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Generally favorable reviews- based on 1730 Ratings

  • Summary: The Grammy Award-nominated singer's sophomore release is full of pop-rock gems and features guest appearances from Snoop Dogg and Rivers Cuomo.
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E.T.
You're so hypnotizing Could you be the devil? Could you be an angel? Your touch magnetizing Feels like I am floating Leaves my body glowing They... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 19
  2. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. For all the pomp and watermelon costumes, Perry is primarily a smart and personal pop songwriter. And Teenage Dream shows-in carefully selected spots-that she's ready to grow up.
  2. Beneath the fruity outfits and fart jokes, Perry is clearly serious about the business of hit songcraft; that doesn't make Dream nearly cohesive as an album, but it does provide, intermittently, exactly the kind of high-fructose rush she's aiming for.
  3. Teenage Dream is the kind of pool-party-pop gem that Gwen Stefani used to crank out on the regular, full of SoCal ambience and disco beats.
  4. Unfortunately, the fun peaks around the time that Snoop Dogg officially hands over his thug-life card during the previously released "California Gurls," a slice of sunny disco-pop perfection that suggested Teenage Dream just might trump 2008's spotty but enjoyable One Of The Boys. Instead, Perry returned with lots of ho-hum ballads and lackluster radio fodder as limp as the discarded lover in the dis track "Circle The Drain."
  5. There's none of the ABBA or Cardigans influence she claimed, nor any of the fun she seems to have in real life. For now she just sounds like another of pop's Stepford Wives.
  6. Teenage dreamer turns in nightmare of a second record.
  7. With music as rigidly formulaic as this, no wonder the teens in her songs want to party until they blank out.

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 42 out of 408
  1. Aug 25, 2010
    10
    this is AMAZING! California gurls, Teenage Dream, Last friday night, peacock, fireworks = potential hits.
  2. Nov 27, 2020
    10
    Un álbum tan icónico de la cultura pop, lastima que los críticos "especializados" no lo puedan ver allá en su utopía donde lo único queUn álbum tan icónico de la cultura pop, lastima que los críticos "especializados" no lo puedan ver allá en su utopía donde lo único que consumen son líneas blancas en lugar de buena música Expand
  3. Jul 24, 2020
    10
    2010 foi definido por esse álbum. Mesmo após anos, os hits continuam na cabeça e na ponta da língua. Katy mostrou um lado doce e chiclete que2010 foi definido por esse álbum. Mesmo após anos, os hits continuam na cabeça e na ponta da língua. Katy mostrou um lado doce e chiclete que jamais será esquecido. Expand
  4. May 15, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. teenage dreams is an album that can make you feel good even in your worst days, I mean personally the song firework is a hymn remembered Expand
  5. Oct 30, 2010
    9
    Almost every track on this album has the potential to become a chart-topper. I downloaded the deluxe version of iTunes that came with remixes,Almost every track on this album has the potential to become a chart-topper. I downloaded the deluxe version of iTunes that came with remixes, and they are awesome! Love it, keep recording! Expand
  6. Dec 14, 2010
    8
    hmmm, The only bad track is "Peacock", the rest is OK, is better than One of the Boys but it can be better. The best tracks are "Californiahmmm, The only bad track is "Peacock", the rest is OK, is better than One of the Boys but it can be better. The best tracks are "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "E.T." and "Firework" Expand
  7. Jan 27, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It was good in 2011-2012, at the time of the dance floors, but nowadays we realize that it was done exclusively for the years 2011 and 2012 Expand

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