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Paris
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57

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5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 199 Ratings

  • Summary: The heiress and reality television semi-star covers Rod Stewart's "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" (answer: no) and duets with Jadakiss on her recording debut.

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Stars Are Blind
I don't mind spending some time Just hanging here with you Cuz I don't find too many guys That treat me like you do Those other guys all wanna take... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 17
  3. Negative: 4 out of 17
  1. AllMusic
    90
    Paris makes no apologies for being mass-market pop, but everybody involved made sure that this was well-constructed mass-market pop.
  2. Dot Music
    70
    It's no pop masterpiece to rival The Beatles, Madonna or Michael Jackson's best. But then again, few things are. If however the bench marks are Aguilera and Pink, it's only fair to say that Ms Hilton or rather her album, holds its own.
  3. E! Online
    67
    Listening to her debut album, you get the feeling that she breezed in and out of the studio.
  4. Vibe
    60
    Shockingly, Paris the vocalist is actually listenable; no Gwen Stefani, but better than, say, K-Fed. [Oct 2006, p.151]
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  5. Stylus Magazine
    50
    If an army of songwriters and million-dollar producers can make Paris Hilton listenable, even for only 38 minutes, then no one else with a major-label budget behind them has any excuse.
  6. Uncut
    40
    Lavishly appointed, expensively designed and almost entirely characterless. [Sep 2006, p.84]
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  7. NOW Magazine
    20
    Though Storch and other heavy hitters do their best to craft reasonable facsimiles of a broad range of Today's Best Dance-Pop Hits, they can't hide the fact that Hilton's a shit singer who can't carry a tune even when the vocal melody is reproduced note-for-note in the arrangements.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 42 out of 98
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 98
  3. Negative: 47 out of 98
  1. DouglasH
    Oct 1, 2006
    10
    Brilliant. An astonishing satire on celebrity vacuity in the 21st Century...Paris will have the last laugh. On the surface dazzlingly empty, Brilliant. An astonishing satire on celebrity vacuity in the 21st Century...Paris will have the last laugh. On the surface dazzlingly empty, yet full of subtle irony meaning for the more attentive, the lyrics convey something of the dense, multilayered/referential suggestion of Melvilles chapter on the "Whiteness of the Whale", or for that matter, Brett Easton Ellis. Paris Hilton - musician/philosopher. Who would have thought?… Expand
  2. NathanK
    Aug 24, 2006
    10
    Brilliant!
  4. DericMC
    Aug 30, 2006
    9
    Surprisingly good. I never expected it at all.. Wow. However, the amount of negative publicity it's receiving is very unfair. Don't Surprisingly good. I never expected it at all.. Wow. However, the amount of negative publicity it's receiving is very unfair. Don't hate the album just because it's Paris Hilton. This album is even more entertaining than Beyonce's latest album. Who would have thought Paris can do this? I highly recommend Jealousy, it's amazing.… Expand
  5. ValarieD
    Mar 1, 2007
    4
    Paris Hilton Not So Hot Paris Hilton the singer. Who would have thought? Could it be possible that this celebrity known for her wild partying Paris Hilton Not So Hot Paris Hilton the singer. Who would have thought? Could it be possible that this celebrity known for her wild partying and blonde moments would find success in the music industry? The answer is a plain and simple no. With the exception of a few captivating, pensive songs, her debut album, titled Paris is nothing more than a vacant cry for more attention. For the most part the album is full of repulsive lyrics about being hot and sexy. Paris refers to herself as being sexy more times than I could count. Phrases like … Expand
  6. FoxyRoxy
    Aug 23, 2006
    0
    I saw and heard her sing happy birthday and she didn't sound like her record. The recording studio does wonders. Maybe everyone should I saw and heard her sing happy birthday and she didn't sound like her record. The recording studio does wonders. Maybe everyone should become singers.… Collapse
  7. JuliaA
    Sep 12, 2006
    0
    so bad I hardly could say anything about the album.so damn shallow ('Fightin' Over Me'?? even my little-five-year-old cousin so bad I hardly could say anything about the album.so damn shallow ('Fightin' Over Me'?? even my little-five-year-old cousin could come up with better song title!).and why the hell Scott Storch had his hand laid on this album? plus Paris thinks she's the hottest stuff in the world that her songs are so meaningful and the other f**kin cliches.she should stick to spend her wealth by the frenzy shopping habit of hers.… Expand
  8. briann
    Aug 14, 2007
    0
    why is this embaressingly trite piece of self-absorbent pop trash doing on a respected site like metacritic? if you are even reading this why is this embaressingly trite piece of self-absorbent pop trash doing on a respected site like metacritic? if you are even reading this review for any other purpose than to take a piss, find some better taste. paris's album is pure dogcrap.… Expand

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#25 Most Discussed Album of 2006
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#20 Most Shared Album of 2006