Britney Jean
by Britney Spears
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Dec 3, 2013
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Mixed or average reviews- based on 1079 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 334 out of 1079
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  1. VivienneEliza
    Oct 5, 2014
    3
    This is the worst album Britney ever had.Will.i.am?What was she thinking?From the first single came out,I knew Britney screwed up this time.Even though Britney showed the realist part of her,but this is not what her fans want,'Cause I know I disappointed.
  2. NathanCabello
    Dec 16, 2014
    3
    So there's no way you defend Britney, horrible album, tried to be commercial but not for this served, I am hoping that Britney's Oops I Did It Again or Circus' come back cause after this time does not
    Highlights: Now That I Found You and Tik Tik Boom
    Lows: Don't Cry and Chillin' With You
  3. Ayron_xcx
    Jun 22, 2015
    3
    Eu amo Britney mas desde Femme Fatale ela vem me decepcionando :/, e Britney Jean me decepcionou muito! nota três pq ''Alien'' ''Work **** e ''Perfume'' são boas músicas!
  4. LipeFireworks
    Jan 28, 2017
    3
    Que album horrivel, Britney eu sou um grande fã seu mas esse album não da pra defender, claramente esse é o pior album da carreira da britney, só não ganhou "0" porque ainda tem faixas boas como Don't Cry, Perfume e Passenger
  5. BestMusticEvah
    Aug 17, 2016
    3
    A mixed bag.

    Starts off really well with William Orbit's fantastic production and Britney's solid vocals on opening track, Alien. Lead single, Work **** packs a punch with its pounding beat and Britney doing her fun British accent. Next comes a Sia-penned ballad called Perfume, which is one of Britney's best ballads of all time. It Should Be Easy is awful with its dated production and    A mixed bag.

    Starts off really well with William Orbit's fantastic production and Britney's solid vocals on opening track, Alien. Lead single, Work **** packs a punch with its pounding beat and Britney doing her fun British accent. Next comes a Sia-penned ballad called Perfume, which is one of Britney's best ballads of all time. It Should Be Easy is awful with its dated production and featuring Executive Producer of the album, WillIAM. Tik Tik Boom is repetitive and not of Britney's normal standard - it should never have made the final cut. Body Ache has some fizz, but nothing spectacular. Til It's Gone is forgettable - another WillIAM mess. Passenger is a decent song, but should Britney really be recording Katy Perry's rejects? Surely she deserves better than that. A duet with her sister on Chillin' With You is one of the worst songs Britney has ever recorded. Don't Cry sounds like it belongs on a flop girl band's album. Brighest Morning Star is too sentimental and reminds me of the terrible song, My Baby, she recorded for the Circus album. Hold On Tight is boring and sounds like another Katy Perry reject. Now That I Found You is another mistake - a Eurovision-type song that probably wouldn't even win. A Perfume remix adds nothing to the album.

    Britney made a huge mistake spending so much time on her Vegas residency whilst recording this album in a rush and not caring about the low quality. WillIAM's production is - on the whole - bad. The song choices were not great. Maybe 3 or 4 tracks deserved to make the final cut - the rest is trash.    … Expand
  6. Agrondelx
    Aug 16, 2019
    3
    Undoubtedly the weakest work by Spears yet,from the lyricism to the production and awkward vocal performances, BRITNEY JEAN is an overall mess.
  7. PEDROMFR
    Mar 1, 2021
    3
    As if it wasn´t bad enough to here a full album not being able to recognize the singer's voice, this is just a set of forgetable edm tracks, without a sense of meaning. It´s a big disappointment, especially after the powerful "Femme Fatale".
