ARTPOP
by Lady Gaga
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  1. aestheticmoon
    Dec 18, 2022
    5
    Its not a bad album. Its not a very good one either. Applause is my favorite song from the album, this song is amazing, to sing and at the same time to dance at the disco... I live for the Applause.
  2. evermore13
    Nov 15, 2021
    6
    It's no instant classic, then, but neither is it the calamity that some have foreseen, being a typically mixed Gaga outing with some ludicrous highs, questionable digressions and plenty of not-unpleasant filler. «ARTPOP» wants to hide that it doesn’t have much to say. Not a great pop album, then, but certainly the product of a great pop star. She remains singularly compelling and lovableIt's no instant classic, then, but neither is it the calamity that some have foreseen, being a typically mixed Gaga outing with some ludicrous highs, questionable digressions and plenty of not-unpleasant filler. «ARTPOP» wants to hide that it doesn’t have much to say. Not a great pop album, then, but certainly the product of a great pop star. She remains singularly compelling and lovable as a celebrity, even if her records don't always match up to her outsized persona. Even at their worst, they only prove that the art is sometimes unworthy of the artist.… Expand
  3. jeremycastillo
    Oct 29, 2021
    5
    Podríamos describir al álbum como infravalorado y muy arriesgado pero, varias Canciones del Álbum Pareciesen Descartes de Sus Álbumes Anteriores, Jewels & Drugs Por Ejemplo, Gaga quizo Reforzar su Estilo EDM Y A la vez promover el Arte, Pero por ese Entonces el EDM Era Muy Popular, ARTPOP es la Referencia Perfecta de que Todo en Exceso Hace Daño
  4. bwray
    Jul 22, 2021
    5
    ARTPOP is quite the roller coaster, to be a little soft. It starts out amazingly strong with Aura, but getting further into the album, it just becomes more odd than enjoyable, plus Jewels N' Drugs is totally misplaced on the album. The album definitely has its shiny moments, but its mostly forgettable, experimental EDM that has terribly aged as time treks onward.
  5. Nitsu
    Nov 2, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sus letras son muy vacías, en applause noté una diferencia, en artpop también. En Aura se demora mucho para empezar. Venus es muy buena pero se nota que es relleno. Artpop es muy repetitivo su ritmo aunque la letra la salva. Swine parece soundtrack de Geometric Dash, pero vacío y repetitivo. Manicure, G.U.Y y Applause son las mejores de todo el álbum. Mis expectativas cayeron ya que ella misma dijo que sería el álbum del siglo pero no fue lo que esperaba.… Expand
  6. leostarboy
    Sep 9, 2020
    5
    ARTPOP’s music is at least more three-dimensional. Modern EDM and ’80s synthpop are the dominant influences, meaning songs explode with rubbery keyboards, digital zaps, insistent beats, and manipulated vocals. “Applause” is equal parts Teutonic techno and Grace Jones; “Gypsy” starts with simple piano and blooms into a high-energy electro anthem; and “Sexxx Dreams” has a breathy synthpopARTPOP’s music is at least more three-dimensional. Modern EDM and ’80s synthpop are the dominant influences, meaning songs explode with rubbery keyboards, digital zaps, insistent beats, and manipulated vocals. “Applause” is equal parts Teutonic techno and Grace Jones; “Gypsy” starts with simple piano and blooms into a high-energy electro anthem; and “Sexxx Dreams” has a breathy synthpop chorus and rattling funk accents. Still, Gaga’s weird streak comes through—the record also has raging electric guitars (the Adele-goes-wild “Manicure”), sparkly R&B electro (the R. Kelly-featuring “Do What U Want”) and Sun Ra quotes (“Venus”). EDM stalwarts Infected Mushroom even collaborate with Gaga on “Aura” for a hiccuping disco hopscotch.… Expand
  7. Izanglez
    Jun 7, 2020
    5
    Only 3 memorable songs. This would not be good even in 2013 when it was released. You can dance to it, and I love Gaga, but this album is not it.
  8. Joel_Freecheck
    May 29, 2020
    4
    Sonically interesting but too grandiose to stay grounded. Gaga aimed for the stars, achieved liftoff, and immedietly got stuck in a boring limbo above the clouds.
  9. Wintersteban
    Sep 7, 2019
    5
    Gaga se queda sin una idea clara para su tercer album y termina perdiendo su esencia para pasar a ser una artista pop mas del monton y reciclando viejas ideas.
