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Stars Dance
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59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews What's this?

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7.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 955 Ratings

  • Summary: The fourth full-length studio release for the Disney actress/singer is her first as a solo artist and includes contributions from The Cataracs, Desmond Child, Ester Dean, Mike Del Rio, Dreamlab, David Jost, The Monsters and the Strangerz, Rock Mafia, and Stargate.
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. Billboard.com
    Jul 24, 2013
    78
    What's left, then, is a collection of 11 shinily produced pop songs that find Gomez trying on a series of different personalities with her slight-yet-capable vocals.
  2. AllMusic
    Jul 22, 2013
    70
    Thanks to the strong songs, Selena's reliably strong vocals, and the variety of sounds, it adds up to be another fine entry in her catalog and just another example of why Selena Gomez is one of the best pop stars making music in 2013.
  3. Boston Globe
    Jul 30, 2013
    70
    The whirring Stars Dance is a confident but not aggressively blatant move to a more grown-up pop playing field.
  4. The Guardian
    Jul 22, 2013
    60
    From the electro-punk opener Birthday onward, she's competent and entirely impersonal. But that's no impediment to enjoying the record, which darts efficiently from EDM to Bollywood to--Beliebers, look away now--sappiness inspired by her on-off boyfriend, Justin Bieber.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Jul 23, 2013
    60
    Though she nods at Rihanna-style slither and Britney-esque grind, this is the sound of Gomez gliding gracefully into adulthood.
  6. The Observer (UK)
    Jul 22, 2013
    40
    Other than the sultry Stars Dance, much of this sounds like songs Rihanna rejected.
  7. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Jul 22, 2013
    20
    It's a pop record, which means one killer track would redeem everything. Predictably enough, it never comes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 121 out of 196
  2. Mixed: 28 out of 196
  3. Negative: 47 out of 196
  1. lilacsag
    Mar 25, 2021
    10
    Love this album, the dance beats maybe too much for some but for me it what makes the record stand out.
  2. vulnerablenes1
    Aug 21, 2022
    10
    PERFECT ALBUM!!!! MY FAV SONGS IS SAVE THE DAY, UNDERCOVER, SLOW DOWN, COME AND GET İT, LOVE WILL REMEMBER AND FORGET FOREVER
  4. leandroalves
    Jul 23, 2013
    10
    One of the best pop albuns of the years. Selena is not that pretty little girl anymore. Now she's trying to be a woman, and she's doing itOne of the best pop albuns of the years. Selena is not that pretty little girl anymore. Now she's trying to be a woman, and she's doing it right. The album is so good and you feel like you're in a party all the time, but when starts "Love Will Remember" is like you remind all your love problems back. The only one song is not good is Write Your Name, but I still can listem to that.… Expand
  5. idtopchef
    Jul 26, 2013
    9
    With this album she has really come out in the music scene having a great pop, trap and hip style that will do great in the clubs. Many mayWith this album she has really come out in the music scene having a great pop, trap and hip style that will do great in the clubs. Many may take time to accept this trap side but eventually will have to.… Expand
  6. khutch
    Oct 29, 2013
    6
    Selena shows us what we are already tired of seeing, nonetheless, Stars Dance sounds so generic that this must be the reason that, even if notSelena shows us what we are already tired of seeing, nonetheless, Stars Dance sounds so generic that this must be the reason that, even if not entirely, does it work at certain points.… Expand
  7. gabrielcipriano
    Dec 21, 2018
    4
    The album is a sickening thing, all the songs are for you to dance and not stop anymore. The musics are few that are in salvo, and that areThe album is a sickening thing, all the songs are for you to dance and not stop anymore. The musics are few that are in salvo, and that are empty and nothing of composition and an amazing production! Disappointment.… Expand
  8. sorileine
    Oct 9, 2015
    0
    Selena is so talented, but can not show such talent on this album, her worst album, worse music, horrible letters, just hated,Selena is so talented, but can not show such talent on this album, her worst album, worse music, horrible letters, just hated, ajanaianaianaianaianbaina :(… Expand

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