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Generally favorable reviews- based on 2180 Ratings
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Nov 2, 2013Now, she said this album was gonna be dark. With the exception of tracks such as Dark Horse, it's a quality that is constantly lacked. But for what was released, I guess it's good overall. This sounds a lot more mature than the previous two albums which is undeniable by any listener. Even people who hate Katy Perry.
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Dec 15, 2013
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Oct 27, 2013Teenage dream will continue to be her best album, with that said Prism is not bad but it's lacking a lot of songs fill like fillers.
Best Songs
Legendary Lovers
Dark horse
International Smile
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Nov 8, 2013
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Nov 4, 2013There are standout tracks like Legendary Lovers, Walking on Air and Dark Horse. I feel like the second half of the album is full of fillers. Some songs are not memorable at all.
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Oct 22, 2013When we talked about Katy Perry we imagine the "Californa Gurl" who lives her Teenage Dream, but now Katy is just a girl trying to find her own new style in music. PRISM is not her best album and she knows she can do better things.
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Sep 3, 2014
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Sep 8, 2014PRISM é o album mais mediano de Katy Perry, A primeira metade é a melhor, todas as faixas são boas. Porém, depois da faixa 9, as faixas começam a decair e ficar cansativas, nem dá vontade de ouvir completo.
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Nov 20, 2013
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Jan 23, 2014
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Jul 8, 2014
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Dec 16, 2014
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Mar 18, 2015
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Oct 27, 2013
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Nov 7, 2013Esperava mais da Katy Perry! O Álbum não condiz aos seus countdowns! WOTA e DH são músicas ótimas e mostrou a versatilidade da cantora. Roar uma música sem muita pretensão e que teve um belo desemprenho. Fora isso o álbum está bem monotóno!
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Oct 28, 2013
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Nov 11, 2013
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Nov 10, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 14, 2013
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Oct 29, 2013Katy always worked, without ashamed to show it's a Pop Star, 'Teenage Dream' is quite exciting, when you want to hear a good Pop, who does not think about him? On his new album, 'Prism', Perry seems to have the need to prove that we can present something different, when all we want is more Katy Perry, of course, that renew every job is always good, the error in 'Prism' is that it does not work.
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Oct 22, 2013
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Nov 11, 2013This is a fun album that should do fairly well on the charts (if that's what is important these days..) but I can't help but feel it's a bit of an empty sterile shell. I can't really connect to this.
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Nov 6, 2013A step down from teenage dream and One of the Boys... a few stand out tracks such as legendary lovers, dark horse, roar, unconditionally, international smile, and double rainbow. Besides those tracks it is all filler.
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Nov 6, 2013There isn't a doubt that Katy produces hits But she lacks artistic integrity This album supposedly is about transitioning into a different style for Katy but the result eventually is sonically predictable
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Jun 20, 2014Album legalzinho,até escutável,temos boas músicas com Dark Horse e Legendary Lovers mas tantas músicas sujam o album.
O album levaria um 4,mas darei 5 por ainda ter a esperança da Katy anterior. -
Dec 22, 2013
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Dec 17, 2014Si se me preguntase en mi humilde opinión que pienso de Prism diría que es la fallida re invención de Katy Perry, sus canciones son pegajosas, pero esta colmadas de Clichés que simplemente no hacen de esta una experiencia original, y llendo en contra de los críticos, en mi opinión, el mejor álbum de Katy Perry es Teenage Dream.
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Dec 5, 2013She said that the album is 'dark' but i don't seems to see any 'darkness' inside. Roar being the first single doesn't really represents the album. Too much ballad at the end and very generic. Choice of producers are very limited too, hopefully she venture into other producers other than Dr Luke.
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Nov 18, 2013This album tries to be mature and to sound interesting, but it fails at it.
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Jul 29, 2014What's good in the album gets overshadowed by mediocre and superficial tracks that were only created to satisfy bodies and ears for just a couple of minutes without letting any single hope of teaching or message. In other words, here we've got a lot to dance with, but few (or nothing) to think about or through. Unsubstantial.
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Feb 27, 2014
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May 21, 2014Honestly a very catchy top 40 record. Now it's not amazing at all, but it's good for what it is. Most of the singles are guilty pleasures, but the rest of the LP falls flat.
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Dec 27, 2014This album have good songs, but most of them look like the same! I like Katy Perry but and I really think she did a great job with this album but she need to do different things and get out of her comfort zone.
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Jan 28, 2015
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Jun 10, 2015............................................After the generic pop 'Teenage Dream', Katy Perry goes worst on 'Prism', a stupid-Dr.Luke-messed-up album.
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Nov 11, 2013Some REALLY good songs. But same old tired sound. With all the wig burning promotion I was expecting a little something different. By The Grace of God and Unconditionally stand out.
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Jan 3, 2014Not impressed at all. Crude work. This album had to be different but it sounds recycled and boring. There are few songs that are worth to be heard. Katy needed to cook this album and give it more life if its idea is based on "light". Most recommended song is "Roar".
