misspoptart

Well well well Katy P, what have we here?



1. Roar
2. Legendary Lovers
3. Birthday
4. Walking on Air
5. Unconditionally
6. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J)
7. This Is How We Do
8. International Smile
9. Ghost
10. Love Me
11. This Moment
12. Double Rainbow
13. By the Grace of God

The album opens with the hit single, "Roar." While I don't necessarily hate the song, I don't find it catchy or really worth more than its role on a radio as background music at a diner.

She's always been a bit cheesy in ways, but Roar is leagues cheesier than "Hot and Cold" or "Futuristic Lover." (It may tie for Firework in terms of cheese.) The other single I've heard before is "Dark Horse," a song with dark tones and some very sexy vocal bits fit for a club. I do prefer it over "Roar" but I don't know if it's really strong enough to stay with me beyond the few times I've heard it. The rapping from Juicy J is weak.

So, on that note, let's see what the rest of the album has to offer. Strangely, there are folk themes throughout, and the most obvious one is found in the second track, "Legendary Lovers." Country-sounding vocals, Indian folk (is that a sitar?) and a driving bluegrass kinda beat are present. A very interesting twist on her usual sound. Instrumentals are cool (if they're even using instruments). I don't love the song, though. See for yourself:



I don't know much about production or what it's like, and I may be mistaken in my interpretation of the term, but this album seems overproduced. Some of the songs are really lacking creative, raw material, and are instead a rehashing of old stuff and it is really not interesting.

"Unconditionally" showcases Katy's actual vocal talent best on this album, if I had to choose. I would probably have liked to hear more songs like it. It sounds fresh in the way that it's not very mainstream. That makes it sexy, kinda like Enrique Iglesias' "Ring My Bells."



It's pretty stupid at parts though. Again I like the "instrumental" bits, if they can be called that...

There are definitely tracks that remind me of her earlier work, though, with "Birthday" taking the cake (pun intended), as it has the disco flair "Last Friday Night" used so well. "Walking on Air" is similar in nature, but has more of a europoppy thing going on. "International Smile," again, alludes to her previous bubblegum pop days. It reminds me of the music that would be playing while I was looking for some deal on underwear in American Eagle Outfitters as a teenager.

The songs "This is How We Do," "Love Me," and "Ghost" don't interest me. They are either generic or boring or simply forgettable somehow. THe end of the album is increasingly cheesy.

Overall rating: 4/10
Conclusion: I've never liked Katy that much, but I think she has entertainment value. The rating she gets from me reflects the small number of vocally strong or innovative tracks, yet the neat twist she puts on an international/folk sound.

djchameleon

Yeah, this album is all over the place with her trying to show she has range and the production is pretty good imo. I don't feel like it's overproduced. It's just that the album has no direction and she just wanted to show that she was doing some creative and attempting different sounds.


You need to listen to the deluxe edition because she has two songs on there that I might you might like. There are three more songs that aren't included in the regular edition and I like two of them myself personally.

"Spiritual" and "Choose Your Battles"

As far as "Roar" goes, I love it for the message behind it and I feel like it's much more than just a cheesy radio record. It's a really nice uplifting song for the masses and it's all about girl power.

Do you hate girl power songs?

Overall though out of all 16 tracks that I listened to I only ended up really liking 6 tracks but it is also the first album that I've listened to from Katy Perry. I have only listened to hear singles here and there.

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Dj aQuario

good songs

Popple

I really like Katy perry!

misspoptart

Oh my god, mods, can you please change the name of this thread to Katy Perry - Prism? I don't know what I was thinking. *facepalm*

Graeme O'Neil

It's definitely her best album yet. When I first listened to it, I was waiting for songs that could no way be a single...and it never happened. "Teenage Dream" had insane high and lows. From that album, she basically released all the good songs, and the rest was godawful, but here, everything is very solid.
My fav is "This Moment". I hope she releases that as a single.

Cuthbert

:d

The Batlord

I know that's supposed to be you sticking your tongue out at some one, but it just looks like you're licking your lips which usually makes no sense in context and just makes me chuckle.

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mikpop93

I thought overall this was a pretty good album. The songs are decent, but like someone else said, the songs and genres seem all over the place.

SamanthaTL

I personally love it. I do hate roar though, that song is dreadful! Legendary lovers is getting annoying but that's only because I have to use it for a dance project. Almost all of the songs in her album fit into the dance I had to do, it's quite weird. Good voice on the album but singing live is a completely different story! Over all, I think it is one of the best albums I've ever bought. Albums aren't normally my thing. I like various songs by various people- with an exception of Evanescence.

Merry Christmas, folks!