ARTPOP
by Lady Gaga
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  1. TobiasC9
    Nov 11, 2017
    3
    Esse o "álbum do milênio? Decepcionante, um trabalho tão igual aos outros, acho melhor Gaga fazer um marketing melhor da próxima vez.Poucas músicas se salvam nesse álbum.
  2. kowalski
    Nov 17, 2013
    2
    Desperately trying to prove she's "art" and "pop" Gaga ends up failing on both accounts. The album is certainly bold and expressive, but completely one-note; Gaga used up all the tricks she knew. Pretentiously trying to make herself an "artist", she heavily borrows schemes and motifs from every true artist she can possibly borrow from only to look like a artsy mash-up project, rather thanDesperately trying to prove she's "art" and "pop" Gaga ends up failing on both accounts. The album is certainly bold and expressive, but completely one-note; Gaga used up all the tricks she knew. Pretentiously trying to make herself an "artist", she heavily borrows schemes and motifs from every true artist she can possibly borrow from only to look like a artsy mash-up project, rather than producing something innovative and original. In the end, she's a decoy without much doubt a great singer, but one unable to bring anything new to the table. Ridiculously poor on lyrical side as well, Gaga seems to have lost the touch; recycling old ideas is hardly inspiring for absolutely anyone who is at least somewhat aware of the art world... That being said, I'm positive ARTPOP will be a bestseller Gaga has the most devoted fans out there, willing to jump through fire for her. And maybe that's the best description of the music industry today: if you have the fans to buy your records, then who cares if the record is good?… Expand
  3. senordinosaur
    Nov 16, 2013
    2
    The great thing about this record is that you can count on never having to listen to it again. There's some solid instrumentals and beats here, but the lyrics are...I can't even quantify what they are. It's like the crazy cat lady who never leaves her house wrote an album with a horny sixth grade boy pitching in on lines she couldn't finish.

    The standout is the track with R. Kelly.    The great thing about this record is that you can count on never having to listen to it again. There's some solid instrumentals and beats here, but the lyrics are...I can't even quantify what they are. It's like the crazy cat lady who never leaves her house wrote an album with a horny sixth grade boy pitching in on lines she couldn't finish.

    The standout is the track with R. Kelly. Great song. Dope is interesting until she hits the titular lyrics: dope. Then the track goes from potentially beautiful to retarded third grader.

    Easily the worst record she's done.    … Expand
  4. beloved_2013
    Nov 11, 2013
    2
    The record just seems an extension of her previous album, Two years developing an album which already sounds outdated is just not interesting. The crazy outfits and talking about other artists is the only thing that would help to promote the album out of her fan-base. The album simply didn't reach the expectations Gaga herself created. You can't heavily promote an album as "art" when theThe record just seems an extension of her previous album, Two years developing an album which already sounds outdated is just not interesting. The crazy outfits and talking about other artists is the only thing that would help to promote the album out of her fan-base. The album simply didn't reach the expectations Gaga herself created. You can't heavily promote an album as "art" when the lyrics are simple and shallow. Better luck next time.… Expand
  5. pinktennisfreak
    Nov 26, 2013
    2
    ARTpop?! This album could be everything, art is not one of those things. Generic, boring, noisy record will give you only headache. There's nothing innovative about this record. Boring lyrics, generic melodies.
  6. MikeSunderland
    Dec 4, 2013
    2
    Pretentious filthy, generic pop pieces trying to be art, the lyrics are dumb and repetitive as hell, and the production could be much better. There are 2 or 3 good tracks as much.
  7. Trudie
    Apr 15, 2014
    2
    Lady Gaga. What can I say? Her songs packed with unoriginality, no real instruments and MY GOD, THE LYRICS JUST MAKE ME WANT TO SMASH MY HEAD AGAINST THE WALL.
  8. PinkFriday
    Sep 6, 2014
    2
    ARTPOP é o pior álbum de Lady Gaga até hoje. As músicas são muito genéricas e comerciais, feitas apenas para vender. Lady Gaga tem uma voz incrível, mas não pode continuar assim. Ela é capaz de fazer um álbum melhor da próxima vez, pois esse foi somente um erro.
  9. 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
  10. CriticoP3
    Jun 19, 2020
    2
    Con una portada extravagante al típico estilo Gaga que sobresale por su sencillez y pobre terminación, mostrándonos una Gaga semidesnuda con las piernas extendidas con una bola azul cristalina delante, ARTPOP es el intento casi absurdo y ordinario de Gaga de consagrarse en una artista más allá del género pop a la hora de entregar un producto final. Intento que es valorado, pero que porCon una portada extravagante al típico estilo Gaga que sobresale por su sencillez y pobre terminación, mostrándonos una Gaga semidesnuda con las piernas extendidas con una bola azul cristalina delante, ARTPOP es el intento casi absurdo y ordinario de Gaga de consagrarse en una artista más allá del género pop a la hora de entregar un producto final. Intento que es valorado, pero que por desgracia pocas veces tiene éxito a ambos lados de la balanza. Con una demanda -compuesto en su mayoría por sus propios fans- casi bestial por consumir el siguiente hit bailable y fresco. Gaga no puede ser más que jugar a ser ambigua a medida que trata de llevar su carrera por nuevos rumbos sin dejar de pisar tierra firme y dar lo que “piden” los fans mientras trata de mantenerse fiel a su instinto artístico. O al menos es lo que queremos creer, ya que el resultado está posicionado más cerca a un insípido término medio.

