Femme Fatale
by Britney Spears
  • Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Mar 29, 2011
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7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 707 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 535 out of 707
  2. Mixed: 69 out of 707
  3. Negative: 103 out of 707
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  1. rxffy
    Dec 26, 2022
    10
    This album is SO GOOD!! Its songs are perfect to party with, they’re so catchy and the album overall makes me happy.
  2. fr_kennedy
    Jul 29, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O pop eletrônico chiclete e altamente comercial, mas feito da forma mais impecável.… Expand
  3. PrThKi
    Nov 19, 2021
    9
    Femme Fatale is by far Britney's best album from the handful I've listened to so far.
    Very, very impressive album. Surprising.
  4. PEDROMFR
    Feb 28, 2021
    7
    This album scream "dance" and "summer" and it's definitely her redemption, bringing confidence and power more than ever in her career. Spears didn´t have such set of triumphant singles for a long time, as well as such perfectly produced album. It's so good to see her shine again.
  5. Just_m
    Nov 10, 2020
    10
    Un álbum perfecto, con un pop que no se volvió a ver, sin duda Britney nos dio un excelente trabajo lleno de bops, al pasar de los años aún se escucha fresco.
  6. Andreoni
    Sep 29, 2020
    10
    Britney Spears serves a pop perfection in this album. I love the non singles and singles. A dance album that deservers your attection
  7. Milojuan
    Sep 17, 2020
    10
    Su álbum con mayores éxitos en el bbhot100 está hecho para sus fans más arriesgados que les gusta salir de fiesta
  8. Willduffy
    Aug 16, 2020
    10
    Maybe not her best, but easily Britneys' most enjoyable album. Every song slaps so hard and I am and will always be addicted to this album. My favourites include: "Inside out", "Selfish", "Don't keep me waiting", "Criminal", "Hold it against me" and more.
  9. maquisl
    Jul 24, 2020
    6
    It's a good album but it could have been released by any other artist. She's just following a trend instead of creating a new trend, as she did with her previous albums. They should have gone for the style of the bonus tracks. Also, the lyrics makes the album worse.
    It still has great tracks like Hold It Against Me, Seal It With a Kiss, Don't Keep Me Waiting, He About To Lose Me and Inside Out.
  10. oliver1994
    Apr 6, 2020
    9
    Femme Fatale incorporates elements of dubstep, distorted beats and electropop in a similar fashion to her hugely influential 2007 opus Blackout, and it’s non-stop-bangers tracklist has secured Spears continued chart dominance seven albums into her career. It’s the playful weirdness on tracks like “How I Roll” and “Up N’ Down” that suggest the undisputed Princess of Pop was having a betterFemme Fatale incorporates elements of dubstep, distorted beats and electropop in a similar fashion to her hugely influential 2007 opus Blackout, and it’s non-stop-bangers tracklist has secured Spears continued chart dominance seven albums into her career. It’s the playful weirdness on tracks like “How I Roll” and “Up N’ Down” that suggest the undisputed Princess of Pop was having a better time in the studio recording this album than during her rather vacant on-stage performances. This past decade has been a strange and enduring period of time in Spears’ career, but it’s undeniable that this cohesive dancefloor-ready body of work sounds absolutely incredible.… Expand
  11. infsai
    Mar 27, 2020
    7
    It's an okay album. All single choices are good (especially "Criminal" - love it!). However besides singles and some songs (like "(Drop Dead) Beautiful") whole album gives me "weird" feel and it's not so memorable like it's predecessors.
  12. JeremySpears
    Feb 28, 2020
    10
    "Femme Fatale" is the definition of pop excellence. In my opinion it’s the lighter version of "Blackout". If you want a deep and personal album, "Femme Fatale" isn’t for you but if you want a fun dance pop album this one right here is the perfect choice. The album is filled with feel-good bops from start to finish. The majority of the album consists of fun dance pop songs ("Till the World"Femme Fatale" is the definition of pop excellence. In my opinion it’s the lighter version of "Blackout". If you want a deep and personal album, "Femme Fatale" isn’t for you but if you want a fun dance pop album this one right here is the perfect choice. The album is filled with feel-good bops from start to finish. The majority of the album consists of fun dance pop songs ("Till the World Ends", "I Wanna Go", "Trouble For Me", "Big Fat Bass", "Up N Down"). But Britney does change it up here and there. The dark electro-pop songs "Inside Out", "(Drop Dead) Beautiful", "Gasoline", "Scary" and "Selfish" are some of the best, sexiest and most interesting songs on the album. "Trip to Your Heart" is an electro-pop ballad that sounds like the little sister of "Heaven On Earth" and "Unusual You" from Britney's previous two albums. On songs like the #1 hit "Hold It Against Me", "Inside Out" and "Seal It With a Kiss", Britney experiments with dubstep and the results are incredible. "Don’t Keep Me Waiting" is probably the biggest standout on the album as it’s a pop-rock track. On "He About to Lose Me", Britney‘s voice is almost completely unedited. It’s a mid-tempo song that features an acoustic guitar and it’s one of the most emotional songs on the album. "Criminal" also incorporates real instruments like the guitar or the flute. It’s an amazing mid-tempo pop track that deserved to do much better on the charts. Especially the bridge is beautiful. The award for the most experimental song on the album definitely goes to "How I Roll". It’s a fun, quirky, feel-good, mid-tempo track and doesn't sound like anything Britney has done before. Overall "Femme Fatale" was one of the best albums of the 2010s. It’s not meant to be incredibly emotional and deep, it’s just a fun dance record. And it fulfills its job flawlessly. It never gets boring as all the songs have a unique touch and Britney experiments with a lot of different sounds. The only song that I don’t like completely is "Trip to Your Heart" but even that one isn’t bad. This album is a pop gem.

