In the Zone [Bonus CD/DVD]

• Artist: Britney Spears
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• Release Date: February 24, 2004
• Type: Video, Enhanced CD-ROM
• Genre: Rock

Review

If 2001's Britney was a transitional album, capturing Britney Spears at the point when she wasn't a girl and not yet a woman, its 2003 follow-up, In the Zone, is where she has finally completed that journey and turned into Britney, the Adult Woman. Like her peer Christina Aguilera, Spears equates maturity with transparent sexuality and the pounding sounds of nightclubs, but since she's not as dirty as Aguilera, her spin is a little different. Where Aguilera comes across like a natural-born skank, Britney is the girl next door cutting loose at college, drinking and smoking and dancing and sexing just a little too recklessly, since this is the first time she can indulge herself. And that's what In the Zone is -- Spears indulging herself, desperate to prove that she's an adult. She has been freed from her musical parent, Max Martin, who is absent for the first time from a Spears album, choosing instead to play the field and work with a bunch of different collaborators, including Madonna, Moby, the Matrix, Trixster, Roy "Royalty" Hamilton, Bloodshy & Avant, and R. Kelly. Since she's so determined to be a woman, not a girl, she has completely shed the sugarcoated big hooks and sappy love songs that drove her stardom, concentrating on music that glides by on mellow grooves or hits hard with its hip-hop beats. It's all club-ready, but despite some hints of neo-electro and the Neptunes, it doesn't quite sound modern -- it sounds like one of the cuts from 1993 or Madonna's Bedtime Stories and Ray of Light. Production-wise, these tracks are not only accomplished but much more varied than any of her previous albums -- in particular, Moby's "Early Mornin'" has a sleek feel, Mark Taylor's "Breathe on Me" is alluring, and the Bloodshy & Avant productions, "Showdown" and "Toxic," are irresistible ear candy in what is surely Spears' most ambitious, adventurous album to date. [This version of the album includes a DVD and an additional CD of bonus material.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
In the Zone: Toxic		Britney Spears
In the Zone: All Grown Up		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Breathe on Me		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Taking Control		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Medley: Boys/I'm a Slave 4 U 4		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Family		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Inner Circle		Britney Spears
In the Zone: (I Got That) Boom Boom		Britney Spears, Ying Yang Twins
In the Zone: The Public Eye		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Little Girl...Big Dreams		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Love & Heartbreak		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Everytime		Britney Spears
In the Zone: A Ride in the Park		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Britney Spears in the Zone		Britney Spears
In the Zone: ...Baby One More Time		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Woman of the Year		Britney Spears
In the Zone: The Kiss		Britney Spears
In the Zone: Me Against the Music		Britney Spears
TRL: Me Against the Music [Live]		Britney Spears
TRL: (I Got That) Boom Boom		Britney Spears, Ying Yang Twins
Me Against the Music: The Video		Britney Spears
Me Against the Music: Making the Video		Britney Spears
Me Against the Music: The Video Toxic		Britney Spears
In the Personal Zone: Inspiration		Britney Spears
In the Personal Zone: Spirituality		Britney Spears
In the Personal Zone: ABC Special		Britney Spears
In the Personal Zone: Onyx Hotel Tour		Britney Spears
In the Personal Zone: TRL Performance		Britney Spears
In the Personal Zone: Toxic		Britney Spears

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Don't Hang Up	Britney Spears, Josh Schwartz, Brian Kierulf	Britney Spears	(4:03)
The Answer		Britney Spears	(3:56)
Toxic [Lenny Bertoldo Radio Mix]	Cathy Dennis	Britney Spears	(3:32)
Me Against the Music [Bloodshy & Avant's Chix Mix]	Chris "Tricky" Stewart, Britney Spears, P. Magnet	Britney Spears	(5:16)

Credits

Paul Logus (Mixing), Rob Paustian (Engineer), Tim Roberts (Assistant Engineer), Brian Thomas (Engineer), Brian Thomas (Digital Editing), Serban Ghenea (Mixing), Mike Tucker (Engineer), Diddy (Producer), Charles McCrorey (Assistant Engineer), Lenny Bertoldo (Producer), Lenny Bertoldo (Remixing), Jackie Murphy (Design), Jackie Murphy (Package Art Direction), Brian Tucker (Engineer), Lynn Montrose (Assistant Engineer), Rich Tapper (Digital Editing), Britney Spears (Vocals), Britney Spears (Vocals (Background)), Patrick Demarchelier (Cover Photo), Fran Cooper (Make-Up), Bloodshy (Producer), Bloodshy (Engineer), Bloodshy (Remix Producer), Avant (Producer), Avant (Engineer), Avant (Remix Producer), Josh (Guitar), Josh (Vocals (Background)), Josh (Producer), Trixster (Producer), Blackcell (Vocals (Background)), Ryan Leslie (Producer), Ryan Leslie (Instrumentation), Courtney Copeland (Vocals (Background)), Antony Zeller (Assistant Engineer), Roxanne Estrada (Vocals (Background)), Lori Goldstein (Stylist), Penelope Magnet (Producer), Penelope Magnet (Rap), Mary Alice Stephenson (Stylist), Laurentius (Hair Stylist), Ranjit (Photography), Peder Mannerfelt (Assistant Engineer)