★★★★★
Available on: Capitol OK, you can pretty much see this as a continuation of the Lady Gaga album review, because this record is, more or less, a total inversion of ARTPOP. Everything that is missing from that record is here, but everything that is good about it is spectacularly absent from Prism. Put very simply, this is much, much better pop than ARTPOP. Just like a great US comedy, it's a vindication of the massive writer team approach: it delivers bangs per buck, relentlessly...
- www.factmag.com
2013-12-05
★★★★★
Birkut and I agree, it seems, on everything. One night we sat up talking about Katy Perry and her new album, PRISM. Birkut wondered, in spite of our manifold agreements, why I would listen to -- much less enjoy -- the work of Katy Perry, especially her new album (which he does not like). Because it was late, I talked a lot without making a lot of sense. I rambled and stumbled...
- www.tinymixtapes.com
2013-11-04
★★★★★
It seems that Katy Perry hasn't been off our airwaves at all, with consistently timed album releases and perfectly polished pop gems that have made her a mainstay on radio and music video channels. Prism is Perry's fourth official release and it manages to retain her pop-dance sensibilities whilst feeling somewhat more mature, edgier and texturally more complex...
- www.theaureview.com
2013-11-05
★★★★★
Prism was not what I was expecting. Katy Perry is known for her candy-coated, danceable radio hits that get stuck in your head the moment you hear them so I was surprised that the only song I recognised on her latest album was "Roar." After the first listen, I found myself wanting more Katy and instantly pressed repeat. I was actually happy that most of the songs weren't overplayed hits...
- tangiblesounds.com
2013-10-31
★★★★★
There is a certain quality about the current pop music scene (without getting into the whole ''in the good old days...''' conundrum) that allows it to be listenable and at the same time highly unlikable. It's rather like eating fast food while trying not to ponder the trajectory of the chicken from animal to nugget-- it's already known that there are unpalatable details to the story, not to mention the usual health concerns...
- www.noripcord.com
2013-10-29
★★★★★
The first time I heard "Roar," the lead-off single and opening track from Prism, Katy Perry's fourth full-length record--as well as Perry's eighth number one hit--I thought it was a solid pop song. It had a catchy melody, a huge, arena-rock-esque hook, generic lyrics, and just about everything else you would expect from the new Katy Perry single...
- absolutepunk.net
2013-10-28
★★★★★
The lives of many female pop stars must be something of a balancing act in many respects. On one hand, the fierce competition for sales, chart positions and prime promo slots means they have to make themselves unforgettable, something very often achieved by the subtraction of various items of clothing or the addition of some other kind of shock value...
- thelineofbestfit.com
2013-10-25
★★★★★
The lives of many female pop stars must be something of a balancing act in many respects. On one hand, the fierce competition for sales, chart positions and prime promo slots means they have to make themselves unforgettable, something very often achieved by the subtraction of various items of clothing or the addition of some other kind of shock value...
- www.thelineofbestfit.com
2014-01-05
★★★★★
5
Critical Mass
Release Date: October 22, 2013Label: Capitol
The best part of Miley: The Movement, MTV's recent trolling-from-the-title-on-down backstage doc, is when Britney Spears shows up to lay down some hot tracks and submit to some world-class diva-on-diva undermining. Ms. Cyrus kisses the ring, but makes clear it's a rather grandmotherly ring: "Eight-year-old me would be pissing my pants right now...
- www.spin.com
2013-10-23
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