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BRITNEY SPEARS
Album Title:Britney
Producer(s): PRODUCERS: various
Label/Catalog Number: Jive 50243
Source: PRINT
Originally Reviewed: November 10, 2001
Spears bravely steps out on the proverbial high wire for her third album—attempting the unenviable task of pleasing her legion of teen fans, while also making necessary moves toward becoming an artist of adult durability. The result is a nicely varied, wholly satisfying collection wherein she darts from well-crafted, mature fare like the deliciously funky "Boys" (which is rife with loving references to Prince) to charmingly youthful gems like the smash-in-waiting "Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman." What's most notable about this collection is that it shows Spears taking solid first steps as a songwriter, as she deftly explores the emotional fallout and eventual empowerment of growing up under a public microscope. In doing this, she renders Britney her new statement of purpose. Think of it as her equivalent to Janet Jackson's landmark Control.—LF
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This Week
Here are all the reviews in this week's Billboard:
CARLOS VIVES,
Déjame Entrar
BRITNEY SPEARS,
Britney
ANGIE STONE,
Mahogany Soul
ALANA DAVIS,
Fortune Cookies
CHAD BROCK,
III
CELIA CRUZ,
La Negra Tiene Tumbao
VARIOUS ARTISTS,
Music From the Coffee Lands II
CINDY MORGAN,
Elementary
JANIVA MAGNESS,
Blues Ain't Pretty
GLUCK,
Orfeo ed Euridice
FAITH EVANS,
Faithfully
ERICK SERMON,
Music
SIMIAN,
Chemistry Is What We Are
BERTRAND BURGALAT,
The Sssound of Mmmusic
LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III,
Last Man on Earth
CHAVA ALBERTSTEIN AND THE KLEZMATICS,
The Well
DILATED PEOPLES,
Expansion Team
JAMES MATHUS & HIS KNOCKDOWN SOCIETY,
National Antiseptic
ALEKS SYNTEK,
De Noche en la Ciudad
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