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Generally favorable reviews- based on 638 Ratings
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Positive: 528 out of 638
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Mixed: 42 out of 638
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Negative: 68 out of 638
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JamesB.Jan 5, 2009I love it. Amazing!
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TiaS.Jan 2, 2009This is Britney Spears' absolute best album. With songs like ''Unusual You'', ''If U Seek Amy'', ''Womanizer'', ''Circus'', and ''Kill The Lights'' it's no wonder as to why this album went straight to #1 on the Billboard.
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JoshPinderJan 3, 2009
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CarrieCDec 4, 2008
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reineirmDec 11, 2008This is a pop gem!!! very modern, she knows what she is doing, both american and european flavors.
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KevinR.Dec 2, 2008Great CD. Blackoput is much more original, but she sounds much better on Circus which is nice. It's more self-conscious of a CD, but there are some great moments: Unusual You, If You Seek Amy, Blur, and Out From Under is her best ballad since Everytime. GO BRITNEY!
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AWDec 2, 2008
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May 29, 2012Simply 100% Perfect Album And Singles
This Is The 1st Britney Album That Should Get A Perfect 10/10!
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Oct 13, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jan 25, 2016Circus is by far the best Britney Spears album there is to date. You have hit songs like womanizer, circus, kill the lights and radar. Britney's other songs are great too. 10/10
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Mar 25, 2016amazing album the best album of 2008 she did her thing on this album it was really her comeback album she nailed it with Circus and Blur and the album is timeless.
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Mar 27, 2020Another pretty good Britney album with many dark dance jams! However "My Baby" breaks whole feel of an album for me. Anyway this is my second favorite album of Britney, only behind Blackout.
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Sep 7, 2022Circus proves to be way better than Blackout could ever be. Songs like "Mmm Papi", "Lace and Leather", "Womanizer", and "Circus", as well as "If U Seek Amy", are quinessential Brtney Spears hits. The vocals are intensely autotuned and somtimes stiff, but who wouldn't already know that Britney isn't a singing person.
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Dec 26, 2022Her second best album (after Blackout), i grew up with “Womanizer” “Radar” and “If U Seek Amy”
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Sep 10, 2011A collection of soft, circus-themed songs that after a while may sound dull but will always be anthems ("Womanizer", "If U Seek Amy"). Loving "Mmm Papi" and "Lace and Leather" aswell.
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GretaDec 3, 2008Mediocre, no standout tracks. Disappointing follow-up to Blackout, which I consider to be her best album by far.
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BillW.Dec 9, 2008The most awful album in a long time!
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PhilM.Dec 4, 2008Just awful.
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NoneDec 6, 2008Utter Crap.
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Feb 24, 2012I have only two words - oh yes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mar 23, 2012Circus is great album, not her best but still good enough for 10!
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May 4, 2015Katy Perry bursts back onto the scene with her amazing second album that is full to the grim of the tongue-in-cheek atmosphere that got herkhkkjhjghjbnnnnn
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Jan 28, 2017O melhor album de Britney com certeza, faixas com Out From Under, Shattered Glass, Blur, Lance and Lather tinham muito potencial pra ser single, esse album é sim melhor que seu antecessor "Blackout"
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Aug 30, 2016One of the worst albums of the year thus far. It shows absolutely no artistic growth, the lyrics are elementary, and the vocals are non-existent. All in all, a terrible album. Collapse
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Aug 31, 2019Circus mantuvo el ritmo de su antecesor Blackout, pero con su toque especial, haciéndolo destacar e incluso siendo uno de los mejores álbumes de Spears para la mayoría.
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KennethPJan 31, 2010Classic... Britney deserves to be the ringleader But be honest some of the songs is not danceable.
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JackyDec 2, 2008She is back?and the album is amazing.
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ElizabethH.Dec 2, 2008I absolutely love this album, definitely one of the best she's ever created and its one hell of a comeback.
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jespearlh.Dec 2, 2008I really like all the songs... its more on techno-urbanish album.. britney's back, i guess.
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Awards & Rankings
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Halfway through, Circus shifts from defiant booty calls to subtler material; suddenly, it's a first-rate electro-pop album.
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Obviously all is still not perfect in Britney's world, but Circus still does more than enough to remind us of why she's one of the world's most iconic pop stars.
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Her voice--treated and autotuned to within an inch of its life throughout--still sounds like that of the Mouseketeer who brought us '...Baby One More Time’, with every breathy “Mmmm… yeah!” and all the oh-so-naughty lyrics, such as the ones above, sounding forced and unconvincing. Of course, on a large number of the tracks here she has the solidly cool-sounding (no doubt expensive) backdrop of futur’n’b pop.