This album ended up being SUCH a surprise. Maybe it's because my expectations were so low, even as a stan, but honestly... I really love it a lot. It's cohesive. There are songs you can dance to, songs you can cry to, songs you can sing with your friends. I wasn't expecting this at all. It feels like I'm really listening to her for the first time since 2011, and in some ways, for the first time ever.
Can't wait to buy this. It'll be my first Gaga album that I'll purchase since I went to buy BTW with my friends all those years ago.
Also, mess @ Come to Mama being the big surprise of the album

Reminds me of when nobody was expecting much of a track called "Heavy Metal Lover" and then it came and snatched us all by the scalps and burned every ounce of our hair in a massive bonfire, cackling, witch-like.