#33: Britney Spears - ...Baby One More Time (1999)

Emily: This album brings back fond memories of being 8 years old and dancing around my bedroom, and of singing and dancing around my dorm room with my roommates ten years later. Either way, this album is nothing more than it claims to be - fun, light, bubblegum pop sung by an innocent(?) 16 year old. The ballads are a bit bland, but the upbeat singles are a lot of fun to sing and dance like a fool to, especially the iconic title track. A hell of a lot has happened to Britney since then, and arguably her music got better, then worse, and then better again, but it's fun to look back at where she started.
Favorite Tracks: ...Baby One More Time, (You Drive Me) Crazy, Deep in My Heart

Zack: Well if we must discuss this album, I suggest we start with the cover. She's so cute but there's a clear gleam of brewing badness in her eye. Big props to everyone involved in that one because I'm a huge fan. Musically, this album is exactly what it says it is going to be: upbeat and poppy. It's pretty heavily sanitized, silly, and shallow, but that's what pop music was in the late 90s and, more or less, what it is like today. Britney is on this list not because of how talented she is but because of how influential she was. This album is arguably the most important of all from the teeny-bopper era and it earns its place because of that.
Favorite Tracks: ...Baby One More Time; (You Drive Me) Crazy; The Beat Goes On