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Check out this awesome If U Seek Amy FAN MADE VIDEO above!!!

This was posted on Exhale by a member named Kyle who is a Britney insider and has supplied correct exclusive information in the past! …..

I will say this about the concept - it is brilliant. Very original and thoughtful. Should be a beautiful video while still being semi-taboo. Should also create some controversy (especially among fans). Britney thought of this idea. Her management and label signed off of the treatment. Just keep that in mind in mid-March when you get to watch this gem.

-kyle

He also said that the director is not David LaChapelle.

and He also said earlier, last week:

“Video shoot is scheduled for first week of February. Single released in mid-March. IUSA was decided, literally, at the last minute. Let’s hope that UY is the fourth, and not OFU (well I personally hope, at least).

-kyle

Call it a comeback. After a No. 1 debut on the Billboard 200 with “Circus” and the chart-topping peak of the first single, “Womanizer,” the title track from Britney Spears’ sixth album is her first top five start on the Billboard Hot 100. Besides the image overhaul with a return to the Spears of old, Brit has recorded her most mature, musical album to date, with hook-heavy tunes and more important, fully engaged pop vocals with little vocoder assistance. “Circus” finds Spears in the more-than-capable hands of Dr. Luke (Pink, Katy Perry), who surrounds her with an electronic cyberpop landscape, while Spears spits out lines like, “There’s only two types of guys out there/Ones that can hang with me and ones that are scared.” Gotta love it. While her life has often resembled a circus—to which the public has ringside access—it appears Spears is now the ringleader instead of the main attraction. —Chris Williams

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Watch this video of Britney making the “Circus” music video. It features commentary from the director Francis Lawrence himself! Too bad they cut Britney on the tightrope

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Sure Circus is selling like hotcakes, breaking records and topping music charts worldwide. But, get this: The critics also like what they hear. Check out these review excerpts to see what they are saying…

From the synthy open of “Womanizer” to the regretful ache spurring “Blur,” “Circus” gives Brit pop a whole new meaning, as the singer does double duty as a dance diva and brokenhearted balladeer. It’s no easy feat, but when Spears shoves aside the tabloid trauma and hooks up with the right producers–on this album it’s Guy Sigsworth, Danja, Dr. Luke and Max Martin–she is in a class of her own.
– Ann Donahue, Billboard

Circus shifts from defiant booty calls to subtler material; suddenly, it’s a first-rate electro-pop album. The Danja-produced ”Blur” is a remarkably pretty song about (finally!) an actual blackout. ”Mmm Papi” giddily sets her littlest-girl voice against a guitar right out of 1960s go-go rock. The standout is ”Unusual You,” a pulsating ballad where a woman of experience finds unexpected love: ”Didn’t anyone tell you you’re supposed to/Break my heart, I expect you to/So why haven’t you?” Mostly, Spears still presents herself as fantasy object, but here might be her own fantasy — of real acceptance.
– Chris Willman, Entertainment Weekly

Toxic” producers Bloodshy & Avant hit pay dirt again with the melodic, glowing “Unusual You.” The Max Martin-produced “If U Seek Amy” (say it fast) is a saucy, swinging standout, and the photographer-taunting stomper “Kill the Lights” recalls the synth crush of 2007’s Blackout.
– Caryn Ganz, Rolling Stone

A seasoned cast of collaborators including Danja, Bloodshy & Avant, Guy Sigsworth, and Max Martin ensures that Spears’s sixth album hits all the proper sonic touchstones. The fistful of dance tunes are fashionably stern, saddled with ominous strut and anonymous throb. But Britney is a palpable presence here, a flesh-and-blood singer.
– Joan Anderman, The Boston Globe

…with Spears’ sixth studio album, Circus (Jive), the mother of two exfoliates her grime and convincingly proves why she’s finally ready to cue the curtains and retrieve her spotlight.
– Tracy Garraud, Vibe

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Did you guys hear what the press has been saying about Britney and Circus? My, how the tables have turned, haven’t they?

“…her new songs are crisp, cunning dance-pop…” —The New York Times
“…like any good circus, Britney’s version will leave you thoroughly entertained.” —Associated Press
“…it’s a first-rate electro-pop album.” —Entertainment Weekly
“3 out of 4 stars.” —USA Today
“Britney Spears re-enters the ring, comes out on Big Top.” —New York Post
“…the best work of Miss Spears’ career.” — Washington Times
“Circus… finds Spears in confident form…” —The Arizona Republic
“…clever hooks and snazzy beats…” —NY Daily News
“…the best album of her career…” —Newsday
“…she is in a class of her own.” —Billboard

What have you guys been hearing about Circus? Oh, and speaking of, did you check out our guest blogger’s glowing Circus review? Couldn’t have said it better myself! xx♥

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As literal as CD titles can be lately, it seems to be all about the packaging of a theme. From P!nk’s new CD “Funhouse” to Rihanna’s “Good Girl Gone Bad,” having a niche to bank your “look” on is all the better. With Brit Brit’s new music-box-big-top sound, I get the feeling that we’re not only getting a CD entitled “Circus” but we should soon expect a three-ringed infused concert tour (which she announced will be starting spring of 2009, of which Wade Robson will choreograph), tons of clown painted merchandise and maybe even a video of this girl-nominon tight-rope walking her way right into the bank.

So, since there is a major theme going on so I figured I’ll stick to it. So here is a rundown of the 13 core tracks on her new release and 2 bonus tracks included on the US Deluxe Edition. Along with what act I think they would accompany in a “Circus” and even a rating … three rings being the best, of course.

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PLAYLIST has had a world exclusive listen to Britney Spears’ new album Circus.

I am the first journalist to hear the record, out on December 1, in full and I am thrilled to report the pop princess is on startling good form.

The 26-year-old explained the title, saying: “It’s me as an entertainer, and what I do, and what I bring to a show is basically like a circus.

“I bring costumes and fun theatrical things that make people just look in awe and everything tells a story on stage and makes people want to watch it more.”

Here is my track-by-track rundown. Watch out for Brit’s performance on The X Factor on November 29.

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The people at Britney’s record label are treating her new album like the frickin’ Shroud of Turin — putting legitimate music critics through a virtual gauntlet just to get a peek.

Even though the album already has been leaked online, we’re told the rules of the review sessions for “Circus” have been insanely strict: No recorders, no computers, and only one person at a time hearing the album. We’re also told reviewers haven’t even been allowed to fast forward or rewind “Circus” themselves.

One person has told us the album was played for the critics at “crazy” loud volume levels.

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Heat World
Pop Justice
Digital Spy
Sun UK

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