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6.0
139023
6.0 |
PopMatters
Katy Perry’s 143 sounds out of step with current pop, and there isn’t much here that is so eccentric and creative to justify the album’s relative mediocrity
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5.0
138988
5.0 |
Clash
With Chappell Roan’s tour sparking Beatlemania-esque scenes of adoration and Sabrina Carpenter maintaining a stranglehold on the charts, you struggle to see where this playful yet unsatisfying record fits into pop’s firmament
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4.5
139024
4.5 |
Pitchfork
The popstar confidently returns with very little to say
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4.0
139026
4.0 |
musicOMH
Seventh album from the American singer is flat, formulaic and forgettable
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4.0
139016
4.0 |
The Arts Desk
When she sings 'I wanna know the truth, even if it hurts me' on penultimate track 'Truth', it’s likely that the response to 143 will do exactly that
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4.0
139128
4.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Perry’s 143 attempts to capture the same lightning in a bottle she did on Teenage Dream. Though some tracks are enjoyable, the album is dated and plagued with elements that drive it into the realm of the unenjoyable - forgettable tracks, inconsistency, heavy controversy, and most importantly, inauthenticity
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4.0
138989
4.0 |
Slant Magazine
There are a few bright spots on the album, though none of them reach the singer’s peak output
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4.0
138990
4.0 |
The Guardian
Following disastrous comeback singles and videos prompting environmental investigation, Perry’s seventh album isn’t the calamity expected – but it isn’t good, either
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4.0
138992
4.0 |
NME
The ‘Teenage Dream’ singer reconnects with her old collaborators for her seventh album, but fails to recreate the magic
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4.0
138993
4.0 |
The Independent
The sense of fun that propelled Perry to international stardom has been replaced by a weariness (or perhaps wariness) of the industry she once dominated
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4.0
138995
4.0 |
The Line Of Best Fit
Signals a career nosedive from which her reputation might not survive
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3.0
138994
3.0 |
Rolling Stone
The maximalist productions she used to lord over feel as dated as a Vine
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3.0
138991
3.0 |
All Music
143 rings the death knell for Perry for no other reason than it commits pop music’s ultimate sin: it’s boring
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3.0
139004
3.0 |
Paste Magazine
The pop star’s sixth studio album delivers glossy but hackneyed dance-pop. Averting your eyes and ears from this tedious trainwreck would be a relief
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3.0
139008
3.0 |
Exclaim
It's confusing why Perry continues to make such soulless music when she has enough resources to quietly quit and be remembered dearly
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2.5
139003
2.5 |
Northern Transmissions
Her contemporaries are precise and focused in their images and personas — 143 is simply music for popularity’s sake to hopefully get her back on the charts
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2.0
139074
2.0 |
The FT
Dated girl-power anthems and by-the-numbers dance-pop lack the frivolity that once made the singer so entertaining
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