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Originally Posted by thinkingoutloud89
To me it is a very good album. In every direction. All the gay boys on instagram are just crying out cause it does not sound like overproduced pop (and I'm gay too, I'm allowed to say that and it is so true). I won't say that either is better, I like both, but I'm tired of this conversation all around. Its art. art can't be judged with "good" or "bad". I don't even allow my students to ask me if their picture "looks nice" - cause thats not how it works. each piece of art connects to people different. So stop saying its "bad" and me more like "its not my cup of tea, will be back for the next"
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This is pretty much what I am feeling. I think Joanne is a great album. It's not converting me into a "little monster" but I am happy that I enjoyed a Lady Gaga album. It's been a while for me. I think the best songs are the album tracks. To me it is just a solid album from a talented woman in music. Her talent comes through more clearly when there isn't all those gimmicks and pretentious concepts.
As for the fans who aren't happy with the album, I expected this. I was shocked though when I did a quick listen and NONE of the songs were queen pop songs. I think it's safe to say that Lady Gaga's biggest fan demographic is gay males. But there's no statistics to prove this so it's really just an opinion of mine. But an album like Joanne is not going to appeal to that demographic and that became apparent when I started hearing the album tracks. In general, her demographic of fans want fierce queen disco club pop kinds of songs from her, not stripped down folk/country/pop rock.
So I'm not surprised about the negative reaction from fans. This album might end up alienating or dividing her fan base up though.