ARTPOP
by Lady Gaga
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8.0

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  1. Michelscn
    Oct 24, 2016
    9
    Artpop é um otimo album! Com singles com grande potencial como "do what u want" e "venus", o album mostra profundamente o genero pop como uma forma de arte, um dos melhores trabalhos de gaga!
  2. joaoaugusto
    Oct 24, 2016
    10
    A wonderful album! A wonderful artist! Every album released, his talent and his legacy growing and most respected. This only tends to grow. Each person chooses his own Queen, Lady Gaga for me is the true queen of pop.
  3. HausofRuthiee93
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    ARTPOP is such a great album, definitely underrated. She has great dance songs and she just keeps me guessing. Love to be part of this fan base! Lady Gaga has great things coming for her!
  4. AnaRibeiro2
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    I love Lady Gaga, she's amazing. I love so much ARTPOP, I miss this era! I love Lady Gaga, she's amazing. I love so much ARTPOP, I miss this era!!!!!!
  5. SarahDanger123
    Oct 20, 2016
    10
    Underrated album! Alot of critics are bashing it because it underperformed (not really it sold 2.5M WW).

    It deserves more love because this is Gaga going into a new genre in her musical career.
  6. pxrfectillusion
    Oct 20, 2016
    10
    This album is misunderstood and underappreciated. ARTPOP is ambitious and sonically diverse, blending together a wide variety of sounds and genres that hook you instantly. Standout tracks include Venus, Sexxx Dreams, MANiCURE, Do What U Want, Swine, Donatella, Fashion!, Mary Jane Holland, Dope and Gypsy.
  7. LouisJossie
    Oct 19, 2016
    10
    ARTPOP, sin lugar a dudas un gran lanzamiento del '2013', uno de los discos mas esperados del año, Lady Gaga supo realizar bien el album, mezclas de sonido 'Motown', 'EDM', 'Pop'. Sin lugar a dudas uno de los mejores del 2013. Gypsy, Applause, Fashion!, Venus, Donatella, G.U.Y, Dope! las mejores del album!
  8. grigiogirls
    Oct 19, 2016
    10
    ARTPOP is definitely an underrated album. What I like about this album is how different and fresh-sounding it is. There is a lot of EDM influence, which is sort of funny since almost ALL pop songs in 2016 are EDM influenced... ARTPOP may have just been ahead of its time. On this album, we see a very provocative side of Lady Gaga on tracks like G.U.Y., Sexxx Dreams, and Do What U Want. IARTPOP is definitely an underrated album. What I like about this album is how different and fresh-sounding it is. There is a lot of EDM influence, which is sort of funny since almost ALL pop songs in 2016 are EDM influenced... ARTPOP may have just been ahead of its time. On this album, we see a very provocative side of Lady Gaga on tracks like G.U.Y., Sexxx Dreams, and Do What U Want. I love these songs because they are very dancy and sexy. The lead single, Applause, is an amazing song and will be one of those songs everyone will remember in 10 years. Other amazing tracks on this album include Mary Jane Holland, Venus, Donatella, and Dope (the best pop ballad of the 21st century honestly). Maybe this album didn't do so great sale-wise, but it sure as hell is a good album.… Expand
  9. coollooking
    Oct 15, 2016
    10
    I bought "ARTPOP" on the day when it was released. Usually , I don't listen to all albums ,because I hope that it's gonna surprise me with something. It came true with this album. Gaga wanted to create something different that her previous albums. It really can be called "masterpiece". Every lyrics is unique and clever, if you understand it. Melodies are matched to her voice from diffefentI bought "ARTPOP" on the day when it was released. Usually , I don't listen to all albums ,because I hope that it's gonna surprise me with something. It came true with this album. Gaga wanted to create something different that her previous albums. It really can be called "masterpiece". Every lyrics is unique and clever, if you understand it. Melodies are matched to her voice from diffefent genres. All 15 tracks are incredible:
