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Celeb News: ARTPOP Official Reviews: 61/100
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I expect this to get a 3.5 from RS.
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 Will these boost it up to at least a 70?
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Hopefully no more UK reviews. I remember how they dragged 4 its average down. 
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Will these boost it up to at least a 70? |
67 would be the score with all those factored in.
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Hopefully no more UK reviews. I remember how they dragged 4 its average down. |
UK reviewers are a curse. The Guardian dragged 4 initially and then admitted that they were wrong and ranked it in the top 5 albums of 2011 in the year-end list.
Hopefully ARTPOP makes their year end 
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UK reviewers are a curse. The Guardian dragged 4 initially and then admitted that they were wrong and ranked it in the top 5 albums of 2013 in the year-end list.
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It won't. 68% for this album is accurate.
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I think it'll end around 67-70%
Solid critical reaction but nothing that's universally acclaimed.
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praying for this to be 70+
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It already has a good amount of reviews. It is most likely walking away with a score of 67-69
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It already has a good amount of reviews. It is most likely walking away with a score of 67-69
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I'd be absolutely fine with that. 11 views counting, we are probably getting at the most 15 more? BTW got 33, and Prism got 24.
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Sputnik Music - Lady Gaga, ARTPOP Review:
Lady Gaga is subjectively a modern music artist who primarily focuses on the genre of "pop." Her first record was called The Fame and was well received by both critics and music consumers which invoked the feeling of "good" in those who listened. Commercially it sold 2.8 million copies as of January 2012. There were five singles spawned from her debut, such as “Poker Face” which dealt with subjects such as bisexuality and ~cockteasing~ . All of this helped perpetuate the idea by many , that Gaga is a quirky and perverse personality that could be easily digested by society. These objective notions became even more widely accepted with her next album, Born This Way. Her sophomore album was named after the eponymous track and set the stage for the artist’s image as an LGBT supporter. It sold more copies than The Fame. Artpop is lady Gaga’s third album and will be released on November 11th.
Artpop is 59 minutes and four seconds in length. It is a pop record like her previous works. It begins with the song “Aura,” which is almost four minutes in length. It is most definitely a song, containing instruments and vocals that arise from musical notes played rhythmically. “Aura” opens up with a stringed instrument that makes the song sound the way it does. Gaga works in electronic music into it sporadically whilst making choruses that adhere to pop structures. The song ends and the next one begins. “Venus” is yet another song. There are more electronic elements than the song that came before it, but features choruses as well. It is faster than “Aura” in many parts as well. If one were to approach it objectively, one could think of it as a song to dance to. After that is the three minute and 52 second “G.U.Y.” Lady Gaga utilizes ~irony~ with the title, as G.U.Y is an acronym for “Girl Under You.” She sings about lust, love, and sexual intercourse. Once again it is an electronic laden pop song with choruses. “Sexxx Dream” is another song on Artpop. Once more Lady Gaga sings about the subject of sex. It is a slower song and at three minutes and 34 seconds it is shorter than the song before it. “Jewels N’ Drugs” features things that distinguish it from the songs before it. Opening up with guest vocalists the vocals are inherently different than Lady Gaga. The song opens up and Lady Gaga is not immediately the person singing. It can be categorized as ~hip-hop~ and ends at the 3:48 mark. “Manicure” (stylized as “MANiCURE”) is a faster song and has electronic sounds. A little over three minutes later the single “Do What U Want” starts. The song features R. Kelly. Kelly is an R&B recording artist that has been active since 1989. About halfway through the song he sings. The title track is above average length for the album. It begins with fewer sounds than the other songs. The song retains the same beat and dynamics throughout. “Swine” follows suit with an even longer song than the last. Pigs are the topic of the song although they are objectively metaphorical. The next song is “Donatella” which is appears to be about debauchery and being a pop start, something that Gaga writes about frequently. The three minute and 58 second "Fashion!" begins with piano keys being played with vocals coming in at the 15 second mark. There is some bass being heard as well with some other sounds coming in to make it a song. "Mary Jane Holland" is a bit slower and with a volume that could be considered a little higher. "Dope" is unlike this as it begins with keys in the same way "Fashion!" did just two songs ago. It is the album's most "acoustic" piece as there are less sounds. Gaga sings about love being needed more than drugs. The strategically placed "Gypsy" does not enter in as loudly and quickly as the other songs, but instead it doesn't do those things. "Applause" signals the end of Artpop as an applause typically comes at the end of performance. At three minutes and 32 seconds the song ends in three minutes and 32 seconds.
In conclusion, Artpop is the third album by pop recording artist Lady Gaga. Therefore it has similarities to her previous work but is inherently different because it is a different album. It is 59 minutes and four seconds in length.
RATING: 2.5/5
50/100 on MetaCritic
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5...-Gaga-Artpop//
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What the **** is that review? 
