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Lady Gaga - The Fame
- Pop and Techno just got a new transmission. Lady Gaga’s first album, The Fame, emerges out from a sea of boring pop. The album is a high intensity party, mixing disco, techno, and a little bit of '80s New Wave. She combines her interesting look with a very fun sound. The whole album has the idea of the girl playing hard to get. Though alien-like beats and interesting vocals, Lady Gaga successfully sends out her transmission to earth.
There are a lot of tongue in cheek lyrics to accent the pulsating dance beat. There are different beats for most of the songs, but it has a very unified sound. My favorite song off of the album has to be “Poker Face.” There is a similar arrangement with “Money Honey” and “Just Dance,” but “Poker Face” has a harder, faster beat. I love the correlation between playing a game of poker and the interactions between a boy and girl. Lady Gaga doesn’t hold back on her double entendre. A lot of the songs can get risqué and yet nothing is sprawled out obviously.
The only song that sticks out like a sore thumb is “Again Again.” The song out of nowhere is a rock-pop song. It’s awkwardly placed between “Money Honey” and “Boys Boys Boys.” It’s not a bad song, but it just doesn’t fit the dance/party theme that the rest of the album has. I appreciate that it shows a different side of Lady Gaga, but it would have been a great track for a bonus track instead. There is a similar pop-rock sound with “Summerboy,” but it still somehow succeeds on this album because it sounds almost like a perfect fit to a slower disco song. The song harkens back to Andrea True Connection’s “More More More” and I could see the track matching the rest of the album. “Eh Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)” is also slow, but it has fun-loving a summer, Ibiza sound.
I’m surprised by the vocal range from Lady Gaga. It’s not in a Mariah Carey range, but Lady Gaga successfully plays with highs and lows without getting redundant. The slight usage of voice distorters is not overpowering, Lady Gaga’s voice emerges as the main subject in the album.
If you’re a fan of the dance side of Gwen Stefani or the current Christina Aguilera sound, this album is a perfect match. Aside from one track, it’s a great album to listen to before going to a club or to mentally prepare for or even play at a party to bring things to a higher level.
Reviewer: Michael Pascua
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Reviewer's Rating: 9.5
Reader's Rating: 8.00
Reader's Votes: 12
Added: 25-Nov-2008
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