Femme Fatale

by Britney Spears

Overview

The aftermath of Britney Spears' 2007 freak-out and Blackout wound up with her ceding control of her personal and professional life to her father and producers, respectively, leaving her as no more than a figurehead of an enterprise. Of course, Brit Brit had essentially been the face of a carefully calibrated pop machine for years, but every element of that contraption hinged on her persona, the songs and the sound fitting her evolution. Starting with Blackout, Britney started to slip into the background on her own records, a progression that continued unabated on Circus and finds some kind of culmination on 2011's Femme Fatale. Essentially a cleaner, classier remake of the gaudily dark Blackout, Femme Fatale is a producer's paradise, each cut decked out with stretched vocals, glassy keyboards, and insistent beats, all coming together in hyperactive arrangements that shift every five seconds. Sonically, it's all surface style, driven by sound and given shape by hypersexual lyrics. Britney dutifully steps through the paces, singing enough of the words so they can be tweaked in the computer, never getting in the way of the producers, who deliver a showcase. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	03/29/2011
Label:	Bmg / Sony Music
UPC:	0889854375225
Rank:	19002

Tracks

1. Till the World Ends
2. Hold It Against Me
3. Inside Out
4. I Wanna Go
5. How I Roll
6. (Drop Dead) Beautiful
7. Seal It With a Kiss
8. Big Fat Bass
9. Trouble for Me
10. Trip to Your Heart
11. Gasoline
12. Criminal

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Britney Spears   Primary Artist,Vocals (Background)
Sabi   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
will.i.am   Primary Artist,Piano,Synthesizer,Featured Artist
Heather Bright   Vocals (Background)
Chau Phan   Vocals (Background)
Livvi Franc   Vocals (Background)
Thaddis Harrell   Vocals (Background)
Ina Wroldsen   Vocals (Background)
Michaela Shiloh   Vocals (Background)
DJ Ammo   Synthesizer
Thaddaeus "Terry" Tribbett   Bass
J-MIKE   Vocals (Background)
Cri$tyle Johnson   Vocals (Background)
Nicole Morier   Vocals (Background)
Kesha Sebert   Multi Instruments
Myah Marie   Vocals (Background)
Billboard   Multi Instruments
Sheelback   Keyboards,Guitar
Sophia Black   Vocals (Background)
Ammo   Vocals (Background)
Luke   Multi Instruments,Vocals (Background)
Ester Dean   Vocals (Background)
Brent Paschke   Guitar
Travis Barker   Drums
Bonnie McKee   Vocals (Background)
Crystal Johnson   Vocals (Background)
Jeanette Olsson   Vocals (Background)
Benny Blanco   Vocals (Background)
Lukasz Gottwald   Vocals (Background)
Sophia Block   Vocals (Background)
Ashton Foster   Vocals (Background)
Stacey Barnett   Vocals (Background)
Patrizia Rogosch   Vocals (Background)
Max Martin   Keyboards,Multi Instruments,Vocals (Background)
Claude Kelly   Vocals (Background)
Savan Kotecha   Vocals (Background)
Shellback   Bass,Guitar,Keyboards
Sam Holland   Vocals (Background)
Fraser T. Smith   Keyboards

Technical Credits

Padraic Kerin   Engineer
Orlando Vitto   Engineer
Irene Richter   Production Coordination
Livvi Franc   Composer,Lyricist
Nick Steinhardt   Design,Art Direction
Jackie Murphy   Creative Director
Traci Hale   Composer,Lyricist
Tor Erik Hermansen   Composer,Lyricist
Chris "Tek" O'Ryan   Engineer
Mike "Handz" Donaldson   Engineer
Ina Wroldsen   Composer,Lyricist
Michaela Shiloh   Composer,Lyricist
Thomas Lumpkins   Composer,Lyricist
Megan Dennis   Production Coordination
DJ Ammo   Drum Programming
Peter Thea   A&R
Tiffany Amber   Composer,Lyricist
Magnus Lidehaell   Composer,Lyricist,Producer
Venza Gottwald   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
J-MIKE   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Tom Roberts   Assistant Engineer
Mathieu Jomphe   Composer,Lyricist
Clint Gibbs   Production Coordination
Lukasz Gottwald   Composer,Lyricist
Alexander Kronlund   Composer,Lyricist,Programming,Instrumentation
Aniela Gottwald   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Benjamin Levin   Composer,Lyricist
Christian Karlsson   Composer,Lyricist
Emily Wright   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer,Vocal Producer
Kesha Sebert   Composer,Lyricist
Larry Rudolph   A&R
Pontus Winnberg   Composer,Lyricist
Tatiana Gottwald   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Tom Coyne   Mastering
Oligee   Producer
Joshua Coleman   Composer,Lyricist
Dream Machine   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation,Producer
Bloodshy   Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer,Instrumentation
Dr. Luke   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation,Executive Producer
Randee St. Nicholas   Photography
Fran Cooper   Make-Up
Philip Carreon   Hair Stylist
Billboard   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Jeremy "J Boogs" Levin   Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Sheelback   Engineer,Producer
Ammo   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Henry Walter   Composer,Lyricist
Luke   Producer
Heather Bright   Composer,Lyricist
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen   Lyricist,Instrumentation,Composer,Engineer
Chris Holmes   Engineer
Tim Roberts   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Eric Weaver   Assistant Engineer
Sandy Vee   Engineer,Producer,Instrumentation
Ester Dean   Composer,Lyricist
will.i.am   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer,Drum Programming
Kuk Harrell   Engineer,Producer,Vocal Engineer,Vocal Producer
Mike Donaldson   Engineer
Bonnie McKee   Composer,Lyricist
Benny Blanco   Producer,Programming,Instrumentation
Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins   Mixing,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Vocal Producer,Mixing Engineer
Eric Eylands   Assistant Engineer
Savan Kotecha   Composer,Lyricist
Adam Leber   A&R
Sophie Stern   Composer,Lyricist
Ryan Supple   Photo Production
Dave Thomas   Stylist
Nicole Morier   Composer,Lyricist
Magnus   Instrumentation,Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer
Max Martin   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer,Programming,Instrumentation,Executive Producer
Claude Kelly   Composer,Lyricist
Miles Walker   Engineer
Beatriz Artola   Engineer
Shellback   Composer,Engineer,Lyricist,Producer
Josh Gudwin   Engineer,Vocal Engineer
Jacob Kasher   Composer,Lyricist
Serban Ghenea   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Henrik Jonback   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Programming,Vocal Producer,Instrumentation
Stargate   Producer
Tony Mardini   Engineer
Sandy Wilhelm   Composer,Lyricist
Dylan Dresdow   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
John Hanes   Mixing,Engineer
Rob Murray   Assistant,Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Jeremy Coleman   Composer,Lyricist
Padraic "Padlock" Kerin   Engineer
Sam Holland   Engineer
Jeri Heiden   Art Direction
Fraser T. Smith   Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Drum Programming