One Of The Boys
by Katy Perry
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Jun 17, 2008
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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 1099 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 803 out of 1099
  2. Mixed: 115 out of 1099
  3. Negative: 181 out of 1099

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  1. apil
    Apr 19, 2023
    10
    Este álbum ha envejecido excelentemente, rock excelente, del gusto de todos.
  2. vihsita
    Apr 13, 2023
    10
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  3. Thesmile69
    Apr 7, 2023
    10
    Esse álbum é perfeito, não é atoa que faz sucesso até hoje. Dês de seu primeiro álbum Katy entrega, músicas perfeitas, hits e conceito
  4. davifontenelle
    Mar 26, 2023
    7
    I was genuinely impressed by listening to this album in full for the first time! it’s a very solid debut and has so many bangers that i don’t know the reason why critics got so hard on Katy. Some songs did age bad, like “Ur So Gay”, but others aged like fine wine and still sounds fresh to this date. It deserves way more than 47.
  5. jxshua
    Mar 16, 2023
    10
    Very underrated album but one of her best, this is the album that spawned THE katy perry, and the album delivers two of her biggest hits, Hot N Cold and I Kissed A Girl, impressive for a first album, right?
  6. vicvicvicv
    Jan 28, 2023
    4
    one of the boys gives me a lot of confusion, this album has a lot of surprises both good and bad. some songs are ear blasting, but some like i kissed a girl are perfection.
    the only ones i liked were: i kissed a girl, hot n cold, if you can afford me, self inflicted.
  7. Sangam4u
    Oct 22, 2022
    10
    This is just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooood This is just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooood This is just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooood This is just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo This is just sooooooooooooooooooooooooo goooooooooooooooooooooood goooooooooooooooooooooood
  8. richhya
    Oct 14, 2022
    10
    Honestly her best album. Her pop rock era was amazing, and you guys can’t even imagine how amazing the unreleased pop rock songs are. I love this album so much, it’s timeless and will be remembered forever!
  9. EdwardTommy_29
    Sep 3, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A complete success, this album with 3 top 10 on the billboard hot 100, Katy Perry definitely showed from the beginning that she is a very complete artist and you can also see that her work is not valued as it deserves..… Expand
  10. DonCalamardo09
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    queen of the boys debut in the basket with the album is a 10 of the year so far and the
  11. gustavosab
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    i love katy's rock style, i wish she release another album like that, one of the boys have deep, emotional and dance songs.
  12. colbyD13
    Aug 5, 2022
    10
    This is one of Katy's best effort. All songs are great. I love the rock vibe that this album gives.
  13. wallacejdiniz
    Nov 24, 2021
    0
    Terrible. No passion, no soul. Worst album of the year. I need something really good to clean up my ears right now.
  14. Segundoleo26
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "While undeniably catchy, the hyper-produced songs have a familiar radio-ready quality that becomes infuriatingly mind-numbing over time, and Perry's vocals sound like a less-soulful Kelly Clarkson at best, a drunken, spurned sorority girl at worst." ...… Expand
  15. evermore13
    Nov 15, 2021
    7
    Perry’s creative-writing-class punch lines don’t always justify her self-congratulatory drag-queen tone. But she hiccups quirkily enough, and myriad big-name producers (from Dr. Luke to Glen Ballard) keep the new-wave synth hooks hopping. Her producers furnish the punchy soft-rock that has become the default signifier of pop «attitude» and Perry obliges with self-congratulatory sass thatPerry’s creative-writing-class punch lines don’t always justify her self-congratulatory drag-queen tone. But she hiccups quirkily enough, and myriad big-name producers (from Dr. Luke to Glen Ballard) keep the new-wave synth hooks hopping. Her producers furnish the punchy soft-rock that has become the default signifier of pop «attitude» and Perry obliges with self-congratulatory sass that never rings true. Careering from tart-tongued vixen to rough-and-tumble tomboy to woeful lonely heart may reflect her real life, but it makes for a thematically bumpy ride.… Expand
  16. All_ButTrU4
    Nov 14, 2021
    5
    An eventful emergence that despite it's aged additions ("you're so gay") placed Katy Perry in the forefront of the bubbling 00's pop stratosphere. Gone are the Christian pop foundations of her beginnings and here are the more pleasing hits. Her best moment's are when she leans to sincerity or adopts a playful seductive persona. The opening three song's are an impressive highlights real ofAn eventful emergence that despite it's aged additions ("you're so gay") placed Katy Perry in the forefront of the bubbling 00's pop stratosphere. Gone are the Christian pop foundations of her beginnings and here are the more pleasing hits. Her best moment's are when she leans to sincerity or adopts a playful seductive persona. The opening three song's are an impressive highlights real of what Katy can do at her most focused. Unfortunately this isn't carried through the whole record but it's there enough for it to remain a genuinely enjoyable sophomore album.