    Solo con los primeros segundos de Aura, el punto de inicio se puede advertir que algo no marcha bien. Gaga gritando en gran parte del coro y los sintetizadores al máximo hacen que sea difícil de digerir tanto Swinne y MANiCure. Con la absurda Venus, Gaga se da un paseo sexual por el sistema solar usando el orgasmo femenino como tópico. Sexx Dreams es un desahogo mientras continúa empalagando hasta el ultimo compas con los saturados beats electrónicos innecesarios. En la repulsiva y fatídica Jewels N’ Drugs una canción completamente innecesaria y que se corona como la peor dentro del álbum
    Do What You Want To se convierte en la salvadora de oídos ya casi entrando a la mitad del álbum, una composición agradable y bien pulida, al igual que Dope una canción sin tanta instrumentación electrónica de por medio, solo con Gaga en el piano, pero que no se salva de la sobreproducción. Appplause, que es otra de las más grandes decepciones dentro del álbum, queda bien ubicada como cierre, solo para pedir disculpas. ARTPOP tiene una fragilidad e inconsistencia a nivel musical que se nota cuando sabes que lo único que tiene que ofrecer es el primer sencillo. Si Gaga trata de vivir de los aplausos, es incomprensibles que aleje a su publico más devoto con una entrega decepcionante y saturada de sintetizadores electro sobreproducidos, canciones de sobra y gritos estridentes innecesarios, con la excusa de ser un toque artístico. Y si se encontraba consolidada a ser la digna sucesora a reina del pop, con ARTPOP pierde cualquier oportunidad. ARTPOP está a años luz de ser “el álbum del milenio!!!!” como ella misma lo describió a gritos en sus redes sociales porque es sin duda el peor trabajo de su carrera.

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    PUNTAJE: 16/100

    -CríticoP3 para METACRITIC    … Expand
  11. Raymoiful
    Nov 11, 2013
    1
    Lady Gaga is good at writing catchy, generic hooks, but her songs and lyrics lack substance. ARTPOP is very disappointing, dreary and overproduced.

