Joanne
by Lady Gaga
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8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 3658 Ratings

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  1. vidaloca
    Sep 1, 2017
    10
    Diamond Heart is a very nice opener and should've been the lead single. Perfect Illusion is great, but overall doesn't speak to the whole album and it should've.
  2. hood45454
    Sep 1, 2017
    10
    ''Joanne'' is career defying album which serves vocals and lyrical content. It's Lady Gaga's first non-pop album with original songs and it's job very well done.
  3. katycat127
    Sep 1, 2017
    10
    Outstanding album. Lady Gaga proved once again that she is very talented and vocally gifted singer. Joanne is her most down to Earth album and her glory is showing.
  4. IlliDave
    Aug 30, 2017
    10
    Certainly one of the best albums of the year. Gaga's vocals each time gets better. Can't get over this! This certainly deserves a lots of Grammys! Gaga is the most complete artist of our generation!
  5. pedrofaro
    Aug 15, 2017
    9
    gaga prove us that she's one of the best singers in the world, pop stars, showing us one side that wehad never seeing before. "dancin in circles" NEEDS to be a single!!
  6. lookatmebiitch
    Jul 22, 2017
    10
    I am happy to feel like myself again, to run on that green field of grass and to spend the whole day thinking about good memories in the past. This album is the good gold. Between all the "live fast" culture covers social life out there, this album gives me some good reasons to live good again. Gaga and some original materials, why not?
  7. Alejandropa
    Jul 21, 2017
    10
    I'm not a Lady Gaga fan. I didn't like her before. When Joanne was released, it changed my perspective towards her and her work. I'm so open minded with her albums now.

    Joanne is definitely a jewel and I feel bad for those who doesn't like this album. So raw and wonderful.
  8. joaofelin
    Jul 13, 2017
    8
    Diamond Heart - 10

    A-yo - 8

    Joanne - 7

    John Wayne - 9

    Dancin' in Circles - 9

    Perfect Illusion - 9

    Million Reasons - 7
    Sinner's Prayer - 
8
    Come to Mama - 
7
    Hey Girl - 
7
    Angel Down - 9

