Britney Spears Music:

		List Price: $33.99		Label: Sony Bmg Europe Salesrank: 308509 Released: December 14, 2004
		Used Price: $49.85
		Media: Audio CD

Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [2-Disc UK Limited Edition] 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 Remix!)
10. Boys
11. Sometimes
12. Overprotected
13. Lucky
14. Outrageous
15. Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know
16. Born To Make You Happy
17. I Love Rock 'N' Roll
18. I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
19. I've Just Begun (Having My Fun)
20. Do Somethin'
21. Toxic (Armand Van Helden Remix)
22. Everytime (Valentin Remix)
23. Breathe On Me (Thin White Duke Mix)
24. Outrageous (Junkie XL Dancehall Mix)
25. Stronger (Miguel 'Migs' Vocal Mix)
26. I'm A Slave 4 U (Thunderpuss Club Mix)
27. Mega Mix

Editorial Review:
Australian edition features three tracks not on the US release: 'Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know', 'Born To Make You Happy' and 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll'!!! The Limited Edition Bonus disc also features one extra track, the 'Mega Mix'!!!

Greatest Hits: My Prerogative [2-Disc UK Limited Edition] Reviews:
Britney: Queen of Pop Music
2005-12-21 - I'm a huge Britney fan, so when she came out with her Greatest Hits album, I was really excited. I would have giving it 5 stars but she did not include "From the Bottom of My Broken Heart" or "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know". Why she included "Outrageous" is beyond me. I loved the remix bonus cd, especially the Chris Cox Megamix. All in all, this is a wonderful cd.

From teenage sensation to icon of pop-culture
2005-03-05 - The bestselling artist in the 21st century Britney Spears summarizes with this collection first six years of her outstanding career and shows her story from teenage sensation to icon of pop-culture. She started with simple catchy pop songs which were written for her just to be hits, but in the 21st century she was converted to less commercial r'n'b and club music instead of selling incredible amount of records and above all she began to write her own songs. This album is a certificate of evolution from manufactured teen idol to professional artist.

Spears has as many fans as anti-fans, so there are varied opinions about her music. But we must to admit that facts are on Spears' side, because her music achieved not only commercial success with 60 million sold albums and almost twenty hits all over the world, but above all artistic with numerous nominations to the most prestigious music awards including Grammy. And no words can take it back from her. It's simply high quality pop music, that's all. Isn't it ridiculous that such innocent music causes so much anger or even hate in some people? Thanks to this strange mystery these people make Spears' music uncommon in some way.

Spears with all these hits took over the throne from Queen of Pop Madonna and Queen of R'n'B Janet Jackson. That's why she sold much more records during her career than Madonna and Janet put together in the same period of time! And such hits like: "...Baby One More Time", "Oops...I Did It Again", "I'm A Slave 4 U" or "Toxic" are classics in history of pop music already.

This is the best, because the most expanded edition of this set. That's why in this version it's a perfect compilation. It contains 20 songs - all Britney's 17 international hits and 3 brand new songs as well. In this special edition you can also find a bonus CD with 6 very interesting remixes and "Megamix" of her biggest hits.

And it's only beginning...


Her prerogative
2004-12-07 - 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.

the track listing isn't exact on Bonus Disc. SURPRISES...
2004-12-07 - The main disc is just as listed here with the extra tracks not on the US edition, but I ordered this version due to the different tracks on the bonus CD. I got some surprises. Here is the breakdown:



1. Toxic (armand van helden remix)--The disc's case calls this the "edit" but it is indeed the full 9 minute and 34 second version found on the US 12" single, not the 6 and a half minute edit found on the US bonus disc.


2. Everytime--the track listing is WRONG here on Amazon. This is not a Valentin mix. it's the same hi-bias radio edit from the US edition.


3. Breathe on Me--same Jacques Lu Cont mix as US bonus disc.


4. Outrageous--same Junkie XL Dancehall mix as US bonus disc.


5. Stronger(miguel mig's vocal mix)--this boring 6 and a half minute version is on the US CD single for this song.


6. I'm a Slave 4U--this is the FULL 8 minute and 46 second thunderpuss mix from the US 12" single, finally on CD!!!


7. Chris Cox megamix--same 5 minute version as on the US bonus CD.


Hope this helps all the collectors. It's worth it for Tracks 1 and 6 on CD, I'd say.