  8. GBReviews
    Feb 2, 2021
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. After the dance inspired fun that was 'Femme Fatale', Britney released an album that was generally recognised as one of her weakest. In hindsight, there is alot to like on this album. 'Work B' is an addictive, throbbing banger with Spears speaking in a british accent. It was and still is weird and wonderful. Other tracks that stand out are 'Alien', 'Body Ache' and 'Tik Tik Boom', albiet a very questionable rap from T. I. Most other tracks are happy to stay in a certain lane that was similar to all music of that time. The production wasn't half pushing the envelope as her previous, nor her vocals (which have been speculated) didn't seem totally her. With mostly half hearted tracks and not much in lyrical content. It was definitely not a personal album, but there are fun moments to be had here.… Expand
  9. khutch
    Dec 4, 2013
    2
    It's the same old thing, which is weird since Britney said it would be a personal album, and ended up showing nothing but strong beats, edited voice and generic letters. Since 'Work to 'Don't Cry' is all soulless, uninteresting and uneventful. Fans will like (I think), but no new fan will arise from this work.
  10. KingdomHeart
    Dec 3, 2013
    2
    Britney is one of the leading pop singers of the past, is always generated great expectations on lathes of their new work, Britney Jean comes as a promise of being a personal album, but it's a shame that all we have here is a major disaster, the highlights of the album are ''Passenger'' that shows an interesting song and ''Alien'' which sounds like a nice bubblegum music, when BritneyBritney is one of the leading pop singers of the past, is always generated great expectations on lathes of their new work, Britney Jean comes as a promise of being a personal album, but it's a shame that all we have here is a major disaster, the highlights of the album are ''Passenger'' that shows an interesting song and ''Alien'' which sounds like a nice bubblegum music, when Britney decides to put Wil.i.am as the main producer of his album is already foreseeable disaster.… Expand
  11. BabyJane
    Mar 17, 2015
    2
    Track by track review:
    1. Alien 5/10
    2. Work **** 5.5/10
    3. Perfume 0.5/10
    4. It Should Be Easy 0.5/10
    5. Tik Tik Boom 1/10
    6. Body Ache 0.5/10
    7. Til It's Gone 7/10
    8. Passenger 0.5/10
    9. Chillin' with You 0.5/10
    10. Don't Cry 6/10

    Highlights: Til It's Gone, Don't Cry.
    Potential singles: Alien, Passenger, Perfume.
  12. Juan12353
    Oct 29, 2016
    2
    Que es esto? De verdad, que tenga de puntuacion 50 es mucho, es un album terrible que no debio existir, solo se salvan (para mi) Alien, Work **** Perfume, Tik Tik Boom, Body Ache, Chillin' With You entre otras, pero de verdad, este album es pesimo, inclusive las que se salvan no son la gran cosa... Ms. Spears, nunca debiste lanzar esto uwu
  13. vinicius1505200
    Jun 12, 2016
    2
    A bad album, never heard anything so bad in my life .
    Britney you lack talent to make good albums actually something you almost never met is talent.
    His album is less than virtually everything heard in my life , never will recover me an album so rubbish like that.
    I 'm ashamed to say that hearing this, I would rather be deaf than hear another bad job of these .
  14. Adrian14502
    Apr 14, 2017
    2
    Britney Spears trae su octavo álbum de estudio, y es todo menos un álbum de ella. Britney Jean suena genérico, robótico y sin vida. Spears prometía un álbum ''personal'', pero no hay nada de personal en todo esto. El álbum se siente más como un álbum de will.i.am que de la propia cantante. El álbum carece de sentido y de un concepto propio. Líricamente es bastante inmaduro e insulso. UnBritney Spears trae su octavo álbum de estudio, y es todo menos un álbum de ella. Britney Jean suena genérico, robótico y sin vida. Spears prometía un álbum ''personal'', pero no hay nada de personal en todo esto. El álbum se siente más como un álbum de will.i.am que de la propia cantante. El álbum carece de sentido y de un concepto propio. Líricamente es bastante inmaduro e insulso. Un EDM genérico, autotune por doquier, canciones sobreproducidas, otras con producción a medio hacer e incluso hay momentos en donde no es Britney quien canta sino una de sus coristas, Myah Marie. Los mejores momentos del álbum son en canciones como la mid-tempo ''Alien'' o la sobreproducida ''Passenger'', y aún así se sienten insípidas. Sin duda Britney Jean es el resultado de dos cosas, una agenda muy agitada y cero ganas de continuar con tu carrera, no fue una buena decisión grabar un álbum mientras planeas una residencia, y mucho menos dejarlo a mano de will.i.am quien se adueñó totalmente del proyecto. Britney Spears necesita un tiempo de descanso, es claro.

