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Celeb News: PRISM Reviews: 61/100
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I mean, I haven't heard it yet, but no.
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I'm happy the Metacritic score is showing how much she improved, even though her previous albums deserve better scores, I'm happy they're recognizing PRISM qualities
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IDK what sites count toward Metacritic, but Female First gave her a 4.5/5
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Katy Perry's back, but not as we know her. She's moody, she's thoughtful, she's intense and she's on top form.
Opening with 'Roar', you may wonder if the album is simply going to be 'Teenage Dream 2.0', but luckily the track - which was the hit lead single - seems to be the final signing off of that era. 'Roar' very much stands alone from the TD tracks, but it doesn't fit with the rest of this album, which is why it's cleverly placed as the first tune.
'Walking On Air' remains one of the best she's ever put out. It's delightful and a slice of 90's pop. 'Dark Horse' shouldn't follow it with an odd appearance from Juicy J, but it's nice enough.
Transitioning rather quickly from that light place - 'Legendary Lovers', 'Birthday' - we begin to progress into new ground for Perry.
'Unconditionally' is an emotional and raw power ballad, and the second official single that Katy herself has said is her favourite song from the compilation. It's certainly something special - she's frustrated, in love, confused and in need of someone to let her know they love her too. The music video should be one to keep an eye out for.
'Ghost' details the breakdown of her marriage to Russell Brand, opening with the line 'you sent a text' - referencing to the way in which Brand chose to end their relationship. She's moved on, however, and she can now treat the man she once loved as if he never existed - 'I see through you now'. This is the moment we realise she's no longer messing around, and tracks to follow - 'Love Me' and 'This Moment' prove just that.
'Double Rainbow' shows how happy she is in the place right now - with her lover John Mayer. 'I understand you, we see eye to eye, like a double rainbow in the sky'. Feel-good, emotional and motivational.
'By The Grace Of God' and 'Spiritual' are absolute diamonds. She exposes the lows she's been to and the highs of getting back to where she is today - a brave move but one that pays off in spades.
Perhaps the most obvious thing to gain from this record is the knowledge that Katy knows where she wants to stand as an artist. She's no longer blurring lines, but solidifying her position as a musical and lyrical genius who can put out hit after hit without too much trouble.
The writing is fantastic and this is by far Katy's best album yet, as she dapples in rock, hip-hop and R&B as well as the pop we're used to. Absolutely worth the wait. Simply stunning.
'PRISM' is released October 22.
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http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/r...ew-357043.html
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 because monsters decide to act like assholes instead of just minding their own business and of course it always backfires. Someone loved Prism, get over it. |
And I like prism too so I'm not seeing what your last bit is on about. I saw those negative comments about Gaga before anything bad about Prism or Katy was said. All I'm saying is don't assume monsters are always at fault.
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nope.. not included. these are the list of critics w/ are included for music
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All Music Guide
Absolute Punk
Alternative Press*
American Songwriter
Austin Chronicle
Billboard
Blurt
Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune
Clash Music
Classic Rock*
CMJ
Cokemachineglow.com
Consequence of Sound
Country Weekly
Delusions of Adequacy
DJ Booth
Drowned In Sound
Dusted Magazine
Entertainment Weekly
Exclaim
Fact Magazine (UK)
The Fly (UK)
Filter*
The Guardian
HipHopDX
The Independent (UK)
Kerrang!*
The Line of Best Fit
Los Angeles Times
Mojo*
MSN Expert Witness (Robert Christgau)
Mixmag
musicOMH.com
New Musical Express
The New York Times
No Ripcord
NOW Magazine (Toronto)
The Observer
Okay Player
One Thirty BPM
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Paste Magazine
The Phoenix (Boston)
Pitchfork
Pop Matters
Prefix Magazine
Pretty Much Amazing
Punk News.org
Q Magazine*
The Quietus
Record Collector
Resident Advisor
Revolver*
Rock Sound
Rolling Stone
Slant Magazine
The Source *
Spin*
Sputnikmusic
The Telegraph (UK)
This is Fake DIY
Tiny Mix Tapes
Uncut*
Under The Radar*
Urb*
The Wire*
XLR8
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How odd 
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Busted!
Time to kick crooked Independent out of Metactritic
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They are reviewing two different versions of the CD. One is from "Virgin EMI" and the other "Capitol" records.
