womanizer britney

• New Music

As a comeback, it works. We are reminded of [Britney Spears]'s ultrapublic meltdown only gently, on the ballad Blur, where Britney gasps "what happened last night... I don't... remember." As a pop album, it's comfortably standard, complete with a few bright dance tunes, atmospheric, shapeless background music (Unusual You) and a waterfall-of-emotion ballad (My Baby, co-written by Britney about her sons). In other words, she's back to where she started: playing chameleon for meticulously produced and safely meaningless pop. ''' Unlike some of his peers, [Blake Shelton] displays his old-school influences proudly, with nods to Conway Twitty on 100 Miles and Waylon and Hank Jr. on Never Lovin' You. Bare Skin Rug is a tongue-in-cheek campfire song exploring hillbilly love, written and sung w...

... of woman that gives lip to jerks (as on Womanizer, the hookiest track). She's copping Madonna again ...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• September 01, 2009

• Britney Spears / Circus (Jive / Sony)

As a comeback, it works. We are reminded of [Britney Spears]'s ultrapublic meltdown only gently, on the ballad Blur, where Britney gasps "what happened last night... I don't... remember." As a pop album, it's comfortably standard, complete with a few bright dance tunes, atmospheric, shapeless background music (Unusual You) and a waterfall-of-emotion ballad (My Baby, co-written by Britney about her sons).

... of woman that gives lip to jerks (as on Womanizer, the hookiest track). She's copping Madonna again ...

• Winnipeg Free Press
• September 01, 2009