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Doll Domination

EMAILPRINTby Pussycat Dolls

Pussycat Dolls reviews
51
6.2 User Score:

Mixed or average reviews

Based on 12 critic reviews
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Based on 23 votes
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Album Info

Label: Interscope

Release Date: 23 September 2008

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Dance, R&B, Pop

Summary

The sophomore album for the dance pop group includes guest appearances by Snoop Dogg, R Kelly, Missy Elliot, and Polow da Don.

What The Critics Said

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70

Billboard

The Dolls' bark is as big as their bite.

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70

The New York Times

Ms. Scherzinger’s small, flexible voice thrives in the programmed, computer-tuned R&B tracks.

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70

Boston Globe

The Pussycats' debut from 2005 was that kind of disc, and though this follow-up tries darn hard to follow that formula, it comes up just short.

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60

Slant Magazine

Like the Dolls's debut, "PCD," the new album could use a little more of that cabaret style and a little less of the anonymous, by-the-numbers R&B and dance formulas that have become the modern girl-group convention

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60

Dot Music

Given the fact there are 25 tracks and a platoon of songwriters spread over Doll Domination's various bonus discs, it's not surprising that it occasionally succeeds, and there are hit singles to be found here.

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58

Entertainment Weekly

After a while, listening to this CD feels like a one-way conversation with a vapid hot chick who's in love with the sound of her own voice.

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50

Rolling Stone

With 15 cuts in all, the album sounds like the Dolls just threw everything they had against the charts to see if anything would stick.

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40

Uncut

Like most big pop groups, they're great at singles--Rodney Jerkins' 'When I Grow Up' fashionably disses fame-- but fail when it comes to albums. [Dec 2008, p.115]

40

All Music Guide

Digging out this handful of songs from the 16-track proper album-- inflated to as much as 24 tracks with the bonus disc added in--is flat-out exhausting, necessitating trawling through too many dull beats, breathy bleats, a phoned-in Snoop Dogg cameo and Missy Elliot name-dropping Katy Perry.

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37

Los Angeles Times

Doll Domination is a series of signifiers to other, more interesting, moments in recent pop culture.

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20

musicOMH.com

Unless a couple more of these tracks manage to repeat the success of 'When I Grow Up' and stick on commercial radio, this is an album heading straight for the bargain bins.

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20

NOW Magazine

As it turns out, Scherzinger’s not interesting enough on her own, so she’s padding out her shtick with four glorified backup singers in tow.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 6.2 (out of 10) based on 23 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Lashae R. gave it a10:
This is really great album. I know that some hate it...for reasons that I don't understand. I actually love every trach on this album. Good job PCD!!

Michael H. gave it a4:
Aside from a few songs, the Pussycat Doll's Domination falls incredibly short. The few songs that garnered public notice and made the albuma success are the only pieces on the album that are able to hold their own. In an album full of guest appearance and stylized pop beats, it seems the pussycat dolls are out of steam... yet again.

Kae L. gave it a10:
UMM.....aLL I can Say is WHat An Album. Now dis time i spended my money well. i mean come on now don't be jealus, its the best group of songs i'd ever heard. be more generous and give em credit cuz its an Excellent album and at least each doll has their own solo song. And THey are One of the best dancing groups ever. but I can say that its unfair to the other dolls dat nicole gets all the lead. I noe if dis time around all of dem sang at least each of the soongs den it would had been more successful. I LOVE PCD!!!!!!!!!

Delspencerdeltorro gave it a3:
Listening to this album is like having your soul sucked out. Aside from When I Grow Up, there is almost nothing good. In fact, the safer tracks on the album are all stale and boring. Sifting through 23 songs, I've found 7 that are ok, and one that's great. And I say this as someone who loves their first album. It was fun and effortless, part cool and new, and part cool and retro. Doll Domination, on the other hand, sounds laboured. It wouldn't be so bad if they knew how to make cuts, but instead they put everything they recorded out there, and if you want all 8 listenable songs, you have to get the deluxe edition. What a disappointment!

Clif gave it a2:
How can an album, like this pile of sh*t, have an average of 51?! This album is a shame! First: it's not a Pussycat Dolls' album, it's a Nicole's one. Next: the songs are so KITSCH, bad, ... (The only one who's "so so" is "When I grow Up"). The rest is to burn! Believe me: just don't buy it! Only if you want to kill your ears, the most precious things (with the eyes. To see girls like Nicole dancing on the streets?!)

Eric W. gave it an8:
I really have no idea why critics hate this album and the girls too. Sure, Nicole sings on almost every track and we don't hear the other girls but it's still a pretty good album with solid tracks and something for everybody. I don't know why critics miss that point. Not a bad album, good, but not great.

Bryan W. gave it a10:
Being a huge fan of the Dolls for many years now and i can honestly say i am not disappointed. Sure it's note revolutionary or even going to leave much of a mark in POP/RnB history, but for what it is, fun, breezy, and overwhelmingly catchy, for me that's all i need to get me through the day. Don't forget they are a whole package aswell, Great singers, Phenomenal dancers and great entertainers. Go PCD!!!

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