Originally written June 28, 2005.

With this album, the megastar career begun by the mega-success of Britney Spears’ BOMT single really took off and the album has sold mega-millions of copies around the world. But how does it look in retrospect?

Originally written June 6, 2005.

Let your mind wander over this tracklisting.

1. I'm A Slave 4 U
2. Overprotected
3. Lonely
4. I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman
5. Boys
6. Anticipating
7. I Love Rock 'n' Roll
8. Cinderella
9. Let Me Be
10. Bombastic Love
11. That's Where You Take Me
12. When I Found You
13. Before The Goodbye
14. What It's Like To Be Me

You knew it off by heart? Not me. I’ve always had a problem with the “Britney” album. I borrowed it out of the Library and they never asked for it back – that can’t be a good sign!

Originally written May 23, 2005.

ITZ was the album that turned me on to Britney Spears. Before ITZ, my No.1 listening heap consisted of Mary J. Blige, Ashanti, Mariah, Beverley Knight, Toni Braxton, K.D. Lang and some weird old birds like Laura Nyro and Dory Previn.

My little sister was (and is) a huge Britney fan and pushed “Britney” at me, but at that stage I found it clunky, mixed-up and naive. ITZ was different. Fresh, new, cool urban sounds on the the off-beat, top productions full of thudding impact but sung with a knowing, subtle, sexy purr. I had never heard anything quite like it - and I still haven’t. Now it sits on top of my heap of most-played albums and I think it’s one of the best.

 Originally written June 9, 2005.

Okay, first my little bit of personal baggage. When BOMT came out I was in my First Lesbian Period and I thought she was HOT! I wanted her so bad! But I didn't really like the way the media were goin' nuts about her and she seemed to be ruling the world on the strength of one single. I resented her a little bit and thought she would be finished in a couple of months. So I just let her go and went back to Mariah.