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Celeb News: ARTPOP Official Reviews: 61/100
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YAHOO! OMG (UK) - Album review: Lady Gaga paints an electronic listening experience with ARTPOP
This week marks the release of Lady Gaga's third studio album ARTPOP. Has the kooky pop star's latest release lived up to its expectations?
Described as 'The album of the millennium' by the singer herself, ARTPOP is a declaration of artistic freedom and an experimental release that sees Lady Gaga dabble in and out of genres while blending in elements to create a new electro listening experience for her Little Monsters.
Often branded as the 'unusual one' out of the pop diva roster that dominates today's music scene, Gaga seems to be completely comfortable with her position in the industry on ARTPOP and for those who are hoping for rehashes of hits found on her earlier releases; The Fame and The Fame Monster, you're not getting any of those on ARTPOP as this was clearly not her intention with the project.
In 2012, Gaga was quoted in an interview with MTV stating that the album would lack the sense of maturity that dominated the lyrical content and themes of 2011's Born This Way.
In the interview Gaga said: "I feel that when I wrote Born This Way, I demonstrated a sense of maturity, I feel that, on the next album, there's a lack of maturity, it's a tremendous lack of maturity or sense of responsibility."
So, is the album really the album of the millennium? Objective I'm sure, but it's still a good effort which exhibits Gaga's versatility as an artist and displays her different range of musical influences.
I've hand picked the standout tracks from the album that hooked me upon the first few spins on my iPod. Check out my mini-review below!
'Applause' the lead single from the project opened to a lukewarm reception from critics with some feeling the song was slightly generic and a little empty. The song was described as a 'kiss-off to critics' by the singer herself on Twitter who then described the lyrical content as her independence as an entertainer and how it separates her from the average celebrity.
I personally enjoy the energy the song exudes; it's a light pop listen with a catchy hook which you need sometimes.
'Do What U Want feat. R.Kelly' on this song, Gaga teams up with the King of R&B- R.Kelly for the ultimate urban listening experience; a side which we're not used to hearing from Gaga's usual pop catalogue. The song sees Gaga sing lines such as: ''You can't stop my voice / 'Cause you don't own my life / But do what you want with my body."
In short, the singer is telling the world they can do what they want with her body (and she is referring to her previously publicised weight gain as well as other public ridicule) but you cannot stop her voice while she protects her heart from emotional damage. This is probably one of my favourites on the album; I loved her vocal delivery and the message of the song.
'Sexxx Dreams' pretty self explanatory based on the title, clearly Gaga is having naughty dreams about her desired lover but it was nice to hear her deliver a set of softer and a more subtle set of vocals on this particular song and it seems to be a fan favourite at the moment too.
'Aura' is a cool dance track in which Gaga quizzes ''Do you want to see me naked lover, do you want to see the girl who lives behind the aura?'' backed by a trance-type electro beat the song is sure to be a club hit and I'm expecting to see a high energy visual to accompany the up-tempo number.
'Fashion!' credited as one of the most captivating figures in fashion hailing from the music industry, Gaga pays homage to the fashion industry on this particular track. This is more of a feel good song, it's more about the confidence you should feel in your own clothes and I can definitely see it serving as runway music for haute couture fashion shows.
Without giving too much away, ARTPOP is not The Fame by any means, which isn't necessarily a bad thing; actually it's kind of a great thing. It means that Gaga is focusing more on her own artistic vision and the direction she would like her future projects to head in as opposed to following radio trends.
With that being said, the album was missing a few things for me and the two major ones I could point out whilst listening was the lyrical content which for me, was slightly uninspired and at times a little dreary and the lack of instant catchy hits that were found on her previous albums.
ARTPOP is an enjoyable listening experience and I respect Gaga's approach to trying to add a fresh approach to her music, regardless of what her critics may have to say about the album; it caters to the needs of her many Little Monster's and I'm sure it's the type of album they have been waiting to hear from their idol for a very long time.
Overall rating: 3/5
http://uk.omg.yahoo.com/news/album-r...104100617.html
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Metacritic should only count reviews that are 3.5/5 and above tbh cos thats how good artpop is.
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Should go up 2 points hopefully. 
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Metacritic should only count reviews that are 3.5/5 and above tbh cos thats how good artpop is.
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All reviewers should be giving this album at least a 4/5, JUST for the masterpiece that's "Gypsy."
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f**k that OMH !!!
Telegraph supports gaga as usual
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MusicOMH is a bitch. 
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The Telegraph and Billboard stanning 
good thing that they count for metacritic
That ****** musicOMH review tho... what is wrong with them?
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i want 2 more 80 or more reviews that count for Metacritic tho. Right Now ARTPOP is around 70 which is underrating ARTPOP
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Yasss at Yahoo uk showing some love to Fashion! The song gets so much hate. Its a fine Track
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This thread needs to get its title updated with the current mark if it wants to draw some more attention 
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The Quietus - Lady Gaga ARTPOP Review
There's no getting away from it – some people really loathe Lady Gaga. Those that oppose Gaga (not including those who simply reject the notion of her based solely on a hatred of commercial, popular music) see her as a phoney – a loudmouth lifestyle tourist latching onto various sub-cultures, ripping off Madonna's moves and quite tedious in her attempts to shock with her wardrobe. On the flipside, her army of Little Monsters offer up the kind of devotion normally accorded to either cult leaders in bad jumpers or Morrissey, worshipping Gaga as an eccentric, funny, sarcastic icon.
