Guilty Pleasure
by Ashley Tisdale
User Score
6.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 111 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 64 out of 111
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 111
  3. Negative: 35 out of 111

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  1. davomtz11
    Dec 17, 2012
    8
    I have to be honest, this album is really good for me. I like it because I really enjoyed the Ashley's dark side. This CD involves more emotions and also have more dancing songs, plenty of love/break-up songs and many other ballads that help her to show us how goos her voice is. Guilty Pleasure is, for me, what its title says... my guilty pleasure.
  2. Sonicphoto
    Sep 28, 2010
    8
    Ashley Tisdale returns with a better second effort, that has her rocking and dancing with more powerful vocals than ever before. She shines as a pop star with tracks like Masquerade, Crank It Up, How Do You Love Someone and the single It's alright, It's ok. Acting out is quite an excellent track as an introduction to the album, but the volume of her voice can be a bit too loud. The otherAshley Tisdale returns with a better second effort, that has her rocking and dancing with more powerful vocals than ever before. She shines as a pop star with tracks like Masquerade, Crank It Up, How Do You Love Someone and the single It's alright, It's ok. Acting out is quite an excellent track as an introduction to the album, but the volume of her voice can be a bit too loud. The other tracks are actually not bad, they can be enjoyable once in a while, they just can't stand on their own. Yet, Ashley surprisingly did an album that stays on the same style without never getting repetitive or an annoying song.… Expand
  3. gagaforever
    Sep 23, 2010
    10
    Great album!!!! "Hair" is the best track on the album!!!! Even better than her debut and can easily be seen as amazing...I don't know why she didn't start singing much earlier like vanessa hudgens...Styill amazing though
  4. FelipeCavallari
    May 4, 2012
    10
    Great album! Ashley it's so awesome this time: great songs, great lyrics and a beautiful voice.. Even the photoshoot looks good, she's pretty and talented.. Her best album!
  5. warrenworld
    May 4, 2014
    9
    Ashley Tisdale's first album "Headstrong" started off in a rough spot commercially. Either no one took the time to hear it, or Ashley didn't take the time to promote it fully with shooting of "High School Musical 2" around that same time. Afterwards, she made up the rest of the promo duties in October of 2007. After earning a Gold certification at 471,000 copies sold, it didn't make aAshley Tisdale's first album "Headstrong" started off in a rough spot commercially. Either no one took the time to hear it, or Ashley didn't take the time to promote it fully with shooting of "High School Musical 2" around that same time. Afterwards, she made up the rest of the promo duties in October of 2007. After earning a Gold certification at 471,000 copies sold, it didn't make a giant impact. But it wasn't a disaster like we quickly assumed considering that it sounded similar to the failed debut album that Diana DeGarmo put out.

    Now in the year 2009, Ashley might have went to the same hairstylist that DeGarmo had and came out a brunette. But that's not her only change. Her second album "Guilty Pleasure" takes on the pop/rock sound with the electrorock subgenre, which was different from the first album. With the exception of the Timbaland-ish "Crank It Up", the entire album is jammed in the middle between the Hilary Duff/Lindsay Lohan teen rock from Disney's past and the Miley Cyrus/Selena Gomez electronic pop/rock from Disney's present.

    The "High School Musical" breakout, whose vocals still aren't as powerful as Demi Lovato's, sounds scattered on "It's Alright, It's OK". Limping from note to note to high note and sounding like Kidz Bop covering "So What", the album's first single doesn't make a giant mistake like it wanted to. As much as she tries to show her growth, the vocals sound constrained, and the amazement is not there. Tisdale hasn't even gotten a handle on the slow ballads yet. On "What If", she struggles to shake off the Broadway pitch for "American Idol" judge Kara DioGuardi's soft tune. It comes across as an outtake from the "High School Musical 3" soundtrack as well as a sequel to the wobbly ballad "Unlove You" from her debut album.

    When listening to the lyrics on "Hair", those who miss the blonde ambition she had with Sharpay Evans and Maddie from "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" will find it hard to endure through the full song. Also sounding like a bad pun, "Hot Mess" is a decent track, but considering what didn't impress already, the album could have been either summed up as a hot mess or made into a more appropriate title for this album until the rest of the album is played.

