Britney Spears: Baby One More Time (Jive)
Neil Kulkarni, Melody Maker, 6 March 1999
I WOULDN'T, actually. Jailbait. Pastels. Popsox. Mall rat. Sure, all the obvious jokes cover up the fact that this is a document of pure venality. Let America get away with it again until next time. Harmless anodyne pap-pop. No no no. This is pure, livid, living evil.
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