Joanne
by Lady Gaga
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 3658 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,913 out of 3658
  2. Mixed: 173 out of 3658
  3. Negative: 572 out of 3658
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  1. vihsita
    Apr 13, 2023
    0
    so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad so bad
  2. Jay721
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Flop and mediocre for yt g@ys sorry this is so mediocre af. She tanked and deserves
  3. someonewhocares
    Aug 21, 2022
    1
    From her first three albums, we see Lady Gaga as this perfect Dance-Pop/EDM legend who couldn't stop making bangers...and then we have 2016's Joanne?! Joanne is undeniably her weakest and most boring album to date, with songs that were demos taken from Taylor Swift's Red Album and turned into weak, inconsistent country pop songs that don't match with Lady Gaga's daring image. The songsFrom her first three albums, we see Lady Gaga as this perfect Dance-Pop/EDM legend who couldn't stop making bangers...and then we have 2016's Joanne?! Joanne is undeniably her weakest and most boring album to date, with songs that were demos taken from Taylor Swift's Red Album and turned into weak, inconsistent country pop songs that don't match with Lady Gaga's daring image. The songs were fine, but they didn't sound like a song Lady Gaga would make. For now, I'm sticking to her first three albums and Chromatica (since they sound like her).… Expand
  4. naomexecomahive
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Slay Queen Slay Queen Slay Queen Slay Queen Slay Queen Slay Queen Slay Queen Slay Queen… Expand
  5. Haandy
    Dec 16, 2020
    0
    Segundo escoramento, dessa vez na tia falecida que ela nunca conheceu e no estilo country que os fãs juram gostar kkkkkkkkkkk
  6. danteri7
    Sep 30, 2020
    3
    Es un álbum de sonidos algo agradables pero letras bastante repetitivas sin mensajes claros ni nada creo que hubieron 3 canciones buenas el resto no me gusto.
  7. Brzuchaczyk
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Damn, I love that album.
    I don't understand that pick of Perfect Illusion to be it's lead single. I think it's album's weakest song, but okay, it charted quite okay.
    Gaga proves she can sing jazz, she can sing opera and now she shows us her story with soft rock/country music and it's amazing.
    So many songs deserve to be singles. Dancing in Circles, John Wayne, Diamond Heart, A-Yo - these rocky/poppy songs are albums best.
    Ballads such as Joanne, Million Reasons,Sinner's Pray, Hey Girl and Angel Down hit me for the first listening.
    It's shame people didnt even heard these songs a totally forgot the album.
    Surely it's not her best seller, did't have a chart topper but it has a place in people's hearts.    … Expand
  8. AntonioMunguia
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Aburrido, sin chiste, Lady Gaga haciéndose la víctima como siempre y sin ningún hit relevante.
  9. FellipeBio
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Gaga já era ruim fazendo pop, o que ela pensou? Que ficaria melhor mudando o gênero?
  10. Joseluiscorona
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Un asco de album, me gustaría decir que le faltó poco, pero realmente le falta todo.
  11. ddenxz
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    average album but i think i'll give a 0 because i wanted to do it, stream rare & folklore instead of this please, you have no taste...
  12. AlejandroR
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    Esra fracasada hace música para los 3 fans que le quedan después del asco de Artpop. Urge retiro.
  13. Distedu91
    Jul 25, 2020
    0
    Creo que es el álbum que menos me gustó de ella. Si bien fue algo distinto a lo que siempre nos trae no me termina de convercer.
  14. Zenyt94
    Jul 19, 2019
    0
    This is probably her worst album.
    The only song I enjoyed was Joanne (the piano version), after that a terrible lead single and bland, mediocre songs after.
    Country isn’t her thing at all, she should go back to Born This Way kind of pop
  15. Ashimashi
    May 28, 2020
    0
    an overrated album by an overrated delusional artist who stands for nothing but for her fame and fortune.
  16. PsychoLevi
    Aug 31, 2019
    1
    It's hard to imagine that a phenomenal big star became so bad. In the past, she reached the top of pop music world and leaded the trend. But now, she is just so mediocre.
