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Originally posted by Harajuku
Those ****en reviews 
But i 'll just say what i said in the other thread in short.
Gaga is held to another standard than a lot of her peers and shes in that point in her career where the critics are going to expect something great out of her. while ARTPOP maybe a good album lets not act like Gaga didn't lead everyone to believe the album was something it wasn't. Plus the title isnt exactly helping
and since Gaga is so self aware lets hope this pushes her to work harder next time.
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MTE, a big part of it comes down to the title. I love, love the music but I can admit that I'm not sure how sold I am yet on the ART part of it. Of course she says she has lots more stuff planned for "performance pieces," the music videos, further app updates, etc., but that doesn't change the music.
Now if she wanted ART part of it to be viewed in the context of the entire
project, not just the music on the album, she should've revealed more of that prior to the album release. For example, Biophilia did really well in reviews even though not all of the critics were 100% sold on the music (though I was
), because they felt the app + inventions/new instruments + performances that Björk had revealed so far fully completed the concept/project. Perhaps the critics' opinions will change a bit once Gaga reveals more of the inventions and performances and app features, but she should've launched the album with a lot more of the ART aspects to begin with. She started off really well with VMAs + Applause video + Swinefest, but then she kinda disappeared for a bit, and then re-appeared in Europe with some uncharacteristically underwhelming performances. And the app is a lot of fun, I've had a fun time making gifs, but I don't totally see how it ties into the ARTPOP project... hopefully the future updates will make it clearer. Right now, it just feels like a (good) extension of LM.com.
And I agree that in Gaga's case, it might be good for her to be torn down (even if she doesn't really deserve the lashings, cause I still think ARTPOP is a great album). She needs that fire, which is what made her so exciting in the first place.
TLDR: I think ARTPOP is amazing POP album, 4.5/5 overall, but I'm not sure how to rate it as an
ARTPOP album/project overall.
That performance was everything, her spirit and passion 
Things are looking good for DWUW. It seems radio is really supporting her this era 
i love you