    Mejor track: Alien
    Peor track: Body Ache    … Expand
  15. maquisl
    Jul 24, 2020
    2
    The best thing on this albums are the lyrics. Britney said that this is her most personal albums and the lyrics show us that.
    But the rest is bad. I can't believe that Britney Spears released this album. The typical will.i.am sound doesn't sound good on her, the album has glitches, and that mess with MM. Without a dount, Britney's worst album to the date.
  16. yrcrazy
    Dec 6, 2013
    1
    Nothing of merit here, filled with generic avicci wannabee pop EDM. A true representation of what has gone wrong in electronic music over the last few years since its commercialisation.
  17. MarcusLovesBey
    Dec 11, 2013
    1
    If you haven't listened to it yet, don't even bother. Britney's vocals are, well, non-existent. She sounds like she was under duress while she was recording this album. Its a reluctant effort, not for individuals who are in search of a Pop record that really stands out from the rest [in a positive light]. The high levels of mediocrity are beyond shocking. Its trash.
  18. HunterThiago
    Dec 4, 2013
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Só mereceu 1 por causa de Perfume... Se Perfume não existisse seria 0.
    Ouvi dizer que Alien a melhor do álbum, escutei 4 vezes e ainda não achei nada demais aquela música...    … Expand
  19. JoelCosta
    Dec 6, 2013
    1
    Bem ruim, cliquei em audio e só ouvi instrumental! As batidas estao genéricas e esse cd só mostra u ninguem quer ver! Que britney não quer mais cantar, só faz isso por obrigação e isso esta claro nesse cd
  20. brulno
    Jun 17, 2014
    1
    I think the first song really defines the whole album. She sings with an 'Alien' voice in all the musics. Work harder **** This does not sounds like the Britney Spears I met, TBH this doesn't even sound like a truly singer. Giving a 1 because I guess she needs to eat tonight.
  21. Rosaria88
    Jun 15, 2015
    1
    Foxes é maravilhosa. Eu amo tudo o que ela faz, tudo bem feito, impecável. Coisa de artista de verdade, é uma pena ver que não tem o reconhecimento merecido.
  22. BuySameOldLove
    Oct 13, 2015
    1
    Britney Jean é um álbum ruim, do começo ao fim, parece que a Britney tentou fazer um álbum com sobras do Femme Fatale e virou isso um monte de música sem sentido a única coisa que salva no BJ é Perfume o resto não passa de músicas experimentais
  23. prayyoucatchme
    Aug 30, 2016
    1
    Spears' sophomore album, which was critically one of her best, and featured the self-titled single that everyone and their mothers know. The album is headlined by such songs as Oops...I did it again, Stronger, and Lucky, with each one reaching the top 15 in the US Billboard 100 charts. Though those songs were popular, and I think they are catchy, the album does have its flaws. (I can't getSpears' sophomore album, which was critically one of her best, and featured the self-titled single that everyone and their mothers know. The album is headlined by such songs as Oops...I did it again, Stronger, and Lucky, with each one reaching the top 15 in the US Billboard 100 charts. Though those songs were popular, and I think they are catchy, the album does have its flaws. (I can't get no) Satisfaction is a word-for-word cover of the original Rolling Stones song, and it just comes off as awful personally. Also, the last track on the album, Dear Diary, is very, very stupid, in my opinion. Buy it to relive some nostalgia, but be aware this is the early 2000's, and bubblegum pop is just as cheesy as you thought it was. Collapse… Expand
  24. sixinch
    Aug 30, 2016
    1
    One 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.
