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  • Summary: The fourth studio release for the pop singer includes production from Dr. Luke, Greg Kurstin, Max Martin, StarGate, and Greg Wells.
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Roar
I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath Scared to rock the boat and make a mess So I sat quietly Agreed politely I guess that I forgot I had a... See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. The Telegraph (UK)
    Oct 17, 2013
    100
    She sounds like a woman, and an artist, who’s finally found herself.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Oct 16, 2013
    83
    Katy Perry aims to please. But now she grasps that she's making the mainstream, not just swimming in it.
  3. Tiny Mix Tapes
    Nov 14, 2013
    70
    It 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.
  4. Slant Magazine
    Oct 17, 2013
    60
    She largely sticks to her tried-and-true pop template, each song tailor-made for mass consumption with mixed results.
  5. The A.V. Club
    Oct 22, 2013
    58
    As a whole, Prism is forgettable. It’s neither good nor bad, and it’s not inspirational enough to set anyone on fire who’s not already an 11-year-old girl, closeted teen boy, or existing Perry fanatic.
  6. Absolute Punk (Staff reviews)
    Oct 28, 2013
    45
    An album with too many cooks in the kitchen and not enough good songs to recommend.
  7. The Independent on Sunday (UK)
    Oct 21, 2013
    40
    Self-help and sauce remain the remit, which might have been less tiring if “Roar”, “Walking on Air” and “This Moment” offered forms fresher than, respectively, the robo-stutter of Rihanna’s “Umbrella”, weary Italo-house pianos and strenuous stadium bluster to enliven their empowerment-speak.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 408 out of 564
  2. Mixed: 66 out of 564
  3. Negative: 90 out of 564
  1. breno30876299
    Oct 22, 2013
    10
    much ballad, very cheerful music
    songs of self control and music to make it clear that you send.
    Congratulations katy. music highlights It    much ballad, very cheerful music
    songs of self control and music to make it clear that you send.
    Congratulations katy.
    music highlights
    It Takes Two, and Love Me Roar course    … Expand
  2. ElInformadorMx
    Aug 31, 2020
    10
    ESTE ÁLBUM ES UNA JOYA.
    KATY TIENE SONIDOS ESPECTACULARES, SIN DUDA MERECIA EL GRAMMY.
  4. Adjamirarruda
    Jun 6, 2017
    10
    The álbun it's wanderful. The songs it's some beautiful. I love This álbum. Katy Perry os a great artist and This is my favoritos álbun. TheThe álbun it's wanderful. The songs it's some beautiful. I love This álbum. Katy Perry os a great artist and This is my favoritos álbun. The songs like Dark Horse and Spiritual are some great.… Expand
  5. JohnnyBlacio
    Mar 28, 2020
    10
    ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ The best album of Katy Perry ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ The best album of Katy Perry ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
  6. IGa
    Jan 30, 2016
    8
    Even that rather predictable, it is surprising to see an artist choose this pop style in the midst of so many successful concept albums. KatyEven that rather predictable, it is surprising to see an artist choose this pop style in the midst of so many successful concept albums. Katy Perry showed again that does not like to surrender to the fad and eventually creating one albums which, though it may be a fairly predictable nature and not much difference from its predecessor, deserves its share of praise. "Prism" has great lyrics and vibrant beats, but the excitement of trying something new is far away from here. "Prism" sounds more like a "Teenage Dream 2", but it works very well to show again the fun pop vein of Katy Perry.… Expand
  7. spongeswift
    Nov 10, 2017
    6
    Prism marked the change of Katy going from "I wanna make big hits" to "I wanna make meaningful hits" and did that really work? Well Roar was aPrism marked the change of Katy going from "I wanna make big hits" to "I wanna make meaningful hits" and did that really work? Well Roar was a fun song it was definitely in line with Shake It Off, where it's not a great song but it gets the message across. So the era started off on an ok hit. And we got a few tastes of the album before it came out and they were ok. When the album came out I was kind of scared because Katy's idea of a meaningful song was just meh to me and a lot of other people. And I was right the album had a few fun songs, but the songs that were supposed to be taken seriously were just not. Katy created another decent album and of course it did not have Teenage Dream's sales success or song success. The only song after Roar to be a real hit was Dark Horse which was a semi-big hit but of course still not as big as anything like her recent bangers. This album marked the decline of her career commerical wise and quality wise.… Expand
  8. daniel2014
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Bored, there's no more words to something that seems that doesn't have enough effort.

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