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List Price: $25.49 | | Label: Bmg
Salesrank: 555628
Released: January 3, 2005 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Greatest Hits: My Prerogative Track Listing:
1. My Prerogative
2. Toxic
3. I’M A Slave 4 U
4. Oops I Did It Again
5. Me Against The Music (Ft Madonna)
6. Stronger
7. Everytime
8. Baby One More Time
9. (You Drive Me) Crazy (The Stop Mix)
10. Boys (Co-Ed Mix)
11. Sometimes
12. Overprotected
13. Lucky
14. Outrageous
15. Born To Make You Happy
16. I Love Rock N Roll
17. I’M Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
18. I’Ve Just Begun (Having My Fun)
19. Do Somethin’
20. Megamix Music (Video)
21. Chris Cox Megamix
Editorial Review:
Australian version of Britney's 'Greatest Hits' collection includes three more tracks than the US version, 'Don't Let Me Be the Last to Know', 'Born to Make You Happy' and a cover of Joan Jett's 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll'. This limited pressing also features a bonus disc of remixes from Armand Van Helden, Junkie XL, Miguel Migs and Thunderpuss that's identical to the U.S. pressing. BMG. 2004.
Greatest Hits: My Prerogative Reviews:
No choice but bashing the critics. 
2005-07-08 - GH:My Prerogative is a very good reminder of what spears has done over the last six years. Starting as a very young girl, growing into one of the most mature females of music history. It's hard to think through the mind of one of the most haunted 23yr old popstars, so 'regular' peoples minds could not imagine how they would anticipate to such great succes. As you may have noticed; this review is kinda of a responce to the review of ..?? also viewed on this page. I think spears has done exactly what the world wants to see in the music-entertainment buisness, it goes a little bit further then 'just' making music records. She certainly has done it for me!
Many artists have great (read: better) voices and stunning looks, but some of them are not seen or heard for tooo long. This naive girl must be doing something really clever, i guess :) .
In the end, Great beats, catchy vocals, and dispite her status a female who most (!) poeple can relate to, boy or girl. How great her support may have been, and still is: This road isn't ment for just anybody to walk on. And I believe her Best time is still yet to come. A 'must have' for at least(!) anyone her age. History still in the making......
Her prerogative 
2005-04-04 - Rarely has someone been so famous for so little, and that fact shines through in "Greatest Hits: My Prerogative." While much-publicized pop star Britney Spears has produced four albums thus far, all that becomes clear in her "greatest hits" is that her music has never been that good, and it's only getting worse.
This contains several of her hit singles, arranged in no particular order -- expect to bounce madly between slinky technopop and bouncy bubblegum with no logic in mind -- the obvious hits like "I'm A Slave 4 U" (future bondage-porn soundtrack?), "... Baby One More Time" and "Oops!... I Did It Again" are set alongside much lesser pop hits like "Toxic," the flaccid Madonna duet, and several others that were more or less forgotten.
Like virtually any other greatest hits album, it has some bonus materials. There are from several remixes, none of which are too good -- for example, the Darkchild Remix of "Overprotected" is a clattery, feedback-laced affair. Spears also releases several previously unheard songs, such as the generic "I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)" and equally dull "Do Somethin'." The most hyped song is "My Prerogative," an electropop cover of a Bobby Brown song -- with lyrics like "I don't need permission/I make my own decisions," it sounds like an immature, defiant finger-flip at the world. Good luck with that.
Usually "Greatest Hits" albums are put out for one of two reasons. Either a band/singer has been around for eons and has enough glorious songs to fill an entire album, or the label they are/were signed to is trying to cash in. For the latter, think "Best of Mandy Moore," which Ms. Moore had nothing to do with. Sadly, Spears' "Greatest Hits" album is neither -- instead, it feels like an effort to keep her at the forefront of music store displays.
Her music is pretty standard for whatever kind of pop is attempted -- polished and overproduced. And, I might add, very predictable -- virtually every blip and note can be detected before it's heard. While "Toxic" has a halfway decent beat and some electric violins, Spears strikes out with her newer pop melodies, especially the ones that sound a lot like No Doubt covers.
Her image also veers wildly through the various songs, starting off with the sound of a giggly teen who has done something naughty. Then she's launching into the more sexual stuff, especially in the horribly-written "Outrageous" ("Outrageous!/My sex drive/Outrageous!/My shopping sprees...."). But it doesn't feel genuinely sexy -- rather it feels like a little girl dressing up in mommy's lingerie.
And Spears' vocals have never been too good -- her early material displays a voice that is pretty typical for a teenage girl. It has little range, and it's a sort of breathy, thin voice. That doesn't last -- her voice deteriorates over the more recent tracks from her fourth album, becoming drier and more computerized. The sound peaks in "My Prerogative," where Spears sounds like a congested robot.
Everyone has an opinion on Spears' much-publicized love life, but the quality of her pop music is pretty clear. While her early material was innocuous in a teen pop sort of way, her pop ditties have only deteriorated with time.
