Except, pitching and Britney sounding vacant aren't really criticisms of the music, because Britney sounds vacant and pitched on Blackout, it still slays. And I agree that the EDM songs on the album don't sound finished. But Alien, Work Bitch, Passenger, and Perfume, unfinished? No.
Criticizing the pitch correction is a criticism of the music, because it's so pronounced and obvious on most of these tracks, which themselves aren't that great. I don't think Britney's ever given us an album where she HASN'T been pitched to high heaven, but it was forgiveable when the music itself was good. Here, the obvious pitch correction just contributes to the overall "unfinished" feeling of the album. I can't get through the first verse of Passenger without laughing at how ridiculous Britney sounds, you can hear the pitch adjustment in literally
every single word she's singing.
Is literally anybody surprised by your opinion on this though? I think I could have predicted back in the year 2001 that you would hate Britney's 8th album. Speak about reactions determined by prior opinions, sis.
And what the hell does this have to do with
anything? Besides, I've been very upfront about Britney songs I've liked, and which I don't. I don't see how you can accuse me of disliking BJ because I'm biased against it when I've been very upfront about Work Bitch being one of
my favorite pop songs of the year and I've been saying that since the damn song released and before we heard any other track from the album.
You may have a point if we were talking about Beyonce here, but we're not. I don't have blind stan hate against Britney.
So basically you complain that Britney 'doesn't sound present' is a synonym for her sounding uninvolved, and now you deny that you even criticised it on those grounds in the first place. Okay.
That's not what I did at all. Ugh, please my read my posts. Do I think Britney sounds uninvolved on most of BJ? Yes. Is that my
central complaint against the album? No. Do I think there are a myriad of factors contributing to why BJ is such a travesty of an album, and that her lack of presence is merely one of those factors, and something that would have been completely forgivable had everything else about the album been a polished experience? Yes.
For example, I think Britney was even less present on Blackout, but I don't criticize that because Blackout,
in every other aspect, is pop perfection.
You're literally ignoring what I said, which is that while I agree about the more EDM-y tracks on the album, the claim that Brit sounds vacant is just false for a decent proportion of the album. It's patchy and inconsistent, I agree. Is it one of the worst albums of the year? Not even close.
And I disagree with this. I think the entire album is shit, and if anything the EDM tracks get a pass because they're aren't trying to be anything more the dancefloor fodder. The midtempos are all only half-assed, amateur experiences. And I'm not trying to hear about how this album is "personal" to Britney when all that amounts to is vacant "sentiment" that doesn't mean more coming out of Britney's mouth than if any other singer had done them.
