Chromatica
by Lady Gaga
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8.5

Universal acclaim- based on 10038 Ratings

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  1. lemosmatheus
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Esse álbum é simplesmente perfeito.
    As transação de cada música é muito boa. Chromatica é o álbum que todos estávamos pedido da mother monster, um álbum repleto de pop perfection.
    A minha preferida é Alice, Fun Tonigth e a maravilhosa parceria com o Elton John.
  2. 4rm4
    May 29, 2020
    10
    So PERFECT a journey on Chromatica ⚔️❤️
    The beat is everything , it's so pop, disco and dance.. Stream and buy it
  3. FuzzyFishy
    May 29, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Chromatica is an incredibly strong album. Don't let the thumping beats fool you, this album is very personal and explores some of LG's darkest moments. Chromatica truly is about dancing through the pain. The tracks tend to be on the short side, but that's good for us as there are more to enjoy! Highlights include the hauntingly hypnotic Alice, the catchy but devastating 911, and Enigma with its rhythmic chorus. There are also three orchestral interludes in the album, composed by LG herself. Each interlude sets the atmosphere for the next track and allows the listener time to take a quick break in between dancing. There are some classic Gaga tracks on the album; the vulnerable Plastic Doll could fit perfectly into The Fame, whilst Stupid Love sounds like something straight from Born This Way. The album concludes with the empoweringly camp Babylon, ending in a triumphant acapella.

    Thank you Lady Gaga, that's the soundtrack to my summer sorted!    … Expand
  4. christian13
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Gaga did this album with her entire soul, and it's so good, every song tells a story, and you can notice did record is one of her bests.
  5. AieshaI
    May 29, 2020
    9
    Her most cohesive project yet, three strong lead singles followed by a number of powerful deep cuts. Lady Gaga is back at the top of the pops!
  6. musicamor
    May 29, 2020
    0
    Again back at it and again recycling past music. The track "Babylon" is nothing but a copy of Madonna's single "Vogue" and "sour candy" is basically Katy perry's "Swish swish" She is running on fumes at this point.
  7. officialnallum
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing album that is so cohesive!! The interludes are amazing and producing of each song is to die for! Each song has a deep meaning and there is not one song that is meaningless. 10/10 would recommend!
  8. Tchalawa
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Meilleur Album de Lady Gaga et je pèse mes mots.
    Je m'attendais à rien venant de certains sons et ils m'ont vraiment surpris en bien. Et d'autres j'avais peur mais ils sont justes géniaux. AOTY
  9. tomwilkinson123
    May 29, 2020
    10
    This is a joyful (in spite of some of the lyrics), upbeat, dancefloor ready album which the world needs at the moment! Every track is a club banger with big melodies and there certainly is no filler. GaGa's most cohesive and listenable album since Born This Way. If there's just one critique, it's that some of the tracks are too short - they're screaming out for extended mixes! I wouldThis is a joyful (in spite of some of the lyrics), upbeat, dancefloor ready album which the world needs at the moment! Every track is a club banger with big melodies and there certainly is no filler. GaGa's most cohesive and listenable album since Born This Way. If there's just one critique, it's that some of the tracks are too short - they're screaming out for extended mixes! I would expect a remix album is coming our way - hopefully with extended/alternative versions from the original producers!… Expand
  10. Lukeantho
    May 29, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The album is the perfect blend of Gaga’s pop roots with flares of EDM. Each segment of the album builds onto the next from start to finish.… Expand
  11. angelokurtx
    May 29, 2020
    10
    AOTY! A lady gaga conseguiu nos levar direto pra chromatica, a sonoridade desse álbum é tão boa, é inesperada de uma maneira sutil e conhecida, de fácil assimilação, as interludes ajudam a ligar o álbum todo e ele tá liricamente perfeito!
  12. Yerik
    May 29, 2020
    7
    it's a good album, with several good songs but Gaga can make a better album.
  13. tomm_fort
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Su mejor álbum hasta la fecha! Colaboraciones muy buenas y acertadas! 911 is a BOP
  14. Lesh14
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing album the transitions from song to song are flawless, the album is a masterpiece
  15. michaelpmcd93
    May 29, 2020
    10
    The transition into 911 is unlike anything I’ve ever heard before. Gaga is always the trail blazer, fabulous album.