    "Hot N Cold" dances to indecision whilst the cautionary "waking up in Vegas " takes gambling as a metaphor for impulsivity. It's undeniably pop moments like these that stick with you even in the queerbait anthem "i kissed a girl"(a far cry from her Christian upbringings due to how provocative it is) but the ballads(aka her secret weapon) can devastate and move in equal measure such as the heartbreaking longing of "thinking of you " that feels like a precursor to the sincerity of upcoming Teenage Dream's "one that got away ". A very solid start to an nondescript icon    … Expand
  17. Eddann123
    Sep 3, 2021
    0
    Buen debut pero le falta originalidad y personalidad propia, despues de esto katy fue en picada en cuanto a calidad....
  18. danlimmaa
    Aug 24, 2021
    10
    Álbum cheio de identidade e pop massivo em 2008, possui ótimas baladas e letras sobre festejar e beijar uma garota, um ótimo álbum para o começo de uma artista pop.
  19. giliardynery
    Dec 12, 2019
    9
    I love this album so much, my favorite tracks are 'thinking of you', 'lost' and fingerprints. I miss Katy's solo compositions.
  20. Daniel132001
    Jul 19, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Um dos álbuns mais íconicos de 2008, a Katy literalmente fez tudo em seu álbum debut, não é atoa que o 1 BILHÃO no Spotify já tá vindooooo✊… Expand
  21. Ferdi10
    Jul 6, 2021
    10
    me gusta la temática pop rock y su voz es demasiado bonita y la era en sí me gusto
  22. Emontoya96
    May 31, 2021
    10
    One of the boys is an album that gives you a glimpse of who Katy Perry is and where she comes from and a bridge between Katheryn Hudson and the now Katy Perry. It’s lyrically genius.
  23. JoshMedinna
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Burlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa… Expand
  24. NolanLundgaard
    Apr 19, 2021
    8
    One Of The Boys by Katy Perry: 7.66

    One Of The Boys: 1 :) I Kissed A Girl: 0.75 (Original: 0.5, Rock Remix: 1 :)) Waking Up In Vegas: 1 :) Thinking Of You: 1! Mannequin: 0.75 Ur So Gay: 0.25 Hot N Cold: 1 :) If You Can Afford Me: 1 :) Lost: 0.75 Self Inflicted: 1 :) I’m Still Breathing: 1 Fingerprints: 1 :) 10.5/12 = .875 -> 7.66 After listening to Katy Perry’s debut,    One Of The Boys by Katy Perry: 7.66

    One Of The Boys: 1 :)
    I Kissed A Girl: 0.75 (Original: 0.5, Rock Remix: 1 :))
    Waking Up In Vegas: 1 :)
    Thinking Of You: 1!
    Mannequin: 0.75
    Ur So Gay: 0.25
    Hot N Cold: 1 :)
    If You Can Afford Me: 1 :)
    Lost: 0.75
    Self Inflicted: 1 :)
    I’m Still Breathing: 1
    Fingerprints: 1 :)

