... Oh baby baby, I love them. The sugar coated with saccharine, honey sandwich of this album is a bit much much though. Email my heart some soda pop 🥺
I had high hopes for this, so I've got to say it was a letdown. Track 1 is a classic, track 2 is good, and the rest sound like generic offcuts from the Spice Girls, Natalie Imbruglia and Backstreet Boys. I do love that there is a track called Email My Heart, that's wild. Maybe the next album is better?
Gazillion selling single, so it must be an amazing pop album full of gems, right? Wrong, horribly so. Nothing extraordinary or notable. Another huge disappointment, although I do know diamonds like Toxic are still to come from a host of brilliant songwriters using the pop star Britney vessel.
That stuffy, sexualised teen nasal voice. That glossy marketable plastic backing band. Sheesh.
Ok romp through the past. First three songs are classics. Also enjoy the last song too. The rest were okay. Weirdly, I couldn’t stop thinking about those Christian songs that were playing around then. Some of those songs sound exactly like them.
Heard it before?: No Enjoy it?: Yeah I did, it’s very decent for it’s time and has a really nice and easy listen run of timeless pop here Favourite song: Track 5 - Born To Make You Happy
Is it cheesy 90's pop? Absolutely. Honestly the second half is pretty forgettable, and it's hard to listen to without thinking of Britney's mistreatment at the hands of, everyone, basically. Still a great 90's pop album.
What. Fresh. Hell. Even for 1999 pop. An aside. If in any doubt about the motives of Ms Spears backers: the music on this album is on a par with the music of S Club Seven. Which is to say, aimed at twelve year olds and made by a notional big sister or brother. It's impossible to unthinkable "(Baby Hit Me) One More Time" (although the Travis cover does help. But it'll be interesting to do the Lady Gaga test on this song and video.
Who says sex doesn't sell, and on review that she was 16 at the time of its release, its a bit concerning. But the video was clearly imprinted on my brain Beat goes on was a pleasant surprise, though there are better versions.
Baby One More Time (the song) is undeniably a masterpiece. Britney slays the vocals, the piano has attitude, the classic 90's drum beats. I love this song fervently. And with the slight exception of a couple other tracks that's about where it ends for me in the praise department. Nothing else comes close to it on this album and a lot of these songs sound seriously phoned in. Sometimes has possibly the most awkward key change I've ever heard in a song. Email My Heart may have aged worse than any song we're likely to review. The Beat Goes On really shouldn't. When I listen to this album I feel like I'm trapped in a chair at the dentist's office. 2/5. Gonna strongly recommend the music of Rina Sawayama here. She's inspired by a lot of the production and vocal stylings of Britney but is a much better and more interesting songwriter. Check out her EP Rina
I could not stop laughing through the first 15-20 minutes of this album. I think the song “E-mail my heart” finally broke me. Bad in an enjoyable way, and good in some ways that count. The producers are clearly having tons of fun with their assignment. It’s not jaded, apathetic, soulless pop… it’s often very silly, but you can have fun with it. So dated, too! Every one of Britney Spears’ songs have the same quality of her album covers: you can tell immediately what year it was made in, because there could be no other.
I didn’t get the whole way through the album, but it was a fun, somewhat mindless collection of songs to listen to while driving to the gym. I think she’s drawn on a lot of different genres in this album. Some highlights: From the Bottom of my Broken Heart has major Bee Gees Vibes! I love it. I was really into the Soda Pop song mainly for the reggae singer. I wish he was on more songs! I Will Still Love You (with Don Phillip) was so good. I actually think they have a great vocal match and the harmonies are simple and beautiful. How can you go wrong? I didn’t make it all the way to E-Mail My Heart but went back to listen after reading Jacobs review. Wow! But not in a great way. Overall, a lot of skips on here, but this was a crucial album in 1999. I was but a mere 4-years-old but it endures in my consciousness even now. I also love the cover art, it’s so cute.
It's Britney, bitch Dat het leuke popsongs zijn, zeker. Maar of ik het daarom goed vind, da's wat anders
This album starts off with two absolute bangers and a ballad that bops. It had me thinking, "Is Britney Spears really going to get a 5 star review from me?" Then "Soda Pop" comes in with a record scratch moment. "You may be wondering how I got here." Indeed. This song is so laughably bad, that if taken out the album would easily be four stars if not five. The real problem isn't the one-off horror of "Soda Pop" and its not-as-bad-but-perhaps-cheesier cousin "E-mail My Heart" but rather that the rest of the songs don't come even close to the pop goodness that is the opening three songs. There are GOOD songs on this album ("Thinkin' About You" and "The Beat Goes On" to name some of the more memorable tunes) but only "...Baby One More Time," "(You Drive Me) Crazy," and "Sometimes" are truly GREAT.