  16. rizanpanda
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Pure dance/pop perfection. Every section has it's own stories. This album literally has no skips.
  17. Ivanys94
    May 29, 2020
    10
    An album full of pop bangers with a 90s vibe. Very cohesive, but each song is totally unique.
  18. Flapazim
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Não tem dúvidas que essa mulher voltou mais poderosa como NUNCA, cada música é viciante.
  19. Alexcain
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never been done before. Gaga truly gives us an album to get through these times
  20. Galding56
    May 29, 2020
    10
    This is pure FIRE, she is back with the dance music! Have fun with us on Chromatica
  21. Boschi94
    May 29, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Chromatica delivers on its energetic, empowering concept, making it Lady Gaga’s catchiest and most cohesive body of work since 2011's hit-spawning "Born This Way."A masterpiece full of bops that will make you dance all night long!… Expand
  22. JulioUralde
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Gaga transcribed her dark-sad side of her personal diary scripts into a house-electronic-dance record. The comeback has been so powerful, giving expression to a new area called Chromatica: a World which spreads equality and peace, coming up the dark sides and dancing to them. It's a celebration for all the issues that make us suffer, to forget them and, enjoying the present and the future.Gaga transcribed her dark-sad side of her personal diary scripts into a house-electronic-dance record. The comeback has been so powerful, giving expression to a new area called Chromatica: a World which spreads equality and peace, coming up the dark sides and dancing to them. It's a celebration for all the issues that make us suffer, to forget them and, enjoying the present and the future.
    Welcome to Chromatica, a dance floor we fought for.    … Expand
  23. icers
    May 29, 2020
    10
    her most cohesive body of work to date. listen from start to end and thank me later.
  24. unicornia
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Absolutely breathtaking.. This album is filled with one masterpiece to another. Every single song could be a hit single. No skips. Lady Gaga is truly ahead of her time once again.
  25. Kiwimusi
    May 29, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An absolutely incredible album. All about finding euphoria, light and healing in the face of trauma and pain. This is Gaga at her best and I couldn't be happier!! Except Sour Candy - that song does not fit on the album at all… Expand
  26. harrycorzof
    May 29, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. She did AMAZING, there is a connection between each son on this album, there is a story and Gaga is proving that she really had so much fun doing it… Expand
  27. alejandrohoyer
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Queen!!!! Exactly what 2020 needed
    Stream Chromatica on Spotify and YouTube
  28. OmarVlad
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Already her best album, hits that dance floor electronic vibe like The Fame did yet lyrically deals with themes and sad/dark lyrics on par with The Fame Monster. This album also has the freedom and celebration that Born This Way embodied yet isn’t afraid to go a little experimental like ARTPOP did. Dare I say that this is also her most honest and personal album yet, feeling closer to theAlready her best album, hits that dance floor electronic vibe like The Fame did yet lyrically deals with themes and sad/dark lyrics on par with The Fame Monster. This album also has the freedom and celebration that Born This Way embodied yet isn’t afraid to go a little experimental like ARTPOP did. Dare I say that this is also her most honest and personal album yet, feeling closer to the ESSENCE of Gaga than Joanne did.… Expand
  29. soundmate
    May 29, 2020
    10
    Lady Gaga will be remember for her undeniable artisty forever and always. Her constantly double playing with one day being "Lady" and aother one being "Gaga" is not confusing but amusing. It is one way out of thousands she has to prove how versatile she is and how amazing and powerful her mind is. Since she stepped into the music industry with "The Fame" in 2008, she has constantly beenLady Gaga will be remember for her undeniable artisty forever and always. Her constantly double playing with one day being "Lady" and aother one being "Gaga" is not confusing but amusing. It is one way out of thousands she has to prove how versatile she is and how amazing and powerful her mind is. Since she stepped into the music industry with "The Fame" in 2008, she has constantly been winning. Its reissue, The Fame Monster, was so damn huge even though it was only an EP! Gaga's posterior reivindications of veganism and, obviously, equality and LGBT+ rights transformed her in the voice of a generation who were not afraid to show their real personality because they knew they had someone to rely to. Gaga is the monster who will fight for what she stands for no matter what. After having a bit of a flop with "Artpop", which I considered her best record until yesterday, she transitioned into "Lady", a glamorous Italian-American girl that, even though could only say "grazie" and "ciao", had that elegancy that constantly personifies and evangelizes Southern Europe. "Cheek to Cheek" featuring jazz legend Tonny Bennet was the reivindication of who she also was and a great escape of the spotlight and flashlights. In 2016 "Lady" served us her fifth studio album where she adopted her tragic family history and turned it into a Madison Square Garden musical hoping it would help her dad's depression not to re-happen. Super Bowl LI happened and the world surprisingly needed Lady Gaga; yeah Lady Gaga, the perfect mix of Lady and Gaga's virtues and merits. Thus, after writing a whole soundtrack for one of the saddest and most amusing films I have ever seen, Lady Gaga is back on the music scene and better than ever. She looks very pretty, excited, virtuous and victorious. Honestly, after a three-year hip-hop apocalypse it is very pleasing to experience the revival of pop and bubblegum pop music and its reign in the charts and in the industry in general ones again.