    I'm waiting for her to proove her claims and grace us with something truly artistic, adventurous and less contrived than this uninspired, generic album.
  12. Clean
    Nov 30, 2013
    1
    So disappointed. Applause sort of unnerved me about the album and my expectations were on par with how Applause was. Do What U Want is really the only song I can listen to, rest is garbage.
  13. Eddann123
    Sep 3, 2021
    1
    Muy pesado y electronico de la decada pasada, no es agradable al escucharlo, ademas reciclaron varios sonidos de canciones demos ya existentes de los DJs productores del disco. Su pero trabajo definitivamente.....
  14. emroGhost
    Nov 11, 2013
    1
    Beats generic and over, two words to define "artpop" certainly this was by far the worst job and will be Lady Gaga's, and Zedd's as a producer was not to be expected a good job as it was "The Fame", very noisy and dirty, all tracks or talk about sex or drugs, a bad example, this would be the kind of album that would not buy even for 0.99.
  15. zeus07
    Dec 30, 2013
    1
    Okay... OVER HYPED and shoddy work by GAGA! ARTPOP?? I wonder where the ART is It's plain bland uninteresting GAGA who is singing non-sense like always..and with no humility! I miss the GAGA from "THE FAME and THE FAME MONSTER" era... This is not ARTPOP but definitely a ARTFLOP... Swine and Dope are what saves the album from completely BOMBING into an oblivion of disastrous FLOPS!!
  16. Teej
    Nov 11, 2013
    1
    She completely misses whatever point she's attempted to make, here. And DAMN! That must've been a hard thing to do.

    She clearly has no self awareness or originality. The main problems with this album are that the songs lack any intelligent lyrics, in fact they're abysmal. The songs themselves lack any structure it coherence or indeed any tune (the melodies from Born This Way the album,    She completely misses whatever point she's attempted to make, here. And DAMN! That must've been a hard thing to do.

    She clearly has no self awareness or originality. The main problems with this album are that the songs lack any intelligent lyrics, in fact they're abysmal. The songs themselves lack any structure it coherence or indeed any tune (the melodies from Born This Way the album, have disappeared.)

    The production is dated, messy and all over the place. She just throws things at walls!!

    'Do you want to see me naked, lover' she asks. 'No' would be the answer if the result is anything like this album. Put your clothes back on. And don't come back until you're off the crack and have an actual tune to sing.

    It's a shame that this is the same artist who gave us The Fame Monster and BTW. She likes to play the victim only this time she's the victim of her own oversized ego and overestimated intelligence. There's nothing there. No message. No point.    … Expand
  17. mazam
    Nov 11, 2013
    1
    ArtPop? Pretentions from the beggining to the end... I just listen to the new Lady Gaga album, I might say. What is wrong with this girl?, what's with the pretentions dumb lyrics?, why most of the tunes on the album seems like recycled tunes from 80's and 90's?... I just couldn't finish listening each song in full. A couple of songs are kinda fun, but most are cringe worthy. Sorry but thisArtPop? Pretentions from the beggining to the end... I just listen to the new Lady Gaga album, I might say. What is wrong with this girl?, what's with the pretentions dumb lyrics?, why most of the tunes on the album seems like recycled tunes from 80's and 90's?... I just couldn't finish listening each song in full. A couple of songs are kinda fun, but most are cringe worthy. Sorry but this chick has lost it. This album it's not worth of my money.… Expand
  18. myopinioncounts
    Nov 12, 2013
    1
    Artpop is as scatty as Lady Gagas wardrobe yet far less interesting it simply fails to resonate.

    Highlight for me is the Gaga penned Venus (i love Zombie Zombie)

    There are many contenders for the lowlight- but ill go for Donatella one of the worst concepts for a song ive ever heard.
  19. Artbarf
    Nov 12, 2013
    1
    Another album, another year but same old garbage !

    Lady Gaga came to a fork in the road with this album. She'd built up this image as a some kind of uber-artiste, but her musical output has always been a bit pedestrian, a fact almost everyone agrees to, including her biggest delusional fans. With this Artpoop album, she could have proved herself a credible musician, or she could    Another album, another year but same old garbage !

    Lady Gaga came to a fork in the road with this album. She'd built up this image as a some kind of uber-artiste, but her musical output has always been a bit pedestrian, a fact almost everyone agrees to, including her biggest delusional fans. With this Artpoop album, she could have proved herself a credible musician, or she could continue to do the same old thing. She's not only chosen the latter path, she has also lost her ability to construct a decent pop song. It's all gone up her nose because she is too egoistic with fame and ratings. Universal Music should ask her leave Twitter and let music speaks for itself.The album is too over HYPED. It's her 'Look At Me' album. Now I begin to understand why Katy Perry's new single outsold her. Simple fun pop song nothing self-absorbed with ugly makeup to make her point. US Billboard Hot 100 is full of stories just like Lady Gaga's songs.

