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Generally favorable reviews- based on 2180 Ratings
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Nov 11, 2013
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Nov 11, 2013Just mainstream bubblegum pop-music. I thought it would be 'darker'? But it failed, I shouldn't be suprised though. 'Roar' is just MADE for the #1 spots, very bland and simple lyrics, we've all heard this before. Nothing 'dark', nothing artistic. And why did she burn her blue wig? I still don't understand it.
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Nov 30, 2013loved one of the boys and teenage dream, i think this is a great direction for katy as an artist. more substance to many of the songs but still stuff i can have fun listening to
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Oct 24, 2013
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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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Nov 22, 2013The album is amazing every song has its own story. Plus the album is cheerful and inspiring its an album that you must listen to and the songs are really catchy
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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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Feb 24, 2015Juvenile songs screeched in a pitchy voice. Katy claimed this would be her darkest album yet, she still insists on childish songs like 'This is How We Do' and 'Birthday'. It was clear that all Katy was thinking about when "writing" this album was number 1's and chart hits rather than her emotions.
Considering she's almost 31, it's almost embarrassing. -
Jun 18, 2014
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Oct 22, 2013
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Nov 11, 2013I'm sorry but Katy's vocals aren't that good. Lyrics are pretty good but i hope she wrote them herself. Roar is the only song i like from Prism. Other 15 songs are... I hope she can do it better on her next album.
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Oct 26, 2013
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Nov 30, 2013Brilliantly executed and the perfect follow up to pop-perfection Teenage Dream. Katy shows growth in her writing and vocal ability as well as songwriting. Katy is no longer a guilty pleasure for me, but her songs are just as fun as many from her first two albums, while still retaining a degree of maturity. Very impressed.
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Oct 29, 2013Without doubt, Katy made one of the best albums of the year, because the pop candy made in another album totally not repeated in PRISM, it is something more personal and different than anything, I think she finally evolved and more pleased.
I hope it continues well, without lapsing, many songs can be seized. -
Nov 2, 2013
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Nov 5, 2013What an absolutely fantastic album. Katy has given use one of the most fun, catchy, cohesive, and introspective pop albums in years!
Best tracks: "Birthday", "Double Rainbow", "Roar", "By the Grace of God", and "International Smile" -
Nov 7, 2013Prism is a album which is filled with interesting music. Stand-outs from this album include Legendary Lovers and Dark Horse with their amazing production and vocals Katy has shown. Although half way through this album, it seems to fade. Overall this album is a good but somewhat dull album that fades halfway through.
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Nov 11, 2013Katy DID it again! This album is purrfect! EMA-awards "Unconditionally" performance was fabulous. Can't wait for the new Billboard Hot-100 record! Congratulations Katy!
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Nov 17, 2013The albums is really basic. I wonder if Dr. Luke keeps using the same beats everytime? OH! He just answered me with this album. Roar is very childish, some songs are kinda catchy but it's nothing new at all. This album may be forgotten by future generations.
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Sep 23, 2014Genérico, péssimo e superficial. Nada além do que uma cantora pré fabricada possa fazer. Dr. Luke mais uma vez estragando o que poderia ser um álbum de qualidade ouvível.
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Sep 25, 2014
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Oct 9, 2015I don't know if Katy is so stupid to make music like this or her fans are stupid eough to like this piece of **** I am sad someone wanted to release "Prism". One of the worst albums ever made.
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Jun 11, 2015Vou chamar a Gaga e a Taylor para ensinar a doceira como faz álbum bom, odiei só salva uma ou duas músicas, incrivel com o Katy só faz músicas comercias diferente da Lady Gaga que se arrisca e faz músicas boas não restam dúvidas que ela é a nova rainha do pop
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Oct 23, 2013
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Oct 22, 2013Sounds like Katy finally found her sound. This record is more sober than her previous one and the music is also more serious. She ranges from dance beats to sweet ballads. Hold on tight, haters, Katy is back, better than ever and ready for more #1's.
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Oct 22, 2013
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Oct 23, 2013
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Nov 27, 2013Katy is always surprising us, evolving from one of the boys. I love PRISM because it is simple and beautiful lyrics, and some even dancing. The album is amazing as it should be.