    score: 8,1
  9. dtxphobia
    Jul 9, 2017
    9
    As a Lady Gaga fan, I gotta say that it was impossible for me to hate this album. Joanne's uniqueness makes it a very good album. It has some country, rock, jazz and pop vibes. My top tracks are Perfect Illusion, Dancin' In Circles and John Wayne. Not her best work to date, but its a unique experience that I enjoy very much
  10. Targayrean
    Jul 7, 2017
    1
    It is with great pain for me to say that Joanne is not the record that will change me like The Fame Monster or Born This Way. Any shred of the avant-gaga flair is gone. The personal is no longer the performance and the external is no longer the internal (thank you NYT). Perhaps she is going back to Red and Blue while I am going forward on to Vulnicura. Either way even the most avid fansIt is with great pain for me to say that Joanne is not the record that will change me like The Fame Monster or Born This Way. Any shred of the avant-gaga flair is gone. The personal is no longer the performance and the external is no longer the internal (thank you NYT). Perhaps she is going back to Red and Blue while I am going forward on to Vulnicura. Either way even the most avid fans of this record would not disagree she has gone backwards to her pre-gaga sound. The first half plays with some interesting ideas but with these glittering ideas comes awkwardly direct lyrics. In the second half of Joanne country bumpkin Gaga comes out to say, "Hey look what I can do,' and not a single fan was gained on that day (of course only time will tell to prove me right or wrong). Trolling aside Lady Gaga on the bonus tracks decides that pinot grigio is the correct wine to connect with her fellow woman-kind even though riesling is obviously better. There is a intense depression lying underneath the record expressed through Gaga's inability to pronounce the english language. This depression is also reminiscent of my now dead childhood.
    The album clumsily starts with the powerfully sung "Diamond" and lazily spoken "Heart". "Diamond Heart" pushes through with some lovely build ups and power choruses. "A-YO" plays with some great guitar playing similar to Wild Beasts with a country flair only to be driven by the viciously mundane Megan Trainor-esque "blow it in your face" and the awfully tacky clappity beat as well as steamy lyrics that leave nothing to the imagination. She left the disco stick in the trash and instead just wants you to get off on her- oh and there’s a mirror on the ceiling? "Joanne" is drenched in painful, hurtful even, honesty as well as some delightful lyrics I wish I could ask Gaga myself in the chorus, “Girl, where do you think you’re going?” "John Wayne” and “Dancing in Circles" are some of the high points of the record but goes full on lyrically country bumpkin Gaga and touch myself Gaga circa “So Happy I Could Die.” While I wasn’t pleased with Perfect Illusion originally it sounds wonderful when listening to it in the context of the album because it’s the only moment that has absolutely no country so far. The next song that actually matters is “Hey Girl” and it is tasty as all hell. Florence and Gaga is an unexpected heaven. My only complaint is the utter abuse of the title; one should not be able to begin the verse and the chorus the exact same way.
    Of course it goes with out saying, I am clearly not a country fan- but I do not believe many Lady Gaga fans are. But alas Yoü and I had a subtle twang- so I suppose it wasn’t completley out of the blue. While my review is attempting at some humor I am legitimately disappointed as Lady Gaga was my original musical awakening. There will be no musical awakening ushered on by Joanne. Now, I will proceed to play the banjo, grab a cowboy hat, jump on a horse, and pretend to like this album.    … Expand
  11. JadenCarter
    Jun 29, 2017
    7
    This is what she's all about.
    I wish people would realise that this album is just as real and authentic as her past albums. If you want to complain that she's changing, well she is. That's what she is all about. Her style has changed in every single album and that is what art is. Art is change. Don't beat her up because she isn't the same as she was in Artpop or The Fame. You all would be    This is what she's all about.
    I wish people would realise that this album is just as real and authentic as her past albums. If you want to complain that she's changing, well she is. That's what she is all about. Her style has changed in every single album and that is what art is. Art is change. Don't beat her up because she isn't the same as she was in Artpop or The Fame. You all would be so bored of her if she was STILL making the same EXACT music all the time. Just enjoy the music. If you don't like it, that's your loss I guess. Just move on to something else then!    … Expand
  12. gamonx1
    Jun 23, 2017
    0
    A UN FLOP O QUE LOS CRÍTICOS DIGAN QUE A QUE ESTA JUGANDO Possui vocais maravilhosos e se reinventa a cada faixa. Uma linda mistura de country, pop, rock, pop latino, balada, entre outros. E é capaz de unir pessoas com
  13. vinnynguyen
    Jun 17, 2017
    9
    There's a distinct separation in the album. Tracks 1-6 (except Joanne, Track 3) seem to be very pop / rock, where as Tracks 7-11 seem more ballad-like, very soft, but the lyrics seem to become much more meaning, which has always been a strong forte for Lady Gaga. The main strength of this album is the production, which Mark Ronson, Bloodpop seem to have put a lot of effort into. PerfectThere's a distinct separation in the album. Tracks 1-6 (except Joanne, Track 3) seem to be very pop / rock, where as Tracks 7-11 seem more ballad-like, very soft, but the lyrics seem to become much more meaning, which has always been a strong forte for Lady Gaga. The main strength of this album is the production, which Mark Ronson, Bloodpop seem to have put a lot of effort into. Perfect Illusion is not a good representation of the album, at all.