    Gaga sings about:
    -fame("Applause" , "Donatella" , "Fashion!" and "ARTPOP")
    -love ("G.U.Y" , "Gypsy" , "Venus" and "MANiCURE)
    -sexuality ("Venus" in historical sense , "G.U.Y" "Sex Dreams" , "MANiCURE" and "Do What You Want")
    -overcoming addicts ("Mary Jane Holland" , "Dope")
    -fashion ("Donatella" , "Fashion!")
    -music ("ARTPOP")
    -dreams ("Gypsy" , "Aura", "Jewels N' Drugs")
    -pain from the past ("Swine")
    Mrs.Germanotta created very good music for her album and she's never wanted to compose and write a song without any sense. I am so proud of the record and I think that it deserves more sales. I've listened to the album very often and it's never made me bored since I first heard for all 60 minutes. I really love every song and all the production.
    If i could choose a song for fourth single it would be- "Gypsy" ,and for fifth single- it would be "Fashion!" Hope that album will be appreciated even though it has failed.
    "ARTPOP" is inspiring!!!    … Expand
  10. fabiangza
    Sep 18, 2016
    8
    Tiene sonidos muy pegadizos y eléctricos, a veces tan eléctricos que llegan a quemar un poco los oídos... Con este álbum, Gaga perdió buena parte del boom que le había dado su icónico y trascendental estilo dance, pero eso no quiere decir que aún no le quede potencial para mejorar y seguir destacando en la industria.
  11. MiguelVictor
    Aug 31, 2016
    8
    This is definitive not Gaga's best album, but there is something about that "messy EDM" that we really must pay attention. Some songs like "Aura", "Venus", "Do What U Want" and "MANiCURE" are potential hits that deserved more success, by the way, I found a word for this album, a "potential one".
  12. sixinch
    Aug 30, 2016
    10
    One of the worst albums of the year thus far. It shows absolutely no artistic growth, the lyrics are elementary, and the vocals are non-existent. All in all, a terrible album. Collapse
  13. SwagATRL
    Aug 26, 2016
    10
    PRAYS 4 da PRESSED: opPRESSED, dePRESSED, rePRESSED, & supPRESSED posters.
    Pop: LADY GAGA, Madonna Britney, Adele, U2, Katy, Alanis, JLO, Kelly, George Michael, Bieber, Bruno.
    R&B: Mariah, Toni, MJB, Janet, TLC, Alicia, Maxwell, Sade, Usher, Aaliyah, Ciara, Brandy, Monica, 702. Rap: Nas, Lil Kim, Missy, Drake, Lauryn Hill, Fat Joe, Outkast, DMX, Kendrick, Biggie, Foxy, T.I. Salt n pepa.    PRAYS 4 da PRESSED: opPRESSED, dePRESSED, rePRESSED, & supPRESSED posters.
    Pop: LADY GAGA, Madonna Britney, Adele, U2, Katy, Alanis, JLO, Kelly, George Michael, Bieber, Bruno.
    R&B: Mariah, Toni, MJB, Janet, TLC, Alicia, Maxwell, Sade, Usher, Aaliyah, Ciara, Brandy, Monica, 702.
    Rap: Nas, Lil Kim, Missy, Drake, Lauryn Hill, Fat Joe, Outkast, DMX, Kendrick, Biggie, Foxy, T.I. Salt n pepa.
    Educate OGHs on why Gaga's a legend and part of the #WINNINGTEAM. Legend Gaga is the Alpha and the Omega of ATRL. Bless yourself with Red & Blue (Genesis), TF (Job), TFM (Psalms), BTW (Proverbs), AP (St. Matthew) C2C (St. Mark) TIHTY (St. Luke), and WATCH. YOUR. GROWTH. Prepare for LG5: Book of Revelation    … Expand
  14. atjsuccess
    Aug 26, 2016
    0
    Umm, I don't know exactly how to explain how atrocious obnoxious and hideous this album is. The worst album I have ever listened to. Terrified seeing the downgrade from masterpieces like The Fame Monster and Born This Way to Artpop. Lady Gaga really disappointed me.
  15. Fakebytswift
    Jun 12, 2016
    7
    Why do I think ARTPOP deserved a Grammy?

