Britney Spears: The Singles Collection (Deluxe) [BOX SET]

Britney Spears

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 23, 2009)
• Original Release Date: November 23, 2009
• Number of Discs: 30
• Format: Box set
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• Label: Jive
• ASIN: B002R68U7K
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

The deluxe edition includes all of Britney's singles spanning her ten year career plus a brand new song. Each single is re-mastered and featured with it's original artwork plus a B side or remix for each track - all encased in a collectable box with accompanying booklet of iconic images and never-before-seen photographs. The deluxe edition also includes a DVD featuring Britney's videos from the past ten years. This is the ultimate collectible for the ultimate Britney fan.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 'Sinlges Collection' Flawed, Overpriced, November 23, 2009

By	Antoine D. Reid "80sforever" (Durham, NC United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

The music speaks for itself; Britney Spears is, despite the ups and downs and tabloid moments, a fixture in the music industry. She's perfected the pop realm with such iconic hits like "Baby One More Time", "Stronger", "Oops! I Did It Again", and "Womanizer". What's best about this collection is that it features the songs released as singles from her first album through the 'Circus' album. As a bonus, you're also treated to the catchy #1 song "3" and B-sides/remixes pulled from many of the singles. As a Britney Spears fan, this set is ideal. The music itself is four or five stars since the set features the very best of Spears. What makes this 'deluxe' set flawed is simply the price and concept of a collection containing all of her 'singles' in one box.

The Bad: With the retail price tag of almost $100, and even with the Amazon.com discount, I expected a lot more from the deluxe edition of the 'singles' collection. After all, just a few weeks ago Jive released a single disc edition of the this same 'singles collection' Britney Spears: The Singles Collection. So, what makes this different from the standard edition? A box, an individual sleeve containing the original cover art of each single. A DVD containing 26 Britney Spears music videos. For $100 and a title like 'the singles collection' and a picture showing covers of her singles, I (as a fan and consumer) expected the full, un-abridged SINGLE, meaning the original mix of each song (which is included) and the numerous remixes or B-sides that were originally released with each single. Instead, the original mix of each song is included (just as with the standard edition) and just one B-side or one remix from the original single. What exactly is the point? Just five years ago Jive released Britney's Greatest Hits: My Prerogative (Limited Edition with Bonus CD), Greatest Hits: My Prerogative and Britney Spears - Greatest Hits - My Prerogative, almost the exact same concept (minus the B-sides/remixes from the singles), and with almost the same track listing with the exception of the songs from Blackout and Circus.

To me, this deluxe 'Singles Collection' is a huge rip-off and ploy by Jive, not Britney Spears, to rake in more money during the holiday season. Why not include more original songs? How about including hard-to-find tracks or cuts that didn't make it onto the albums (including "Amnesia" from 'Circus' that was never formerly released in the U.S. or "Kiss You All Over" that was cut from 'Blackout' would have definitely made this release more valuable). Instead, we're treated to a few B-sides that have been available for years now and remixes that are easy to find online, even purchased and downloaded separately on sites like Amazon.com! This is nothing more than an expanded edition of "My Prerogative: Greatest Hits", made to include tracks from 'Blackout' and 'Circus'. The price is outrageously high not because of anything special musically but more so for the packaging. I definitely felt the DVD design and execution was superior on "My Prerogative" as this collection's videos are just slapped onto the disc with none of the special angles, special features and such that came with the "My Prerogative" video collection.

The Good: The B-sides, mainly from Britney's first two albums, are definitely a nice bonus to this set. They are crisp, remastered and musically offer a lot (instead of all of the auto-tune she plays with now, the early B-sides feature a simpler Spears taking a stab at singing about love, heart ache and teenage angst). The remixes included are good, even though some of them are not the true best remixes from the singles. Another good thing I can say about 'The Singles Collection (Deluxe)' is that it's nice to have a DVD that has a lot of the recent videos (though it would have been nice had it included "3").

If this was a true celebration of her decade in the business, a lot more effort could have been put into this set. There's nothing deluxe about it other than the price tag. There are a few extra tracks not included in her last greatest hits album and there are some B-sides and remixes gathered in one place/collection that makes it only slightly better (but far more expensive) than "My Prerogative". But, in the end, this is an overpriced, flawed released. 30 discs - 29 containing 2 songs EACH, many of which even a casual Britney Spears fan will already own. A DVD (the 30th disc) that contains the music videos, but many which don't warrant shelling out $70+ (I mean, are the videos for "Radar", "Break the Ice", "If U Seek Amy" or even "Gimme More" worth the purchase? These aren't Britney Spears at her best). It's a nice gift or purchase for the hardcore fan but personally, I'd recommend waiting another few years for the next 'greatest hits' or special career-spanning release from Jive for Britney Spears before spending money on this.

Listen To These: "3", "Born To Make You Happy (Kristian Lundin Bonus Remix)", "Walk On By", "Everybody"

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good work jive..., November 23, 2009

By	Tatyana Y. Sirota - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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this is a very good box set for a true britney fan... Yea we all have this music but not all her videos, b-sodes, remixes, pictures. i think that it is exciting. they should of just released the deluxe because the standard is very unessecary. It would be better if this included the 3 video, boys video, and overprotected video. i dont get why they didnt release those in the set. get it!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST OF BRITNEY, November 23, 2009

By	J. Elhilu "MsBadMediaKarma" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This collection is amazing. I was so happy to receive this package in the mail....I was totally surprised how beautiful it was and how amazing the quality of the songs and videos were. The pictures are amazing. Jive/Britney did a great job with the info and design on this package/cds. Any real BRITNEY SPEARS fan would buy this. It is surely a collectors things. I love Britney and got 2. I love the songs and the unreleased tracks. What i LOVE so much our the Remixes of great songs like "RADAR", "3", "Born to Make You Happy", etc
I love this cd.