Katy Perry sounds like an artist who has finally found herself on her fine new album, Prism.
Prism shows a more mature side to the singer, an ability to really connect with her experiences whilst still producing absolute pop smashes.
A relatively measured, savvy adult contemporary album, one that's aware of the latest fashions but is designed to fit into Katy's retirement plan. Ultimately, this makes Prism a tighter, cleaner record than its predecessors -- there are no extremes here.
Prism is a cool album; it's damn catchy and you'll be bopping and singing shamelessly to it at home, in the car and out on the town.
A record that translates the triumphant widescreen songwriting of Teenage Dream to the trends and sounds dominating pop radio at the moment, with results that are sometimes spectacular and sometimes, well, not.
It’s a formula for chart success – but you can’t help but wish Perry would experiment a little more.
There is no doubt that Prism will do exactly what it’s been created to do ... but it’s safe and cold where it should have been daring and involving.
Prism is her first step out of that image. That’s not to say that her latest album isn’t her usual style of glossy, heavily produced pop music; it has the requisite radio-friendly singles and uplifting messages.
Although it is largely the entirely predictable modern dance-pop creation you might expect from production-line hit maestros Max Martin and Dr Luke, Katy Perry deserves some credit for injecting a modicum of originality into Prism.
Nothing on Prism is exactly sonically adventurous ... but the melodies are significantly stronger than those a similar cast of writers came up with for, say, Jessie J's recent album.
Some of Teenage Dream‘s sunny effervescence remains intact here. But Perry and her longtime collaborators Dr. Luke and Max Martin often go for a darker, moodier intimacy à la high-end Swedish divas Robyn and Lykke Li.
As a whole, Prism is forgettable. It’s neither good nor bad, and it’s not inspirational enough to set anyone on fire who’s not already an 11-year-old girl, closeted teen boy, or existing Perry fanatic. Buy the singles, skip the rest.
Prism, her third album as a pop provocatrix nonpareil, has its moments — of juvenile glee, and of genuine endorphin-rush excellence, though those rarely intersect — but it mostly serves to forecast the milquetoast AOR queen that she, one day very soon, will stoop to aspire to become.
Prism is unsatisfying, cheesy, and very poorly written – but it has to be one of the best-produced mediocre pop albums in a while.
It does no good to excuse mediocrity on the basis that ''it's just pop music'', but the truth is that as a musical endeavor, Prism is disappointing, frustrating and silly.
Prism feels transitional, the work of an artist clever enough to be restless, yet unable to split from a winning formula.
With Prism, those expecting a sequel to Teenage Dream are getting exactly that: the same tropes, themes, and even some of the occasional production tricks all carry over, Perry revealing nothing new about herself, but still mining the same songwriting vein she’s been at without any signs of slowing down. For her fans, it’s exciting. For anyone else, it’s a disappointment.
Basically this is what Teenage Dream tried to do and failed, the consistency of this album is greater and we have non-singles with high quality such as "Legendary Lovers", "Walking On Air" and "International Smile". Despite not being a very innovative or surprising project it has a pleasant sound with few mistakes, bringing a full package of well done and catchy pop tunes.
Roar (8.7/10)
Legendary Lovers (8.9/10)
Birthday (7.8/10)
Walking On Air ... read more
Em seu terceiro disco, Katy Perry continua com sua temática colorida do "Teenage Dream", mas agora com uma vibe mais "natural" sem deixar o "camp" de lado.
"Prism" pode ser considerado o melhor álbum de Katy, aqui não temos muitos exageros e poucos fillers, apesar de ser um disco um pouco incoerente, ele é divertido, já começa bem com "Roar" e depois disso temos uma das melhores músicas da ... read more
katy é uma artista que realmente não sabe fazer álbuns e seu sucesso gigante se deve ao fato de ter singles chicletes
1. Roar | 8.5/10 🌻
2. Legendary Lovers | 8.5/10 🌻
3. Birthday | 7/10
4. Walking On Air | 9.5/10 🌻🌻
5. Unconditionally | 9.5/10 🌻🌻
6. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) | 10/10 🌻🌻🌻
7. This How We Do | 8/10 🌻
8. International Smile | 10/10 🌻🌻🌻
9. Ghost | 7.5/10
10. Love Me | 7.5/10
11. This Moment | 7/10
12. Double Rainbow | 10/10 🌻🌻🌻
13. By The Grace Of God | 8/10 🌻
bonus tracks:
*Spiritual | 7.5/10
*It Takes Two | 6/10
*Choose Your Battles | 6/10
1 | Roar 3:43 | 70 |
2 | Legendary Lovers 3:44 | 82 |
3 | Birthday 3:35 | 73 |
4 | Walking On Air 3:42 | 82 |
5 | Unconditionally 3:48 | 81 |
6 | Dark Horse 3:35 feat. Juicy J | 76 |
7 | This Is How We Do 3:24 | 65 |
8 | International Smile 3:47 | 71 |
9 | Ghost 3:23 | 73 |
10 | Love Me 3:52 | 67 |
11 | This Moment 3:46 | 70 |
12 | Double Rainbow 3:51 | 72 |
13 | By the Grace of God 4:28 | 72 |