Track Listing

1. Me Against the Music (featuring Madonna)
2. (I Got That) Boom Boom (featuring Ying Yang Twins)
3. Showdown
4. Breathe On Me
5. Early Mornin'
6. Toxic
7. Outrageous
8. Touch of My Hand
9. The Hook Up
10. Shadow
11. Brave New Girl
12. Everytime
13. Me Against the Music (featuring Madonna) Rishi Rich’s Desi Kulcha Remix

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2678 in Music
• Released on: 2003-11-18
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Amazon.com
However coy she might be in her public statements, Britney Spears leans more than a bit toward the provocative on In the Zone. Less concerned with aiming at the mainstream radio dial than in the first days of her career, she and her collaborators make this as street and club ready a record as possible. The opening duet with Madonna, "Me Against the Music," is worthy, but the bigger superstar's presence serves almost less as a performance than a key to Britney's intentions: as Madonna did on albums such as Erotica , Ray of Light, and Music, she's out to bend current trends to her needs. R. Kelly, Moby, and Ying Yang Twins all provide stirring moments that draw on everything from Bollywood to Southern hip-hop, while one of the most impressive tracks, "Touch of My Hand," joins the proud tradition of Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop." She still lacks a fully formed artistic vision of her own, but Zone, with its many get-free anthems, puts her much closer. --Rickey Wright

Album Description
Jive Recording artist Britney Spears is set to release her 4th album, In The Zone on November 18. The first single "Me Against The Music" features Madonna. Britney Spears co-wrote 7 of the 13 songs on the album. Some of the producers/writers on the album include Moby ("Early Mornin'"), Bloodshy & Avant ("Showdown"), Guy Sigsworth ("Everytime") and R. Kelly ("Outrageous").

Customer Reviews

My Fave
I love Britney and everything she has done. This CD is my favorite! This and her new one Blackout. She has an excellent voice and both this CD, Blackout and her Greatest hits albums have so much variety in the music. They are all on my mp3 player for school and workouts. They are very upbeat compared to her earlier work. Every song makes you want to dance... or if you cant dance (like me), it makes me work out harder... LOVE IT!!!

Not Her Best, But Some Really Good Moments
Giving you a brief rundown of where I stand, I think "Baby One More Time" had its moments. I feel the same way about "Oops...I Did It Again." I thought "Britney" was an EXCELLENT record with only 2 weak spots. After her really great 3rd record, I was hoping this 4th one would be just as good or better. Well, sadly it wasn't. (At least I didn't think so.) However, that is not to say it didn't have some really great moments. 'Showdown' is certainly a song that has a catchy tone. 'Breathe On Me' is also different, but interesting. 'Toxic' is certainly a great song that takes an aspect of the human condition an reveals it for what it can be. (Passion is seldom based on reason, and in a sense can be toxic. Zeus' daughter Athena, the goddess of wisdom, remained a virgin so her sense of intellect and reason would not be clouded by passion. 'Outrageous' has a nice energy to it. 'Shadow' is a great song, and a strong contender for the best one on the record. So, while my favorite remains her excellent 3rd record, this 4th record by Ms. Spears certainly has some great moments.

I love Britney and I'm proud
I like the weirdest artists, but most often I like people who, regardless of ability or whatever, transcend themselves to make a good pop song. And that means Billie Holiday (who made bad songs into good ones) and glam rockers and whatever. And Britney holds her own, I think. You'll see.