boobtank 9,090 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 4/5 'Has Gaga gone straight? She appears without makeup on the cover of an album where blues, country and rock influences come to the fore. Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta (to give her full name) has been the giddiest, most determinedly peculiar and outrageous pop superstar of our era but beneath the fantasia there has always lurked a technically accomplished musician, singer and songwriter. 2013’s ARTPOP, her most extremely stylised album, was her least successful (2.5 million copies, as opposed to Fame’s 15 million), either because her bravura provocations had started to alienate mainstream audiences … or the pop songs just weren’t good enough. Her fourth album seems intent on addressing both concerns. Apart from being one of her own middle names, Joanne was an aunt who died in her teens, 11 years before Gaga was born, but who has become a totemic figure for Germanotta. The title track is a lovely, lilting, mid-tempo acoustic ditty about losing a loved one, sweetened with orchestral strings and sung with unpolished directness, emphasising lyrical themes of living a purposeful life. It is not even the most uncomplicated, old fashioned song on the album. Million Reasons is a country power ballad that Carrie Underwood would kill for. Come To Mama is essentially a jolly Broadway showtune about universal love, complete with cheesy backing vocals and swinging horns. Closing song Angel Down is a stately, piano ballad with a mournfully elegant melody and quasi-religious save-the-nation sentiments (“I’m a believer … where are leaders?”). You could imagine everyone from Elvis Presley to Celine Dion sinking their chops into that.'... LINK: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/lady-gaga-joanne-album-review-it-turns-out-gaga-is-a-rock-and-ro/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobtank 9,090 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 This will be nice for everyone whose blood was boiling after that messy New York Times review Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah 26,582 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 I see the light! C'mon good review! ⟡ ⋆ ˚｡⋆🦢⋆ ˚｡⋆⟡ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagaloo911 12,959 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Now THIS is a review. One that actually talks about the music instead of using it to advance your own agenda about why you don't like the artist whose work you are reviewing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Swan Heart 7,382 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 ohhh a positive review! They say it's the last song. They don't know us, you see. It's only the last song if we let it be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsGetHigh 52,683 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Tell me this counts. EDIT: It does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boyboi12 2,125 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 going to be a whole lot more come Friday! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathanholland 5,198 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 show them how it's done Telegraph Before there was love, there was silence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobtank 9,090 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 I just realised the spelt her name as Stephanie... WHAT KIND OF UNPROFESSIONAL JOURNALISM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathanholland 5,198 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Just now, LetsGetHigh said: Tell me this counts. it does Before there was love, there was silence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
display name 4,360 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Slé Stephanie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordstalker 1,829 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Watch this one not count towards her metactitic score (seriously, does it?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSUNAMI 20,415 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 They should gift copy/magazine. Just sayin' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagaofvengeance 267 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 YASSSSSSSS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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