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Doll Domination - Pussycat Dolls
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51 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 12
  3. Negative: 3 out of 12
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  1. Billboard
    70
    The Dolls' bark is as big as their bite.
  2. The New York Times
    70
    Ms. Scherzinger's small, flexible voice thrives in the programmed, computer-tuned R&B tracks.
  3. Boston Globe
    70
    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.
  4. Dot Music
    60
    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.
  5. Slant Magazine
    60
    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
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    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.
  7. Rolling Stone
    50
    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.
  8. Uncut
    40
    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]
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  9. All Music Guide
    40
    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.
  10. Los Angeles Times
    37
    Doll Domination is a series of signifiers to other, more interesting, moments in recent pop culture.
  11. musicOMH.com
    20
    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.
  12. NOW Magazine
    20
    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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6.0 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. LashaeR.
    10
    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!!… Full Review »
  2. MichaelH.
    4
    Aside from a few songs, the **** 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 **** dolls are out of steam... yet again.… Full Review »
  3. KaeL.
    10
    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!!!!!!!!!… Full Review »
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