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Nov 15, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 11, 2013album of the year, incredible music, great concept, since the album art to the last song, album of the year, incredible music, great concept, since the album art to the last song
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Jun 28, 2014
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Oct 22, 2013
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Nov 9, 2013La primera mitad del cd es muy entretenida, bailable, muy inspirador, pero llegando a la mitad el cd se empieza a poner aburrido, sin sentido, es como que llega de golpe cuando estabas muy prendido todo eso se acaba de golpe, la única canción destacable de la segunda mitad del cd es By the grace of god que es muy potente.
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Dec 2, 2013Very Good!!! The best is Dark Horse, Roar, By The Grace Of God, Unconditionally and Walking On Air!!! It's a of the best albums from katy perry!!!!!!!!
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Dec 3, 2013Rainha dos singles que destruiu a carreira da cadeirante! Álbum muito bom, melodias boas e animadas, sinceramente tem grande chance de ser um dos melhores álbuns do ano!
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Sep 20, 2014I truly can not understand how this record was so successful, others prefer it. No music that pleased me, the only music that has some salvation is Dark Horse and Roar.
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Nov 11, 2013
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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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Feb 20, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Oct 11, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 16, 2014It's generally just a forgettable album. ZZZZ... I had to skip a couple of songs because they were jsut unbearable. There are a few decent songs, and she has a good voice, but it was just meh.
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Jan 14, 2015
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Aug 8, 2015A excellent album. An album that has both fun upbeat songs. But also truly inspiring songs. Katy Perry kepps proving that there is more to her and she keeps getting better and stronger.
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Sep 7, 2015In Prism are included some iconic songs,meaningful songs and other boring songs...I think that Katy should work to make more interesting songs and not focus only on 4 or 5 songs of one album!!!
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Jun 9, 2017
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Oct 21, 2016Oh just absolutely awful and trash. Generic, boring. Katy is doing the same old with no signs of maturity or progressiveness in her music, and it became tiring very quickly.
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Dec 19, 2016
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May 18, 2017PRISM is quite the disappointing follow-up to Teenage Dream, which was already a mediocre album. The album may have produced two number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100, but the songs are pure trash. This is the beginning of the end of her career.
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Dec 14, 2013
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Oct 25, 2013hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehhehehehehehehhehehehehehehehehehe this is amazing
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Nov 5, 2013
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Nov 7, 2013PRISM is the Album of the Millennium, ARTPOP is trash. Quality over quantity any day. Katy is the new Queen of Pop for this generation, since she basically is the most popular current celebrity.
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Nov 13, 2013
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Mar 23, 2015This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Sep 28, 2014I was very sad to see how bad is pop music now days. The lyrics are so poor that you can't give a chance to the album, bad melodies et bad lyrics, how sad is it.. The melodies are not even good for a cartoon jingle of the sunday morning..
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Nov 14, 2013Amazing album, so different from her previous one. Beautiful lyrics and a great sounding. You Should Listen to This. It may be the best album this year.
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Nov 1, 2013Definitely a feel good and lighthearted album, about overcoming relationships or tough times in ones life. The album has a great 90s pop vibe. Katy Perry has definitely come a long way.
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Nov 2, 2013You were a person very different on this album, Miss Perry. No words to say how much the PRISM gave a touch of immaturity in music this year, as a song from Katy says, "You change your mind, like a girl changes clothes", she showed that surely has changed and for the better! But that still left the missing girl mature One of the Boys.
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Nov 3, 2013solid pop album facets of polished generic mainstream appeal for the era of 2013 with shades of dark and light and pop princess gloss it is very much teenage dream part 2 a slight upgrade…. a slight slice of another pop success….key tracks: legendary lovers, dark horse, ghosts, double rainbow, roar, it takes two
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Nov 3, 2013Prism surprised me by being a mature, light, and fun album. Katy has found her voice and the great thing is that Katy actually has found what she should be doing. My favorites are roar, uncondentially, and dark horse. So good job Miss perry
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Nov 6, 2013I like this album. She's more mature. Roar is epic, love the chorus and the Rooooarrrr!. Walking On Air too. And Unconditionally... very deep! Well, this is not the best album of the year, but she's definitely evolving.
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Nov 9, 2013I have to give credits to Katy's effort for being so mature in this album, but some of it is doesn't fit together. Half of the album have amazing lyrics with growing beats while the other half felt a little boring, but was save by their lyrics.