Nope
🎵 MY LOWER BACK 🎵 IS KILLING ME 🎵(and I)🎵 I MUST CONFESS SO ARE MY KNEES 🎵(ow, my knees)🎵
Iconic Princess of Pop, truly the sound of a generation. As far as I am concerned, it earns a 5 based solely on the importance in music.
Na een klein dansje verdween dit album toch al snel op de achtergrond. plots was ik al bij nummer 9. Kortom, nee.
Altijd op een bepaalde manier sympathie gevoeld voor Britney. Niet echt vanwege haar muziek en zeker niet voor deze plaat. Wat een hopeloze gedateerde ellende.
Nope, dit kan je echt niet menen....
Ver-schrik-ke-lijk. Ik dacht dat dit misschien nog best aardig kon zijn, maar het is werkelijk niet te harden. Dat iele brave girl-next-door stemmetje. Hopeloos gedateerd en saai.
Toegegeven, er staan een paar catchy liedjes op dit album. Verder is het ten hemel schrijend. Die stem! Alsof ze aan een heliumballon heeft gehangen.
If someone came to my room while I was listening to this album, I'd just switch to porn because that would be easier to explain. Bad music! The Goblin King awakens from his slumber!
naw
Am I a certified Girl Boss now? #FreeBritney
Pop so chewy it’s almost tiring.
In retrospect, this album is incredibly sad. A young teen singing songs for teens but also older adults :|
I made sure to come with an open mind for this album since it came out when I was young and I didn't care for Britney Spears. Listening to it in 2022, it really starts off with a bang, before really becoming the same thing. Very front loaded and the rest of the stuff after the first couple of songs is disposable and forgettable. Better work was done by people like Max Martin later. The first couple of songs are bangers though. 2.5/5
I am trying to decide how much time to spend on this review. I don't want to be overly picky about what I listend to. ...Baby One More Time is the first full album I've listened to from Britney Spears, even though I have heard several songs. My shortest review is that the best tracks got an "okay" from me, but more of the tracks got a "no thanks". Too many songs with lyrics about a life changing love... from a teenager. The album felt very crafted, but it was hard to not see the album as a collection of tracks hoping to make it's mark in pop-culture. Spears was successful with an entry into pop-culture, but the music feels weak.
Britney tackles some heavy topics on he debut and does it with grace and a positive attitude! Nothing terribly offensive here 3 stars!
It's a very good example of bubble gum pop so I understand why it's on the list, but it's really hard to listen to as a grown adult.
Classic! Pretty typical 90s-00s pop.
As much as it's not my kind of music this is an iconic album. The entire thing in one go was a bit much, but truth be told I never had a listen to the whole thing! Saved tracks: ...Baby One More Time, (You Drive Me) Crazy, E-Mail My Heart, The Beat Goes On, I Will Be There
As far as pop albums go, it's ok. A bit formulaic and the sound of the late 90s shiny Max Martin pop. Not terrible but not amazing.
I have an ice-cream headache.
Basic and Overrated.
This album was very popular growing up, sure, but even back then I wasn’t a fan of it
Decent voice, but not much of interest for me
i really like britney spears as a person and a singer! i think she sings well and has great songs. this album, however, was rather lacking. it's overproduced in a word. this album was created to appeal to the youth instead of creating music for the sake of creating music, which is exactly how we wound up with a song like "email my heart"--yikes! that isn't to say there aren't good songs. the album starts out so strong with "... baby one more time", "(you drive me) crazy", and "sometimes". those are three amazing songs and are still so good in 2023. the rest of the album falls off so quickly and becomes forgettable drivel. it's unfortunate. that leaves me with an in between score of a 3; i would give a 5 for the opening tracks, but the rest of the tracks bring it down to a 3. of course i have to mention max martin. he's amazing with creating pop music, and it's no surprise his stamp is on this album but most notably the opening track. side note: it's possible to not like britney spears/this album and not dunk on the fact she's a woman.
Britney is an iconic pop star, but she has mostly rode on her incredible singles career. Drilling down too far into most of her albums usually reveals a lot of forgettable fluff. This album is really no exception. However, this album, despite the overall quality, propelled bubblegum pop back into the forefront of music and ushered in a period of such for the 2000s. It pushed Britney to the forefront of music in a world that was thought to have moved to catering mostly to pop groups versus individual pop star acts. From a pop culture perspective, this is probably one of the most influential albums of all time (granted, mostly due to the title track), and it makes sense that this album would be here. This album has a few incredibly memorable, iconic tracks (Baby One More Time, Crazy, Sometimes, Born to Make You Happy) and a couple of cringy tracks (Soda Pop and E-Mail My Heart; for what it's worth, those songs were cringy back when they came out, too). The remainder of the album doesn't really stand out and kind of blends into one (albeit, listenable) mix. However, Autumn Goodbye was a very obscure bonus track only released in some markets, but I always thought it stood out among the other tracks on this album and should have been part of the main release. It pleases me that I have a platform to advocate for it now; it could have been a solid contender on the album at the time. Again, this album is mostly here on this project due to the cultural impact of one track, the title track. When you think about it, it is arguably even more impressive that one track could launch such a craze and reshape the pop landscape. But for the purpose of rating the albums as wholes, if you step back and look at the album as such, it just kind of becomes average. It's still very listenable and enjoyable if you like this era of pop, but the merit of Britney can't really be perceived in her album work.
