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Greatest Hits: My Prerogative

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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.

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.

The bestselling artist in the 21st century Britney Spears summarizes with this collection first six years of her outstanding career and shows her story from teenage sensation to icon of pop-culture. She started with simple catchy pop songs which were written for her just to be hits, but in the 21st century she was converted to less commercial r'n'b and club music instead of selling incredible amount of records and above all she began to write her own songs. This album is a certificate of evolution from manufactured teen idol to professional artist.

Spears has as many fans as anti-fans, so there are varied opinions about her music. But we must to admit that facts are on Spears' side, because her music achieved not only commercial success with 60 million sold albums and almost twenty hits all over the world, but above all artistic with numerous nominations to the most prestigious music awards including Grammy. And no words can take it back from her. It's simply high quality pop music, that's all. Isn't it ridiculous that such innocent music causes so much anger or even hate in some people? Thanks to this strange mystery these people make Spears' music uncommon in some way.

Spears with all these hits took over the throne from Queen of Pop Madonna and Queen of R'n'B Janet Jackson. That's why she sold much more records during her career than Madonna and Janet put together in the same period of time! And such hits like: "...Baby One More Time", "Oops...I Did It Again", "I'm A Slave 4 U" or "Toxic" are classics in history of pop music already.

Unfortunately this is a US edition of this set, which means the poorest one. It has only 17 songs (14 international hits and 3 brand new tunes), because it omits these two hits from standard international version of this album, which were released on singles only overseas "Born To Make You Happy" and "I Love Rock'n'Roll". But why Britney's record company didn't put here a million-seller US hit "From The Bottom Of My Broken Heart" and chose little hit "Outrageous" instead of much bigger "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know". There is also a special edition of this album where you can find a bonus CD with 6 very interesting remixes and "Megamix" of Britney's biggest hits.

Like you see it's better to buy the most expanded version of this album, which contains 20 songs (with both non-US singles and "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" as well) and which is also available in special version with bonus CD with all 6 remixes and "Megamix".

And it's only beginning...

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.

Britney Spears is smart, articulate, intelligent, beautiful, exciting, radiant, pure, wonderful, responsible, and talented. This CD is a testament to her inner strength. This lady has staying power, and I'm so thrilled to hear about her second pregnancy. Good luck on the second baby, Brit!

Okay, so this girl ain't got Mariah Carey's chops but few female artists do these days. But in her early days she could sing, even if mediocre at that. Still there is no denying Spears' musical power to persuade regardless if her singing talents may be lacking. From her very bubblegum beginnings in 1998-1999 (listed here "...Baby One More Time," "Sometimes" and "Crazy") to her latest sophisticated techno-pop ("Me Against the Music," "Toxic" and "Outrageous"), Britney, in a whirlwind six year span, has become the epitome of the perfectly packaged pop star. Her stance as the industry's reigning No. 1 female entertainer is only intensified here on her first Greatest Hits album. Call her a skank, call her a sellout or call her a bad influence; but amazingly Spears has been able to maintain on top through all the accusations and become the fastest selling female performer in history. On this her Greatest Hits record, the now-24 year-old Britney is out to create even more of a stir since a Greatest Hits is usually after 10 years in the business, and she has only six. But the important thing to realize (compared to other Greatest compilations like Mandy Moore's, for example) is that Britney Spears is such a cultural phenomenon that only she can put out such a record and keep it at the forefront in sales. Almost every track on this album has been a sensation on the charts, from her award-winning, Grammy-nominated smash debut "...Baby One More Time" to 2000's best song (also Grammy-nominated) "Oops!...I Did It Again," from mature (also Grammy-nominated) "I'm a Slave 4 U" to 2004's best single and Grammy-winning "Toxic." Sure, it has its low moments, like the I-can't-believe-it-was-a-single "Boys" and the fact that it's missing vocally-decent (in Spears terms, of course) songs like "Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know," "Born To Make You Happy" and "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart," but the cover art alone is more than enough of a reason to purchase this CD. So love her or hate her, that doesn't matter, folks, because whether you like her or not, Britney Spears is a musical force to be reckoned with.

Her three "previously unreleased" songs are alright - "My Perogative" 's tell-it-like-it-is lyrics are quite empowering IN the album could THE BEST IT IS track #16, "I've just begun (having my fun)".

If you listen to the album closely, she changes her voice little by little. It's gets a little quieter and less stronger. Just something I thought I'd put in. Anyway, whether you would like this album or not really depends on what you have already got.
This album recieves four stars from me because of the catchy tunes and all the hits are on here, so basically, you'll like every single song (except maybe her new ones). Britney Spears may not be the greatest singer in the world like Mariah Carey or Christina Aguilera but she can sing. If she couldn't sing, how did she get a record deal in the first place? Her voice was much better during her first couple of hits though.
However, if you have all her albums like me, or already have a few, this isn't for you. It's nothing new. If there are songs that you don't have already, buy the actually album like Oop . . . I did it again, or something. There are some songs there that are really good but arn't on her greatest hits.

i personally loved Britney's greatest hits, they are obviously going to be all her songs so i'm not sure why so many of you wrote scathing reveiws...not only about this album but for all her previous albums. if you didnt like her then your not going to like her now so don't bother getting the album. a lot of artists add a song or two that hasn't yet been released so give the poor girl a break. it's a fun album and i think that was the angle she was going for so if your not up for it go and get the pearl jam album and stop wasting your time writing a reveiw on someone you hate.

Good on you Britney...Keep it coming

Britney Spears conjures up many reactions from different people: either they love her or they despise her more than any other artist out there. Interestingly, whether you like her personality or not, her music stands ground for her more than she does as a person, and it's obvious to note: she's had some awesome hits in her career. From her debut single "...Baby One More Time" to "Oops!...I Did It Again," from "I'm a Slave 4 U" to the Grammy-winning "Toxic," Britney Spears has recorded some great singles that are already considered classics in pop music. Sure, she doesn't have the best singing voice by any means, but it's unique enough to make her stand out above most of her peers who seem to bleed into a pool of gray due to their mediocrity and similarity. Thus her Greatest Hits is Spears' only record that is worthy of a 5/5-star review because it contains all her biggest singles; there isn't any filler here because each song represented on this record, for a few months on the charts at least, was a big hit for the time. So you can loathe the woman like a splinter in your finger, but Britney Spears did rock the charts in the late 90s and early 2000s.