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Nov 11, 2013Excellent, well done, most of the songs have a real meaning to it, is a really good album, the variety in it is great, it goes from dance to slow pop, it really does get the feeling of a Prism with all of the songs beign diferent colors
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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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Dec 19, 2013This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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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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Oct 23, 2013Melhor álbum da Katy Perry, mostrou uma grande evolução.
Ja fui correndo comprar o meu nas duas versões, normal e deluxe. amei;
Roar ja e um hino no Brasil, fez bastante sucesso.
As cancões Dark Horse e Walking on Air chegaram ao topo das paradas Brasileiras.
Sem duvida vai fazer bastante sucesso por aqui.
Espero encontrar Katy na sua próxima tour pelo Brasil. -
Dec 3, 2013Katy Perry stopped in time with his second album Teenage Dream, prism does not have any novelty or excitement, full of hits but very commercial and low quality made in order to become successful on the charts. With this goal the only album becomes a good alternative to the radio and teen parties
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Sep 23, 2014The best album to come out of 2013. It's a shocking improvement from her previous classic and it ended certain beasts' careers. May she bless my ears and all our ears with the voice of an angel for years to come. RIP FLOPGA
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Oct 23, 2013Katy Perry delivers a club-banging album you could dance all night to. However, that is perhaps all there is to the much-anticipated album: an album you get wasted to, nothing more.
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Aug 21, 2015It lacks life and meaning. A generic album that is only for money making schemes. Abosolutey no art and life to the songwriting. The songs might be catchy but it is just one of those catchy songs that really don't make sense. Double Rainbow is the only standout to this horrible compilation. But this album is not the worst out of the rest of Perry's lackluster music
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Nov 7, 2013Congratulations Katy,
Its her best work, Mature songs. She found herself, good compositions, different musics, will surely come many hits this album.
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Nov 12, 2013In a world where Miley Cyrus, Lady Gaga and Rihanna keep repeating the same tired sex sells formula Katy does the opposite by creating an album that actually has substance. The second half of the album is definitely stronger than the first, is a shame people don't have time anymore to get into these type of songs and let them grow.
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Mar 30, 2014
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Apr 13, 2014This album is a nursery rhyme record. I gave it 1 because there is atleast one decent song in this album, and that for me is Spiritual, and the fact that Katy didn't even write that song makes me cringe.
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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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Dec 19, 2014
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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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Feb 10, 2017nota 10 simmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ok
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Aug 25, 2020Para mi el mejor trabajo de Perry, sigue la línea audiovisual de Teenage Dream pero mucho mejor en todos los aspectos, letras mas maduras y trabajadas, mejores videos y un sonido mas austero y armonioso.
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Oct 21, 2016é uma perfeita criação de God, como uma renovação algo inesperado, inspirador e acalmante como acordar com o raiá do sol e ouvir o barulho da natureza
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Jan 27, 2017Um album maravilhoso, Katy com hinos como Unconditionally, It Takes Two, Walking On Air, Ghost
só não ganha 10, porque tem umas filers como Love Me, mas o album é otimo -
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
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Jun 9, 2017THIS ALBUM IS SO GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD omg aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i love katy so much
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Jun 6, 2017This is undoubtedly Katy's best album so far, it has wonderful lyrics that take you out of evil (Roar) lyrics that show you how important it is to love me. I hope she can get over her next album.
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Jun 10, 2017Sem dúvidas, é o melhor álbum da Katy. Eu amo essa evolução dessa mulher, ela sabe fazer músicas dignas de animar, contagiar, unir, amar... multidões, ela é maravilhosa.
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Jun 8, 2017Un gran crecimiento como artista. Un gran álbum con sonidos nuevos y bailables; una sensación de satisfacción al escuchar este disco. Sin duda se convertirá en uno de los álbumes más recordados en el futuro.
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Jun 8, 2017Esse album mostra muito o lado natural da Katy, sensível e trás uma sonoridade muito boa principalmente nas músicas que não tiveram grande destaque durante a era.
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Jun 9, 2017Este álbum es muy espiritual, se muestra una Katy Perry más madura sin perder su marca que hace de sus canciones sean éxitos que nunca moriran.
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Jun 9, 2017
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Dec 6, 2019Her best album. I love all of her songs.Katy is amazing. Dark Horse, Legendary Lovers, Roar all classics
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Sep 20, 2019Album is boring and hits like ROAR and DARK HORSE can't outshine the horror of other songs.
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.