    Standouts: Diamond Heart (#1), John Wayne (#4), Dancing In Circles (#5), Million Reasons (#7), Angel Down (#11)    … Expand
  14. RoadToLove
    Jun 16, 2017
    10
    felizmente um dos melhores álbuns da gaga não é mesmo? me senti completamente em paz com as faixas desse álbum além de me fazer dançar e ficar "na bad" no tempo certo, parabéns Lady Gaga, sou muito Little Monster sim!
    tá em português mesmo, atura ou surta.
  15. christopher1996
    Jun 14, 2017
    10
    No doubt... the greatest album released in 2016 so far
    I love Gaga, I love this album
    THIS IS THE ALBUM OF THE MILLENIUUUUUUUUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Paws Up, Little Monsters!
  16. ScarTissue1990
    Jun 13, 2017
    10
    Hands down Gaga's best record to date in my personal opinion. Everyone's is different.
    With this album, we see a side of Gaga we've never really seen before. Though Joanne still has glam and is here to party, we hear a more genuine, rootsy live instrumentation with soul punching lyrics. With themes of female empowerment, kindness, loss, pain, politics, family, lust, sex, etc; Some songs    Hands down Gaga's best record to date in my personal opinion. Everyone's is different.
    With this album, we see a side of Gaga we've never really seen before. Though Joanne still has glam and is here to party, we hear a more genuine, rootsy live instrumentation with soul punching lyrics. With themes of female empowerment, kindness, loss, pain, politics, family, lust, sex, etc; Some songs stronger than others, but still somehow Gaga' strongest.
    Gaga cries "Girl, where do you think your going?" over and over as she grieves the loss of a woman whom she never met but still felt extremely connected with n the album's title track. What could be Gaga's most stripped back and unplugged moment yet. It's something of a rarity in the pop world for an album to go as deep as Joanne. But with Gaga, it was sure to come.
    In the depth of this album, I sensed strong David Bowie and Elton John influences as well as Gaga's essential Springsteen-esque sound in songs like "Diamond Heart" and "Angel Down." To commemorate this style Gaga sought collaborations from alternative/indie royalty Kevin Parker, Josh Homme, Father John Misty and the divine Florence Welch.; Jazz musician, Brian Newman; As well as the soulful, doo-wop addition of the Gaga's main co-producer, the legendary Mark Ronson. This album to me, was the highlight of 2016. An album that set a new standard in the pop world that artists like Miley Cyrus and Harry Styles followed through with stylistically in 2017.
    Joanne is the album I've been waiting for from a pop artist. Deep down though, I knew only Gaga could pull it off in a way that could speak to me. For I'm not one for modern pop music. However, with this album, it feels almost as if you're going through a time machine with all of it's diverse and soulful energy. A time machine you can visit over and over again, loving and more and more with each listen.    … Expand
  17. Gretusca
    Jun 11, 2017
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O melhor dela até agora desde o Born This Way...Uma era com músicas mais analógicas e uma mudança de imagem representa tudo o que ela necessitava depois do desastre do ARTPOP.

    Após 8 anos de sua chegada ao núcleo da música pop em sua fase imperial, aqui Lady Gaga se despe de toda sua excentricidade e traz um álbum com sua voz crua e com influência de gêneros Folk/Country.

    Apesar de não atender ao desejo de muitos fãs com o Dance-Pop, o lançamento de Joanne parece um passo importante na sua carreira, já que a cantora mira em outra direção além de seu passado. As letras algumas vezes autobiográficas como em "Diamond Heart", "Million Reasons" e "Perfect Illusion".

    Além disso o álbum faz uma linda homenagem à sua tia falecida de nome na faixa folk "Joanne", razão pela qual a artista leva esse nome de batismo. Uma homenagem para sua amiga Sonja também aparece em outra faixa folk "Grigio Girls".

