Oops!... I Did It Again

Britney Spears

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 16, 2000)
• Original Release Date: May 16, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B00004SCX6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1,401 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #16,775 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
Yes, she did. Even if the title track's chorus is a blatant rip-off of the Barbra Streisand/Barry Gibb duet, "Woman in Love," it's still darn catchy--much more than anything from 1999's ...Baby One More Time (save the album's fab title tune, of course). With the rest of the 12 songs here, the teen queen pretty much delivers a remake of her last album. Songs like "What U See (Is What U Get)" and "Stronger" show Swedish songwriter-producer Max Martin in his element, churning out another and yet another slick smash with staccato synth beats and heavily overproduced melodies. But even at his strongest points, he can't bury Britney's voice far enough below the virtual guitars--and it's obvious this girl ain't no Celine. Except for the horrendous ballads, however, that doesn't make a stitch of a difference. The pop songs have all the qualities of memorable tunes--the choruses are clear and catchy, the beats are bouncy enough to make you shake your bonbon, and the singer is about as randy for love as Austin Powers is for a shag. Edit out the low-water mark--when Britney mutilates the Rolling Stones' misogynist anthem, "Satisfaction," by oversexualizing it with inserted "uh"s ("I can't get no, uh, satisfaction")--and you've got a hit-packed album that's as guilty a pleasure as reruns of Beverly Hills 90210. --Heidi Sherman

Product Description
Import exclusive edition of Britney's second album includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks NOT on the U.S. edition, 'Girl In The Mirror', 'You Got It All' & 'Heart'. 15 tracks total, also featuring the hit title song 'Oops!... I Did It Again' and a cover of the Rolling Stones classic '(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction'. Jive. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

52 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Britney the Music-Slayer, August 9, 2000

By	Corinne (Israel) - See all my reviews

I don't understand music these days. Is it thoroughly IMPOSSIBLE for an artist to come up with *original* and *new* material? Britney Spears has got to be the most artificial singer around, and I'm not just talking about her "assets". Britney as an "artist" is a manufactured Barbie-like rip-off. Anyone who's old enough to have lived through periods where *real* music existed (until approximately 1993) will agree that Britney is an almost carbon-copy imitation of Debbie Gibson. But I suppose it doesn't matter anyway. Most Britney fans are probably too young to remember her.

As for the songs on this album, they all sound familiar and overly-produced. like amazon.com's review stated, the chorus in "Oops I Did It Again" sounds like a complete Streisand/Barry Gibb rip-off. Any one of the ballads on the album could be mistaken for those of the likes of, well, anyone. Originality? Where? And Britney's remake of "Can't Get No Satisfaction" will literally make you cover your ears and frantically reach for the "skip" button on the stereo. Mick, I'd sue.

Britney may have a talent for mutilating classics to their pulp, but the talent of singing is still one she has NOT mastered. The irritating combo of a raspy voice, "baby"s and "uh uh" sounds are enough to give you a splitting headache..and I speak from experience. Someone get this girl some lessons..QUICK.

Nowadays lots of critics keep saying music is dead. Well, they're right. Britney has killed it.

37 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars We have become the third mall from the sun, April 1, 2001

By	"orion023" (Elmira, NY) - See all my reviews

I think the old saying, "If we do not learn from the past, we are doomed to repeat it" applies very well to this type of music. History has shown us that these "artists" dry up as quickly as they came. Menudo, New Kids on the Block, Wham!, etc. These bands have a life expectancy of about 4 years, absolute max. And when they do collapse under their own weight, they look like jokes to even their fans - the same fans that, in the height of their reign, would have told you they were musical geniuses sent from the heavens above. Here's a theory Einstein never came up with: Britney Spears = Tiffany + updated glossy production. The reason that similar artists like Madonna manages to keep their career going longer is because she was actually DARING. Madonna isn't the holy grail of recorded music either but she DID raise the bar; she was one of the first popular icons to tell women and girls it was fine to be open about their sexuality, while contemporaries like Spears and Aguilera merely exploit their own.

I believe strongly that anyone who does not write his or her own lyrics is not an "artist" or anything closely resembling it. I believe even more strongly that someone like this that covers a Stones song should be publicly hanged.

Why do people like this? Honestly, why? Song after song after song is exactly the same - politically correct verse/chorus/verse/chorus ditties, generally about shallow relationships that only uninteresting, Noxzema-reeking teenagers could appreciate. What happened to the value of *surprise*? Doesn't anyone like to be *challenged* every now and again? I will be forever amazed at the fact that someone could find some merit in something that was so obviously put out because they knew you would buy it.

There are plenty bands out there that I don't care for but I understand that people like them due to personal taste. I respect those bands as musicians because they're writing their own music and put just a little bit of spirit behind it. But what is THIS? Did Banality become a genre of music suddenly? I don't care how Spears tries to romanticize her career, she is a product existing only to move millions of units for greedy record execs and to sell "kewl" memorabilia.

I apologize if this review was bitter; I was fine with her pushing her generic, easily disposable dung on America until she did an awful remake of a song that actually didn't suck. If N'Sync covers "Tomorrow Never Knows", I'm going on a shooting spree in a Gap.

44 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars 0 stars wasn't an option, October 21, 2001

By	"halloweenamericana" (florida) - See all my reviews

I am a teenage girl, and I would like to say that britney spears insults me to the core.

why is it insulting you ask? britney has said nothing in her limited lyrical content that hasn't already been said multiple times before. she doesn't curse. she doesn't come off like a suicidal cutter. she's parentally-friendly.

what's insulting about this album is all of the things that people have admitted to liking about it. they admit that it is "bubble gum" pop. they admit that britney lip syncs. they admit that 99% of her sucess is attributed to her image and a good studio producer, and yet none of this seems to bother them, because the music is "catchy."

this is not music.

music is playing to a crowd outside when it's raining. music can be performed with as much power acoustically as it can in a studio. music is someone living through something and writing it down and singing it with the pain of memory.

music is not a bunch of guys in expensive suits sitting down to write a song that's catchy enough for britney to dance to and make lots of money.

and that's the bottom line folks. your money.

when you buy her CDs, you are saying that everything britney stands for is O.K. congratulations for becoming another mindless member of society. you have just sold out.