BRITNEY'S REMIX ALBUM: writer's block

The remix album is an odd thing. Packaged to entice foolish fans into thinking they're acquiring something new (unless of course the artwork on the cover is a Photoshopped rehash from 2001), these revisited collections of songs often indicate pressure from an artist's record label to just release something. Anything.

Considering that Britney's last two releases before 'B' were a random pregnancy single ('Someday') and a Greatest Hits, we can only assume that Mrs Federline suffers from a terrible, terrible case of writer's block. And don't go sending us angry emails arguing that she's just had a child, "which would obviously slow down her pop productivity". To this, we would argue that Madonna, heavily pregnant, recorded the video for 'Music' and embarked on a world tour a matter of weeks after popping Rocco out.

This said, SPUNK has just 'bought' track 4 of 'B In The Mix', which is a Thin White Duke (Stuart Price) take on 'Breathe On Me', and it's rather good. But is it better than the already excellent original? Is it? Is it though?