Smile
by Katy Perry
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2020
User Score
8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 11514 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9,454 out of 11514
  2. Mixed: 291 out of 11514
  3. Negative: 1,769 out of 11514
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  1. melanatics
    Aug 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The album is so cohesive. It would literally give you what the album title is. She incorporate a lot of musicality and personality of hers. I lov… Expand
  2. Cvastyano
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is beautiful and perfect, all the song are good and definitely is one of her best albums and the best of the year… Expand
  3. arg_elxuz
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Katy Perry’s fifth album tells us a story of how she improved after her depression. The albums speaks about the depression so softly and how she diminished the sadness to get better. Great sounds and production, not equal to neither her last album Witness nor Prism. Excellent Katy Perry!… Expand
  4. ratedbylamb
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This album is, I can say for sure, her best since "Teenage Dream" (2010). My top 3 tracks are Not the End of the World, Resilient and Harleys In Hawaii, but honestly all tracks are hits-worthy and nowhere near mediocre. Metacritic is just tasteless af.
  5. douglodez
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Eu amei o álbum e sim, ele é a síntese da felicidade. Minha canção favorita é Tucked, mas também sou apaixonado pelo lead single do SMILE: "Never Really Over".
  6. Juandavidrr0
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Después Witness, su mejor trabajo, letras y sonidos espectaculares, te hacen sentir cada momento algo distinto, SMILE definitivamente te hace tener una sonrisa. :)
  7. Bunnu
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Best album has everything feeling , joy, happiness, breakfree i love this album so much
  8. Kylecadatalxx
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. SMILE isn’t just an album, it’s an artistic reconstitution, the breeze you respire, it’s a motive for existence, a departure from this atrocious cosmos, an embosom from a cherished one, it’s a moment for history books, a body of finest craftsmanship.
    Mis Perry haa topped herself with this amazing work of art, and critics might not like it but one's criticism will affect the people. And mostly all of    … Expand
  9. Mary06
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loved this album! The lyrics are captivating and it's a very dancing album!!
    Thank you Katy for make me smile    … Expand
  10. sidneicampidell
    Aug 29, 2020
    10
    Amazing songs! Great albun for her carreer.
    Katy is smiling and so am I!!!
  11. LucasGabriel09
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Smile trouxe simplesmente um pop puríssimo, algo comparado ao pop de 2010! Isso sim é música pop
  12. Chris20114
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Es el mejor álbum de Katy … Expand
  13. Killionare
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This record includes love and resilience. It deserves much better. It brings hope and light to this bad time we have currently.
  14. Dulceviv0405
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    definitely Katys best album. such a beautiful album with some sounds weve never heard before from her.
  15. LeslieMtz
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    The album mixes sounds whit lyrics in the most incredible way. Album of the year.
  16. Jheedlo
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Goddess, the best album pop of all the times even better than teenage dream... This record it's the Katy's soul, Smile definitely is the only good work of this year...… Expand
  17. Jhonyvillanueva
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    It's the best album I've ever heard in my life, it's the best of the best, this time Katy showed her great work and professionalism, it's something wonderful, I can't really believe it
  18. Ktycat
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Volvió a sus orígenes al igual que una artista pop, dentro de los mejores álbumes que se estranarok junto a su compañera taylor swift, lady gaga y dua lipa… Expand
  19. Luigi5678
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    perfect album, perfect singer. Katy is one of the best artists in the world and she deserves to shine
  20. evan_mitchell
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. solid european bop sound, cry about it later, tucked, tear eyes, champagne problems are all club tunes. like witness except more upbeat with warmer feelings… Expand
  21. perryspop
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy Perry’s fifth studio album is outstanding in different kind of way. The music production of it was wise. She can definitely tell you a story through her lyrics.… Expand
  22. trxvisweiss
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    ALBUM OF THE YEAR!!!! the lyrics, the production, the way the album makes you feel good, even considering the situation. miss perry has done it again!
  23. CarlosBR
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Definitivamente el mejor álbum de Katy Perry, con sonidos frescos y muy bailables. Sin dejar atrás las letras que tienen un gran significado.… Expand
  24. AlonsoLC
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Realmente hizo bien en llamarlo Smile pues en cada canción hay una luz pasitiva que puedes percibir al igual que un gran sentimiento
  25. levr
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El mejor album del 2020, esa energia que tiene la voz de Katy Perry y te dejas llevar por su dulce voz… Expand
  26. Swiftie456
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I wasn't expect to much of Katy but this album is really good, I don't know why critics are so mean with her just because of her personality, she's so kind, she deserves a lot… Expand
  27. Angelavls
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Está excelente, Katy nos ha dado una joya. Todo el álbum es hermoso, aunque mi favorita es Cry About Later!
  28. enzolo1310
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Realmente impressionado com a qualidade do trabalho!!! MUITO BOMM, albúm maravilhoso, nem tenho palavras. Sou grato a Katy
  29. brandonpc
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Es un álbum magnífico, Katy lo entregó todo. Sinceramente es uno de los mejores álbumes del 2020 y No entiendo a algunos críticos, dan “críticas” pero en lugar de enfocarse en el álbum se enfocan en la vida personal de Katy, en fin el álbum es excelente.
  30. amg2020
    Aug 28, 2020
    10
    Album of the year... Her best album so far... Skip-less record... Deserves huge success.
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Metascore
58

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. AllMusic
    Sep 8, 2020
    60
    Without fleeting moments of bad taste, Perry does indeed sound mature, but she's also not quite as fun. That's a conscious choice, though. Smile is intended to evoke memories of her frivolous younger days while pointing toward a sustainable pop future.
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  2. No Ripcord
    Sep 4, 2020
    50
    While Perry finds the occasional moment of quality here (Smile and Tucked both feel like the best possible music we could get from Katy Perry in 2020), Smile is an album searching for an identity—and when it fails, it falls back on lazy writing.
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  3. PopMatters
    Aug 31, 2020
    60
    Like Joanne before Chromatica, Smile plays like a necessary centering exercise, indulging her insecurities and less surefire instincts. If Witness was overdetermined, Smile is an earnest exhale, for better or for worse. It delivers an image of her journey towards inner peace that is honest (if corny) and catchy (if not exactly inventive).
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