• Record Label: BMG/Jive
  • Release Date: Nov 6, 2001
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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 518 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 74 out of 518

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  1. J.M.
    Mar 24, 2009
    7
    Same case as Oops... I Did it Again, there are some strong tracks on the album, but the ones that don't stand out are just pointless.
  2. Apr 13, 2012
    10
    This album marks Britney's change into a young woman with more hard hitting songs and sexier vocals. She also wrote 5 songs on this album something that she hadn't done in her entire career. A mix of the new Britney and the old.
  3. May 9, 2018
    10
    Still my favorite Britney album to date! It's sad that this was her first album to not have a top ten hit in the US, but I think the US wasn't ready for "sexy" Britney yet. The singles were successful in other territories, so maybe Americans were still trying to hold on to the "innocent" Britney. The album was released only a year and a half after Oops!...I Did it Again, so maybe it wasStill my favorite Britney album to date! It's sad that this was her first album to not have a top ten hit in the US, but I think the US wasn't ready for "sexy" Britney yet. The singles were successful in other territories, so maybe Americans were still trying to hold on to the "innocent" Britney. The album was released only a year and a half after Oops!...I Did it Again, so maybe it was slightly ahead of its time.It was definitely a transition album for her, though, with I'm a Slave 4 U and Boys having R&B and hip-hop vibes to them, but it still gave us those typical girl power/coming of age anthems that we love, like Overprotected, Cinderella (my personal favorite off the album, and one of the tracks that she co-wrote), I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman, and What It's Like to be Me. It's definitely full of songs that you will want to sing you heart out to in the car! Expand
  4. Jan 20, 2020
    10
    such a diverse album! she really has grown into a mature artist with this album
  5. Dec 10, 2019
    7
    Uno de sus mejores álbumes, ya que esta fue su era dorada y los singles son exquisitos, una era de triunfos...Y más que todo en la que se consolidó como la estrella que es, doy un 7 por eso
  6. Apr 21, 2021
    10
    album incrível, com grandes músicas como i'm slave 4 u, overprotected, boys, when i found you
    Com certeza uns dos melhores álbuns de Britney.
Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 13
  2. Negative: 1 out of 13
  1. Sep 21, 2011
    90
    It's enough of a reinvention to suggest that Britney will know what to do when the teen-pop phenomenon of 1999-2001 passes for good.
  2. While she's been guilty of gluing sure-fire singles together with rotten fillers on her previous two albums, Britney uses this opportunity to take the odd risk and adds a welcome edge to her sound.
  3. An unmitigated drag.