  17. MonsieurX
    Jun 15, 2019
    0
    what a boring, uninspired and lazy album. Gaga screams all the time awful and predictable ballads, Hey girl in probably the worst track, but Million Reasons makes my ears bleeding
  18. hmkkbjs
    Feb 22, 2019
    0
    Her worst album ever, it's terrible and so disappointing, we miss the old Lady Gaga, it's so sad.
  19. ATRLModneys
    Oct 4, 2018
    0
    This album by Lady GaGa is another desperate try to reach a new audience after many of her several loyal fans jumped off after the disaster named ArtPOP. The album starts with a song that totally made me cry..... out of pain. Terrible album by GaGa.
  20. Paulsonof
    Jun 19, 2018
    2
    She is trying desperately to be recognized as a good singer, and that is what is making her so annoying and boring. Girl, remember, when someone is a singing legend, everyone SAY IT and EXPRESS IT, not yourself. When you stop being selfish, you will let your real voice be what it is. Do not imitate anyone career, do it by heart but not showing yourself as you want to push everyone to loveShe is trying desperately to be recognized as a good singer, and that is what is making her so annoying and boring. Girl, remember, when someone is a singing legend, everyone SAY IT and EXPRESS IT, not yourself. When you stop being selfish, you will let your real voice be what it is. Do not imitate anyone career, do it by heart but not showing yourself as you want to push everyone to love your music. Even if your voice has improved, I meant your technique, technique is not everything on singing.… Expand
  21. agnusz
    Jun 9, 2018
    0
    Her worst album to date! The only two songs that I really like is Angel down and Joanne, the other ones just feed my garbage bin. She can do much better!
  22. aliceinwonderla
    Jun 2, 2018
    0
    She tried too hard to make something authentic, but it just isn't. It's actually very artificial.
    The lyrics are a mess, as usual, they don't tell a coherent story nor are technically good. The melodies are overproduced when it's clear that the intention was to make something raw and organic. The vocals are more of the same: Gaga still trying to prove that she can sing and yelling too    She tried too hard to make something authentic, but it just isn't. It's actually very artificial.
    The lyrics are a mess, as usual, they don't tell a coherent story nor are technically good. The melodies are overproduced when it's clear that the intention was to make something raw and organic. The vocals are more of the same: Gaga still trying to prove that she can sing and yelling too much. The mix of these elements just doesn't work. It's really bad. The songs are individually bad and the album as a whole is a mess. Don't believe the monsters!    … Expand
  23. BastianCritic
    Jan 9, 2018
    0
    no encuentro el sentido a este si tu naces siendo una Gaga controversial por que debes cambiar no crees que es algo idiota tras su cancion Born This Way este album es idiota y letras sin sentido o cosas asi. amaba el resto del trabajo de gaga pero este album no la dio.
  24. TiagoKades
    Oct 21, 2017
    0
    Ruim demais, Gaga mostrando que atira pra todo lado em busca de sucesso. Soa tão falso em identidade e personalidade... Não é "ruim", mas tá bem longe de ser bom!
  25. RK13
    Oct 4, 2017
    3
    Gaga may show variety and growth on the album, but the album is bland, very boring. I just wanted more because the lead single 'Perfect Illusion' was so good.
  26. Targayrean
    Jul 7, 2017
    1
    It is with great pain for me to say that Joanne is not the record that will change me like The Fame Monster or Born This Way. Any shred of the avant-gaga flair is gone. The personal is no longer the performance and the external is no longer the internal (thank you NYT). Perhaps she is going back to Red and Blue while I am going forward on to Vulnicura. Either way even the most avid fansIt is with great pain for me to say that Joanne is not the record that will change me like The Fame Monster or Born This Way. Any shred of the avant-gaga flair is gone. The personal is no longer the performance and the external is no longer the internal (thank you NYT). Perhaps she is going back to Red and Blue while I am going forward on to Vulnicura. Either way even the most avid fans of this record would not disagree she has gone backwards to her pre-gaga sound. The first half plays with some interesting ideas but with these glittering ideas comes awkwardly direct lyrics. In the second half of Joanne country bumpkin Gaga comes out to say, "Hey look what I can do,' and not a single fan was gained on that day (of course only time will tell to prove me right or wrong). Trolling aside Lady Gaga on the bonus tracks decides that pinot grigio is the correct wine to connect with her fellow woman-kind even though riesling is obviously better. There is a intense depression lying underneath the record expressed through Gaga's inability to pronounce the english language. This depression is also reminiscent of my now dead childhood.