Fact is, as ever, the truth probably lies somewhere between the two. And there's no getting away from the fact that, while other pop stars deal in trying to out-risqué each other, Gaga's weirdness (genuine or otherwise) keeps us transfixed.
In the past, she's surpassed the expectations of a pop singer. 'Poker Face' and 'Just Dance' were dancefloor dynamite and perfect for the radio. Then she blew up with 'Bad Romance' and 'Telephone', both with ridiculous, irresistible choruses and lavish videos. She made events out of each release, teasing with lyrics and online countdowns, premiering new ideas online as she went along… all the while cannily giving the air that everyone was invited to the red carpet. After a delightfully pompous arena tour, complete with the kind of giant rubber monster that would've kept Peter Gabriel in Genesis, she'd gone from no-one to being able to walk on water.
Yet the wheels started to wobble when she told us she was 'Born This Way'. The message, admittedly sound, felt a bit forced and the album artwork that followed – Gaga morphed into a motorbike – wasn't exactly cut with the style we'd become accustomed to. Still, conservatives (both musically and politically) hated her. She, like no other, could get a rise out of dissenting voices and it was still a fabulous spectator sport for all concerned. However, doubt had set in and it looked like Gaga couldn't work out where she was exactly supposed to be, leaving fans slightly apprehensive about new album Artpop. For starters, the name of the project produced a collective squirm. We geddit. You want to meld art with pop. Of course, part of the appeal of Gaga when she first arrived was she wrote songs that treated pop music like it was an artform in itself. All the cod highbrow ephemera that went along with it was good, campy fun.
And now, with Artpop, it seems she's got confused. You can feel the weight of what Gaga thinks her work is, rather than what it actually is. The once wonderful haphazard gesturing has been replaced with the crowbarring of ideas into songs. Musically, in places, this is a tremendous juggernaut of pop. Unfortunately, at times the lyrics can be found wanting. On too many occasions, a line will be so poor that it takes you out of the moment, killing your pop buzz dead. Gaga sings about being "behind the burka" at one moment, before breaking into "walk down the runway but don't puke, it's okay, you just had a salad today, boulangerie."
That said, like other Gaga LPs, this isn't an album to be ruminated over (sadly for her). She wanted Artpop; we wanted Goodpop, and what we actually have is Somepop, with regrettable sags caused by the odd filler track. However, when it is good, it is terrific. 'Sexxx Dreams' has a wonderful energy, while 'Jewels 'n' Drugs' (feat T.I., Twista & Too Short) sees Gaga trying her hand at skittering the hip hop you'd find in Juicy J or buried in trap. 'Applause', we know, is a bit sticky in places but, if you stop expecting too much of Gaga, you'll realise it has a furiously irresistible chorus.
While 'Manicure' is the lousy rock song she's been threatening to make for years and 'Dope' tries too hard to tell everyone she's clean, Gaga may well have made her best song in the gigantic 'Do What U Want' which features R Kelly, a man in the middle of a renaissance. In this song, Gaga and Kels go head-to-head to see how can out-sex the other. Of course, R Kelly has his detractors (he's a genius, but his social life is troubling), but here he teams up with Gaga to take a pop at the detractors: "we're taking these haters and roughin' 'em up and laying a cut like we don't give a ****." It'd be nice to believe that.
Fact is, Artpop seems a little too eager to impress Gaga's critics. If she has tried to make things cerebral, to answer the criticism of 'you're just some dumb pop singer', then it doesn't quite work. This is a shame, for Gaga is always best when she doesn't worry about those people. The simple matter is that Gaga always works best in the language she speaks fluently - heartbreak, partying, ****ing, falling in love and teen melodrama. It's in these moments that Artpop really shines. Yet it's not Gaga's finest hour. There are moments where she reminds us that she can still do wonderful things, but for the most part, Artpop shows us an artist who is trying to do too much all at once. Gaga's head on a swan neck is perfectly hilarious, but rein in the preaching and clanging references to fashion because, basically, all we ever wanted was to dance, for inspiration.
If Gaga learns anything from Artpop, it that she should stop trying to impress the hooting cynics who keep asking her to prove herself and stick to turning basic human emotions into rousing, hair-raising pop because, quite simply, when she's on form, there's no-one quite like her.
http://thequietus.com/articles/13805...-artpop-review
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Guys, don't freak out about musicOMH.com. Here are some of their recent scores:
Rihanna - Unapologetic: 20
Cher - Closer to the Truth: 40
Miley Cyrus - Bangerz: 40
Jay Z - Magna Carta Holy Grail: 40
Lady Gaga - ARTPOP: 40
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What does "2 stars/40" mean?
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Fair review The Quietus. They didn't give a score so I wonder what score that'll translate into on Metacritic 
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I can't tell whether that last one will be mixed or positive.
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all we ever wanted was to dance, for inspiration.
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Not ANOTHER Madonna reference in a review. 
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The Telegraph (UK):
The Fame Monster: 60
Born This Way: 80
ARTPOP: 80
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I can't tell whether that last one will be mixed or positive.
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Is any other pop-star compared to Madonna so often and desperately?
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OMH isn't weighed at all.
If it was equal with the others, the score would've been 67.
But 71. Yay 
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It looks rather mixed to me. Might translate to a 60 or something.
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im honestly shocked this is getting such a relatively negative reception from critics. i understand the lyrics are lacking but everything else is there. the risks. the vocals. the concept. the diversity.
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How can musicOMH or whatever say it's not engaging pop music? Any other critique I could take but this is just blatantly wrong.
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