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8.0
902
8.0 |
The List
One of 2008’s finest singles, ‘Womanizer’ is an excellent place to start, and soon gives way to a plethora of instant Spears classics.
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8.0
904
8.0 |
The Quietus
Nowhere near as cohesive as Blackout...there a few duffers here but who really cares? In the midst of so much personal chaos, this most mystifying of pop stars.. has released 30 minutes of pure, out-there sonic luxury.
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8.0
905
8.0 |
The Sunday Times
Circus may not be as strange or disturbing as last year’s superb Blackout, but it knocks for six recent efforts by rivals such as Madonna and Beyoncé.
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7.0
903
7.0 |
The Observer
Where before you pitied the beast in the ring, now you can applaud without feeling ill with complicity
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7.0
900
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
Britney may have left the psych ward, but on Circus, she proves she's still a freak... Britney hasn't lost her talent: Her fans still can't look away.
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6.5
894
6.5 |
Daily Telegraph
Circus is paranoid, defensive, angry and aggressive, shot through with self-pity.
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6.0
896
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
'Circus' will have the haters blushing in shame
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6.0
897
6.0 |
musicOMH
Obviously all is still not perfect in Britney's world, but Circus still does more than enough to remind us of why she's one of the world's most iconic pop stars.
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6.0
901
6.0 |
The Guardian
You're left to conclude that the sound of Britney back on track is substantially less interesting than the sound of Britney going off the rails.
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6.0
893
6.0 |
Blender
Her detached, technology -tweaked singing always gave Britney’s Lolita act a she’s-not-there edge; it made her sound hard-hearted, impervious and mercenary, a Darwinian diva.
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6.0
899
6.0 |
PopMatters
Not everything hits the target, but she’s offered us something intermittently wonderful that proves she can still black us out even when she’s on the up and up.
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6.0
908
6.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Half the other songs on 'The Circus' sound prepped to become big sellers
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6.0
909
6.0 |
musicOMH
While The Circus will undoubtedly sell bucketloads of copies, it does all become rather samey after a while. As reunions go though, this one seems to putting the likes of All Saints to shame.
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6.0
910
6.0 |
The Guardian
So, what next for Take That? Will Brian Eno get the call? Stranger things have happened in their remarkable comeback.
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6.0
920
6.0 |
The Guardian
You're left to conclude that the sound of Britney back on track is substantially less interesting than the sound of Britney going off the rails.
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5.5
906
5.5 |
Daily Telegraph
Take That give the impression they are happy to still be in the ring, putting on a show.
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5.0
911
5.0 |
The Observer
This is a pretty anaemic procession of soft rock clichés, with big choruses and bigger platitudes.
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5.0
898
5.0 |
NME
Truth is, though, she sounds most at home on sickly sweet, maudlin closer ‘My Baby’. Which might just say it all about who she really is.
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4.0
895
4.0 |
Evening Standard
Here, her songwriting contribution is negligible and she's been placed in the hands of producers who iron out the kinks of her tinny voice…
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4.0
914
4.0 |
Evening Standard
Here, her songwriting contribution is negligible and she's been placed in the hands of producers who iron out the kinks of her tinny voice…
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