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Fan Base: Katy Perry
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You can have an acclaimed dance album (Confessions on a Dancefloor has an 80 on Metacritic) or a panned "stripped down" album (American Life has a 60, One of the Boys has a 48). It really doesn't make a difference
Either way, both genres are more acclaimed than pop music and its not like Katy has ever aimed for "artistic merit" anyway. She's a popstar, and since her Metacritic scores have been improving with each album (48 --> 52 --> 61) there's no reason why she can't snatch at least a respectable score like a 70, regardless of what genre she does. 1989 has a 76 and that's a Max Martin-produced pop album just like PRISM was. More than anything, she needs to focus on improving her songwriting and making her albums cohesive
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Her lyrics have been the most questionable part on PRISM so i agree
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Member Since: 1/2/2014
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Originally posted by Prismatic
01. Legendary Lovers
02. Spiritual
03. Walking on Air
04. Birthday
05. This Moment
06. Dark Horse (ft. Juicy J)
07. Double Rainbow
08. Unconditionally
01. It Takes Two
02. Ghost
03. Choose Your Battles
04. By the Grace of God
05. Love Me
06. Roar
Imagine if PRISM was a two-disc album. The slayage. 
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you can change your name & your avi now 
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Exactly. OOTB has good songwriting, TD has good pop songwriting, and Prism is just 
That being said, all of her albums deserve way higher reviews. If gaga can get good album reviews, Katy should be able to too (no offense to gaga, but come on, look at most of the songs on her albums). OOTB and TD both deserve low 70s
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Originally posted by IAmFree
Take Stab me and Sad Moment out tho |
You mean something like this? 
01. Legendary Lovers
02. Spiritual
03. Walking on Air
04. Birthday
05. Unconditionally
06. Double Rainbow
07. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
08. It Takes Two
09. Ghost
10. Choose Your Battles
11. By the Grace of God
12. Roar
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Originally posted by ahauntingnearu
Exactly. OOTB has good songwriting, TD has good pop songwriting, and Prism is just
That being said, all of her albums deserve way higher reviews. If gaga can get good album reviews, Katy should be able to too (no offense to gaga, but come on, look at most of the songs on her albums). OOTB and TD both deserve low 70s |
we couldn't care less about Metacritic
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Originally posted by Prismatic
You mean something like this?
01. Legendary Lovers
02. Spiritual
03. Walking on Air
04. Birthday
05. Unconditionally
06. Double Rainbow
07. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
08. It Takes Two
09. Ghost
10. Choose Your Battles
11. By the Grace of God
12. Roar |
Lmao @ birthday sticking out like a sore thumb now 
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Legendary Lovers, WoA and Birthday gotta be next to each other 
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Quote:
Originally posted by Prismatic
You mean something like this?
01. Legendary Lovers
02. Spiritual
03. Walking on Air
04. Birthday
05. Unconditionally
06. Double Rainbow
07. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
08. It Takes Two
09. Ghost
10. Choose Your Battles
11. By the Grace of God
12. Roar |
Love this album! Birthday is kinda a lowlight but this would be at least 5 more Metacritic points. Can't get over how much better the album would be if This Is How We Kill An Era, Local Frown, Loathe Me & This Filler were replaced with the deluxe tracks & one of them removed.
