The Singles Collection [CD & DVD] [Box] - CD

Release Notes

The Singles Collection [CD & DVD] [Box]: Release Notes: Muze 
Recording information: 4MW East; Battery Studios, New York, NY; Bloodshy & Avant Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Chalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Cheiron Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY; Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Frou Frou Central, London, England; Glenwood Place Studios, Burbank, CA; Legacy Studios, New York, NY; Maratone Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Master Sound Studios, Virginia Beach, VA; Metrophonic Studios, England; Murlyn Studios, Stockholm, Sweden; Olympic Studios, London, England; Parc Studios, Orlando, FL; Record Plant, Hollywood, CA; Right Track Studios, New York, NY; Rusk Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Sony Music Studios, New York, NY; Sound on Sound Studios, New York, NY; Studio At The Palms, Las Vegas, NV; Sunset Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Teldex Studios, Berlin, Germany; The Bike Shop; The Chocolate Factory, Chicago, IL; The DOJO, Jackson, NJ; The Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL; The Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Triangle Sound Studios, Atlanta, GA.Like 2004's Greatest Hits: My Prerogative, 2009's The Singles runs 17 tracks but the selected songs result in a very different listening experience. To begin with, the five years separating the two compilations were tumultuous ones for Britney Spears, but they resulted in a clutch of hits that kept her on the charts despite all the drama, hits that firmly entrenched Britney as a dance club diva. This stretch of six singles -- "Gimme More," "Piece of Me," "Womanizer," "Circus," "If You Seek Amy," "Radar" -- along with the excellent new Max Martin-written and produced single "3" (much better than any of the three new cuts on My Prerogative), help push The Singles away from teen pop and toward pure dance-pop bliss, a shift in tone underscored by the virtual absence of ballads (the only one included is "Everytime," which in this context plays a bit as a chill-out number). In some regards, giving her early sticky bubblegum and fluffy ballads a bit of a short shrift does downplay Britney's era of dominance, but it does result in a stronger overall listen, since there are no slow patches here, just a parade of relentless hooks and rhythms that wound up defining the sound of a decade. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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Performer Spears,Britney , Britney Spears