Femme Fatale: A Poptastic Ride

I LOVE THIS ALBUM. I’m glad she stuck to what she does best: dance tracks. I mean ya, she got okay slow songs in her career but they’re not her forte. That’s why I also enjoyed Blackout which is rnb/hip-hop influenced, Femme Fatale is just more pop. Overall, the whole album is a cohesive party record that gave me days of LSS (last song syndrome) but for me here are the best tracks:

Till The World Ends immediately struck me as a club banger with that catchy “Whoa-oh-oh” phrase, I can’t get it outta my head. It took me a while to get Hold It Against Me but how can you ignore the lyrics? She took it a little slow on Inside Out but still delivers a could-be-single. (Drop Dead) Beautiful ft. Sabi and Gasoline are both feel-good upbeat songs. I like singing along with Trouble For Me as well. From the 4 bonus tracks, I was surprised that He About To Lose Me didn’t make the original tracklisting. The song has that amazing beat and i like the sentiment, hehe. It’s my favorite as of the moment.

Anyone like those songs too? What are your faves?

Britney’s #1 Again!

Femme Fatale debut at #1 at the Billboard Hot 200 this week! This marks her 6th album to debut at the top which is truly a remarkable feat. This gives her the 3rd spot for the most #1’s for a female artist behind only Madonna and Barbara Streisand and tie with Mariah Carey and Janet Jackson. Wow! That’s incredible… I mean it’s one thing for an artist to reach #1 but to actually debut at that spot 6 times is an achievement worthy of a true pop icon and of course, such dedicated fans. I’m bummed that the album doesn’t arrive here until the end of April but I’m happy with this news.

This album is her 7th studio release in which all, except for one, became no. 1. To my surprise, that one was Blackout which for me is one of her best so far (tie with Circus). Blame it on the VMA performance I guess and that underwhelming video. Moving on, Hold It Against Me was kind of like Womanizer in a way because I wasn’t sure how I felt about the song upon hearing for the first time but eventually, I couldn’t get it out of my head. With her 2nd video Till The World Ends already released and a much-talked about tour with Nicki Minaj, 2011 may be Britney’s best year yet. 🙂