‘Blackout’, Britney’s first studio album in four years hits stores tomorrow and so far most of the reviews have been on the positive side. Whether we can attribute these praises to Britney herself or the magical producing of Timbaland protégé Nate “Danja” Hills and the Swedish duo Bloodshy & Avant is really up for debate. Here are a few of the reviews, according to AOL Music:
Nekesa Mumbi Moody of the Associated Press raves about Britney’s new work. “‘Blackout’ is not only a very good album, it’s her best work ever - a triumph, with not a bad song to be found on the 12 tracks.”
PEOPLE gave ‘Blackout’ three stars, musing, “There is plenty of hot music for dancing one’s troubles away.”
The New York Times was decidedly mixed in its review.
“[Britney] has done almost nothing, in the recording studio or outside it, to convince fans that ‘Blackout’ is really hers, or really her. That doesn’t make it any harder to delight in how good the best songs sound. But that may well make it hard (or impossible) for fans and skeptics to treat this CD as a serious comeback attempt.”
I’ve got to be honest, I’m curious about this album and although I won’t drop 10 bones to purchase it, you can bet your bottom dollar I’ll sample 30 seconds of each song from the iTunes store and then unleash some wild opinions on Burgernoodle next week. It’s completely understandable if you can’t go buy the album because of last minute costume shopping…or because you’re watching ants traverse across the plains of your backyard. Understandable.
