Review Summary: Strolling through the r & b , hip- hop and alternative pop , the singer finally gives a ball in to show this , engaged and interested by the music , having released two albums median
The duration of Glory , ninth album of Britney Spears , released on Friday (26 ) , and the first track already suggest that the singer stepped on unexpected - which means you may not be able to understand it at first heard. It is a sound experience .
After many attempts - all right more interested in maintaining the rule than the sanity of the person - this may be the first time in years that the personality of Britney Spears , human , shows in his music.
Since 2011, the Femme Fatale , the singer is giving in to what seems to be easier and decided to follow what Kesha and others were already doing, but without emotion. It was the wave of the moment. He played a little dubstep to camouflage the lack of involvement . Dr. Luke was using the brand to promote. The whole identity of the singer was shaved and she seemed to be more robotic than ever.
Incidentally, since recovered from his famous collapse in 2008, she seemed more focused on putting his life in place and live quiet the children. But, on the other hand, it has an empire to maintain and continued to work for sound opinion. But the lack of energy, connection with what he was doing when he came up to the stage and gave an interview, should indicate that things were not so cool.
Through music, the pop star showed signs of how discouraged he was. When he reached the release of Britney Jean, in 2013, Spears seemed to have thrown in the towel. His soul was not there. Impeccability bringing their productions - whether you like it or not - has given way to an amateur disc. Another "comeback" flawed. If there is any doubt that his voice shows that all that had ceased to be a dream ...
Well. In the last three years she has been recovering the coveted energy on stage, he managed to present herself after years at an awards and recover part of the public interest again, and in the midst of it all, decided to record an album.
This time Britney spoke little, but showed signs that there was no deadline for release. It also decided to dispatch stamped producers and followed another path - almost like Rihanna and Beyonce did, but for pop.
For the commercial side, Britney brought composers Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter - famous for songs like Sorry - to help her to be more contemporary. The partnership of the three, left a lot of songs, six of them also composed by the artist herself.
But producers are diverse and unexpected more to be virtually unknown. It gave up the partnership of singer Karen Kwak, who signs the executive production of what became, after two years, the Glory. Karen, who has worked with Rihanna and last album of Justin Bieber (hence some similarities) convinced the singer to work only with young producers and they were eager to do good things and different. In the CD booklet, including Britney Karen attaches to your calls have rekindled.
"Thanks for reminding me that what I do is a dream, it is art and not a job." And this is also reflected in his music. In Glory are 17 tracks in which the singer shows that has never been interested in the work itself, regardless of whether it was made to be hit or not. All she always said she wanted to do for a career, she made the album: it means: r & b, hip-hop, alternative pop. The productions are bolder and the vocals are so present that is not surprising. You can hear it in the backing vocals as well.
Tracks like Man On The Moon, If I'm Dancing and Coupure Electrique (the latter in French) prove that she was not afraid to take risks and experiment. The result is not always as good . Private Show and What You Need ( both produced by Young Fire ) show a more diva side of the singer, but sound not so comfortable for your vocal range , so are not pleasing to the ears. A step down solved .
In the alternative also Coupure Electrique, Britney - who is also the composition of the band - sang it in French. The lyrics are simple, speaks of love, the production is impeccable, ethereal, like much of the album, the accent? Well bad, according to experts in French. "Who does not understand, you will find it very beautiful." The production also do not follow a melodic band as bubblegum as people may be accustomed to from her, so maybe Glory deserves more than a few repetitions because, after all, the productions ask.
Liar, one of the album's best, has many subtle details and extol every intention of music and helps tell your story, should be clamped as a single at some point. Britney is literally returning to form. Bass vocals, nasalados aggressive and threatening to reveal all the most sordid secrets of a traitor. Or flawless and sophisticated Invitation, which, as the name suggests, invites you to a different experience than expected and sets the tone for the entire album.
The downside is for more generic bands like Better, resembling the tropical house of Lean On from Major Lazer - that even should have been left behind - and Clumsy, which has a drop that comes out of nowhere and goes nowhere.
When we pointed out that it followed almost the same path as Rihanna and Beyonce, that she ventured all the nuances that alternative can bring to pop, but unlike the other two, a mild form - but so bold and engaged as they are. Glory is not their best album, but is from In The Zone (2003) and Blackout (2007) in terms of musical quality. Whatever this 'comeback' means, there is no doubt that, at least musically, she still manages to overcome and gives hope that really may have entered this glorious stage she so desires.
