Britney Spears releases ninth album Glory to mostly positive reviews
Pop legend Britney Spears released her ninth studio album Friday, the songstress' first album in three years. The record, titled Glory, is Spears' first offering since 2013's much-panned Britney Jean, and Entertainment Weekly describes it as "her most adventurous album in a decade."
The album's lyrics are sex-heavy and rebellious, perhaps unsurprising given Spears' most recent project is a multi-year residency in Las Vegas. The album's lead single, "Make Me...", features the rapper G-Eazy and leans heavily on Spears' signature breathy touch, while other songs are more explicitly sensual, like the unsubtle "Do You Wanna Come Over?" and the strip-tease preview, "Private Show".
Glory has been met with mostly positive reviews, if not glowing. As the Los Angeles Times puts it: "For the first time in a decade in a half, feeling Spears' energy doesn't register as an act of vampirism." You can stream the album on Spotify, or buy it on iTunes here.
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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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