翻譯：Nomanlandever

原文鏈接：https://pitchfork.com/features/lists-and-guides/7693-the-top-500-tracks-of-the-2000s-20-1/

The thing that made Britney’s mid-decade breakdown so distressing is that the lady actually had great pop instincts. It’s not like when Jessica Simpson lost her damn mind and we the listeners lost exactly nothing. Sure, Brit bounced back with Blackout, but for better or worse she was a warbling ghost in her producer’s gleaming machines. “Toxic” was the last great Britney single (so far), the last where it felt like a personality was inhabiting the tune. (Britney always had more individualist pep than her peers, important when you’re dealing with steamroller productions from the mind of Max Martin.) And as a bonus, the backing track remains deeply, enjoyably weird-but-catchy: a club-tempo stepping breakbeat colored by James Bond soundtrack outtakes. –Jess Harvell

讓人感到異常沮喪的是 Britney在本十年中期的崩潰狀態(tài)下依舊保持著優(yōu)秀的流行嗅覺。這不像當(dāng)Jessica Simpson發(fā)瘋時，我們聽眾也不會損失什么。當(dāng)然，盡管Britney憑借專輯《Blackout》東山再起，但無論好壞，她還是一個在制作人轟轟作響編曲下的顫音幽靈。“Toxic”是目前Britney最后一首很棒的歌曲，也是最后一首讓聽眾感受到Britney人格魅力的歌曲。（Britney總是比同輩藝人展現(xiàn)出更多我行我素的銳氣，這一點(diǎn)在你面對Max Martin在制作上壓倒一切的控制欲時尤其重要）。作為額外福利，伴奏給人深刻地留下既奇妙又愉悅的聽感：一段配上電影《007》配樂的畫面感的俱樂部節(jié)奏的踏步碎拍。