Not availanle
It's Britney bitch
Solid
Ugh. I'm almost the exact same age as Britney. I remember being icked by her treatment by the media, and how she was presented as a teen. I can't get over that when listening. I guess this is a great example of 90s pop, but most of the songs remind me of the end credits of bad romance movies. I actually said "wtf" at Soda Pop, and cracked up at "Email My Heart" Why is this my longest review?
The pinnacle of bubble gum pop. Feels dated today, though.
some songs I hadn't heard before, she actually has a great voice
El disco abre con una canción muy conocida y la segunda también la reconocí. De ahí en adelante la mayoría de las canciones siguen la misma fórmula pero sin lograr destacar. Hay un par de canciones que suenan diferente pero sin llegar a ser buenas. Entre todos los discos reseñados he encontrado pop buenísimo (hola Tay-Tay) pero este disco no es el caso.
Habiendo pop muy bueno en la lista (Taylor Swift) este es el contraejemplo y creo que llega a la lista solo por el hecho de su relevancia en la cultura pop, pero no por su calidad. Por todos lados se nota la asquerosa mano de Max Martin: el teclado, los stabs, los silencios para entrar a repetir el coro, la guitarra acústica de fondo. Aquí creo un molde que se debió haber destruido en vez de usarse diez millones de veces más. Me sorprende que conozco demasiadas canciones del disco. Sin duda por haberle dedicado una infinidad de chances. 😏 Y creo que la parte que podría valer la pena es que Britney sí tiene una voz interesante: bastante rango, cambios interesantes entre nasal y pecho, etc. Igual eso no alcanza más que para su 2.
3/5. Surprisingly more enjoyable than I was expecting. Fell off near the end of the album but overall pretty solid for what it is.
Trigger teilweise Erinnerungen aus Kindheit, dennoch nicht mein Fall.
I wasn't a Britney girl I have to say and listening to this I've remembered why - literally every song is about a boy and some romance thing! I was not interested in this at all. I respect Britney Spears and of course appreciate she was THE pop icon of the time, but this simply isn't for me. Was a slog getting through that
I didn't really care at the time and I don't really care now. Sure Britney was popular and what not but still just a shit pop album in my opinion.
Though this record is considered a "hallmark" for pop music reviving the teen pop genre, I would say it's more of a pop culture time-stamp of the end of rock music and the start to a horrible decade of music, the 2000's. Britney has been as much in the public eye recently, as the original hype for this record. I shutter when I hear her perform songs from this 23 years later, as the songs are dated sounding and the lyrics sound ridiculous coming from a woman in her 40's mouth. Since the songs were written by middle-aged men maybe it makes sense? This is the first time I've listened to the whole album (at least what I want to admit too) and clearly the songs, videos and the hoopla that goes along with the the Britney circus is targeted to a specific target audience....and I'm not it!
A decent pop album with a very 90s sound. Plenty of nostalgia for us old timers. I was agreeably surprised by a few tracks that went a bit out of the usual pop sound.
First song carries, rest are the same gg
I am a 28 year old male and know many of these songs just by virtue of having ridden in my mother’s car.
Definitely see how this album really had a public. Britney Spears into fame. Typical pop music. Very catchy. Worth at least one listen.
Starts off strong with some absolute pop classics. Then it goes off the boil quite quickly.
The first two songs are pretty good but the rest quite boring
...Baby One More Time (the song) is legendary. I also quite like Crazy, Sometimes, and The Beat Goes On. Thanks to Poundland I own this album, and I pretty much always turn it off at Soda Pop (as an aside, that song is such a bizarre vibe change). Having now listened to the rest of the album, I can say that it is cheesy to the max and unfortunately this drags down the quality. Points for the perfect 90s song title "E-mail My Heart" though.
2.5. Really?
I can't believe I'm going listen to this album again, I never thought that would happen. Somehow it's even more painful then I recall.
That was terrible. Just awful. The only tolerable song was the Sonny Bono cover.
Dated pop trash. Way past its expiration date or relevance
I was trying to find a way to rate this higher than a 1. It has two singles that topped the charts, so it can't be THAT bad, can it. Yes, yes it can. It's terribly dated, way overproduced, bland, AND infuriating at the same time. It's really not good, and I'm glad it was removed from future versions of the book.