    The album clumsily starts with the powerfully sung "Diamond" and lazily spoken "Heart". "Diamond Heart" pushes through with some lovely build ups and power choruses. "A-YO" plays with some great guitar playing similar to Wild Beasts with a country flair only to be driven by the viciously mundane Megan Trainor-esque "blow it in your face" and the awfully tacky clappity beat as well as steamy lyrics that leave nothing to the imagination. She left the disco stick in the trash and instead just wants you to get off on her- oh and there’s a mirror on the ceiling? "Joanne" is drenched in painful, hurtful even, honesty as well as some delightful lyrics I wish I could ask Gaga myself in the chorus, “Girl, where do you think you’re going?” "John Wayne” and “Dancing in Circles" are some of the high points of the record but goes full on lyrically country bumpkin Gaga and touch myself Gaga circa “So Happy I Could Die.” While I wasn’t pleased with Perfect Illusion originally it sounds wonderful when listening to it in the context of the album because it’s the only moment that has absolutely no country so far. The next song that actually matters is “Hey Girl” and it is tasty as all hell. Florence and Gaga is an unexpected heaven. My only complaint is the utter abuse of the title; one should not be able to begin the verse and the chorus the exact same way.
    Of course it goes with out saying, I am clearly not a country fan- but I do not believe many Lady Gaga fans are. But alas Yoü and I had a subtle twang- so I suppose it wasn’t completley out of the blue. While my review is attempting at some humor I am legitimately disappointed as Lady Gaga was my original musical awakening. There will be no musical awakening ushered on by Joanne. Now, I will proceed to play the banjo, grab a cowboy hat, jump on a horse, and pretend to like this album.    … Expand
  27. gamonx1
    Jun 23, 2017
    0
    A UN FLOP O QUE LOS CRÍTICOS DIGAN QUE A QUE ESTA JUGANDO Possui vocais maravilhosos e se reinventa a cada faixa. Uma linda mistura de country, pop, rock, pop latino, balada, entre outros. E é capaz de unir pessoas com
  28. yordileon
    Jun 9, 2017
    0
    Tan predecible que sea un fracaso, lo único bueno es la colaboración con Florence, lady homenajes quedo totalmente ocapada por ella.
    Aquí se termina su carrera "exitosa"
  29. dsakgeryfs
    Jun 8, 2017
    0
    gore ,
  30. EduardoEduardo
    Jun 6, 2017
    0
    I love Lady Gaga but I can say that this is the worst album of her career, may have convinced the other people but I do not. Too bad for a level Lady Gaga.
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67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Q Magazine
    Nov 15, 2016
    60
    Flawed though it is, this brave and canny album hits the reset button and buys her a future. [Jan 2017, p.105]
  2. The Quietus
    Nov 11, 2016
    60
    Unfortunately, therein lies the biggest problem with Joanne: for every time that Gaga seemingly breaks free of her shackles and embraces something more “real,” she quickly scuttles back into her comfort zone and hides behind glistening production. This probably isn’t quite the sound of the real Stefani Germanotta, but if you squint hard enough there’s a semblance of a real person in amongst the pop haze.
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  3. Clash Music
    Nov 9, 2016
    70
    Joanne is certainly not the all-conquering opus it was intended to be and will prove divisive, but it remains a daring and exciting record, delivered from one of modern pop’s most unique and singular voices.
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