ARTPOP vs Chromatica: Who Aged Better?

[RochestrMonstr 3,477]

It has to be ARTPOP. More people love it now than when it was released. And hearing Gaga’s raw emotion, which goes into all her albums except Chromatica, gives it a sense of timelessness. 
 

Chromatica had more positive reception when it came out, but now gets called out more (rightfully so) for being formulaic, boring, and sterile of Gaga’s usual obvious presence and emotion. Hair Body Face feels more like a Gaga song than half of this album.

Edited 1 hour ago by RochestrMonstr

[PartySick 163,227]

2 hours ago, ThisGuyTony said:

I still think Chromatica clears ARTPOP tho in terms of lyricism (more personal lyrics) and vocals.

I don’t think anything from ARTPOP can touch Replay or 911…

I never really understood the glazing on Chromatica's lyrics. On every other album, especially ARTPOP, when she wanted to convey an emotion, she'd make you feel that emotion. 

Like, if she wanted to express regret or sadness, you'd feel it from the music. Her tone, contextually within the words without being bluntly stated. But on Chromatica? She just says "I'm sad" when she wants to convey sadness  and I guess I get it 'cause the tone set by the music itself is nearly identical for every song so she HAS to plainly state the emotion on each track, the music is literally incapable of conveying the mood 'cause, as @Ladle Ghoulash would put it, the album sounds like it fell right out of Garage Band.

Anyway, I think it's her weakest album, lyrically speaking.

Also, Swine alone clears both Replay and 911 easy  

[PartySick 163,227]

ARTPOP sounds more like a product of it's time but it's lowkey a classic now where as Chromatica sounds as sterile and meh as it always has