    Last but not least, Billboard should be ashamed for including her discounted sales in her 1st week sales.

    Sad era we live in...    … Expand
  20. LegendaryGhost
    Nov 18, 2013
    1
    Fist, for Nyel: Gaga is not the only writer in ARTPOP's songs, "done"? that's not specific.
    It is disappointing that gaga is very pretentious and egocentric: "Pop culture was an art, now art's in pop culture, in me ,saying "ARTPOP" after "Sex" (No sense!) in Aura. And it's more disappointing that the album's name is ARTPOP when there isn't none of the two concepts. It's a overproduced    Fist, for Nyel: Gaga is not the only writer in ARTPOP's songs, "done"? that's not specific.
    It is disappointing that gaga is very pretentious and egocentric: "Pop culture was an art, now art's in pop culture, in me ,saying "ARTPOP" after "Sex" (No sense!) in Aura. And it's more disappointing that the album's name is ARTPOP when there isn't none of the two concepts. It's a overproduced album and only take the works of different artist to intruduce in her album. About the sound, there's already a lot of DJ's and producers that have made experimental electronic music... Gaga (rather her producers) are not doing something unique. The lyrics and lady gaga's voice could be the only good in the album but is widely overshadowed by the sound and sometimes by Lady Gaga's screams, grunts, weird ways to sing, and, in some parts, her very synthesized voice... ARTPOP it's a bad experiment.    … Expand
  21. LifeIsSweet
    Nov 26, 2013
    1
    The album really doesn't go anywhere. Gaga used to bring the goods to the table but now she seems to have left them somewhere else. Choosing the better song off the album would be sex dreams.
  22. LeticiaVazz
    Dec 3, 2013
    1
    This is not art and is not pop.
    Simply the worst album of her career. The songs seem leftover The Fame Monster and Born This Way.
    Definitely not a good album. Might work for the dance floor but it is not pleasant to hear.
  23. Jpedro
    Dec 3, 2013
    1
    The album is entirely boring. There is a vague proposal to introduce a concept, something that remains vacant until the last sound. Lady gaga has been better and seems to be falling into oblivion, no longer knows innovate and its image is saturated.
  24. newoooooo
    Dec 3, 2013
    1
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  25. danwookie77
    Dec 12, 2013
    1
    It's sad that she seemed to not try very hard on this album. The 2 stars are for the tracks Venus and GUY. Even though Born This Way got mixed reviews, I gave it a try and found several strong songs on the album. This album seems like she is trying to string together ideas that never seem to come together. Style over substance seems to plague the album and just created a big letdownIt's sad that she seemed to not try very hard on this album. The 2 stars are for the tracks Venus and GUY. Even though Born This Way got mixed reviews, I gave it a try and found several strong songs on the album. This album seems like she is trying to string together ideas that never seem to come together. Style over substance seems to plague the album and just created a big letdown for me. I hope she can pull herself together and get past her bizarre media spectacle and start writing good music songs again.… Expand
  26. hapness
    Dec 26, 2013
    1
    A piece of the worst thing i ever heard. Lady Gaga should be ashamed of herself, she's just Madonna's copycat.
    Beats generic and over, two words to define "artpop" certainly this was by far the worst job and will be Lady Gaga's, and Zedd's as a producer was not to be expected a good job as it was "The Fame", very noisy and dirty, all tracks or talk about sex or drugs
  27. terrmith
    Jan 25, 2014
    1
    I guess I just do not understand it. Applause is not all that bad, so I gave a it chance and tried to listen the whole album. I could not finish any of those songs. After a month or so a gave it another try. Still awful.
  28. speech76
    Sep 23, 2014
    1
    seriously this album is a complete flop from the lame artwork to the desperate lyrics. only highlight is gypsy!
    the fact this cd took forever to be released proves her management knew this would flop and boy did it ever!
  29. yordileon
    Jun 9, 2017
    1
    No tengo nada bueno para decir, lo unico rescatable es MANiCURE
    Zo
    Horrible, I just can't believe it that she called this **** as album of decade WTF?
  30. Ayogio
    Nov 22, 2021
    1
    Absolute trash. I like Gaga but the songs on this album are just not good. Definitely her worst album.
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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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