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Ladle Ghoulash
19 minutes ago, Oriane said:

- It is nowhere near the top of her discography. Not as bad as Chromatica but overall it's very safe and is missing the Gaga factor to make it exciting. I made a list ranking all Gaga songs and the first song from MAYHEM is at... #25 or something?

- The tracklist is way too long and is messy. The order of the songs doesn't really make sense until the middle of the album. And the MAYHEM concept is only there on the first part of the album.

- Born this Way has a lot of songs that are way more rock than anything on MAYHEM.

- Abracadabra is terrible, the verses are very dull, production and vocally-wise. The hook slaps and the rest of the song doesn't live up to it.

- Blade of Grass is amazing and I'm not surprised that the fans don't get why it sounds like this, because y'all also didn't understand 911, DWUW, Swine, Joanne (album) and so many more.

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Don't Call Tonight is really good and someday you all will realize it :madge:

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Disease is my favorite album opener of hers to date, and the best song on the album imo. So many layers and the energy is unrivaled. Going from ‘could you pull me out of this alive’ to ‘there are no more tears to cry’. OBSESSED. The outro makes me see god.

LoveDrug with a ferocious guitar solo as the bridge would make the song a 12/10. 9/10 otherwise.

Blade of Grass is a beautiful song. It makes me think about the kind of love I want and deserve.

No shade to the rest of her discography, the production on this album makes a lot of her other music feel a little unpolished/overproduced, although I’ve always known that and have found the grit of her music to be an appealing factor.

Zombieboy is top tier, although without the outro it would somehow feel less so. I love the complexity it adds to an otherwise campy song. 

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NUTELLA
2 minutes ago, bim said:

Disease is my favorite album opener of hers to date

You really followed the assignment here

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Ladle Ghoulash
41 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

You really followed the assignment here

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I mean, it’s probably top three, tbf (BR, MTN, Disease) 

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NUTELLA
3 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

I mean, it’s probably top three, tbf (BR, MTN, Disease) 

Agreed about top 3

But Marry The Night over Just Dance?

Do you have a fever rn?

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Ladle Ghoulash
2 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

Agreed about top 3

But Marry The Night over Just Dance?

Do you have a fever rn?

MTN clears JD, imo. Love JD (top 40 Gaga tracks, to be sure), whereas MTN is top 5 for me. FWIW, also my second to least favorite single from TF (PF > PAPARAZZI > JD > LG)

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1 minute ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

I mean, it’s probably top three, tbf (BR, MTN, Disease) 

Maybe another hot take, I’d actually swap BR with Aura for top three openers. I think BR as an individual song is exceptional. As an album opener with the context of the record and story it’s trying to tell, I think Aura does a better job. I’d put MTN just a hair behind Disease.

At the end of the day, mama really knows how to open an album and any of them could easily be a justified favorite. 

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NUTELLA
Just now, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Love JD (top 40 Gaga tracks, to be sure)

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Ladle Ghoulash
Just now, bim said:

Maybe another hot take, I’d actually swap BR with Aura for top three openers. I think BR as an individual song is exceptional. As an album opener with the context of the record and story it’s trying to tell, I think Aura does a better job. I’d put MTN just a hair behind Disease.

At the end of the day, mama really knows how to open an album and any of them could easily be a justified favorite. 

I can see why you’d say that, tbh. Aura is a very dramatically satisfying and exciting opener, I honestly still stand by MTN being a stronger opener than Disease.

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Ladle Ghoulash
Just now, NUTELLA said:

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It’s a great song! She has a lot of great songs!

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TheFrenchGuy
1 minute ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

MTN clears JD

the understatement of the century

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NUTELLA
Just now, Ladle Ghoulash said:

It’s a great song! She has a lot of great songs!

At least 40, apparently 

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Ladle Ghoulash
2 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

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I also checked my rankings and I lied. It was 49 on my list :laughga:

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