    10.5/12 = .875 -> 7.66

    After listening to Katy Perry’s debut, One Of The Boys, I kept on asking myself why I had not listened to any of her releases before. Apart from a few stinkers, this album merges aspects of rock and pop in a wonderful way that is very enjoyable. I thought it was pretty fun how Perry tended to use e-guitars as background instruments instead of synths; makes it more enjoyable in my opinion. Perry’s voice is great to listen to, sounding very good even in the louder songs, where it has the greatest chance of being buried. The lyrics to a good number of the songs in this release are also pretty well thought out or catchy. Everything also fits together fairly well, which makes the piece flow in an enjoyable way. One Of The Boys starts off with the namesake song, which completely changed my expectations for the album. I really liked the way it sounded, merging rock and pop, and the lyrics were wonderful. The drumbeat in I Kissed A Girl was pretty nice, though the chorus lyrics were pretty strange. The music was decent though, and the background vocals during the chorus were highlights. I felt fairly conflicted about this song, though the “rock remix” pushes things to 11. In this version the lyrics were still a bit annoying but were definitely more palatable with epic music. The “money jingling” start to Waking Up In Vegas was brilliant, and I loved the explosive chorus (and the music in general). Everything just felt so well composed, and the pop-rock feel of the album was very enjoyable so far. Thinking Of You’s acoustic guitar was very nice, shaking things up, and the lyrics were so powerful and sung with so much emotion. The strings made the chorus; it was a good choice to add them in. Mannequin’s beat was pretty good and I liked how “burny” the lyrics were. Some of the synths were cool if a little overpowering, but this song was good overall tho. I liked how Ur So Gay started off with some piano and the fun chord was great. I thought the chorus lyrics were a little lazy, though the verse lyrics were great (pretty spicy). The bridge was fun with the different instruments playing the same riff, though I found it went on for a bit too long. The “shut-off” ending was awesome until Perry ended it with a word I felt didn’t fit (I took off another point for that). Hot N Cold’s drums with synth sixteenths sounded awesome and I loved the chorus. The simple drum beat worked really well and the lyrics were outstanding. The synth solo was awesome with the overdriven octaving guitar and I love the stripped down part. If You Can Afford Me’s music was amazing (wonderful loud bass, awesome faraway drums in the prechorus, acoustic guitar in the quiet chorus) and the lyrics were great; another winner. I love how Lost bled in from the last song and the acoustic with the “chimey” instrument was great. I want to know more about the inspiration behind the lyrics. Perry’s voice sounded great, and the “chorus of Katys” was epic. Self Inflicted flowed well too, and this song rocked. Needless to say, the music was great, and the lyrics were pretty good too. The bright bass was very fun and I loved the fade out. Another vibey drum beat opened I’m Still Breathing and I enjoyed how the piano acted as the base instrument with the helper guitars. There was power in lyrics and a fun chord right before verse 2. The harmonies were very nice and I loved how the guitar was added onto the last chorus. The music was wonderful in Fingerprints and I enjoyed the lyrics as well (if a little repetitive). The piano was fun, as were the chimes that were reminiscent of Lost. The sudden ending was also nice. In general, I greatly enjoyed Katy Perry’s debut. It is a wonderful combination of wonderful aspects of pop and rock and the lyrics were delightfully catchy (and sometimes spicy!). I absolutely look forward to listening to more releases from Katy Perry, and though I am a little late to the game with her music, I can already say that I will enjoy a lot of her music. I would recommend One Of The Boys to people who love a good pop album, and fans of rock may enjoy this too. Highlights: One Of The Boys, I Kissed A Girl (Rock), Waking Up In Vegas, Thinking Of You, Hot N Cold, If You Can Afford Me, Self Inflicted, I’m Still Breathing, and Fingerprints.    … Expand
  25. Dennis09
    Apr 11, 2021
    10
    El álbum más perfecto que yo e podido escuchar en el año 2000 hasta ahora 2021 sigue siendo un álbum muy bueno.
  26. Katyperry12
    Apr 2, 2021
    10
    This is my favorite Katy album, it have some of her most nostalgic hits, and the non-singles are all great.
  27. GuiAlmeidaLeite
    Mar 21, 2021
    8
    Não é meu preferido, mas está longe de ser um álbum ruim. Nos deu de presente a icônica, memorável e atemporal I Kissed a Girl, a comida Hot N Cold e aquela que faz a gente chorar litros e se emocionar, Thinking of You, com vocais perfeitos e a belíssima Waking up in Vegas, com um videoclipe nível que só Katy Perry sabe entregar.
  28. kp1
    Mar 20, 2021
    10
    This album is such well written and I hope she takes sound for her future album
  29. cuzinho1
    Mar 19, 2021
    0
    While undeniably catchy, the hyper-produced songs have a familiar radio-ready quality that becomes infuriatingly mind-numbing over time, and Perry's vocals sound like a less-soulful Kelly Clarkson at best, a drunken, spurned sorority girl at worst.
  30. Wellwell
    Feb 23, 2021
    10
    A good album and that showed what was to come with the hitherto newbie Katy Perry
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47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 13 out of 18
  3. Negative: 3 out of 18
  1. AllMusic
    40
    The problem is not with Katy's gender-bending, it's that her heart isn't in it; she's just using it to get her places, so she sinks to crass, craven depths that turn One of the Boys into a grotesque emblem of all the wretched excesses of this decade.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    40
    Yes, Perry has a heart, but it sounds like her bustier's too tight for her to use it.
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  3. Slant Magazine
    40
    'Mannequin' features some cleverly written lyrics, but Perry doesn't possess the grit or vocal prowess to follow through, and the title track is like No Doubt's 'Just a Girl' sans personality and conviction.
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