AN ALBUM REVIEW
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FAME HOOKER † PROSTITUTE WENCH † VOMITS HER MIND |
RANKING THE TRACKS (best to worst):
- Government Hooker
- Schieβe
- Heavy Metal Lover
- Marry the Night
- Judas
- Born this Way
- Americano
- Bloody Mary
- Electric Chapel
- Bad Kids
- The Edge of Glory
- You & I
- Highway Unicorn
- Hair
Overproudced? Somewhat!
Purposely done? YES!
When GAGA said she would pull out all of the stops with this record, she wasn’t lying; and boy did she deliver! The pop icon admits, she would be incredibly aggressive with the sound, and while there are the more superior tracks on this album, they all tell a story. The little monsters that have come to be need to keep in mind that, this isn’t a singles album, nor will it do well on radio; it is a cohesive piece. A complete album that we rarely see!
Anyone who knows anything about Lady Gaga's personal life knows her boyfriend, Lüc, was a barman from Nebraska who moved to New York. Marry the Night, Heavy Metal Lover, Electric Chapel, You and I and Judas are all about him. She's been singing about him since Bad Romance; "leather studded kiss in the sand" anyone?!
While Gaga keeps her fans at the forefront in all that she does, this album delves much deeper than those monsters! It is about her! It's curious that, as many critics have noted, when she lets the little monsters in, her songwriting, particularly in the title track and Bad Kids, that's when the album falls flat.
In the end, it's so much about how SHE was born that way, wanting to explore and sing and experiment with all her influences, particularly rock n roll, which she so clearly loves and (here comes the cheese) ultimately embracing yourself and the things you really love!
In the end, it's so much about how SHE was born that way, wanting to explore and sing and experiment with all her influences, particularly rock n roll, which she so clearly loves and (here comes the cheese) ultimately embracing yourself and the things you really love!
Born This Way has all the electro-sleaze beats and Eurodisco chorus chants. Gaga pillages the Bon Jovi, Pat Benatar and Eddie Money records of her childhood. In the 1980s, radio was full of tormented Catholic kids, from Madonna to Springsteen. Gaga clearly grew up on that stuff. She doesn't just give her Springsteen homage "The Edge of Glory" a sax solo – she gets Clarence Clemons himself to play it.
There isn't a subtle moment on the album, but even at its nuttiest, the music is full of wide-awake emotional details. The bottom line being: the more excessive Gaga gets, the more honest she sounds.
Born This Way is her best album yet! Unlike ‘The Fame’ and ‘The Fame Monster’, BTW allows this pop icon to exercise her vocal talent!
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