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| | One of the Boys | | | Music Artist : | | Katy Perry | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Capitol | | Release Date : | | 2008-06-17 | | Store Price : | | $18.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. One Of The Boys
2. I Kissed A Girl
3. Waking Up In Vegas
4. Thinking Of You
5. Mannequin
6. Ur So Gay
7. Hot N Cold
8. If You Can Afford Me
9. Lost
10. Self Inflicted
11. I'm Still Breathing
12. Fingerprints
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Horrible CD
Submitted on: 2009-11-15 |
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| This CD Sucks!!! There are no good songs (except Hot N Cold) at all. They All have horrible beats and you cant dance or orkout to any of them!!! This is down right the worst CD i've ever listened to |
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 THIS IS A BIG DEAL?
Submitted on: 2009-11-13 |
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I guess if I was 12 years old this kind of stuff might get me all hot and bothered.
I'm not 12 and I find this all rather generic and bland. When I hear stuff like this
I want to ask the person who signed the act to please tell me what it was about them
that inspired them to whip out a deal and say "sign here". The music business totally
baffles me. Listen to the samples and if you dig it then buy it. She didn't record
this for me, that's for sure. |
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Talentless, boring, novelty act
Submitted on: 2009-11-06 |
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Once again, the public shows just how tasteless, boring, and mindless their musical tastes can be. Reminds me of "Who Let the Dogs Out?". BTW, who let this dog out?
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What's that I hear.......
Submitted on: 2009-11-02 |
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| It's the music industry scraping at the bottom of the barell. It seems like anybody can come out with an album even if they don't have talent, like Katy Perry. The music industry will hire anybody so they can make money off them. My dog can probably sing better than Katy Perry. She is a good example of a person with no talent and yet comes out with an album. I do like her song "I kissed a girl" |
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 Not your American Idols pop music .....
Submitted on: 2009-10-19 |
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In the interest of full disclosure I have to tell you my tastes so you know where I'm coming from.
I do not typically like Katy's brand of music. My tastes are eclectic but usually stay well clear of contemporary American Pop music. I could get into the reasons but I'm not sure they're pertinent to this review.
I am currently a John Coltrane freak or to put it more generally a 50's -60's Jazz/Fusion nut. The only radio music that I like, or listen to, is old school Classic Rock such as Yes , Led Zepplein , Van Halen etc ...
To me , post 1985 has been a rough ride for American radio . Sure there have been the Pearl Jams, Alanis Morisettes and Sarah McLachlans of the world to keep it real but not much else.
....and in steps Katy Perry.
Make no mistake about it this is American pop.
So if you like Miley Cirus, Lady Ga Ga, Kelly Clarkson and all that garbage you will definitely like this.
But what I like about Katys album is that her songs are classic blends of great storytelling and great music. They're personal endeavors put to intricate but catchy music that endear you to the artist.
She's an old school musician that writes her own stuff. WRITES HER OWN STUFF! C'mon ?? no one does that anymore but I digress.
Whatever kind of music you like this album WILL stick in your head. It's that good.
Knowing where I stand , it's been since Alanis' "Jagged Little Pill" since I've been this blown away by "new" pop talent.
And even that album didn't roll me like this one.
Katy is phenomenal. Thank god the "powers that be" got it right with her because, with what we've been given for music over the last 15 years, I was getting ready to trade in my radio for a trash can.
Why do I only give her 4 stars if I'm this blown away??
Well...two reasons and they are "I kissed a girl" and "Ur so Gay".
I feel those songs take away from the overall artistic value of the album because they fall squarely into the mold of all that I dislike about American pop. In my opinion, they're boring preconceived substance lacking pieces that don't belong on an otherwise perfect gem.
I do understand why kissed a girl is on the album though. I think the producers were smart for putting it there as it catapulted her stardom as it were. However, that doesn't mean I have to like the song. I pretty much despise it but enough of that rant...
This is a great debut album from a very talented artist.
There are vast differences between the songs without straying too far from the center of what the music is about.
My two personal favorites are "Hot n Cold " and "One of the Boys" but that's today. A couple of weeks ago it was "Waking up in Vegas" and "Thinking of you" . The point there being this is solid album oriented music that is designed to appeal to your tastes differently at different times.
This picky son of a b**ch loves her!! Go get 'em Katy!!
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