American high school movie pop music, not really my thing
Are you kidding me? I'm 46 years old. I can´t go in my car listening to this.
Here is one of those albums I've been hoping was on this list, or at least, an album that has some incredible songs that I was obsessed with as a kid but never actually had the CD or listened all the way through. So I'm glad it's on this list so I can finally dive in. Obviously the first three tracks are pop classics, and while none of the other tracks reach those same heights, it can't be denied what this album did for music at the time. So many other artists in this genre wouldn't exist without this, even if a lot of the songs have similar themes of a woman needing a man to be complete. Those themes don't hold up as well in our current day, but as a time capsule, this album is great. I’d normally give an album like this a 3 but due to the prestige I gotta give it a 4.
No thanks. I know and like the first track ("like" is a relative term here), but everything else feels so painfully pop-manufactured and dated to the era. Skipped most of the tracks, just not feeling this at all. One good laugh for the track titled "Email My Heart." I've noticed that most of my "one stars" on here are more of 1.5 stars, or like a 3 out of 10. But to be sure, anything in the 1-3 range is bad. This is a stinker. Favorite tracks: Baby One More Time. Album art: Goofy font for her name, and the portrait is just weird. I mean c'mon, this is a former Mickey Mouse club child performer, album is released right after she turns 17, and they went with this kind of pic/aesthetic? Christgau called her a "girl next door version of Madonna," I'm not in a position to say he's wrong but is that not a concerning label to attach to a minor? Something just don't feel right. Hindsight's 20/20 but I can't help but feel like launching a girl into pop stardom in this way contributed, at least in part, to the troubled life she's lived. 1.5/5
Oh yes, this smells like the 90's. Good memories.
I’m shocked. While not my thing in many, many ways, this album is actually quite good. I’d heard the singles released from this before…..I mean what American hasn’t? And used those to prejudge the album. Not aa incorrect assessment for style and taste, but this album most certainly doesn’t suck.
Didn't completely hate it! Vocal effects are a little ick.
It sounds like they took some built-in phone ringtones and wrote super generic lyrics that reference "you," "love," and "heart" as many times as possible.
Disco muy pop con una voz y canciones optimistas y llenas de vitalidad
You know I'm a sucker for a good Britney album. Love it
2.5 - This record shoots its wad early, within the first three tracks. After that, songs churn out on a conveyor belt, each vaguely similar in their glossy sheen but with slightly varied deformities. I like how one critic sums it all up: "a collection of either competent pop songs underwhelmingly executed or underwhelmingly written pop songs competently executed." This is the music you hear as you accompany your tween daughter to purchase her first thong.
Pocs haguessin dit quan va sortir aquest disc que seria amb la maduresa quan Britney faria els seus millors discos, amb 'In the Zone' i 'Blackout'. En la seva estrena, un gran tema titular, clàssic del pop de finals de segle, i poc més. Bubblegum pop consistent però que no aporta gaire, a més d'una versió innecessària. La revolució va venir més per la seva imatge i carisma que per les cançons aquí incloses
ahaha on mon dieu que ca me rappelle des souvenirs. ....baby one more time, Crazy et Sometimes etaient la trame sonore de l'été 1999. Des hits, cependant, ce type de pop vieilli mal pour moi, surtout pour un album de 1h00... Je donne un 3.5 en souvenir de notre jeunesse et parce que j'était très fan de Oups I did it again
I have to admit, when I saw this pop up, I was happy to have a happy little throwback album to listen to for the day. Baby One More Time and You Drive Me Crazy are both bops, Sometimes was sort of blah, but Soda Pop is the song that broke me. I had tried skipping to the next song, but it didn’t erase Soda Pop from my brain. I had to abandon the experiment partway through when I saw there was still 12 tracks ahead of me.
Not as bad as I was expecting tbf -- although maybe it's just the nostalgia because most of the singles were still pretty banging while the b-sides didn't really do anything for me. The cover of The Beat Goes On was pretty bizarre, overall it was mostly fine 62/100 gecs
It's Britney, Bitch!
It's not terrible, just not for me. I did look into the meaning of ...Baby One More Time and it seems to a non-native English speaker "hit me" means "call me". I mean hit me up some time Britney we can have a chat. Fave song, Autumn Goodbye, mostly because it's the last song.
danny_devito_nope.gif Fave track - well, I was gonna say "The Beat Goes On" but it has a damn advert baked into the end of it. I'd give this one star but I don't want to dilute the purity of my contempt for Kid Rock 😠
What is this doing in this list? I don’t mind a decent pop album, but this cheesy nonsense!
Un très bon album pop. Pour quelqu’un qui n’aime pas beaucoup le pop, j’ai adoré les performances de vocaux de Britney, et les beats très pop culture, malgré que certains soit peu inspiré. Il y a aussi des très bon featuring.
BANGERS!