How can we describe the album?... Hmmm, Pop at its finest, guilty pleasure, brilliantly produced, 90s, sweet and nostalgic.
She proved with this album that she is no longer a one-hit wonder, having California Gurls and Teenage Dream "and maybe Firework" to reach the top of the Hot 100 and also the Uk's
Here's my review track by track:
1. Teenage Dream: a mid-tempo "ballad" with quite romantic, sweet and nostalgicverses and a explosive chorus with guitars. Exceptional songcraft, just perfect pop song for valentine's day. 10/10
2. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.): 90s, mid-tempo feel-good song. Includes a bluesy and jazzy saxophone solo at the middle 8 that is AMAZING. Thanks Max Martin for putting a sax-solo to a pop song. 9/10
3. California Gurls: definitively a summer anthem - sunchiney sinthethizers, electronic funky, wah wah guitars - surefire hit, addictive and guilty pleasure but it have no soul, it feels empty. 7/10
4. Firework: a song with classical music mixed with a house beat and great uplifting lyrics. HaS a lovely and hopeful middle 8. Without a doubt, a wonderful song. 10/10
5. Peacock: addictive as hell, amazing production with a chorus full of cock chanting and a FUNNY middle 8. Very cheerleaderish, but as California Gurls it feels empty. 7/10
6. Circle the Drain: Alanis Morissette-esque, angry song. great lyrics but it doesn't fit the album. 6/10
7. The One That Go Away: lovely and full of nostalgia. Has a stomping beat, piano and melancholic lyrics. 8/10
8. E.T.: Great production full of beeps, stomping beat, explosive chorus, industrial and dark sound. 8/10
9. Who Am I Living For?: R&Bish beat with tone-deaf vocals. It totally doesn't fit the album. 4/10
10. Pearl: low-tempo song full of synthethizers, darky start and bright epilogue. story-teller and uplifting lyrics. 7.5/10
11. Hummingbird Heartbeat: 90s, full of guitars and a happy cloudy sound. 8/10
12. Not Like The Movies: sweet piano based ballad. 4/10
OVERALL: 7.4/10
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