Katy Perry - Smile

[lutz]

all these reviews make me like the album even more..it's fine to not like something, but these reviews get really personal and nasty..the pitchfork one made me laugh out loud.

 

[papatrick]

I can’t believe Never Really Over scalped me yet again when I just hit play on the album.

A masterpiece.

 

[borneoman]

The review on NME is even worst:
https://www.nme.com/reviews/katy-pe...M-SQtcG2QvZZm5NPee8sBH89zmEYSBsDGr2PYrH7hSWtY

 

[Joe.]

'Cry About it Later' is... perfection? The way it builds to that final explosion of electric guitar? Fuck.

The fact her and her team sat on this song for over two years and proceeded to release 'Small Talk,' and 'Smile' as singles? Who is making these choices? I just wanna talk.

 

[Blond]

Did anyone really expect Katy to get good reviews though dd?

 

[blaze_dave]

She said the album is basically an amalgamation of all her albums and that’s pretty much true. Cry and Teary Eyes feel like Witness. Tucked and Daises feel like Teenage Dream. Smile and End of the World sound like Prism era songs. What Makes A Woman is the closest we get to a One of the Boys moment. Harleys is unlike any of her past songs to me. She’s never done that sort of slow groove, low key vibe on that kind of track before. If that makes sense.

Agree with this, you can hear elements of the songs from those respective albums.

I really enjoy the album and she's never sounded so good. I think the clown imagery was a misstep to represent this album and she should have stuck with that 60s ascetic she was doing with Never Really Over. Small talk and Harleys In Hawaii.

 

[dodoriazarbon]

I was expecting way worse than this. It might lack the sort of sweeping pop ambition that felt palpable on the last few albums, but it's a really tight set that isn't out to reinvent the wheel. Everythig sounds better in context.

 

[swim]

Did anyone really expect Katy to get good reviews though dd?

Its not about that, its about the weird criticisms within them. They're all personal or just... weird, like she's not allowed to release this because we're in a pandemic?

 

[Blond]

Its not about that, its about the weird criticisms within them. They're all personal or just... weird, like she's not allowed to release this because we're in a pandemic?

Pitchfork/NME etc. will always find negative things to say about her because she's not one of the "chosen ones" and the whole poptimism bollocks has never been extended to her. It's ridiculous but my point is that Katy fans of all people should know not to worry about her reviews.

 

[theincredibleflipper]

I’d be ordering the Japanese edition if I hadn’t just blown $80 on Mariah’s new compilation dd

How? Did I miss some super exclusive bundles or something?

 

[Sprockrooster]

I am having my first rundown of the album, but damn I feel like there is another classic ballad in the strength of Thinking About You - The One That Got Away - Unconditionally - Miss You More on this album, which is Cry About It Later.

 

[swim]

Pitchfork/NME etc. will always find negative things to say about her because she's not one of the "chosen ones" and the whole poptimism bollocks has never been extended to her. It's ridiculous but my point is that Katy fans of all people should know not to worry about her reviews.

Nobody is worried nor are they expecting 90+ bought review scores but we can still call them out for their absolute ridiculousness.

 

[Kyle.]

Pitchfork are pretentious, hipster nonsense, which we've known this for a long time. They're so blind sighted by white men with guitars that they can't see anything else as good.

 

[Stuart]

The review on NME is even worst:
https://www.nme.com/reviews/katy-pe...M-SQtcG2QvZZm5NPee8sBH89zmEYSBsDGr2PYrH7hSWtY

That NME review is so weird. It praises the album, says that it’s her best work in years and calls out particular highlights but then backtracks in the final paragraph to say that it’s lazy?

 

[theincredibleflipper]

That NME review is so weird. It praises the album, says that it’s her best work in years and calls out particular highlights but then backtracks in the final paragraph to say that it’s lazy?

Yes it reads more like three stars.

Only Love is beautiful, the lyrics are simple but effective.

 

[Solenciennes]

All these savage reviews yet the album is just a concise amalgamation of all her best pop sensibilities in the one place. Whooooo cares! Well done Katy.

 

[Up Down Suite]

The poorly-charting ‘Harleys in Hawaii’ (it scraped the UK Top 40, though not the Billboard Hot 100), with its sultry tropical instrumentals, seeps from your memory as it finishes

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And trying it with the chart placements in reviews. What does it have to do with the quality of the album? God, give up.

 

[Daszek]

Album: Smile

iTunes (25x #1):
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#1 Brazil
#1 Cambodia
#1 Canada
#1 Chile
#1 Colombia
#1 Ecuador
#1 Guatemala
#1 Hong Kong
#1 Hungary
#1 India
#1 Indonesia
#1 Italy
#1 Malaysia
#1 Mexico
#1 Peru
#1 Philippines
#1 Saudi Arabia
#1 Singapore
#1 Taiwan
#1 Thailand
#1 Turkey
#1 Ukraine
#1 United Arab Emirates
#1 Vietnam
#2 Belgium
#2 Brazil
#2 Finland
#2 Greece
#2 Israel
#2 Kazakhstan
#2 New Zealand
#2 Philippines
#2 Poland
#2 Saudi Arabia
#2 Spain
#2 Sweden
#2 Uganda
#3 United States
#3 United Kingdom
#3 Indonesia
#3 Netherlands
#3 Slovakia
#3 Thailand
#4 Austria
#4 Czech Republic
#4 Portugal
#5 Argentina
#5 Bahrain
#5 Denmark
#5 France
#5 Germany
#5 Ireland
#5 Mexico
#5 Switzerland
#6 Japan
#6 South Africa
#7 Israel
#9 Turkey
#10 Nicaragua
#11 Italy
#12 Australia
#12 Sri Lanka
#13 Norway
#17 Canada
#24 Ireland
#25 Macau
#31 United States
#32 Taiwan
#37 Paraguay
#40 France
#41 South Africa
#43 United Kingdom
#55 Switzerland
#58 Belgium
#74 Slovenia
#92 Guatemala
#105 Kazakhstan
#112 Japan
#155 Germany

 

[HEARTCORE]

What Makes a Woman is probably the worst on the record. The Can't Cancel Pride remix of Daisies makes for a better closer and a nice way to bookmark this chapter of Katy's career.

 

[Joe.]

Clash giving it 2/10 is plain bullying.