Britney Spears - Baby One More Time [ECD] (CD 1999)

i bought this album cos i loved it when it first came out but i lost it and would love to have a listen to it again

Britney Spears has had a distinctly uneven career. But this, her debut single, still sounds fresh. It's a remarkably good song, and Ms Spears did it justice. Listening to it, it's hard not to think of the images from the video - which may affect the listener's enjoyment one way or the other. (I've heard very harsh things said of the video.) Be that as it may, the video is not included on this three track single. Track one is the radio version - the definitive version of the song. Track two is an instrumental - I think it's exactly the same as track one, but without Ms Spears' voice. (Both tracks one and two have same playing time - 3 minutes 30 seconds.) Track three is another song - "Autumn Goodbye" - with a Britney Spears vocal. The lyric says "I never promised you a happy ending/ You never said you wouldn't make me cry..." - which makes me (at least) think of the some of the things that have since befallen Britney Spears. On that basis, it leaves me feeling rather sad. It's a good enough song, in its own right, but not as good as "Baby One More Time". Then again, I don't expect the B side song to be as good as the A side one - and B sides are often a lot less worthwhile than this.

Overall - worth buying both as a slice of pop history, and as record in its own right. Play it - it's probably better than you think it is.

Yep ! this is really the first Britney Spears cd i have ever purchased, and i found it to be very enjoyable.
Nice to play in the back ground whilst working at what ever project , found it to keep the mood light.
Good fun all round.

the songs arnt as good as i thought and dosnt have the songs on it i wanted. i deceided to buy it after seeing alot of the old britney songs on the tv music channels that i liked.

Very recommended for Pop lovers AND britney fan some of the tracks on this cd is very cheesy. but is you love things like that then this is for you

A great example of 90's/early 00's pop music.Britney being the front runner of the teen sensations of that era brings the bubblegum pop to the fore on this.Somtimes a bit too sickly sweet,its still has amazing examples of some brilliant pop music (Born to make you happy,Sometimes,Crazy and of course baby one more time)
Very recommended for Pop lovers and pop culture lovers.