Just posted this in the Born This Way review thread:
Music Rooms (Positive):
http://www.musicrooms.net/rock-and-p...ck-review.html
"All in all, on first listen the album is good, as noted with the songs used in promo being the most memorable, but
the more you listen to it, you realise that the album is so much more than just good. Gaga has created something close to perfect and her reign as the most exciting performer in pop looks set to continue for some time to come."
Suite 101 Pop Music (Positive):
http://www.suite101.com/content/albu...is-way-a371693
"'Born This Way' is Lady Gaga's strongest, most cosistent album to date, combining retro and contemporary sounds brilliantly."
Hit Fix (Somewhat Positive):
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-beat...-born-this-way
"Somewhere, there’s a shriveled, dried-up husk of what used to be Lady Gaga. That’s because every bit of her creativity, talent, and—more than anything else — her ambition has been poured into giving birth to her new album, “Born This Way,” out May 23."
The Music Network (Positive):
http://www.themusicnetwork.com/revie...born-this-way/
"Born This Way contains
revolution, feminism, endless artistic wanderings, cutting end production and dance-trends zoned in from every hip hub across earth. Gaga wants to be Bowie, she wants to be Madonna, and she has embedded herself into the pop culture pantheon at a quicker rate than anyone in recent history. This album will break sales records, it will spawn as many singles as songs and it will see Gaga continue her uncharted hurtling into the pop-stratosphere."
I don't think any of these are major music publications so they probably don't count towards Metacritic but I thought I would post them anyway. Overall, as a fan, I don't need critical response to validate my opinion that this is a superb album, but it's nice to see that Gaga is getting recognition from most reviews for, despite being controversial and polarizing, still making great music.
