CELEBUZZ gives Joanne an A- Rating

[KleinGa 18,177]

With Joanne, Gaga bravely takes a huge risk: it sounds nothing like anything other popular musicians are making, probably because she’s the only popular artist who could have made it. But she also takes a huge leap forward in her own artistry. She does so by looking back — at her family history and the history of artists she idolizes — but also by looking forward, toward the artist she wants to become and the future she envisions for herself, her friends, her family, and her fans. She also looks inward, offering listeners raw glimpses of the woman underneath the inscrutable fashion and behind the most influential pop hits of the past decade. Never has she sounded more natural or more in-tune with her messaging, which, as always, is fiercely political even when it’s personal. Joanne sees her pushing her own boundaries and pushing her voice to new places and strange extremes. It sees her exploring sounds she abandoned a decade ago as well as sounds that are completely new to her. No one is likely to give her credit for it, but Joanne is every bit as musically diverse as Beyoncé‘sLemonade, even if it (deliberately) lacks that album’s overarching narrative and ambitious video component. There will be people who claim her refusal to stick to the genre of music that made her famous is creative desperation. There will be people who don’t get it. There will people who don’t want to get it. She’s going to lose some people along the way, but she’s going to find new people too.

The greatest musicians, or at least my favorites — PJ Harvey, Björk, David Bowie, and yes, even Madonna — never make the same album twice. They fight endlessly to evolve, challenge themselves, and stay ambitious; they refuse to let themselves become what everyone expects them to be. Five albums in, Gaga is proving herself worthy of that particular pantheon of Rock and Pop Gods. For those of you who want your musicians to keep delivering cleverly-modified versions of their first hits, those pop stars are out there; I can give you a list. For the rest of us, there’s Lady Gaga Joanne.

 

http://www.celebuzz.com/2016-10-20/lady-gaga-joanne-album-review/?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1476979472

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[toewsy 1,842]

Stan a bit  

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Would Celebuzz lie?  

[Borislshere 53,084]

"After the perceived failure of Gaga’s last pop album, ARTPOP "

[Poope MOnster 1,446]

yassss

[melodichard 3,769]

Any review that's not at least an A- stars is slander and lies  Celebuzz knows the truth 

[ferretti 5,808]

How do we add this to metacritic stat?

But seriously, a really well-written and purposefully review. Might just read it again.

[littlepotter 75,147]

Does it count for Meta?

I remember a B+ got a 84 

[TropicOfCANCER 6,292]

It doesnt count, but it should.

So, i like Angel Down (not necessarily love) but seeing all the praise, esp. with this review saying it could be her new signature song, i'm thinking it should be a single. AND SOON.