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Digital Spy: “Circus” Album Review

Circus is essentially a sequel to last year’s Blackout album - it has the same fierce electro sound, but Britney sounds more confident and there’s less reliance on the vocoder.

Circus also has something Blackout didn’t: a proper ballad. “I know that we tried everything we could try, so let’s just say goodbye forever,” Britney sings on the really quite lovely ‘Out From Under’.

The title track is a prowling beast of a song whose chorus kicks off with a Max Martin-style thump. “I’m the ringleader, I call the shots, I’m a firecracker, I like it hot,” Britney sings on the verses. It’s been confirmed as the next single and the video’s already been shot.

Britney’s introduced as “our very own pop princess, now Queen of Pop” on ‘Kill The Lights’. That’s her off Madonna’s Christmas card list then…

The song itself is almost as knowing as Blackout’s ‘Piece Of Me’, with Britney taking the paparazzi to task. “You don’t like me, I don’t like you,” she tells them. “Only difference is you still listen, I don’t have to.”

‘If U Seek Amy’, on which Britney actually reunites with Max Martin, is 50% glam, 50% rave. The title has nothing to do with a certain Miss Winehouse and makes more sense if you say it quickly… just don’t do so in polite company.