  25. AnalyDewa
    Dec 4, 2013
    0
    With 10 tracks in the standard version, the new album of Britney Spears, Britney Jean, was released with the promise to be her most personal work showing all his vocal range. Britney write 9 of 10 tracks of the album, even so she need help of an army of songwriters, maybe because she need someone to make her own work a little less mediocre. The album begins with Alien, song that brings toWith 10 tracks in the standard version, the new album of Britney Spears, Britney Jean, was released with the promise to be her most personal work showing all his vocal range. Britney write 9 of 10 tracks of the album, even so she need help of an army of songwriters, maybe because she need someone to make her own work a little less mediocre. The album begins with Alien, song that brings to the audience an influence of Madonna's Ray Of Light, but the similarity ends there, cause Britney don't show the same knowledge as Madonna. In Britney's hit 3 she sings about a threesome, but now she seems do not like to share her love with another person, in her new single Perfume, and use metaphors that brings to our minds habits that animals do, like when she sing that she hopes that the another person smells her perfume, evocating the image of a dog pissing in his place to mark his own territory.
    Katy Perry write Passenger and clearly we can see that Britney took the song and change nothing, but actually it's not a surprise in her career. This time Britney let Dr Luke behind e brought with her Will I Am and David Guetta to the album but maybe was more interesting to her don't change her team. Britney that already saw the worst part of this industry and was able to put more personality in her amazing album of 2007, blackout, let was with the impression that her is always a passenger, unlike Janet Jackson that once said the her last name was Control.
    Britney Jean doesn't sound like Britney Spears and miss american dream seems like a nightmare queen.    … Expand
  26. 0987
    Jan 23, 2017
    0
    I'm really sorry, but this is such a horrible album. There is no song that really stand out. Almost all of them are mediocre and terrible. Very weak album.
  27. ImAwesome
    Jan 18, 2014
    0
    Awful Eurotrash prefab beats dehumanized sadness. No idea, no fun, no lightness; just mechanical thumbing and gross sexual lyrics. One more time, was much better. The voice sounds like a robot sampled Britney and then played it. WTF! Where are the real melodies? Where is the real voice? Where is Britney?
  28. Marucosan
    Dec 8, 2013
    0
    lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo lixo Desculpe fãs de Britney Spears, mas ela devia se aposentar... não faz mais nada que preste
  29. chidime
    Jul 13, 2016
    0
    An absolute zero over 10. Nothing to write about tbh. Everything that could go wrong in an album went wrong in Britney Jean. Lack of cohesion, rubbish songs, terrible vocals, lack of meaningful lyrics, poor songwriting, terrible/cliche production, terrible sound effects (like the autotune on the will.i.am featured song. can't be bothered to know the name). This album should be added to aAn absolute zero over 10. Nothing to write about tbh. Everything that could go wrong in an album went wrong in Britney Jean. Lack of cohesion, rubbish songs, terrible vocals, lack of meaningful lyrics, poor songwriting, terrible/cliche production, terrible sound effects (like the autotune on the will.i.am featured song. can't be bothered to know the name). This album should be added to a register/library to show other artists/singers an example of an album you do not want to make. 0/10… Expand
  30. andreslopez
    Dec 5, 2013
    0
    uh there's a lot of autotune in the whole album damn..................................................................................................
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 21
  3. Negative: 3 out of 21
  1. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Jan 7, 2014
    50
    The alien, blank dead-eyedness of Britney Jean is frightening, because it feels like it’s all will.i.am trusts Britney with.
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  2. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Dec 10, 2013
    40
    Play this album from start to finish and it’s hard not to feel that at the core of its cheaply gratifying genealogy is nothing but misery.
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  3. No Ripcord
    Dec 6, 2013
    50
    Backed up by masters of electronica David Guetta, Diplo and Swedish House Mafia’s Sebastian Ingrosso, they all make sure to drop a storm of ugly, trite and utterly soulless EDM breakdowns and dubstep drops whenever they can.
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