Britney's Blackout album is outstanding. Such an amazing cohesive vibe with totally compelling music.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

agreed

"Blackout" is one of my all time favourite albums, I looove it. I thought she would never make another epick album like "In the zone" and than "Blackout" just blew my mind.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Yep really solid songs underpinning an experimental and adventurous soundscape - quality 😃

Without a doubt her most credible album still sounds fantastic today Britney's masterpiece 👍🏻🎵⭐

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

yes it still stands today 😃

@ryanappleton3653

5 ай бұрын

​@@jonnyharvey When the fans had to do the album title poll, idk why Dignity was offered as Hilary Duff had released her album Dignity a whole 5 or 6 months prior to Blackout. Is that some shade to Ms Duff or something because if so, I'm not going to be happy

@jonnyharvey

5 ай бұрын

@@ryanappleton3653 on my part? No - I know next to nothing about Hilary Duff.

I'm a huge Britney fan and I wss obsessed with Blackout. It's a shame Britney was going through such a torrid time in her personal life. I'd love to see Britney come back

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

yes what Britney has gone through in her life is awful. Poor woman😥

I miss explicitly minor key pop music both of this variety and in the vein of late 90's/early 2000's Max Martin-esque V chord heavy music. Both trends were completely unafraid of using 2, b6, and (natural) 7 in the melody. Look at Nu-Di-Ty by Kylie. The "Just let it slip inside" descends stepwise from 5 down to natural 7, then "One button at a time" does the stepwise descent to 1, but jumps back up to 5 and moves up to b6 before jumping to 4. That's every harmonic minor note. You don't see stuff like that in pop music anymore. Minor key music in mainstream pop music has sadly almost exclusively turned into pentatonic melodies, with very non-direcitonal harmony, and VERY little use of the V chord. It makes me so sad.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

wow - you really know your music. A lot of technical knowledge there - very impressive.

I was living in London when that was released, everybody was surprised how come she released an album and when did she have the time to do so especially with all the drama of shaving her head, the custody of the children, the divorce, problems with her father, et cetera, this album is a great album

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

I was living in London at the time aswell and I remember being really surprised the reviews were so great 😃

@JessNukethedangthing

Жыл бұрын

She recorded a majority of it during her second pregnancy, and the rest is producers’ magic.

@discreetlesbian

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyharvey no way, I know we are talking. Why do our worlds apart hehe keep up the good work

Thank you for your channel, your videos are very relevant! For me, her best album without a doubt, may be the most "sincere", the only one for which she is credited Executive producer. I think this record influenced the hyperpop movement a lot.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

😀😀

You going into "screensaver mode" at the end of the bloopers made my day. (I do it often!)

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

I must do it a lot, cause people mention it to me all the time. I space out very easily.

@codenamesharp

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyharvey All the best people do!

I love how Kylie Minogues 2007 X come back album from cancer and this Britney Spears album where the two pop albums that helped bring EDM back to four front world wide 💯 then Lady Gaga took it from there in 2008, then EDM ruled through 2010s.... Such a good era for music, the 2000s in general.... 💯👌🎤

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

yep it was a brilliant few years for pop music - exciting times 😃

Nearly every contemporary music critic has hailed Blackout as *THE POP BIBLE* for it's futuristic and experimental sound of techno, avant disco, urban and EDM. The best thing about the album is its cohesion, production by Bloodshy & Avant and Danja and Britney's vocals. Plus all of the collaborators and songwriters (Danja, Keri Hilson, Jim Beanz, Sean Garrett, Pharrell, T Pain) have spoken of Spears' in high regard with her professionalism and polite attitude, even in the midst of her personal woes.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Yea everyone of them spoke so highly about her & how easy she was to work with 😀

I remember when this album came out, I was 16 and absolutely everyone at school would love "piece of me" and "gimme more"

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

ah memories 😃

Blackout is my all time favorite pop album!!

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

It's a classic!

Yesssss! Thank you for this Jonny 😍😍😍 .

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

😀🙏

Yessss! Been waiting for a blackout video from you. ❤

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

hope it delivered 😀

I loved Piece of Me and Radar! I listen to the dance remixes every time I go to the gym! Such brilliant songs!

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

The pop bible!!

