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9.0
26929
9.0 |
BBC
A storming collection of high-concept pop brilliance designed to soundtrack every preposterously tremendous Gaga moment for the next 18 months
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8.2
27099
8.2 |
Beats Per Minute
Gaga completely invests every inch of herself into her work, for better or worse
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8.0
27221
8.0 |
State
The first brave steps into the future
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
What you cannot fault about this album is the scale of its artistic ambition. Print edition only
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8.0
27010
8.0 |
Evening Standard
A fist-pumping, techno-thumping, electronic explosion that will make you drive faster, dance better and howl along to outrageous lines such as "Put your hands on me, John F Kennedy"
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8.0
27012
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
There isn't a subtle moment on the album, but even at its nuttiest, the music is full of wide-awake emotional details
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8.0
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8.0 |
The Guardian
Boasts a pop vision flexible enough to be both serious and surreal yet it almost always hits its target
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8.0
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8.0 |
NME
For the most part this is one relentless torrent of heavy-metal-rave-pop. At the very least it’s a triumph in sound engineering
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8.0
26904
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
There's nothing small about this album, and Gaga sings the shit out of every single track
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7.5
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7.5 |
The Quietus
The quintessential Lady Gaga studio experience to date
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7.5
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7.5 |
A.V. Club
Ostentatious, referential, and self-indulgent
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7.0
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7.0 |
musicOMH
The record is blitzing, happily ludicrous, and plenty of fun for a while, but at the core there's Gaga, singing beautifully but clouded by all the readymade pop around her
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7.0
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7.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Gaga is a mixed message, she gets the notion of media spectacle but also knows the intriguing power of silence
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6.0
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No Ripcord
It lacks the overall quality of Robyn’s Body Talk or the stand-out singles of Rihanna’s Loud, yet it’s still packed with hooks, killer choruses and unexpected twists
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6.0
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6.0 |
Prefix
Nobody wants to think about Jesus or Judas or self-actualization or teenage rebellion on the dance floor. They just want to latch onto something that jiggles and gyrate
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6.0
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6.0 |
Q
Feels like the first proper Lady Gaga album. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Rave Magazine
Lady Gaga’s recent HBO special ended with a rehearsal-room acapella of Born This Way, and it was a real surprise to hear the track in such stripped-back form. It was subtle, graceful and even moving in its simplicity – everything this big, brash and defiantly-tasteless album is not
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6.0
27050
6.0 |
The Observer
Born This Way runs big, timeless American themes through the prism of decadent European dance music. Print edition only
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6.0
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6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
Gone is the hesitant starlet, obsessed with her own newfound fame on The Fame Monster, and in her stead is a very confident pop star who looks well on her way to a long, exciting career
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5.0
27128
5.0 |
Entertainment.ie
The only thing that really matters is whether or not these songs will get you out of your seat on a Saturday night. On that basis, yes, at least briefly, a few of them will
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5.0
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5.0 |
PopMatters
Lady Gaga has yet to make a great album
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5.0
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5.0 |
The Digital Fix
It gives us no great pleasure to describe Born This Way as pretty ordinary
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4.0
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4.0 |
The Scotsman
Both an exercise in excess and an act of consolidation
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0.0
27130
0.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Think of this zero as the massive bedazzled orifice out of which our heroine has spawned a new era of popular culture
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