    There are many facts that make "Chromatica" her best album so far. First of all are the interludes. These are so damn needy in a record that pretends to show you a whole new world, that wants you to take a trip to the singer's mind that it is amazing to have so many here. The concept of it as well as the visuals on this record are absolutely breathtaking and very impressive. Then we have its length. They say length is not important but in this case it is since being under 45 minutes, the album has the perfect duration. It is not as heavy as other recent releases like "Notes On a Conditional Form" by the 1975, which is over 70 minutes long or as short as C. Tangana's latest release. It is long enough to introduce and develop you into the whole "Chromatica" experience. At last we have the collaborations: the featurings with Ariana Grande, BLACKPINK and Elton John are very specific and have been chosen with a lot of love, affection and admiration. To be honest, the collaboration with Mister John is my favorite. I do not specially admire him but seeing a 73-year old English man taking part in a dance-pop song with none other than Lady Gaga is so freaking amazing that I do not have words to describe it. After all of this we must talk about the importance of the tour. Even though is hasn't happened yet and may not happen until 2021, "The Chromatica Ball" is so unique and limited that will for sure be her best tour to happen to date. The last thing to have in consideration is the paper of social media and fans in this project. The "United States of Chromatica" Twitter page is so wild that perfectly reflects the fans' excitement and admiration to Gaga and her work so much that it feels overwhelming. Thus, filled with anticipation, excitement, master visuals and amazing music, this is THE ERA.
    I know this page is full of indie edgy fans and metallers who do not understand the relevancy of Lady Gaga in modern contemporany music but just stop being so negative and blind and start to analyze the meaning of it all. Honestly, I do not know how to give this album. If "Chromatica" was released by another A-list artist it wouldn't have the same sense since it is the voice and charisma and background of Gaga what really give it a meaning. Fu*k it Gaga thank you for mixing the best of Lady and the best of Gaga and turning it into the dance-pop record that the world needed and that reflects your personality in the most perfect way. Everybody say thank you Lady Gaga!    … Expand
  30. Guilhermesousa
    May 29, 2020
    10
    como sempre Lady Gaga inovando a cada era e agora com esse novo álbum 'chromatica' ela trás um trabalho incrível com músicas contagiantes e dançantes. Um ótimo trabalho, parabéns a equipe.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Los Angeles Times
    Jul 27, 2020
    80
    The nostalgia in the production — a blend of crisp digital synth textures and ringing grooves drawn directly from '90s house music — further bolsters the shadowed euphoria of a song like "Sour Candy," in which Gaga is joined by the K-pop girl group Blackpink; "Sine from Above," featuring Elton John, gets a similar friction from the interplay between their voices.
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  2. DIY Magazine
    Jun 8, 2020
    90
    Infectious, exciting and even a little hedonistic during some of the most confusing of modern times, now’s never been a better time to get lost in this new destination.
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  3. The Observer (UK)
    Jun 7, 2020
    80
    Chromatica’s frank grappling with the vagaries of Gaga’s brain – and the way fame exacerbates them – ends up feeling much more real than touring dive bars with a guitar and a Stetson ever did.
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