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All Music Guide - Lady Gaga, ARTPOP Review:
If Born This Way was made for the Little Monsters, its 2013 sequel ARTPOP was made for the world. Lady Gaga has grand designs for her third album, to pull a "reverse Warhol," which presumably means she wants to channel high art into pop instead of pop into high art, but it's a little difficult to discern Gaga's intent, either in this statement or ARTPOP as a whole. Willfully existing simply on the surface, a surface that perhaps (or perhaps not) signifies a greater depth, ARTPOP is teasingly garish, its bright colors and brittle beats attacking with glee, the emphasis always on big, pulsating beats, shattered reflections, and sound cascading over song in every instance. Inevitably, this emphasis on production means the pop in ARTPOP winds up diminished; perhaps it's "pop" in the pop-art sense, as it's shamelessly intentionally populist, but as pop music it's stiff, relying not on hooks in either its melody or rhythm, but rather a full-on glitz blitz that can dazzle as often as it tires. Lost in her self-generated mythos, Gaga doesn't much care whether her music sticks as long as she's not ignored -- even such seemingly soul-baring moments as the single-spotlight showcase "Dope" isn't confessional so much as a gear-shift designed to capture attention -- and ARTPOP continually demands attention as it eschews the notion of love, right down to how all the sex songs deliberately separate the body from the soul. This isn't limited to Gaga's exhortation to R. Kelly to "do what you want with my body" on "Do What U Want," either. At times -- particularly through the album's first half -- ARTPOP is a non-stop erotic cabaret, Gaga contorting herself to fulfill any desire, switching roles between a guy and a girl, and a bottom and a top, her ambidextrous sexuality signaling power, not sensuality. This same arrogance glides her through songs about style -- the ludicrous "Donatella," a tribute to Versace that borders on character assassination; "Fashion!," which isn't a David Bowie cover, no matter how much it longs to be -- and through the songs about drugs, a cycle that takes her toward a concluding coda where Gaga stands resplendent in the applause. The concept is artful and logical, yet ARTPOP never insinuates or settles in the subconscious; it always assaults, determined to make an impression even when all it has to say is that it doesn't have much to say.
RATING: 3.5/5
70/100 on MetaCritic
http://www.allmusic.com/album/artpop-mw0002573777/
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Drop down metacritic score, drop, this is the beginning
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Mess, I knew we couldn't trust Sputnik
The other one is quite good at least.
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Originally posted by umichgrad07
Sputnik Music - Lady Gaga, ARTPOP Review:
Lady Gaga is subjectively a modern music artist who primarily focuses on the genre of "pop." Her first record was called The Fame and was well received by both critics and music consumers which invoked the feeling of "good" in those who listened. Commercially it sold 2.8 million copies as of January 2012. There were five singles spawned from her debut, such as “Poker Face” which dealt with subjects such as bisexuality and ~cockteasing~ . All of this helped perpetuate the idea by many , that Gaga is a quirky and perverse personality that could be easily digested by society. These objective notions became even more widely accepted with her next album, Born This Way. Her sophomore album was named after the eponymous track and set the stage for the artist’s image as an LGBT supporter. It sold more copies than The Fame. Artpop is lady Gaga’s third album and will be released on November 11th.
Artpop is 59 minutes and four seconds in length. It is a pop record like her previous works. It begins with the song “Aura,” which is almost four minutes in length. It is most definitely a song, containing instruments and vocals that arise from musical notes played rhythmically. “Aura” opens up with a stringed instrument that makes the song sound the way it does. Gaga works in electronic music into it sporadically whilst making choruses that adhere to pop structures. The song ends and the next one begins. “Venus” is yet another song. There are more electronic elements than the song that came before it, but features choruses as well. It is faster than “Aura” in many parts as well. If one were to approach it objectively, one could think of it as a song to dance to. After that is the three minute and 52 second “G.U.Y.” Lady Gaga utilizes ~irony~ with the title, as G.U.Y is an acronym for “Girl Under You.” She sings about lust, love, and sexual intercourse. Once again it is an electronic laden pop song with choruses. “Sexxx Dream” is another song on Artpop. Once more Lady Gaga sings about the subject of sex. It is a slower song and at three minutes and 34 seconds it is shorter than the song before it. “Jewels N’ Drugs” features things that distinguish it from the songs before it. Opening up with guest vocalists the vocals are inherently different than Lady Gaga. The song opens up and Lady Gaga is not immediately the person singing. It can be categorized as ~hip-hop~ and ends at the 3:48 mark. “Manicure” (stylized as “MANiCURE”) is a faster song and has electronic sounds. A little over three minutes later the single “Do What U Want” starts. The song features R. Kelly. Kelly is an R&B recording artist that has been active since 1989. About halfway through the song he sings. The title track is above average length for the album. It begins with fewer sounds than the other songs. The song retains the same beat and dynamics throughout. “Swine” follows suit with an even longer song than the last. Pigs are the topic of the song although they are objectively metaphorical. The next song is “Donatella” which is appears to be about debauchery and being a pop start, something that Gaga writes about frequently. The three minute and 58 second "Fashion!" begins with piano keys being played with vocals coming in at the 15 second mark. There is some bass being heard as well with some other sounds coming in to make it a song. "Mary Jane Holland" is a bit slower and with a volume that could be considered a little higher. "Dope" is unlike this as it begins with keys in the same way "Fashion!" did just two songs ago. It is the album's most "acoustic" piece as there are less sounds. Gaga sings about love being needed more than drugs. The strategically placed "Gypsy" does not enter in as loudly and quickly as the other songs, but instead it doesn't do those things. "Applause" signals the end of Artpop as an applause typically comes at the end of performance. At three minutes and 32 seconds the song ends in three minutes and 32 seconds.
In conclusion, Artpop is the third album by pop recording artist Lady Gaga. Therefore it has similarities to her previous work but is inherently different because it is a different album. It is 59 minutes and four seconds in length.
RATING: 2.5/5
50/100 on MetaCritic
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/5...y-Gaga-Artpop/
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That Sputnik review has to be a joke, right? How is that even a professional review?
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At three minutes and 32 seconds the song ends in three minutes and 32 seconds.
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That Sputnik review is a ****ing joke, we need to report it to Metacritic so it doesn't get added.
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What kinda incompetence?
The whole review is lacking of everything.
"Venus is yet another song" wow, what a critic.
It seems more like a bored description. No one cares about the lenghts of the songs.
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