    Favorites: Hold It Against Me, Scary, (Drop Dead) Beautiful, Till the World Ends & Selfish    … Expand
  13. Alexcsl
    Jan 19, 2020
    10
    Don't care what people says about but I really think this is her best album!
  14. Tiburtiino
    Jan 10, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There is no way to listen to this album and not emerge into the gum pop essence that it is. It is a true hit factory.… Expand
  15. AJSF316
    Sep 26, 2019
    8
    Femme Fatale is a solid EDM pop album. It is not risky at all, very catchy-radio friendly songs (ex. How I Roll) but is listenable without skipping songs. The production is good, and the includes of ballads and a mix of EDM-rock songs was a good decision to leave for a minute the same EDMs songs.
  16. Jann_Junx
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    Sin dudarlo puedo decir que es el mejor álbum de la década, con excelentes canciones como Hold It Against Me, empezando con todo, merecía más reconocimiento siendo uno de los mejores álbumes de Britney, incluso al nivel de In The Zone y Blackout. Arte pop en su máxima expresión.
  17. MrFrench
    Aug 4, 2019
    6
    Of the albums released in the 2010s, this one is her best in my opinion. This song has two of my favorite Britney songs on it: "Criminal" and "Gasoline." It also has great songs like "Inside Out," "Trip to Your Heart," and "He About To Lose Me."
  18. Bruck8
    Jun 8, 2019
    10
    Banger album.
    Put on if u want to party and just have fun overall.
    Recommended
  19. lovehate
    Jan 31, 2019
    10
    Amazing dance-pop record. Love the experimental How I Roll and the trance influenced Trip To Your Heart both produced by Bloodshy.
  20. dislexicpotato
    Nov 2, 2018
    8
    The album overall is very consistent and for those who like electronic music this album is a must. With catchy lyrics and fun production the album is perfect for those looking for something to dance to. Favourites include Trip To Your Heart, Till the World Ends, Inside Out, I Wanna Go and How I Roll
  21. IIIDraceIII
    Sep 23, 2018
    7
    emme Fatale, in my opinion, is possibly the best album Britney Spears has released. Now granted In the Zone gave us "Toxic" and Circus, well it gave us "Womanizer" and "Circus"! But Femme Fatale is definitely up-to-date with the latest genres of music including, techno, electropop, synthpop, and even a touch of dubstep, which is new to the States (thankfully its Britney who is introducingemme Fatale, in my opinion, is possibly the best album Britney Spears has released. Now granted In the Zone gave us "Toxic" and Circus, well it gave us "Womanizer" and "Circus"! But Femme Fatale is definitely up-to-date with the latest genres of music including, techno, electropop, synthpop, and even a touch of dubstep, which is new to the States (thankfully its Britney who is introducing dubstep to us!). Some of the hallmarks of the albums has to be:
    I Wanna Go: a very upbeat, catchy tune with lots of autotune and bounce! This song is definitely radio worthy and I feel it has potential to be the popular song of Summer 2011! When the song starts it just makes you want to get up and dance and sing along to it! It's a great song and is probably the best song on the album!