    We can say that ARTPOP is a mistake on Gaga's career but it is not. The album was one of the biggest conceptual works of all time. While Gaga was mixing art and pop, people was critizing her Born This Way era. Obviously, it wasn't a perfect album, Gaga focused a lot on the promotional thing, on the promotional singles(Dope and Do What U    Why do I think ARTPOP deserved a Grammy?

    We can say that ARTPOP is a mistake on Gaga's career but it is not. The album was one of the biggest conceptual works of all time. While Gaga was mixing art and pop, people was critizing her Born This Way era.
    Obviously, it wasn't a perfect album, Gaga focused a lot on the promotional thing, on the promotional singles(Dope and Do What U Want(feat R. Kelly), and it actually worked, but the real thing was left behind, the concept of the album wasn't promoted. We had an album inspired by the old Romanticism, the art culture of the 1600's, and she had everything to make the ''album of the millenium'', but everything went wrong.
    Start saying that it didn't had a good debut on the charts, the promotion of the songs was a total mess(DWUW video, for example), and then, the media started a big fight with Gaga, and it will be really hard for her to reborn from the pop culture ashes.

    (And it would have been a big battle on the Grammys with Sam Smith)

    HIGHLIGHTS: Venus, G.U.Y, Sexxx Dreams, Do What U Want, Artpop, Fashion!, Dope, Gypsy    … Expand
  16. Juan12353
    May 30, 2016
    8
    1. Aura 10/10
    2. Venus 10/10
    3. G.U.Y. 9/10
    4. Sexxx Dreams 9/10
    5. Jewels N' Drugs 7/10
    6. MANiCURE 9/10
    7. Do What U Want 8/10
    8. ARTPOP 8/10
    9. Swine 8/10
    10. Donatella 6/10
    11. Fashion! 10/10
    12. Mary Jane Holland 7/10
    13. Dope 9/10
    14. Gypsy 6/10
    15. Applause 10/10
  17. backsstaber
    May 22, 2016
    9
    I think this is the most misunderstood album by Gaga, or even from the '10s. Even if it's not what we all expected, still good. There are so much hits like: Sexxx Dreams, Do What U Want, ARTPOP, Mary Jane Holland, Gypsy. The problem is the hype she made. But still good.
  18. BryanNarvaezN
    May 12, 2016
    10
    ARTPOP is one of the best albums of 2013 , its purpose of being a celebration of lady gaga's creativity , was fulfilled . We need to commercial musicians to risk write whatever they want and sound as they want, without forgetting to sound good, ARTPOP did it and it sounds better than half of the commercial music sold today , a milestone to the combination of pop and electronic references,ARTPOP is one of the best albums of 2013 , its purpose of being a celebration of lady gaga's creativity , was fulfilled . We need to commercial musicians to risk write whatever they want and sound as they want, without forgetting to sound good, ARTPOP did it and it sounds better than half of the commercial music sold today , a milestone to the combination of pop and electronic references, a great album.… Expand
  19. Americarnaud
    May 6, 2016
    7
    Underrated album. ARTPOP is a very good album, but some songs should've been left out: the anticlimatic and incoherent Jewels N Drugs, the boring MANiCURE, the G.U.Y. remix Donatella, and Fashion!, catchy but too long and not interesting enough.
    A good album that stayed in the shadow of an average lead single that set the tone for the album and the future singles. People weren't    Underrated album. ARTPOP is a very good album, but some songs should've been left out: the anticlimatic and incoherent Jewels N Drugs, the boring MANiCURE, the G.U.Y. remix Donatella, and Fashion!, catchy but too long and not interesting enough.
    A good album that stayed in the shadow of an average lead single that set the tone for the album and the future singles. People weren't interested. G.U.Y. or Aura would have been better lead singles and maybe the album wouldn't have been so overlooked. You can find the iconic Gaga weirdness in the brilliant Venus and ARTPOP, the catchy choruses in G.U.Y. and Gypsy, and the great writing in the whole album. All that thrown in a blender with crazy production, heavy beats, makeup, vomit, alcohol, and you find yourself with this great explosive and creative album.
    Lady Gaga remains one of the few pop stars actually interested in making good music, not hits, and she is involved in everything about the album. From the writing to the production, to the directing of the videos, ...
