http://www.metacritic.com/music/star...e/selena-gomez
"It's a pop record, which means one killer track would redeem everything. Predictably enough, it never comes."
"Other than the sultry Stars Dance, much of this sounds like songs Rihanna rejected."
"Though she nods at Rihanna-style slither and Britney-esque grind, this is the sound of Gomez gliding gracefully into adulthood."
"Stars Dance feels like a studiously anonymous bag of one-size-fits-all pop attitudes."
"What's left, then, is a collection of 11 shinily produced pop songs that find Gomez trying on a series of different personalities with her slight-yet-capable vocals."
"It boasts a harsher, edgier sound than that of her previous efforts; on every other front, it's a lazy, bloated, and occasionally offensive album that lacks any remnant of personality or creativity."