    Listeners are prone to doubt the potential of Disney stars but have never counted out Ashley. As you listen to "Overrated" you can somehow identify it as a top 40 ready smash that would have made a better first single than "It's Alright, It's OK". Ashley could have also substituted in "Masquerade". This radio-friendly jam sounds pitchy when sung live, but it gives Ashley room to grow as a vocalist. She comes out swinging toward the end of the album with knockouts like "Me Without You" and "Switch".

    In a typical discussion, Tisdale is often labeled as the fabricated Disney tycoon instantly, but Tisdale's showbiz record has less in common with everyone else than anyone takes the time to notice. While she had her first encounter with Disney at the regular starting age of 13, her first appearance in a Disney product was in the 1998 Pixar film "A Bug's Life". While every other Disney star was still a teenager at their breakthrough, Tisdale turned 21 when "High School Musical" took off. While all of her good Disney friends got record deals from Hollywood Records, Ashley made a bold decision by signing to Warner Bros. Records. It may not get her videos on YouTube due to the label's feud with that website, but they supported every decision Ashley went with. Most of these songs flow better than the first single, and she finishes this round feeling like a champion.    … Expand
  6. Matt
    Jul 30, 2009
    8
    Critics again show their unfair biases in bashing what is a good pop album. It's very state of the art stuff with memorable tunes. The only weakness is Ashley's vocals, but she gets by on personality.
  7. DanielS.
    Jul 30, 2009
    10
    AMAZING! is her best album yet! the songs are true original songs.. is the cd that i can listening everyday.. her style is much better now! the album is just perfect.
  8. Craig
    Aug 3, 2009
    8
    There are a half dozen songs on the album that are pretty good. While her sound is probably more appealing to teens, some of the lyrics are pretty adult. She needs to get rid of the teen pop sound and develop an adult pop sound so her lyrics and sound are in sync.
  9. conquertheworld
    Jul 29, 2009
    10
    #1 on itunes for a reason, this album has fantastic melodies, great production, and tisdale has likable charisma as a vocalist. A perfect pop album, don't listen to the critics let them continue to listen to obscure crap like grizzly bear, For the rest of us normal people that actually like music that is catchy and well produced you can't go wrong with Tisdale.
  10. MisterKS
    Mar 30, 2012
    8
    She made progress from her previous effort. She sounded more edgier and rock-y. And she's comfortable that way. But, maybe the ballads still need something more. The Upbeats helped it mesh together well.
  11. xDiamondxx
    May 24, 2015
    10
    this is the album of my life Crank It Up outsell all your faves singles so shut the **** up because Tisdale's the QUEEN OF POP, who's Madonna, Britney, Aguilera, Gaga and Kelly Key near Ashley Tisdale? This album should have a note 100, at least.
  12. RK13
    Aug 30, 2018
    10
    To be honest I never really knew about this release until a few years ago. I think this is a really good rock album to which Tisdale now shows she is no Disney puppet. My favourites are definitely Masquerade, Crank It Up, It's Alright It's OK and How DO YOU Love Someone.
  13. rafaelmello
    Jun 3, 2019
    9
    Guilty Pleasure de longe é um dos álbuns mais injustiçados já lançado, um dos melhores álbuns de Pop Rock, pena que não teve todo investimento que merecia
  14. RickArchie
    Dec 6, 2019
    10
    Melhor álbum de pop-rock que já ouvi. Não foi a toa que Guilty Pleasure foi eleito pela Billboard o sétimo melhor álbum de 2009 e também o sétimo melhor da DÉCADA! ♡
  15. lincolngravel
    Dec 7, 2019
    10
    Álbum sem defeitos, ouço do começo ao fim e sem pular faixas, amo demais.
  16. LariTisdale
    Jun 24, 2021
    10
    This álbum is so perfect, all songs are good, everybody likes, Ashley was insightful on this album,

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Metascore
48

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 2 out of 6
  1. AllMusic
    70
    Not everything works--Tisdale isn't convincing when she tries to deal in either pain or carnality, but when she sticks to the surface, she makes sure that Guilty Pleasure lives up to its title.
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    58
    At 24, though, she's still treading an overly familiar pop-rock trail already better blazed by 16-year-old Miley Cyrus, and Guilty Pleasure isn't so much pleasurable as simply vapid.
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  3. The New York Times
    40
    Ms. Tisdale, an average singer, gasps on 'Hot Mess.' "I’m leaving every piece of my conscience behind." But being bad, it turns out, is sort of boring.
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