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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A classic 10 track album buried in a mediocre 16 track one, 20 Aug 2009
On the surface of it, there would appear to be many reasons to dislike Lady Gaga. The gimmicks, the attention seeking, the bandwagon jumping. But what also cannot be denied, even by her most vehement haters, is that she has made some of the best pop music around this year.
Calling card single Poker Face is, as I fully expected when I first explored the album, the best track here, with its glorious electronic beats, hooks and lyrics which turn out to be nothing to do with card games and everything to do with bisexuality, making it perhaps the greatest song of the year. But it is testament to the album's quality that it does not dwarf everything else here, by a long shot. There is also the majestic stalker's anthem that is Paparazzi; the marvellously camp electro stomp-fest that is Boys Boys Boys; the rather daft but thoroughly entertaining Space Cowboy collaboration, Starstruck; the Gwen Stefani like bubblegum poptastic Eh Eh(Nothing Else I Can Say); and, of course, in Just Dance, perhaps the best song ever to be written about getting completely wasted so you barely know where you are or who you're with (and unfortunately for us, the latter ends up being the rather mediocre Colby O Donis). All these tracks sound like singles: many have been.
Sadly, however, the album is a massive 16 tracks long, and is somewhat bloated and patchy overall. The second half of the album is largely devoid of decent tracks (other than Boys Boys Boys), with the repetitive, clumsy paino driven hip hop of Paper Gangster, and the rather dreary ballad Brown Eyes being particular lowlights. It's a shame, because without these filler tracks, this could have been an absolute killer of a 10 track album.
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10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lady G, 17 May 2009
Generally speaking, this is a v. good first album.
She has written most if not all of the tracks on this CD in collaboration with other writers.
The ones that stand out for me are 'Just Dance', 'Lovegame', 'Paparazzi', 'Poker Face', 'Starstruck', 'The Fame' and 'Money Honey'.
'Just Dance' and 'Poker Face' should pretty much speak for themselves for most people. 'Starstruck' has a watered down hip hop influence running through it esp. from the point of view of the lyrics and is excellent, good rhythm, good general all round production. 'The Fame' and 'Money Honey' are favourites of mine. Listening to these on my ipod, I can easily visualise how the music videos for these would appear (if released as singles) bearing in mind the subject matter and Lady Gaga's overall look and image.
The heavy electronic component to these tracks, crisp production, strong vocals with polished delivery, clever lyrics and prominent retro 80's/pop/glamour influence make this a very entertaining CD to listen to.
Based on what I've heard so far, I don't think this lady is just simply hype. In my opinion, she appears to be the real deal and should be around for while yet.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
just listen!, 19 Oct 2009
Troubled times are upon us. No longer will the simplistic plinkity plink of such also-rans as mozart and beethoven be enough to sum up the complexity of our lives. And in this vacuum of certainty, we turn to the shining star that is...Gaga, lady Gaga. "Shadow is burnt, yellow dance and we turn,
My lashes are dry, purple teardrops I cry" That's exactly it. YES. And when the hard days are upon us, she speaks directly to us, "Russian roulette is not the same without a gun." That's right. It's much more like roulette, or strip volleyball. Many artists these days have no social conscience, but lady Gaga (ennobled in 2002) fights on two fronts often in just one song. Let us consider the song "Just Dance". A little-known fact about this tortured masterwork is that it began life in fact as a meditation on the importance of 80s character actor Charles Dance. But, as with the human race, so with LG, and the song evolved, into a powerful call to arms about the twin ailments of 'disco slant' and 'sambuca-related short term amnesia'..."I love this record baby but I can't see straight anymore" and "keep it cool, what's the name of this club?/I can't remember but it's alright." Ga! Great lyrics. Ga! plenty of music. Ga! short silences between records (inevitable until technology catches up with the lady's imagination).
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