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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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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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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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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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HayroCMar 19, 2009Are you kidding? this album is so horrible!
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NoahHJun 17, 2010Most likely her worst album yet, very uninspiring. Lacks a great amount of creativity and vision.
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MarliseGMar 19, 2009Awful and terrible album. No more words to described it.
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ChrisSMar 19, 2009Terrible and horrible album.
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Aug 30, 2016
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Dec 1, 2016"Blackout" seemed like it signaled a more club-orientated path for Spears, like Madonna or Kylie Minogue, but Circus is a hodgepodge of pop themes that never really finds a face."Blackout" seemed like it signaled a more club-orientated path for Spears, like Madonna or Kylie Minogue, but Circus is a hodgepodge of pop themes that never really finds a face.
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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.