搬运译Pitchfork评00年代200首最佳单曲第141名：Britney Spears“Toxic”（2004）

翻译：Nomanlandever

原文链接：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

让人感到异常沮丧的是 Britney在本十年中期的崩溃状态下依旧保持着优秀的流行嗅觉。这不像当Jessica Simpson发疯时，我们听众也不会损失什么。当然，尽管Britney凭借专辑《Blackout》东山再起，但无论好坏，她还是一个在制作人轰轰作响编曲下的颤音幽灵。“Toxic”是目前Britney最后一首很棒的歌曲，也是最后一首让听众感受到Britney人格魅力的歌曲。（Britney总是比同辈艺人展现出更多我行我素的锐气，这一点在你面对Max Martin在制作上压倒一切的控制欲时尤其重要）。作为额外福利，伴奏给人深刻地留下既奇妙又愉悦的听感：一段配上电影《007》配乐的画面感的俱乐部节奏的踏步碎拍。