Greatest Hits: My Prerogative

Posted by New Admin on Wednesday, July 22nd 2009

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In the six years since her debut CD …Baby One More Time set Billboard charts a-trembling, Britney Spears has pried open pop music’s rusty cage and sprinkled her sex-kittenish fairy dust around like long-overdue disinfectant. She has also arguably done more for the neglected navel than Jennifer Lopez and BeyoncÃ© have done for the derriÃ¨re. But despite her well-earned reputation for boldness (to which releasing a greatest-hits package after just four discs can only add), Brit…
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Gambhiri Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @2:33 pm

5.0 out of 5 stars
Britney Is Not The Next Madonna, She Is In A League Of Her Own!!
People say that Britney tries too hard to be like Madonna but what non fans seize to realize is she just likes singing her music.

Batu Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @2:33 pm

I know her voice isn’t the greatest but the mixing & production of these tunes is nothing short of outstanding. I also know there are detractors who say she just relies on her body to make money. Yet, they fail to mention that she did in just 6 years what no female solo artist since Madonna’s heyday in the 1980s has done; that is go from a new artist with a great debut album to cultural superstar.
Her 3 new tunes are all great, My Prerogative is a great opener, I’ve Just Begun is a nice addition that holds its own against some of the legendary female artists around, & Do Somethin’ is a great closer with a beat that is solid.
The real strength here is the material amassed in such a span
of time. Baby One More Time, Oops! I Did It Again, Stronger, Lucky & Everytime are all very solid tunes that’re what carries the album & shows off her musical skills. The tracks aren’t in chronological order, but that’s okay because there’s so many good tunes here that it doesn’t matter that much to me. The musical quality of these tunes is nothing short of great on each one & the production & mixing are really solid & keep the album sounding so good.
I’d like to have seen Don’t Let Me Be The Last To Know & From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart make the cut as well, but this is still a very solid & tight greatest hits package that I’ve not seen a female solo artist pull off since Maddona’s wonderful The Immaculate Collection was done. I don’t know about the quality of the 6 bonus tracks as I’ve only got the standard 17-track disc.

Yan Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @3:06 pm

5.0 out of 5 stars
High-energy music great for singing and dancing along…and as a “best of,” you can listen straight thru w/o skipping tracks
Bad parenting/decision-making and emotional/mental instability aside, Britney Spears is definitely a hit maker.

Urvi Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @5:09 pm

Enough is enough, folks. Sure, this girl ain’t no Mariah Carey –though in her earliest works (such as “Soda Pop”) she sounds quite Christinaish– but she’s got a unique enough sound to be distinguishable on the radio. Can this be said about all teen sensations? Let’s talk about rappers: they don’t EVEN sing. Can they still be categorized as “singers” for speaking with rhythm? Uh huh, thought so. Britney Spears, like her or not, has become one of pop music’s biggest superstars – and most controversial. She’s had a slew of No. 1′s since her 1998 uber-smash “…Baby One More Time,” and has finally garnered that Grammy that’s eluded her since her first nominations. In the Zone shows us a more electrocized Spears but the latter ballads, should-be hit “Shadow” and Britney-composed “Everytime,” show the public the real girl behind the facade. Greatest Hits can be called such because she has had enough hit-age to put one out (“greatest hits” doesn’t mean “every single”). Congrats Britney. You’ve done a great job here.

Heller Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @5:23 pm

Britney’s “Greatest Hits: My Prerogative” is exactly what it sounds like – it’s all her greatest hits, although as the Amazon review stated, it’s missing “From the bottom of my broken heart”. However, Amazon also forgot (along with everyone else) about the second song it’s missing: “I love rock and roll”, from the album “Britney” and the Crossroads soundtrack- possibly because it was her only song not to make it up on the UK charts.

I personally like this album because while I am not a really big Britney fan and I don’t buy her CDs, “Greatest Hits: My Prerogative” has all her dance tunes lined up in neat procession, without the unneeded accompaniment of fillers and sappy love songs.

Her three “previously unreleased” songs are alright – “My Perogative” ‘s tell-it-like-it-is lyrics are quite empowering and speak true to Britney’s current tabloid-frenzied life, however, the album could probably due without track #16, “I’ve just begun (having my fun)”. A thoroughly pointless song that isn’t really catchy, I can’t see why it went so high on the online download charts. Yet #17 is more promising; again, not one of her best songs and not single-worthy, it reminds me (slightly) of Gwen Stefani’s new song “What you Waiting For?” – only without the sassiness of Ms. Stefani.

Overall, I think we finally have a Britney CD worthy buying, whether you’re a casual fan or a die-hard Britaholic. My only gripe, other than tracks #16 and #17, is the album cover. Could Britney possibly look any more emaciated or gross? As a teenager myself, I speak from experience when I say it’s pictures like that that make girls develop eating disorders.

Jennessa Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @5:36 pm

5.0 out of 5 stars
REALLY Great Greatest Hits Albums
Whereas many artists now put out Greatest Hits albums that are full of songs that are really nothing more than a collection of songs that were released to radio.

Zula Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @7:15 pm

5.0 out of 5 stars
Britney Spears rocks
i bought this CD when it first came out and i listened to it so much that i actually put this on my wish list on here to buy a new copy when i can since i outplayed my first…

Kafele Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @8:18 pm

5.0 out of 5 stars
CD
Great Product and seller! I ordered it on a Thursday and recieved on the following Saturday. Extremely fast!

Yamha Said,

July 22nd, 2009 @10:36 pm

2.0 out of 5 stars
Please don’t compare this to Madonna!
Please! Don’t ever compare Britney to Madonna! She will never ever be half of what Madonna was… This is called a Greatest Hits album! And this is when I wonder…

Umi Said,

July 23rd, 2009 @12:28 am

4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Record Ms. Spears!
Giving you a brief rundown of where I stand, I did enjoy “Baby One More Time” and “Oops I Did It Again.” My favorite is “Britney.” “In the Zone” had its moments.

Osgood Said,

July 23rd, 2009 @3:00 am

5.0 out of 5 stars
great cd!
This cd is great. It is full of Britney’s hits. Not a bad song on it.

Ugra Said,

July 23rd, 2009 @4:28 am

5.0 out of 5 stars
Britney Spears. THE pop STAR
This cd included all of Britney’s greatest hits. SHE has been around for a while. I love Britney and she will always be the best POP STAR EVER!

Vivi Said,

July 23rd, 2009 @5:20 am

5.0 out of 5 stars
STFU, SHE IS NOT ALWAYS BAD
I’ve been a britney fan since I was 12 years old.
And you know what? a majority of these reviews are from haters, people who dont like britney from her mistakes in the past…