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61

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

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8.4

Universal acclaim- based on 974 Ratings

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

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Piece Of Me
I'm Miss American Dream since I was 17 Don't matter if I step on the scene or sneak away to the Philippines They still gon' put pictures of my... See the rest of the song lyrics
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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. The Guardian
    80
    It's a bold, exciting album.
  3. AllMusic
    70
    Blackout is state-of-the-art dance-pop, a testament to skills of the producers and perhaps even Britney being somehow cognizant enough to realize she should hire the best, even if she's not at her best.
  4. 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.
  5. Sputnikmusic
    40
    The biggest failure of these songs, and the most confusing thing about this album, are the melodies.
  6. The New York Times
    40
    The electronic beats and bass lines are as thick as Ms. Spears’s voice is thin, and as the album title suggests, the general mood is bracingly unapologetic.
  7. cokemachineglow
    29
    It wants to be danceable, sexy, and a defiant response to the media shitstorm. It's not even that danceable.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 225 out of 269
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 269
  3. Negative: 33 out of 269
  1. MarinaS.
    Dec 4, 2009
    10
    The best her album ever!!
  2. britneyjeans
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Blackout is the bible of pop-music. This album is very depressive and daring but provocational. Gimme more, Piece of me is the best song. ComeBlackout is the bible of pop-music. This album is very depressive and daring but provocational. Gimme more, Piece of me is the best song. Come back princess of pop… Expand
  4. raps.
    Nov 1, 2007
    10
    if Ailleen Wournos that psycho woman made an album this is what it would sound like, its completely demented. the sound of someone thats lost if Ailleen Wournos that psycho woman made an album this is what it would sound like, its completely demented. the sound of someone thats lost their mind. im giving it a ten for its level of insanity.… Expand
  5. OfficialCarlo
    Jan 1, 2011
    10
    First, I found it irritating, forgettable, and boring. Different from her previous work. As I listen to it again, I realized that it isFirst, I found it irritating, forgettable, and boring. Different from her previous work. As I listen to it again, I realized that it is entertaining and danceable. Futuristic at its best and shows that Britney will always hire the best. So, the album is Britney's best for me.… Expand
  6. LilScience
    Aug 31, 2020
    9
    O álbum mais provocativo de Britney Spears, a vez que ela cansou de ser um produto e realmente mostrou o que a incomodava, toda a exposiçãoO álbum mais provocativo de Britney Spears, a vez que ela cansou de ser um produto e realmente mostrou o que a incomodava, toda a exposição revelada, e agora morena ela joga um foda-se a todos, com faixas 'Gimme More', 'Piece Of Me', 'Break The Ice', um álbum diferente de tudo que ela tava fazendo.

    E tudo isso chega ao movimento #FREEBRITNEY, depois de anos vemos que ela ainda não se livrou dessa indústria magnata, e continua sendo vista como um produto, que ela consiga se livrar dos 'inimigos' e realmente se encontre sua felicidade, e um tempo para si #FREEBRITNEY.    … Expand
  7. AOH
    Oct 30, 2007
    8
    Absolutely her best. Hands down the years biggest surprise.
  8. FrankF.
    Oct 30, 2007
    0
    15 songs of nothing!

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