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Dec 3, 201280It's a wall-to-wall party for the freaks, burnouts, outcasts, and misfits and if you don't get it that's your fault, not hers.
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Nov 30, 201270Taken as a whole, this is another surprisingly enjoyable album from a pop singer who has managed to broaden her approach without losing her USP.
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Dec 4, 201281Warrior is a pure pop album with rock influences, despite Ke$ha's attempts to make it the inverse.
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Dec 6, 201270Too many cooks in the kitchen notwithstanding, it amounts to 12 songs here with some 40 perfectly crafted hooks.
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Nov 30, 201280Warrior is never dull, always fun, and frequently a thrillingly unpredictable ride.
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Nov 29, 201275Ke$ha's filthy jokes may be what separates her from her peers who practice ghost abstinence.
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Dec 4, 201288By stomping just at the edge of parental propriety and sneaking in (mostly) well-crafted lyrics, her new record confirms her place as the loosest of the dance divas, one who not only preaches on the art of the party like few since Andrew W.K., but who also delivers the message through inventive, beat-heavy musical cannonballs, most produced by hitmaker Dr. Luke, that pummel with pleasure.
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Dec 17, 201260The naff raps and Auto-Tuned gloop can't spoil the addictive rush of the air-punching, get-pissed-destroy-a-bus-shelter anthems that abound here. [Jan 2012, p.93]
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Nov 29, 201260Although the new direction isn't revolutionary, it's natural enough and distracts from some of the filler.
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Dec 4, 201270Not everything works, but for a major label pop album, the ratio of material that succeeds is notably high, as on her sophomore release, she's already willing to take some risks with her sound.
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Dec 11, 201260Warrior, a moderate improvement of her disappointing debut Animal. [Jan 2013, p.106]
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Dec 4, 201270Warrior doesn't hit the giddy peaks of 2010's Animal, but it has a crackpot sense of rock history.
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Dec 3, 201260Most of Warrior sticks to Ke$ha's tried-and-true formula.
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Dec 3, 201270Warrior is likable enough, but not only can't it match its predecessor, it's not nearly as exhilarating or disruptive as what fellow slizzered California trashdancer Dev or assorted K-poppers have done in the past two years with basically the same raw materials.
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Dec 4, 201275Anyone up for giving her a second chance--or recognizing she has actual singing, writing, and performing talent--just might be pleasantly surprised.
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Nov 29, 201240Auto-Tune, deployed all over the record, turns Kesha's voice into a robo-squawk, and not in a good way.
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Dec 3, 201270There's no revelation here, only strong fun.
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Dec 10, 201240Really, though, her graceless output remains unaffected.