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1. Roar
2. Legendary Lovers
3. Walking on Air
4. Unconditionally
5. Dark Horse
6. It Takes Two
7. Ghost
8. Double Rainbow
9. By the Grace of God
10. Spiritual
11. Choose Your Battles
12. Bad Photographs
Deluxe
13. Who You Love (with John Mayer)
14. Love Me with the 'unzip and strip' line removed
15. Some Roar remix
16. Some Dark Horse remix
70+ points on Metacritic
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Greetings, loved ones
Let’s take a journey
Verse 1
I know a place
Where the grass is really greener
Warm, wet and wild
There must be something in the water
Sippin’ gin and juice
Laying underneath the palm trees (undone)
The boys break their necks
Trying to creep a little sneak peek (at us)
Pre-Chorus
You could travel the world
But nothing comes close to the golden coast
Once you party with us
You’ll be falling in love o o o o
Chorus
California gurls
We’re unforgettable
Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin so hot
We’ll melt your popsicle
Oh oh oh oh
California gurls
We’re undeniable
Fine fresh fierce
We got it on lock
West Coast represent, now put your hands up
Oh oh oh oh
Verse 2
Sex on the beach
We don’t mind sand in our stilettos
We freak in my Jeep
Snoop Doggy Dogg on the stereo oh oh
Pre-Chorus
You could travel the world
But nothing comes close to the golden coast
Once you party with us
You’ll be falling in love o o o o
Chorus
California gurls
We’re unforgettable
Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin so hot
We’ll melt your popsicle
Oh oh oh oh
California gurls
We’re undeniable
Fine fresh fierce
We got it on lock
West Coast represent, now put your hands up
Oh oh oh oh
Snoop
Toned tan fit and ready
Turn it up cuz it’s getting heavy
Wild Wild West Coast
These are the girls I love the most
I mean the ones, I mean like she’s the one
Kiss her, touch her, squeeze her buns
The girl’s a freak, she drive a Jeep and live on the beach
I’m okay, I won’t play
I love the bait just like I love LA
Venice Beach and Palm Springs
Summertime is everything
Homeboys bangin’ out
All that ass hangin’ out
Bikinis, zucchinis, martinis, no weenies, just a king and a queenie
Katy my lady (yeah)
Lookie here, baby
I’m all up on ya
Cuz you’re representin’ California
California gurls
We’re unforgettable
Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top
Sun-kissed skin so hot
We’ll melt your popsicle
Oh oh oh oh
California gurls
We’re undeniable
Fine fresh fierce
We got it on lock
West Coast represent, now put your hands up
Oh oh oh oh
California
California
Snoop
California gurls, man
California
California
Snoop
I really wish you all could be California gurls
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PRISM lyrics really aren't that bad. TD and OOTB has pretty some bad lyrics too.
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Omg can we not with this daily discussion
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Originally posted by Samuel
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the final part always gets me
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Quote:
Originally posted by Samuel
1. Roar
2. Legendary Lovers
3. Walking on Air
4. Unconditionally
5. Dark Horse
6. It Takes Two
7. Ghost
8. Double Rainbow
9. By the Grace of God
10. Spiritual
11. Choose Your Battles
12. Bad Photographs
Deluxe
13. Who You Love (with John Mayer)
14. Love Me with the 'unzip and strip' line removed
15. Some Roar remix
16. Some Dark Horse remix
70+ points on Metacritic
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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Quote:
Originally posted by IAmFree
the final part always gets me
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omg same.
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Posts: 7,827
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Quote:
Originally posted by Sam
PRISM lyrics really aren't that bad. TD and OOTB has pretty some bad lyrics too.
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OOTB, as a whole, has really great, unique, interesting lyrics, and TD, as a whole, has good pop lyrics. Prism, as a whole, has more stupid lyrics than good. Roar, Birthday, TIHWD, IS (what a cheese fest), LM, TM, DR...all just flat out terrible lyrics. Cheesy, cringe-worthy, embarrassing, cliched, and the songs say literally nothing and go no where in developing any kind of story about them. The album is just so childish.
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Originally posted by Ferst
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Ghost is good and WYL is kinda lame but it's ok for a deluxe song & it wasn't critically panned (good for her standards).
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Member Since: 1/1/2014
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Thinking Of You is gold in terms of songwriting. She's such a talented songwriter & needs to write more songs alone or with one other. More often than not, it's clear that "too many cooks spoil the broth" is true with her. Critics agree:
Philip Matusavage from musicOMH considered that "the fact that ["By the Grace of God"] is the album highlight and is the only song written by less than three people" is an indicator of what Perry should do next.
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