To mention the Lady Gaga phenomenon

I'm listening to her new "album" The Fame Monster (which is actually a couple of songs meant to be an add-on to the debut The Fame, they say), and while the precessor was - apart from the two hit singles and maybe one or two other songs - a harmless, boring and utterly uninspired album, THIS album cannot be dismissed so easily.

Nobody needs the 10 or so filler tracks on The Fame, and you're fine by downloading 'poker face' and the true hit, 'just dance'. Everything else will just make you angry (or put you asleep).

But here, things are different. It's more daring, more diverse, cooler, better, more. And it's really worth a listen - this is, despite the streamlined musical targets, much more artistic and simply much more interesting.

By the way - at times she really and totally sounds like Madonna. I'm surprised that only few people have said yet how much for example the great 'dance in the dark' quotes the Queen of Pop (listen to the last part of the song - 'vogue' anyone?). Although I'll admit that not everything Madonna did in the last ten years was incredibly revolutionary, I still claim that none of these songs here can hold a candle to her work. Not even the catchy epic 'bad romance'. But the album works, the spark of inspirational pop music that can become a worldwide phenomenon that was nowhere to be found on the debut - it is here.

So, listen to it if you like pop music and can bare some touches of house as well. She has more of an artistic vision here, and yet it is simple and can be easily listened to - including outstanding production.


--Sapnish--