Great job as always! 😊

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

thank you😃

I was waiting for this Jonny! You are sucha legend! ♥

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks - hope you liked it 😀

Thank your for this video. This is exactly what I was looking for 🙏🏻

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

😀🙏

Blackout has such an unique sonority... When you hear it, It isn't just pop, R&b or hip Hop, It is neither the music that was playing at the time, but this unbelievable savage exploding beat. It is a classic to be listed on the greatest albuns of all the time, hands down.

Best video ❤❤❤❤❤

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

thank you ♥

that last quote by her is so fire!!!!!! i love it

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Britney understood the magic of the album 😀

love all your videos 💞

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

thank you 😀

Great vid x

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

thanks 😃

Blackout = pop bible. You sir, MORE BLOOPERS ❤️😍

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the blooper are.....entertaining 😂

Blackout is excellent (seconded by In The Zone quite closely)

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

it's the pop bible!

My favorite Britney album!😊

It’s funny how people back then shaded Britney at the time but the new generation especially gen Z loves her and her songs from her Blackout and Circus era.

LEGENDARY POP ICON PRINCESS OF POP

@jonnyharvey

11 ай бұрын

😀

Love this album ❤🎉

@jonnyharvey

9 ай бұрын

😀

I like Blackout, but In the zone remains my absolute favorite.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Oh that’s interesting - there are definitely solid songs on ‘In the Zone’ 😀

I mean Britney’s right she didn’t need Timba or Justin she’s so iconic for not letting the two men who perpetuated an image of her as a cheater on her magnum opus

Very good. It would be interesting to know why certain songs never made it to the album, like Let Go and Baby Boy, these unreleased material were written by her and very personal (regarding her divorce), wonder if it was her call not to make the album too personal.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

That would be interesting. I never came across that information

@Goingby20s

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyharvey yeah, the songs are available here in KZread. They're some of my favorite from her, lyrics and vocal wise

I remember thinking the album art was bad and the music sounded half-finished kind of? Like all over the place. But in retrospect, love going back to it

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I really didn’t like the artwork or the photoshoot at the time. I’m not too bothered about them now

I thought the album was a masterpiece on first listen and was surprised by the amount of mixed reviews. Superficially, I just wished she had gotten a higher quality black wig for the cover and corresponding photo shoot. The cheap wig, the troubled Gimme More video and the rough VMA performance drew too much attention away from how truly great the album was!

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

yes there was a lot of negative PR around the album at the time, which was a shame.

Could you please do a video of the unreleased tracts from blackout.. you can find them everywhere esp here on YT.. Again thanks for the great content!😁

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

thank you. Yes I will definitely look into. I'm not sure if I will do another Britney video anytime soon TBH - my two Britney videos haven't done well thus far.

The Bible of Pop 👏

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

😀

No doubt about it, Blackout is Britney's Thriller/Rumours/Nevermind/Abbey Road

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Its Britney's classic

do u have a video on original doll?

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

No I chose not to include it or I’d never get the video finished. Apologies

@ihavecrabs56

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyharvey wait what do u mean? i didnt ask if it was mentioned in this video, i asked if you have one on it lol.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

@@ihavecrabs56 no there isn't a separate video on it.

WHERE ARE THE GAGA VIDEOS

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

I really want to do one - I have 2/3 solid ideas. Gaga covers so much ground so they will takes ages. But I love Gaga. I will try to do one by the end of the summer

Was surprised you didn’t mention that Lady Gaga actually wrote a couple of songs for the album, most notable Quicksand which has her backing vocals on.

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Was it for that album? Didn't Quicksand end up on Circus? Do you have a link for that information?

@rjlennon8240

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyharvey oops my bad! Yes it was for Circus, she wrote Telephone and Quicksand for Britney, in 2008 before The Fame was released. I remember reading an interview with Gaga about writing for Britney whilst Circus was being done. Would love to see you do these type one of these for the Circus album and some of Gaga’s albums 😊

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

@@rjlennon8240 oh it's fine, don't worry. Yes I have to do Gaga soon. My Britney videos haven't done that well thus far, so we'll see.

So she just goes there to choose songs … how creative she is

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

Well leading a music project, deciding what sounds to pursue, choosing songs & collaborators & bringing it altogether at the end is a talent I would argue.

@mohamedanisferchichi2071

Жыл бұрын

@@jonnyharvey what I like about you is that you answer your followers! Great job!

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

@@mohamedanisferchichi2071 well I feel I should - when people take the time and energy to comment. It's the least I can do.

They didn't want umbrella cuz of Britney hit that car with an umbrella

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

maybe

Pop bible!

@jonnyharvey

Жыл бұрын

😀