![]() Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded $13.98 There's only a few quality tracks on this album, so I wish I'd just bought single CDs, instead of the whole album. ![]() The Fame Monster [Deluxe Edition] $21.98 Has an album title ever been so self-prophetic? In its first year, this electropop opus rocketed Lady Gaga from unknown New York lounge singer to the world¡Çs biggest pop star this side of Britney Spears. The Fame¡Çs brand of pop is shamelessly decadent: 11 of its 13 songs are about money, celebrity, sex, clubbing, or a sticky combination of all four. It¡Çs insipid subject matter, unless you consider Gaga as less of a silly, manufactured blonde than an ingenious artist playing the part of a glitzy pop star. Witness The Fame¡Çs impeccably sleek opening songs, from the carelessly rambling chorus of ¡ÈJust Dance¡É to the snappy, futuristic beat of ¡ÈLoveGame¡É: Gaga¡Çs got the outrageous outfits and dance moves down to a science, but underneath it all, the music is aggressive and authoritarian in ways that most other Top 40 tunes are not. Often compared to Gwen Stefani¡Çs, Gaga¡Çs vocals are in fact richer and rounder, allowing her a certain stylistic versatility, and her personae alternate from wild party kid to vulnerable lover. Some of the risks don¡Çt always pay off, but the Lady Gaga of the dark and ardent megahit ¡ÈPoker Face¡É prevails. She is commandeering enough, bizarre and beguiling enough, to ensure that she¡Çll be basking in our attention for a very long time. --Erin Thompson ![]() Don't Stop The Music $0.99 My teen wanted this song, and seems to like all of Rihanna's music. Great dance music! ![]() Music of the Sun $13.98 This was a great CD, there are some songs i don't like, really only one! it still deserves 5 stars though! A girl like me was a better cd then this. on the other hand i plan to listen to this again :] she really did a great job on this CD! you should really get this! |
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