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61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics What's this?

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 272 Ratings

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  • Summary: Britney newest release includes tracks written by T-Pain and Pharrell Williams.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
  1. Observer Music Monthly
    100
    Britney has delivered the best album of her career, raising the bar for modern pop music with an incendiary mix of Timbaland's 'Shock Value' and her own back catalogue.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    Blackout is business as usual. Courting publicity more shamelessly than that infamous kiss with Madonna, Britney writhes, moans and generally gives good pillow talk for the duration of an album where crunk, glitches, squeaks and clubbed-up beats dominate.
  3. Prefix Magazine
    35
    This album will sway neither the faithful nor the unbelievers from their positions along the borders of her stalled momentum.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 123 out of 152
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 152
  3. Negative: 25 out of 152
  1. Kaleido
    10
    A famous magazine considers this the fourth best album of the decade 2000-2009. It was recorded in & out of the rehab and you can actually hear that Britney wasn't in the best conditions to record, but she still made the best comeback & amazing dance tracks. "Freakshow" features elements of dubstep, too.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. Binki
    5
    I never liked her but this album is her best by far. Catchy chorus and beat. Of course after you have to consider she probably didn't write a single word or contribute in any way to this album but after all it's Britney Spears.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. Cherrybomb
    3
    This album is grossly overrated. It sounds like everything Timbaland and co. were doing around the same time, only much, much worse. Generic beats, shallow lyrics, poor vocals... this is one you'll want to pass on.… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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