Blackout

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Agreeing with Alexis Petridis' Britney review is surprise enough - but I'm even more amazed that the Guardian has devoted an ACTUAL LEADER COLUMN to go on about how good Blackout is!

In fact, even speaking as someone who really likes the record - the Guardian is overstating things a lot: this is really good, up-to-date, dance-pop and it'll appeal to Europeans more than Americans I guess because of that, but it's not an outrageous sideways step for pop or anything. It's no MORE fresh sounding than Madonna's Music or the first Girls Aloud album or Rachel Stevens' second one were when they came out - coherent, consistent, filler-free pop albums have been a regular feature of this decade, if anything Britney's catching onto that a bit late.*

(I don't necessarily want this to be a big Blackout thread tho cos lots of people haven't heard it yet)

*this is unfair - her last one was pretty consistently good but less coherent I think. Anyway Blackout is better.

Comments

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Petridis is right basically: it's absolutely all about shagging except for "Piece Of Me" which is a dark electro paranoia song about the paparazzi (self-indulgent but also quite funny).

Funniest title of the year: "Get Naked (I Have A Plan)"

[atommickbrane.livejournal.com]

I thought it was "Get YOU Naked (I Have A Plan)" but either way yes shared roffles all round. Haven't heard it obv.

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

I just googled blackout site:zshare.net and lo and behold there it was.

[katstevens.livejournal.com]

Clearly "Get Naked (I Has A Plan)" would be better!

[alexmacpherson.livejournal.com]

There's something v defiantly shameless about someone whose looks have been pilloried for two years and counting devoting an entire album to how hott and sexxxy she is!

[celentari.livejournal.com]

YES! Aside from the pop, this is why I love her, the brazen minx.

(Although I don't love her enough to pay for delivery, thus Amazon cheap-skate rates will see me listening to this no sooner than Wednesday 31st.)

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I think the angle is more "I really like fucking" than "Look I'm hott and sexy" - I haven't really homed in on the lyrics tho cos they don't leap out at you much and I've only listened twice. I have never been remotely convinced by breathy sexy Britney before though and this is definitely a step up.

[nicolars.livejournal.com]

I do love that title.