  10. ewertonmm
    Jun 15, 2019
    6
    The entire concept for this is so pretentious that it looks embarassing. The entire record looks like discarded tracks from her "The Fame+Monster" CD. I would add that it has even pretentiousness on the album cover. Why waste so much art to make delibaretely stupid material? It has a few good songs that lacks originality and creativity. Gaga, are you ok? I don't think so...it gets worseThe entire concept for this is so pretentious that it looks embarassing. The entire record looks like discarded tracks from her "The Fame+Monster" CD. I would add that it has even pretentiousness on the album cover. Why waste so much art to make delibaretely stupid material? It has a few good songs that lacks originality and creativity. Gaga, are you ok? I don't think so...it gets worse when you think that this is the same woman that made The Fame (2008) and Born This Way (2011) just two years ago.… Expand
  11. dislexicpotato
    Nov 2, 2018
    5
    Artpop is a very mixed bag, despite its excellent production with very talented producers like Zedd and Madeon the lyrics are simply bad. Very few songs on the album stand out and when they do it is thanks to their production. Favourites include Applause, Gypsy, Swine, Mary Jane Holland and Aura.
  12. pedrofaro
    Aug 15, 2017
    6
    its my least favorite gaga's album, its kinda of mess, there are really great songs on it like "venus", "GUY", "dope" and "gypsy", but there are so many bad songs :/
  13. orengue
    Jul 30, 2017
    5
    ARTPOP is an electronic and electropop album, that made Gaga a better artist. For me the best songs of ARTPOP are Applause, Dope and Mary Jane Holland. But the album does not have a feeling of good quality and it seems that Gaga made it in a hurry. It is great that it has 15 songs, but I heard a lot of filler material
  14. JefersonXCX
    Jun 16, 2017
    4
    ARTPOP, o que seria arte para Lady Gaga e onde podemos localizar pop em arte?
    Neste material, é indiscutível falarmos de "Regressão" por parte de Lady Gaga.
    Em trabalhos anteriores, (Born This Way) vemos a autenticidade de ser uma estrela pop sem pretensão de mostrar algo que todos já sabem, foi um trabalho ardu não é mesmo mesmo? Com ARTPOP, Gaga viu o declínio em suas mãos, podemos    ARTPOP, o que seria arte para Lady Gaga e onde podemos localizar pop em arte?
    Neste material, é indiscutível falarmos de "Regressão" por parte de Lady Gaga.
    Em trabalhos anteriores, (Born This Way) vemos a autenticidade de ser uma estrela pop sem pretensão de mostrar algo que todos já sabem, foi um trabalho ardu não é mesmo mesmo? Com ARTPOP, Gaga viu o declínio em suas mãos, podemos dizer que neste trabalho Lady Gaga perdeu as mãos, a qualidade deste album foi desastrosa, boa só para seus alienados fãs, onde viram arte no suposto "Pop" de Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga é muito mais que ARTPOP, eu sei... Mas músicas e um álbum tão genérico a fazem regredir, ai é que entra a regressão dela como artista, O pop é localizável, mas a arte só está presente em seu encarte, não encontro arte em suas músicas eu realmente fiquei perdido quanto a isso. Nem a própria sabe distinguir isso quanto ao assunto. ARTPÓP tem faixas destaques como "Venus, MANiCURE e Marry Jane Holland" que sangram de tão pop e profundo que são. ARTPOP sem dúvidas é o pior trabalho de Lady Gaga até hoje.    … Expand
  15. Rafaeeel
    Jun 10, 2017
    5
    Pra mim é um álbum extremamente forte em batidas, e eu sinceramente não gosto muito disso, então não foi muito do meu agrado. Porém esse conceito que a Gaga queria de "Art" e "pop" pra mim foi alcançado, no geral é um bom trabalho. Minha faixa favorita é Venus, e minha faixa que eu não gostei foi Swine.