    Trip To Your Heart: Very dancy tune, with lots of catchy beats and an awesome chorus melody! Trip to Your Heart is probably one of the sweetest songs on "Femme Fatale" and, in my opinion, sounds like something that Britney would've sung on "...Baby One More Time" or "Oops I Did It Again" if both of the albums were released in 2011! How I Roll: When you first hear this, you'll immediately think that this song is sexy (heavy breathing at the beginning of the song)! Like most of the songs on "Femme Fatale" it has a catchy chorus ("Because I got 9 lives like a kitty cat!") which makes it very sexy and alluring for Britney to sing! Gasoline: This song is shockingly perfect for the age in which we live in (ahem! gas prices). Gasoline is a very sexy song that fits perfectly for Spears and might I add, make gasoline sexy again!

    Criminal: This song is a more ballad like song which features Britney falling in love with a criminal. Definitely, puts you in the shoes of Britney's mama! And how she would feel if Britney really were in love with a criminal. Although slow, it's a great addition to "Femme Fatale"'s lineup of nightclub dance worthy tracks

    Up N Down (only available on the deluxe version): I love this song! The beats are perfect, vocals are perfect, melody is perfect, everything in this song is perfect! Definitely a song you would hum in your head! Some of the other songs with honors would include:
    Inside Out,
    Drop Dead (Beautiful),
    Seal It With A Kiss,

    Now I can say the whole album is great, but there is one song that I don't particularly like, and most people can agree with me on this one, Big Fat Bass! It sounds... OK... but too much autotune and heavy beats. Will.I.Am is not at his best in this song and doesn't do a great job as he did in "The E.N.D." but despite it all, Britney's vocal are outstanding and fills the void of the not-so-great beats and "vocals" (if you would like to call them that) of Will.I.Am! Overall the album is fantastic, but leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to Big Fat Bass. Other than that, well worth every single penny. Great addition to any Britney fan's collection!
    I also suggest the Deluxe version, all of the bonus tracks are awesome, even though I didn't mention them, they're great!    … Expand
  22. HirroHernan
    Jul 2, 2018
    0
    One of the worst albums ever released in the last 10 years. Mediocre, Bland, Boring. I hope Britney just retire.
  23. pauldiam
    Jun 23, 2018
    1
    Britney sounds a lot like a programmed bot than her previous effort and there are no emotions at all. This is an album that has no purpose and even the name of the album is very random. No vibes of a femme fatale are detected in the tracks and you can barely hear her voice. This is disappointing.
  24. ManuelContreras
    Apr 8, 2018
    7
    de los mejors albumes de su carrera, y tambien de los mejores albumes del año
  25. Felipecritic
    Oct 21, 2017
    7
    Trazendo uma sonoridade eletrônica misturada com música pop, que a própria Britney popularizou em 2007 junto com Kylie Minogue, Femme Fatale é um dos principais CDs de 2011. Responsável pelos sucessos "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends" e "I Wanna Go".
  26. jaencarlosg25
    Jul 29, 2017
    10
    Femme Fatale is her re-invention for the new decade. Full of electropop gems and introducing dubstep into her music. She managed to make such a classic song to dance *till the world ends*
  27. Heychrystin
    Jul 26, 2017
    10
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  28. joalmeciga
    Jun 16, 2017
    8
    What a good album. You can tell that Britney's team was completely worth. A happy album that make you forget your problems, but she needs to get more personal.
  29. LipeFireworks
    Jan 28, 2017
    8
    Hinario, um dos melhores da britney, nunca entendi porque tem fã que odeiam esse album é um dos melhores lançados em 2011, tem varias musicas boas como criminal, hiam, up n down...
  30. owenrw89
    Dec 7, 2016
    7
    At first, I didn't like it. I thought it was overproduced and void of Britney herself. However, after several listens it suddenly sunk it. It's a bold and brilliant dance record. The production literally screams at you, but in the right way. Full of hooks, full of electronic goodness and full of sex appeal. An album designed with one goal on mind - to make the listener want to dance. DoesAt first, I didn't like it. I thought it was overproduced and void of Britney herself. However, after several listens it suddenly sunk it. It's a bold and brilliant dance record. The production literally screams at you, but in the right way. Full of hooks, full of electronic goodness and full of sex appeal. An album designed with one goal on mind - to make the listener want to dance. Does it achieve this? Totally.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. Hartford Courant
    May 24, 2011
    80
    Despite a slew of hit singles and eye-popping sales figures, Britney Spears has never released an album as coherent from start to finish as her latest, Femme Fatale.
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  2. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Apr 15, 2011
    83
    The poppers keep on coming right through the bonus tracks of porn-lite funk-lite that's quirky and clever front to back.
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  3. No Ripcord
    Apr 5, 2011
    70
    Femme Fatale equips Britney with material which is strong enough to enable the original all-American Pop Princess to hold her own in such an overcrowded context.
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