In the Zone

Britney Spears - In the Zone
Critic Score
Based on 9 reviews
2003 Ratings: #312 / 355
User Score
2003 Rank: #223
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CRITIC REVIEWS

80
The Guardian

Unlike previous Britney albums, In the Zone has no filler and no shoddy cover versions, just 57 varieties of blue-chip hit-factory pop.

67
Entertainment Weekly
On a CD intended to celebrate her lurch into adulthood, Spears remains distant and submerged. For all her freedom, she’s still finding her way.
60
AllMusic

If an album is going to be about sex, dancing, and freedom, it should at the very least sound joyous and fun. In the Zone deliberately avoids fun, which is why it's less likeable than Britney's previous albums, even if it is musically more accomplished.

60
Rolling Stone

In the Zone offers strip-club, 1-900 sex, accommodating and hollow. Beyond the glittering beats, Spears sounds about as intimate as a blowup doll.

60
Slant Magazine

For the most part, In The Zone is a big, fat, thumping love letter to the dancefloor.

60
The Sydney Morning Herald
The album is not half bad, but is half enough? Either way, Britney better decide which route she's taking because her audience may not wait, if it hasn't already left the building.
60
Q Magazine
A sprightly collection of provocative pop.
25
Evening Standard
The problem is that four albums in, Britney still has not found a sound of her own. Principally here, she wants to sound like Madonna, even duetting with her idol on the single, Me Against the Music. It is a desperately clumsy attempt at torch-passing on a tuneless mess of a song.
Kayro
85

Ouvi boatos de q esse era o melhor álbum da Britney🧐, era verdade mesmo viu🤧

Melhores álbuns da Britney pra mim :
1 : In the zone - 85
2 : Circus - 84🙃

Notas pras musicas desse álbum :

Me against the music - 88

(I got that) boom boom - 70

Showdown - 90

Breath on me - 100

Early mornin' - 79

Toxic - 70

Outrageous - 82

Touch of my hand - 87

The hook up - 84

Shadow - 88

Brave New girl - 68

Everytime - 100

Me against the music (remix) - 100

vivi
100

REVIEW 1 OF 2: IN THE ZONE

500 FOLLOWER SPECIAL(S)

For my 500 follower milestone, I thought of doing 5 reviews for 5 albums I love. They are being written in Google Docs, just like my review for Turtleneck & Chain by The Lonely Island, and they will be uploaded at the same time when I have completed them. I am going to try a new(ish) way of organizing the review for these too. Everything is cut up into sections (a bit more clearly this time! I did the same with T&C but it ... read more

Crazyreviews2
83

× IN THE ZONE - BRITNEY SPEARS ×

{REVIEW GERAL} é

O quarto álbum de britney spears, "in the zone", é um de seus melhores trabalhos e ao longo de todo o registro isso vai se comprovando cada vez mais. A experiência de ouvir esse álbum é obviamente super divertida, mas não é só isso que há aqui, as baladas são deliciosas, sonoridades ótimas do início ao fim. Vocalmente britney trouxe ... read more

whatamidoing
75

Toxic carried ngl

MostUnwanted
80

I know almost every Britney stan gags over this record much like they do with 'Blackout', but personally I don't hear what y'all are hearing. In The Zone is a very mixed bag for me overall. This album continues the transitional period in Britney's career that started with the 'Britney' album when she shifted from a teen sensation making bubblegum pop music to a more mature recording artist. However, unlike the former, this transition into adulthood is a lot more apparent on In The Zone in both ... read more

78

go white girl go!!!

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Added on: August 28, 2013