  16. victorcarter
    Nov 21, 2016
    6
    Lady Gaga's ARTPOP is a huge, somehow ambitious project. The production work here is quite colorful, expanding and explosive - which, for the most part can't be said about Gaga's performances. Yes, there is quite a satisfying amount of well-composed pop songs here that could easily stuck with the listener, hadn't there been so many mixed feelings rolling around. It is her most explosive,Lady Gaga's ARTPOP is a huge, somehow ambitious project. The production work here is quite colorful, expanding and explosive - which, for the most part can't be said about Gaga's performances. Yes, there is quite a satisfying amount of well-composed pop songs here that could easily stuck with the listener, hadn't there been so many mixed feelings rolling around. It is her most explosive, well produced and strange release yet, but also her messiest, most tiresome album as well. As great as some of the deeper cuts may be, it is the first half of the tracklisting that contains the most cohesive moments, and in the long run, the whole experience steadily becomes more and more compromised by the hyper colorful instrumentals and huge beats (never mind the horrible lyrics). Had it used some trimming in the seemingly endless tracklisting, ARTPOP could be a very successful pop record, both comercially and... yes, artistically as well.… Expand
  17. jjesus
    Apr 25, 2016
    4
    This is by far the worst record by Lady Gaga. Far away from the incredible 'The Fame' or 'The Fame Monster', Lady Gaga gaves us confusing and mixed feeling towards what was supposed to be an artistic speech through music. Not feeling it.
  18. Kworb
    Apr 25, 2016
    4
    Not very good, but not very bad either. It'snot as good as her previius efforts Born This Way and The Fame Monstre. t's too overproduced. Aura, Artpop, Sexxxxx Dreams, Dope and Applause are standouts
  19. IGa
    Jan 30, 2016
    4
    Is here wrongly, full of promises he could not keep, "ARTPOP" sounds like an attempt not very successful innovation, which ended up being more confusing beats and lyrics without much sense. The Pop Art vein was completely left aside here, and ended up making him a pop music album undefined.
  20. LeBob
    Nov 2, 2015
    5
    Incredibly mediocre. She could have made a big thing with this, solidifying her status. On the contrary, GaGa went out for an oddity without heart, bland lyrics and the usual exhausting hyper-sexuality. Definitely, her next records needs a better thoughtness.
    On average, I really had the impression that this record suffered from some rushing production, to keep at peace with the period    Incredibly mediocre. She could have made a big thing with this, solidifying her status. On the contrary, GaGa went out for an oddity without heart, bland lyrics and the usual exhausting hyper-sexuality. Definitely, her next records needs a better thoughtness.
    On average, I really had the impression that this record suffered from some rushing production, to keep at peace with the period and surfing the big wave of her own fame. And she failed. Some more working and less fillers would have helped a lot. Also, she needs to give up every "ohhh ohhh" "ahhh ahhh" and actually put meaningful words to conceive a "good" song.    … Expand
  21. ahmedimran
    Oct 22, 2015
    6
    Expect much MUCH more after Born this Way, BTW was one of the best records of all time and after that i expected much more especially with the hype that was created. But i don't think there was a SINGLE track which deserves recommendation. Venus was probably better but that was probably it.Was very disappointed with Gaga's effort.Maybe next time!
  22. ryanloveslana
    May 9, 2015
    4
    ARTPOP suffers from too many EDM songs and it makes me feel that Gaga's team was rushing this album, even the lead single "Applause" was almost left off at the least minute. The highlights of the album are "Applause", "Do What U Want", "Dope", "X Dreams", and "Aura".
  23. BabyJane
    Mar 16, 2015
    6
    1. Aura 0.5/10
    2. Venus 10/10
    3. G.U.Y 9.5/10
    4. Sexxx Dreams 2/10
    5. Jewels n Drugs 9.5/10
    6. MANiCURE 10/10
    7. Do What U Want 9/10
    8. ARTPOP 5.5/10
    9. Swine 10/10
    10. Donatella 10/10
    11. Fashion! 0.5/10
    12. Mary Jane Holland 10/10
    13. Dope 0.5/10
    14. Gypsy 1/10
    15. Applause 2.5/10

    Highlights: Venus
    Potential singles: Do What U Want, Venus, Gypsy.