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Nov 12, 2013"PRISM" by Katy Perry is a good album, but only. it sounds better than her others albums, but it feels like "artificial". it seems like she wants impressione the critics but it didn't convence me. this album has some of her best carrer song and the worst too. PRISM is good but don't have much to say
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Nov 26, 2013Although I was hoping for a more darker album. She seems to not want to let go of that bubble gum pop sound that made teenage dream a huge hit. Aside from a few notable songs the rest of the album just doesn't live up to the hype.
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Jan 14, 2015
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Jun 9, 2017
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Dec 4, 2013
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Dec 14, 2013Commercially, this is a very successful album. The songs will do very well on the radio because of their catchy tune and positive lyrics. The songs seem to be made for the sole reason of radio play, though.
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Jan 5, 2014for me, prism is like a "teenage dream 2" i don't see any change in the music, she's not evolving as an artist and that's not good, yes maybe she's having success now but if she doesn't change, she'll not be remembered and her music will be forgotten, but i have to say there's some good and catchy songs: International smile, dark horse, birthday
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Mar 30, 2014
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Jul 24, 2014I liked Prism, but there's something missing. I thought it would be something dark, as was shown in the teasers, Katy said only Roar would be like Teenage Dream era, but Prism is kinda Teenage Dream 2.0 but bad. I expected more.
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Sep 17, 2014I was expecting so much more of this album, and I shouldn't had expected too much because it's good but it's just this, you know? The tracklist should be better organized, maybe this is the reason that the second part of the album so boring and I wanted to skip every single song.
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Oct 19, 2014
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Sep 24, 2014An underwhelming follow-up to her previous album 'Teenage Dream', 'PRISM' simply revisits many elements from her past works. Although promised for a darker change in musical and artistic style, Katy Perry instead plays it safe and sticks to the same mediocre music made for the charts; made to sell. Perry sticks to the same formula, yet this time executes it poorly.
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Sep 30, 2014Incredibly mature, but forcing maturity out was difficult for Perry, for the entire started pumped up and high but it ended terribly boring like a calculus class.
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Aug 28, 2015
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Oct 3, 2015
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Sep 8, 2015Legendary Lovers and Birthday are my favourites. I only enjoyed the first 8 songs on this album, the rest all sound like filler songs except for Ghost and By the Grace of God
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Nov 8, 20161. Roar 3/5
2. Legendary Lovers 5/5
3. Birthday 3/5
4. Walking On Air 3/5
5. Unconditionally 4/5
6. Dark Horse (feat. Juicy J) 3/5
7. This Is How We Do 3/5
8. International Smile 3/5
9. Ghost 4/5
10. Love Me 3/5
11. This Moment 4/5
12. Double Rainbow 3/5
13. By the Grace of God 3/5
14. Spiritual 3/5
15. It Takes Two 3/5
16. Choose Your Battles 3/5 -
Sep 20, 2019Album is boring and hits like ROAR and DARK HORSE can't outshine the horror of other songs.
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Aug 27, 2016
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Oct 30, 2016
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Jan 30, 20165 points off because the album feels like it should spawn hits, and that is not artistic development.
You will dance to it and enjoy some non-dull tracks, but overall it's just another pop release. No surprises, innovations, or risks here. -
Nov 10, 2017
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Jan 26, 2018Mais um trabalhi péssimo de Katy Perry, única coisa que presta no album são as baladas, By The Grace Of God é uma música linda.
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Jun 15, 2017PRISM feels like a repeat of the Tenage Dream formula. Alhtough there are substantial songs like Spiritual, This Moment and Legendary Lovers, the whole is just disconnected. Its an album made of different songs together, sometimes feeling empty and with no self identity.
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Nov 21, 2016Katy Perry's 3rd studio album, is a step up from her last two efforts. Katy is at her best with songs like "Legendary Lovers" and "By The Grace Of God." But stays in her immature pop phase with songs like "International Smile" and "This Is How We Do
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Jul 18, 2017it was okay........................................................................................................................................................................
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May 17, 2018A lot of this album is very forgettable. The stretch of Walking on air, Legendary Lovers, and Dark Horse, along with Birthday, is really good, but the rest is either cringeworthy or forgettable.
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Nov 14, 2021
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Jan 31, 2023The singles are great, the rest of the album is pretty average. It's a nice album but proably not her best.
Awards & Rankings
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Dec 6, 2013Everything that is missing from [Lady Gaga's Artpop] is here, but everything that is good about it is spectacularly absent from Prism.
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Q MagazineNov 22, 2013Prism feels transitional, the work of an artist clever enough to be restless, yet unable to split from a winning formula. [Dec 2013, p.110]
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Nov 14, 2013It doesn’t require the patience or emotional/intellectual involvement that albums I typically listen to require. The cool thing, though, is that it does have quite a bit of redeeming value.