    Já em outras há o teor político como na faixa "Come To Mama" envolvida por um saxofone de início ao fim, a faixa feminista que relata no conteúdo lírico a sororidade entre as mulheres e conta com a parceria de Florence Welch, "Hey Girl", segue com a sonoridade de "Benny and The Jets" de Elton John. Por fim o álbum é fechado com uma balada emocionante em homenagem a Trayvon Martin, uma criança negra vítima da truculência de um segurança e dá um panorama sobre as tensões raciais nos Estados Unidos atualmente.    … Expand
  18. Hiarque
    Jun 10, 2017
    10
    Um álbum com letras maduras e muito boas, vocais maravilhosos e produções excelentes. Remete a evolução de Lady Gaga ao longo dos anos e seu amadurecimento musical, deixando de lado um pouco a sua excentricidade e focando nos sentimentos transmitidos pela música
  19. louistaylor123
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    I love this album, she is original, The lyrics are inspiring, she is the real queen of music, every genre that she sings always slay, we love Joanne , we are proud
  20. JoanPanola
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    Hermoso, personal y profundo, Gaga vuelve mostrando nuevos sonidos pero enseñando al mundo que su voz no solo es pop, a pesar de que la parte que mucha gente prefiere es la de sus albumes anteriores, con este album muestra una faceta diferente y eso demuestra su gran nivel artistico.
  21. amaciejew
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    This album is such a breath of fresh air. The production is perfect (while ARTPOP was a bit weak on this side) and lyrics are poetry (Angel Down is my personal favorite). Definitely at the top of this year's albums.
  22. MatyTolosa
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    I really enjoy this album, Gaga is art, she is the best pop artist in the world.......................................................................
  23. TheGerm
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    It's really her most honest album to date. It's a stripped down image of a superstar but not lyrics-wise. It's a go-to album when you're feeling very lonely as it talks about family, friends, lovers and loved-ones. It could make you cry, laugh and smile. It's such an expirience.
  24. yordileon
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Tan predecible que sea un fracaso, lo único bueno es la colaboración con Florence, lady homenajes quedo totalmente ocapada por ella.
    Aquí se termina su carrera "exitosa"
  25. luis17
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    Thank You GaGa for this amazing album. this is the best, you need to promote this album as ever this is the best so far thank you my dear i just love you
  26. KatyCatAttack
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    Lady gaga is a one of kind superstar when she dies she will be remembered as one of the most legendary musicians to have ever lived she writes produces dances directs sings plays multiple instruments and now acts !?!? lol she's gonna get an EGOT
  27. jaumefontcirer
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    One of her best albums so far. Joanne (the song), Million Reasons or Angel Down gives us an amazing emocional feeling, and John Wayne, Perfect Illusion, Dancin' in Circles or A-YO, give us the best pop part from Gaga. Queen. As always
  28. Clasire
    Jun 9, 2017
    10
    Thanks Gaga for this masterpiece, one of the best albums of 2016, i hope she do more of this sounds and lyrics, just beatifull, whit a powerfull message for the society
  29. joaneee10
    Jun 8, 2017
    10
    Gaga was back with a excelent album, my favorite than ARTPOP, the Fame Monster. Her work is sssoooo soooo perfect. Is a new Gaga, a New era, IS JOANNE.
  30. manule11
    Jun 8, 2017
    10
    Is a very good album, has sounds that play with your feelings, makes you happy, sad, decided and much more, totally recommended to listen in your daily life
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Q Magazine
    Nov 15, 2016
    60
    Flawed though it is, this brave and canny album hits the reset button and buys her a future. [Jan 2017, p.105]
  2. The Quietus
    Nov 11, 2016
    60
    Unfortunately, therein lies the biggest problem with Joanne: for every time that Gaga seemingly breaks free of her shackles and embraces something more “real,” she quickly scuttles back into her comfort zone and hides behind glistening production. This probably isn’t quite the sound of the real Stefani Germanotta, but if you squint hard enough there’s a semblance of a real person in amongst the pop haze.
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  3. Clash Music
    Nov 9, 2016
    70
    Joanne is certainly not the all-conquering opus it was intended to be and will prove divisive, but it remains a daring and exciting record, delivered from one of modern pop’s most unique and singular voices.
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