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Katy Perry – Prism Review
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From Michael Jackson floating a statue of himself down the Thames to Rihanna’s chartering of a Boeing 747, ostentatious largesse is nothing new in pop promotion. The grand gestures involved always seem particularly apt: no-one was surprised that Jackson had a gargantuan ego or that Rihanna was at the centre of a chaotic, hedonistic hurricane.
So it was when a gold-coloured freight truck teased the release of Prism, Katy Perry’s third major-label album, earlier this year. Perry is as much a corporation as any of the multinationals which use these trucks as a matter of course, being the foundation of an empire which has already incorporated perfumes, Halloween costumes, a documentary and innumerable product endorsements.
Such is the way with modern pop – as record sales have declined the net has spread further and wider in efforts to maintain the profit margin. The recent Billboard cover story promoting Prism featured much talk of grosses and chart positions, while the CEO of her label spoke of the company’s ‘global plan’ before adding, almost as an afterthought, that Perry had produced a “fantastic record”. There is, to put it mildly, a lot riding on Prism – it’s not easy to make money if the fundamental product is sub-par, after all.
Such expectations aren’t surprising, of course: Perry’s elevation to the pop A-list came on the back of the staggering success of Teenage Dream which, in its two incarnations, spawned eight multi-million selling singles and matched Michael Jackson’s record for most Number 1 singles from an album. The record was largely brilliant, Technicolor pop which fit perfectly with Perry’s warm, earthy charisma – in an era of meat dresses and faux-sincerity it felt direct and real.
It was heartening, then, that Perry previewed Prism by declaring that she had no interest in manufacturing a Teenage Dream 2.0 but rather would reflect the upheavals which had taken place in her personal life (most notably her divorce from Russell Brand) with a ‘darker’ record. Advance word even drew exciting comparisons with Madonna’s Like A Prayer, an album which found its genesis in another celebrity divorce, and remains one of the greatest pop albums of all time.
Yet if pop is driven largely by business concerns, Perry is like a major financial institution: too big to fail. As such, Prism is about as far from a dark, personal record as could be imagined and instead feels precision-tooled to continue the blockbuster success of Teenage Dream. The all-star line-up of producers is largely carried over from that album, with Dr Luke and Max Martin dominating, while each song typically features a committee of writers. Indeed, if Perry was sincere in seeking to avoid a re-tread of Teenage Dream, she failed spectacularly. While the catchy soft-rock leanings of Roar present a simulacrum of progression, much of the rest of Prism consciously apes the successes of its predecessor.
Firework is perhaps the main source of inspiration with most of Prism’s much-vaunted ‘spirituality’ consisting rather of variations on that song’s Hallmark self-empowerment. Its ‘verse building to an explosive sky-scraping chorus’ structure is also predictably repeated – this aural glucose is irresistible in the power ballad Unconditionally, while on This Moment the trick is underpinned by a bass-led rock/disco hybrid reminiscent of Queen. Continuing the blueprint, the sleek, moody Dark Horse is undeniably catchy but is a blatant attempt to be Prism’s E.T., even featuring rapper Juicy J where the former’s single version had Kanye West. The ’80s pop of Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) provides the template for uninspired filler track International Smile; it is more successfully updated to the amiable early-’90s dance of Birthday, a song we’re going to be hearing a lot of in the future.
The album utilises this ’90s inspiration several times, most obviously in the Brothers In Rhythm-esque Walking On Air which is entertaining enough but not quite the dance anthem it thinks it is. Bonus track Spiritual (a John Meyer co-write) is far more appealing, blending gospel with the kind of chill-pop which Madonna flirted with on I’ll Remember. As with Roar, however, this feels like little more than a superficial effort at ‘progression’ – certainly the ‘Eastern’ influences promised on Legendary Lovers are self-conscious adornments (the lyrics make mention of a ‘third eye’, ‘karma’, an ‘aura’ and ‘scripture’) bolted onto a standard Dr Luke/Max Martin song. The ’80s electro-pop of This Is How We Do, meanwhile, aims for a louche and cheeky vibe but is so clearly calculated to every second that it instead feels cynical. This proves to be Prism’s main downfall: where Teenage Dream felt like a natural and considerable progression, here the emphasis seems to be on presenting the appearance of development. Its focus is on serving the brand of Katy Perry rather than the artist.