  24. LuizFelipe
    Feb 28, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. in general the album is very interesting , but would be better if it had songs like Donatella and Fashion! who left the least interesting album ... Venus , Applause and manicures are the best ...… Expand
  25. badgalbynes
    Dec 31, 2014
    5
    ARTPOP isn't a terrible album, but that doesn't mean its good either. What Gaga tried to accomplish with ARTPOP is diving into pop's underbelly, delivering an EDM-charged record that is louder, angrier, and more aggressive than any of her prior releases, or any album to hit the market in 2013. And that's exactly where ARTPOP failed. For a pop star that has widespread appeal, experimentalARTPOP isn't a terrible album, but that doesn't mean its good either. What Gaga tried to accomplish with ARTPOP is diving into pop's underbelly, delivering an EDM-charged record that is louder, angrier, and more aggressive than any of her prior releases, or any album to hit the market in 2013. And that's exactly where ARTPOP failed. For a pop star that has widespread appeal, experimental records that stray from the artists original sound often fail (see: Bionic, Erotica) and ARTPOP is 60 minutes of one musical extreme to the other. The album transcends from bass heavy EDM (Swine) to Hip Hop (Jewels N Drugs) to electronica (Applause) to oddly placed piano ballads (Dope). Gaga's intentions for this record might've been good, but it was poorly executed.… Expand
  26. camilosanchez16
    Dec 17, 2014
    5
    Durante la era Born This Way, Gaga fue capaz de reinventarse como artista, recrear el pop, hacer música pegajosa, relevante, memorable, pero ahora Gaga se ha ido por otros lares que no han resultado en lo que ni sus fans ni la gente en general esperaba.
  27. Uygur
    Aug 17, 2014
    4
    That album could be Gaga's worst work, ever. It isn't inspirational, tunes are like so random. Lyrics are simply empty. If it was her debut, she would be a one-hit wonder but nothing else.
  28. IvyCapettine
    Jul 11, 2014
    5
    Good album. But for Lady Gaga could be better. Her voice is magnificent and your brand is strong. But these songs are lacking a bit of originality of Gaga.
  29. lawi9ne
    May 27, 2014
    6
    Comparing to her previous works, ARTPOP stands alone. Lady Gaga wanted to make it like a performance (with an opening act and applause in the end), but I think that she could make it a little bit better by bringing more ART or musical styles she's famous for.
    Of course, there are some songs that show us how hard she's been working the past 2 years prior the album's release (G.U.Y., Sexxx    Comparing to her previous works, ARTPOP stands alone. Lady Gaga wanted to make it like a performance (with an opening act and applause in the end), but I think that she could make it a little bit better by bringing more ART or musical styles she's famous for.
    Of course, there are some songs that show us how hard she's been working the past 2 years prior the album's release (G.U.Y., Sexxx Dreams, DWUW, Artpop, MANiCURE, Swine, Gypsy and Applause); but the other part of what was meant to be the story of "How ART Met POP" is like an old Hollywood cliche, and sometimes you find yourself asking what kind of ART she's bringing to Pop Culture in these songs.
    Yes, no one is perfect and even the greatest people make the silliest mistakes, but when we talk about such a revolutionary artist like Lady Gaga, we mean that she is a perfectionist and always tries to make everything brilliant (she's said about it hundred times).

    So I hope that ARTPOP: Act II will be in same matter that The Fame Monster and Born This Way were.    … Expand
  30. caiotemon
    May 14, 2014
    6
    The problem with ARTPOP is that it was marketed as revolutionary when it's just an average album. It's an Ok album. Has some great songs, some terrible ones and some you're indifferent to. It's not like a reinvention of Pop(or any style of music, tho) and that was what killed the album. It HAD to be revolutionary to meet our expectations and it just wasn't, but it wasn't a pop mistake likeThe problem with ARTPOP is that it was marketed as revolutionary when it's just an average album. It's an Ok album. Has some great songs, some terrible ones and some you're indifferent to. It's not like a reinvention of Pop(or any style of music, tho) and that was what killed the album. It HAD to be revolutionary to meet our expectations and it just wasn't, but it wasn't a pop mistake like some critics say.… Expand
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 30
  3. Negative: 0 out of 30
  1. Q Magazine
    Jan 7, 2014
    60
    The melodies here are fine, they do a job, but nothing backs up Gag's Warholian rhetoric or scales the barmy heights of Bad Romance. [Jan 2014, p.116]
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    Nov 26, 2013
    60
    While it’s stronger than the messy ‘Born This Way’, Artpop feels little more culture-quaking than a good collection of fun, silly, well-crafted pop songs.
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  3. Fact Magazine (UK)
    Nov 22, 2013
    50
    This is two albums in a row now that were basically a bit boring, and she needs to sort it out soonish please.
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