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Originally posted by Rivington Reject
No shade to all Fame Monster lovers but how can y'all prefer muddy dated dance pop songs over the stellar rock-influenced production on Born This Way? Even ARTPOP had better production.
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The Fame Monsters production isn't muddy.
The Fame Monsters sound was not dated and is not dated.
Its literally the only album shes made in which the music was chic and her best attempt yet at creating an electronic dance/pop record.
Born This Way
is muddy however fun and still a good pop record. The only problem with BTW imo is that its too long and she strays too far into 80s retro cornball anthems and juvenile psuedo-empowerment lyricism. Its better portions are moments like Government Hooker and Sheisse where she amps up the new wave synthpop that she does so well and which imo is the real core of her success and shuts off the Springsteen/Meatloaf-esque cheesefests.
ARTPOP has better production than Born This Way, but The Fame Monster is a better and more successful pop record.
I think whatever legacy Gaga is creating or could create gets **** on by the fact that the fans get so incredibly defensive and arrogant over whatever era or album they like better or feel more connected to and belittle her other records going as far as to label them "dated" and "trash". Its like how can she create a successful legacy if her fans literally take knives and cut off her limbs? I may prefer one over the other, but ultimately I think shes yet to make a genuinely bad or "dated" album.