Born This Way vs. Mayhem

[Blackout19 10,990]

Which album do you like more?

I will go with Born This Way. 

I love Mayhem, but Born This Way is too iconic. 

[Anderson123 37,028]

Nothing will ever top Born This Way but Mayhem deserves the praise it's getting and it's easily in her Top 3 albums ever.

[JoeMo 3,835]

BTW hands down 

[steven 5,770]

BTW, it's just too iconic imo

[River 110,023]

some songs on BTW didn't age well.. especially hmm BTW, I still love the album and the song, but I can't remember when I actually listen to it fully, I do listen to a few songs here and there, like cacca and GH, Electric Chappell, HML, but the rest became a skip, especially BM after it's success, GP killed the song.

[GerMonsterNotta 1,181]

I feel like I’m not fully ready for this one……. But BTW is still there for me… but it’s more because it represents a time / a feeling,

….. like saying did you prefer your teenage years or when you were in your 20s….. both offered unique experiences, some bad, some good, 

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[Roboboy 3,722]

chromatica

[SevenWonder 4,144]

Mayhem might surpass BTW one day for me. But not yet.

It's def passed ARTPOP and closing in on TFM. 

[rocketn9 179]

Born this way is way too iconic ,always my number 1 gaga album .Tho mayhem is currently top 3 aiming for top 2.

[rocketn9 179]

So I tried to do some track by track comprasions (first with the standard versions and then with the bonus tracks) and some of those were pretty hard.Esp GH vs GOE and judas vs perfect celebrity 

[Decodekid 27,723]

The cultural/impact factor of BTW or TFM will always top other albums, but objectively speaking Mayhem might be slightly above them in terms of quality/less fillers/maturity 

but yeah nothing will top BTW regardless, it’s too iconic even in its not so great moments 

[LeafBug 8,098]

I think it’s about even for me.

 

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[eifulien 2,827]

Impossible to tell, tbh. I think we need to stop the comparisons with her first albums. We are way too emotionally attached to them, and that's fine. For a majority of us TFM-BTW-AP informed our teenage years, defined our tastes and let us feel free, accepted and validated.

Now, we are mostly in our 30s. Our personalities are well formed, we relate to music and new experiences in general very differently. So I'm inclined to believe we'll never "let" another Gaga album top these first ones.

On the other hand, it's been discussed for years how some of the mixes and production choices on BTW and ARTPOP are far from ideal. It's this aspect of her later albums that is undeniably superior.

Chromatica has amazing vocals but it's the production that feels rather tame and generic, which ultimately drags it down. The instrumentals and the mixing of MAYHEM is spectacular. The vocals, the way she plays with ease with her voice, the theatricality of it all - MAYHEM easily takes the crown. It's Gaga in control of her craft, she's confident, pop music is her b*tch. 

[HermesG 1,434]

Well, lets see..

1. Marry the night vs Disease 

2. BTW vs Abra

3. GH vs Garden of Eden

4. Judas vs Perfect Celebrity

5. Americano vs Vanish Into You

6. Hair vs Killah

7. Scheiße vs Zombieboy

8. Bloody Mary vs Lovedrug #hard #both

9. Bad Kids vs HBDUWM

10. Unicorn vs Dont Call Tonight #same

11. HML vs Shadow of a Man

12. Electric Chapel vs The Beast

13. Yoü and I vs Blade of Grass

14. TEOG vs DWAS #both

BTW: 11 🙌🏻

MAYHEM: 6 not bad 

[Controversiaga 9,995]

1. Marry vs Disease 
2. BTW vs Abra
3. GH vs Garden of Eden
4. Judas vs Perfect Celebrity
5. Americano vs Vanish Into You
6. Hair vs Killah
7. Scheiße vs Zombieboy
8. Bloody Mary vs Lovedrug
9. Bad Kids vs HBDUWM
10. Unicorn vs DCT
11. HML vs Shadow of a Man
12. Electric Chapel vs The Beast
13. Yoü and I vs Blade of Grass
14. TEOG vs DWAS

BTW: 9

Mayhem: 5