Circus (Deluxe Version)

Britney Spears | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: December 2, 2008
• Label: Jive
• Copyright: (P) 2008 Zomba Recording LLC
• Total Length: 52:55
• Genres:
• ASIN: B001L2BIHU
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (280 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,208 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Pop album of 2008, December 2, 2008

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Jeremy Gloff (Tampa, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Circus (Audio CD)

Length:: 2:38 Mins

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grab Yourself a Ringside Seat, December 2, 2008

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Rudy Palma "The Writing Fiend" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Circus (Audio CD)

Last year's "Blackout" was a strong pop record that sold well, peaking at #2 on the Billboard charts and yielding a handful of hit singles. "Circus," therefore, represents more of a personal than musical comeback for Spears.

The good sense to release "Womanizer" - a chugging, energetic slice of guilty pleasure dance/pop with no self-conscious lyrical connection to Spears' personal life - as the lead single for the album - her second #1 single and first of the late 2000s - has certainly paid off.

"Circus" contains many potential smashes, suggesting it may have a shelf life of significant length. The naughty "If U Seek Amy" is all sass and swagger, and the title track percolates and bubbles with hyperactive energy. "Lace and Leather" is spare, sexy sensuality with its downbeat tempo and spacey synths, and "Kill the Lights" is an out-the-ballpark smash with its frothy tempo changes and matter-of-fact, detached vocal delivery.

It may take a few plays for the hooks to settle in, but these are songs are not Disney radio-fodder pop machinizations to be forgotten by next week. These hooks are contagious and, most importantly, completely fun.

Spears again attempts light, melancholy balladry in the vein of "Sometimes" and "Everytime (sp: Every Time)" after last year's "Blackout" was wall-to-wall sexual energy and party jams. "Unusual You" is a new variation on "Everytime" with a cushier, more understated hook that could spell surprise mega-smash, although such could also happen for full-throttle breakup ballad "Out From Under," even if its lyrics lean toward the overly literal. The soft, devotional "My Baby" provides a strong, unexpected conclusion.

Surprisingly, "Circus" is not a pure cotton candy/crackerjack sugar rush. Such a description is truer of "Blackout," which was unpretentious fun from top to bottom. Rather, it is "Circus" that is the more ambitious, mixed record, and, most importantly, it works where it should.

This deluxe edition contains a DVD including behind-the-scenes footage and the "Womanizer" video, 2 bonus tracks ("Rock Me In" and "Phonography") as well as a 2-sided poster.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Britney Deluxe (Back Where She Belongs), December 2, 2008

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A. Trujillo "Madge" (CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Circus (Audio CD)

I have to tell you I started listening to the album tracks weeks ago and loved about 13 out of the 15 songs that were going to be in the deluxe version. I bought the album of course today, had to go to 3 stores to find it (Walmart and Target were sold out so had to go to Best Buy) well worth it. My top songs of the album are Womanizer, Unusual You, If You Seek Amy, Circus, Out From Under, Kill The Lights and Phonography. Special Bonus in the Deluxe is the DVD (Interview about the making of the album), the directors cut of womanizer video, and a photos section (this part was not the best only has about 5-6 photos) but all is foregiven Britney is back with a vengeance...This deluxe edition definately worth it..you hear that Beyonce.