SIREN: The BRITNEY Bash is Friday. Oh, you don't have the new album? I will be reviewing and giving away four tracks per day this week (Mon-Wed), as well as dedicating the entire week to Pop's most intriguing starlet.
The first four are below:
Till The World Ends
The album opener, and current (new/2nd) single, this is probably the best song with which to open an album. The song is a good balance of reserved energy (that slowly crescendos) in her verses, while also having an anthemic, albeit nonsensical, chorus. The bridge-like climax at the 2:36 is the best part of the track (repeated again at 3:38). A good entrance to an album does exactly what this song does... it just happens to be good enough to become a single. This isn't nearly the best track on the record, but it's quite good for the Princess of Pop. I'll even forgive the fact that "Till" is a verb, and it technically should be 'Til. 7.0/10
Hold It Against Me
This song was a terrible choice for a first single. Really? Once you listen to this album, you realize how many other tracks she could have used, but weren't. Still, I think she has very little to say about such. I can go on rants about how the song is basically a marketing tool by her management to keep the lowest-aptitude rung of her fans engaged, and how stupid the lyrics and music are... but it's a pop song. Nothing Ke$ha or Katy Perry has released was any better, except for the formers unreleased tracks Animal and Boots & Boys. If nothing else, there is one remix by Schim (I will post my edit of that soon on the DJ MAJR page) that does this song justice and reminds you that if you have one or the other (quality lyrics or good production), it will be a tolerable track, if not good. 3.5/10
Inside Out
This song has an age-old premise of break-up sex set to a slow BPM and a unneeded belt-out (that she sure cannot reproduce live... but that's a foregone conclusion). This song is meant for drunk white bitches at house parties to grind into the corner of their fridge, thinking it's an unsuspecting gentleman. Not even the decent production on this track can save this from being the worst song on the album. Hands down horrible. But, don't get discouraged... one of the best songs is coming up next! 1.5/10
I Wanna Go
For me, this was the song where my ears raised up like Scooby-Do and I took notice. "What is this Time Machine-esque (Robyn) track," I asked myself. This song was quality pop, completely catchy, and I will not surprise me if it's her biggest hit off the record. It is as if her producers took notice that they can never make her into the aggressive electro siren that is Lady Gaga, but instead should focus on borrowing the styles of the rest of the synth-pop world, namely Kylie Minogue and Robyn. These artists have some edge, but it's their carefree (without being asinine) lyrics on top of immaculate production that make them infectious. This song is Max Martin producing at his best. It's no surprise that he also produced Time Machine. Consider this track the beginning of what is her best album since, if not better than, the pop diamond In The Zone. 8.5/10
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