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10.0
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The Independent
Gaga’s sixth studio album hails the return of your Mama Monster to all her shock-horror-bop glory
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10.0
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10.0 |
Evening Standard
Bleach your eyebrows and head to your nearest gay bar, Lady Gaga is back
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9.0
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9.0 |
musicOMH
A star is reborn with this exhilarating, high-energy riot of sound that amounts to her best album in years
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8.3
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8.3 |
Consequence Of Sound
Mayhem is a testament to the power of constant reinvention that isn’t pandering, proving that even after two decades at the forefront of pop culture, Lady Gaga remains an artist in constant motion
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8.2
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Beats Per Minute
It’s a bold and fearless descent into deliciously chaotic party that is simultaneously heartfelt and hammed up
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Observer
It’s back to the dancefloor as the US superstar doubles down on what she does best – albeit with one eye on Madonna, Charli xcx, Taylor Swift and more…
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8.0
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8.0 |
Rolling Stone
Gaga's first album in five years recalls some of her finest moments without feeling like a step backward
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8.0
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8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
While Gaga has spent the last few cycles and projects winning awards as proof of her legendary talent to everyone, it finally sounds like she has won over the most important person of all: herself
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8.0
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8.0 |
Dork
It’s chaotic, loud, and more than a little bonkers – but it’s also a blast and a bold reassertion of Gaga’s status as pop’s reigning maximalist
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8.0
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8.0 |
All Music
It may not be an instant classic, but it's still clear that no one can do it like Gaga
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8.0
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8.0 |
Pitchfork
On her seventh album, Lady Gaga returns to pop with the larger-than-life sound. She delves into the inner turmoil of fame while reminding you why she’s earned it
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Quietus
Mayhem is both a satisfying return to form and also an unabashed revisiting of stylistic and thematic roots, even linguistic tropes and tics
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
Maximalism meets controlled chaos on the superstar’s first pop album in half a decade – and it’s just so much fun
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8.0
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The Guardian
After some noteworthy musical and cinematic misfires, Gaga gets back to her core themes of sex, sleaze and celebrity on an album that sounds not retro, but relevant
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8.0
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Clash
With the world growing darker by the minute, one of the planet’s biggest stars is ready to unroot pop’s foundations once more – and we’re totally here for it
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7.6
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7.6 |
Paste Magazine
Mother Monster’s latest offering is a consistently buoyant confection of ‘80s-inspired disco funk that delivers enough electrifying, club-ready songs to shake off some of its derivative, repetitive tendencies
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7.5
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7.5 |
Northern Transmissions
MAYHEM slightly underdelivers on its promise of soul-searching, grunge, and exploring the depths of the mind, but the old Gaga comes back in bursts of light. If only she were there for the entire runtime
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7.5
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7.5 |
A.V. Club
MAYHEM is a little too slick at points, but it's hard to deny how happy Lady Gaga sounds
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7.0
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7.0 |
PopMatters
Lady Gaga’s Mayhem shines a glaring spotlight on a wildly creative artist who finds herself behind the times, following trends instead of setting them and seeming out of step
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7.0
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The Line Of Best Fit
MAYHEM is more like an inspired album rather than one that inspires, and where Gaga usually flips the game on its head, she’s stuck to the rules this time
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6.0
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6.0 |
Spectrum Culture
Lady Gaga’s official return to pop isn’t quite the grand return one might’ve hoped for — and it’s never, as the title suggests, “mayhem”
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6.0
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6.0 |
The Arts Desk
She lifts ideas willy-nilly, from Yazoo, from Daft Punk, from Pat Benatar, from Michael Jackson, from Gwen Stefani and, hilariously, from herself
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6.0
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Slant Magazine
The album commits a mortal pop sin: It’s kind of boring
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4.0
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4.0 |
The FT
Having promised to ‘go with the chaos’, the singer resorts to throwbacks and pastiche after a few strong songs
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Irish Times
Lady Gaga sounds as if her creative batteries are running on empty, leaving the star adrift in karaoke limbo
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