When we do get glimpses of the promised ‘darkness’, as on Ghost’s (naggingly catchy) direct addressing of Brand’s purported text message requesting a divorce or the vulnerable and stark By The Grace of God, the results are truly engaging; the fact that the latter is the album highlight and is the only song written by less than three people points at what Katy should do next. There are a gaggle of songs which purportedly tackle Perry’s newfound love for John Meyer but they are pretty generic fare – the Sia co-write Double Rainbow is the best of the bunch, cloning the DNA of Keane’s Somewhere Only We Know to invoke a pleasant melancholy.
Given Katy Perry’s status, it’s to be expected that everyone involved, including writers such as Emeli Sandé and Klas Ĺhlund, would be at the top of their game: Prism was never going to be a terrible record. It’s unquestionably superior to the pop created when someone like Jessie J works with the same people. Still, it’s undeniably a disappointment.
There is no doubt that Prism will do exactly what it’s been created to do (sell millions, provide the backdrop for a lucrative tour and make a lot of money for a lot of people) but it’s safe and cold where it should have been daring and involving. Perry has suggested that her next record will be an acoustic affair inspired by Joni Mitchell – her advance word on Prism suggests we shouldn’t take her too seriously. But such a move is exactly what’s needed to transform her from an entertaining superstar into the pop artist that she definitely could be. There’s still time.
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3/5
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Katy Perry "Prism" proves she's world's number one pop sta
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On Saturday, reviews started appearing everywhere for Katy Perry's new album "Prism." The reviews ranged from good to very good. There aren't many excellent reviews, but we are hear to change that. It took a couple listens, but Katy Perry's "Prism" is, for the most part, a pop music masterpiece.
Unlike Perry's past albums, there are barely any throwaway songs. "Dark Horse," featuring Juicy J, isn't bad, but it just doesn't really fit on the album. "It Takes Two" is bouncy, but the ball never goes over the wall -- it is too safe. Fortunately, the rest of the album more than makes up for these two clunkers.
"This Moment" is easily the best song Katy Perry has ever done. It's an anthem song like "Roar," only more risky with better lyrics. The upcoming single "Unconditionally" is both soothing and heartbreaking. Perry gives a four-star vocal performance here and it will easily be her next number one single.
Those who just saw the movie "Gravity" will like Perry's relaxing space sounds, which are especially evident on "Legindary Lovers," "Ghost," and "Double Rainbow." Some of the songs are definitely the type that are great to listen to after the party when listening to "Walking on Air," one of the best EDM songs released this year.
One hopes that Perry will feel comfortable showing the same musical talents she portrays in "By the Grace of God" and "Spiritual." The songs were obviously inspired by Perry's spiritual upbringing. She sings her heart out in these and the lyrics are very thought provoking.
In a year with disappointing music from pop's former female stars Lady Gaga and Britney Spears, it's refreshing to see Katy Perry not try so desperate to be relevant. Even when she's not at her best, Katy Perry is very sincere -- this is a quality definitely missing from pop music these days.
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It's such a shame that all the publications that have been giving her good reviews are also the same ones that aren't counted towards Metacritic 
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Jahn threatened to vandalize TinyMixTapes on Twitter and the critic who will be reviewing PRISM for the site responded to him by saying that he adores Katy and also PRISM 
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j™ @jahnsuxx 18 Oct
@iwannaroar lets vandalize http://www.tinymixtapes.com bc apparently theyre writing a prism review + d highest theyve ever given a pop girl is 30
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Nathan Shaffer @nthn_shffr 18 Oct
@jahnsuxx @iwannaroar Pardon my interruption, but aww. No need to vandalize on account of KP. I'm reviewing it for TMT & I adore her/PRISM.
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We shall see if what he's saying is true 
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Katy Perry – Prism Review
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Madonna’s Like A Prayer, an album which found its genesis in another celebrity divorce, and remains one of the greatest pop albums of all time.
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Madonna her legendary album. 
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Jahn threatened to vandalize TinyMixTapes on Twitter and the critic who will be reviewing PRISM for the site responded to him by saying that he adores Katy and also PRISM
We shall see if what he's saying is true |
omg 
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Who's Jahn ?
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A Katy stan.
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