    In short, a good album, that should have been 10 songs long, overshadowed by a messy era which prevented people to actually enjoy the music.
    Best songs: Gypsy, G.U.Y., Aura, Venus    … Expand
  20. juliomaas
    May 2, 2016
    8
    It was not the best album of Lady Gaga , however, the deeper and perhaps real .
    A rude, fierce and authentic album, is what define the ARTPOP today.
    Gaga is a super songwriter. perhaps our minds are not as evolved as to her . The great salvation of the album are the vocals , gaga has been improving more and more in this direction. We expected more ? perhaps. But gaga gave us what Lady    It was not the best album of Lady Gaga , however, the deeper and perhaps real .
    A rude, fierce and authentic album, is what define the ARTPOP today.
    Gaga is a super songwriter. perhaps our minds are not as evolved as to her .
    The great salvation of the album are the vocals , gaga has been improving more and more in this direction.
    We expected more ? perhaps. But gaga gave us what Lady Gaga is .    … Expand
  21. 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.
  22. 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
  23. Piscuncio
    Apr 24, 2016
    10
    OMG!!! It is an album for fans is a good gift for us , is rude, bittersweet , pop , classic , modern, is hard and soft , is religious, is a sinner. It is another world, this is ARTPOP , Gaga the goddess of music !!
  24. scheibex
    Feb 14, 2016
    10
    Um ótimo álbum, um tapa na cara da indústria que esperava um álbum super comercial para render milhões a todos os empresários que só pensam em sugar a maior quantia que conseguir da maior estrela pop da geração. A gaga sabia que aconteceria isso, então ela fez um álbum que ela tinha certeza que não se sairia bem como os outros.
  25. 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.
  26. justsayingtruth
    Jan 29, 2016
    10
    This album is so underrated, is literally a masterpiece; all the songs have a meaning and this help us to know Gaga in her most authentic. Just listen it and you will love it!
  27. scottgold
    Jan 28, 2016
    10
    A plethora of experimental sounds and beats that contribute to the electronic genre more so than pop. Lady Gaga shows us that she knows how to make carefree music that not only stems from a place of meaning and emotion, but can still make us dance. Though lacking more than one commercial hit, Gaga is letting us know that it's alright to break free of the industry's boundaries and thatA plethora of experimental sounds and beats that contribute to the electronic genre more so than pop. Lady Gaga shows us that she knows how to make carefree music that not only stems from a place of meaning and emotion, but can still make us dance. Though lacking more than one commercial hit, Gaga is letting us know that it's alright to break free of the industry's boundaries and that she's trying to find a new sound that will give us the hits we know and love in the future.… Expand
  28. CharlieBetterIs
    Dec 28, 2015
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Eu pensava que ARTPOP seria um álbum melhor do que é. Me decepcionei um pouco com o trabalho, mas é um bom álbum. Se não fosse pelo exagero de sintetizadores, eu o consideraria melhor do que é. Mas a voz de Gaga está melhor do que nunca e tem músicas que são magníficas.

    Pontos altos: Gypsy, Venus, Dope
    Pontos baixos: Jewels N' Drugs, Sexxx Dreams, Aura    … Expand
  29. Panchogul
    Dec 26, 2015
    2
    EXTREMADAMENTE PRETENCIOSO, NO ES UN ALBUM BUENO, PERO TAMPOCO UNO MALO, LE FALTO ESE ALGO... así como ella prometió "el álbum del milenio", las cosas no le salieron como queria
  30. Carlsdil000
    Dec 14, 2015
    7
    Takes a few times to really understand or appreciate, but overall not a bad listen! It has some hits, some misses and some "mehs" but that's how a lot of pop albums are.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 30 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 9 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 21 out of 30
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  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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