Smile
by Katy Perry
  • Record Label: Capitol
  • Release Date: Aug 28, 2020
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8.3

Universal acclaim- based on 11514 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,769 out of 11514
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  1. jhonapanac
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy bet on something she has done in the past, this album is generic, it doesn't bring any news, I don't recommend… Expand
  2. wyzenjen
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    No improvement. This is the worst Katy's album by far. Please evolve next time.
  3. MariusTheGreat
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Just gonna leave a 0 in return of Katycats giving Folklore 0/10 score … Expand
  4. felipeal
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I miss the exciting songs on this album, the songs sound repeated, it seems like one only thing, I didn't like this work by Katy!… Expand
  5. MrmusicLUP
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    El álbum no es nada emocionante, es fresco, es genial, pero de ahí no pasa, solo encontramos 2 canciones geniales y las demás son relleno....no puedo decir más
  6. Mussa_
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    She stops trying to keep up with the Halseys and happily defaults to the fizzy bombast that is her stadium-size safety zone. [A
  7. KarelSamantha
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    To be honest, this album is not bad at all but I was waiting for more......
  8. godofchromatica
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Worst album ever bad songs bad singles bad music videos bad performances bad artwork
  9. youthxpride
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    it sounds really outdated, i can even feel those california girls vibes in this song... a song which came out 10 years ago
  10. Hajajsjsjs
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    worst album of the year. it’s boring af and has no replay value songs. all albums this year did better
  11. Fannylandia
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Este álbum apesta de principio o fin desde la portada uno se da cuenta que este álbum es asqueroso en toda su expresión y con ello acompañado de sus gatas calleras que fijen gustarle hace dar a conocer que este album fue el fracaso del año aunque esperándose de Katy Prerry se puede esperar afiis lagrimitas
  12. jmarquez94
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its not relevant, very very very ugly, not the best record of katy perry, dah… Expand
  13. Danielsil
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Seriously the worst katy perry album she ever made and i ever hear in my life!
  14. Keltxn
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    ruim como tudo que essa k-dela se propõe a fazer, não é pq pariu que tem que hitar, Grammy e hot100 não tem assento preferencial. Parece que o Sorriso amarelou
  15. otgmss
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    pop genérico, mais do mesmo. pior do que o witness, enfim. vai fracassar de novo, forças!
  16. Srfernan10s
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O album é uma mistura mal feita! Single ruins e uma tentativa de hit com imagens bonitas em clipe.… Expand
  17. Alexrea
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Contrived and uninspired. She has no idea what she’s aiming for as an artist anymore, so she delivered old navy back to school pop in a pandemic.
  18. samfk
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    it's more of the same, it's by far one of the weakest albums of the year when you compare to others released. It's quite sad that katy isn't even trying to try something different.
  19. Alexxx9298
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Es más de lo mismo ñ, debería retirarse, su fandom da asco ni ellos la soportan debería dedicarse a ser madre la música ya no es lo suyo
  20. borisboris
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    "The relentless spangle on Smile can seem jarring as Perry attempts to both nod to and avoid the pandemic-shaped elephant in the room. “It’s no funeral we’re attending,” she scoffs on “Not the End of the World.” There’s a song about postponing crying to go out and dance; there’s a separate track about dancing while crying. These are big-production tracks primed for maximum drama—shrieking"The relentless spangle on Smile can seem jarring as Perry attempts to both nod to and avoid the pandemic-shaped elephant in the room. “It’s no funeral we’re attending,” she scoffs on “Not the End of the World.” There’s a song about postponing crying to go out and dance; there’s a separate track about dancing while crying. These are big-production tracks primed for maximum drama—shrieking electro violins, skittering beats, flecks of dubstep and disco—but the clumsy lyrics hamper any emotional payoff."… Expand
  21. Alex235
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Es un álbum muy básico de una artista básica solo tiene una canción que se salva las demás son basura como mierga.
  22. SCccccc
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
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  23. Raulenxio14
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Too basic, she just can’t surpass over teenage dream, and this album is not exception.… Expand
  24. Babylittle123
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Álbum horrível e de péssima sonoridade, falta coesão parecendo mais que ela juntou músicas descartadas de eras antigas e tentou jogar tudo em um único álbum.
  25. Gmm6001
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bored like her life and... Realmente esperaba mucho de Katy Perry pero lamentablemente solo fue unos cuantos hits wonder… Expand
  26. LohrtonFerell
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    gegegegegegegegegegegegegegegegeheididkfofofovoifdugwyeeyie9r0e971uwhejdjdjffjjfjfjfdjdksksjdjdjdjdififififjfsjksod
  27. Marco1998
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Parece mais do mesmo, escutando NRO pela primeira vez parece legal, mas depois o álbum todo soa repetitivo e chato.
  28. Edras
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Katy perry's smile is a bad album, she hasn't evolved at all since her debut on. artists need to evolve and it is something that she has not achieved.
  29. TroyAccola
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This album should have been left in the drafts...no new sounds. No new message. No ‘Smile’ from this listener...her face on the cover is the face I had through this album.
  30. tiaguinhomap
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Unfortunately, very poor pop album. Not much substance or creativity involved. Disappointed.
  31. loopyzach
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    this is awful, looks like an playlist with discarded songs by an b-list singer...
  32. Agista
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Worst album sorry :( need new inovation in music to be the great album, its just so boaring… Expand
  33. Lilithbabylon
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Esperava um 10 mas vai levar um 0 para aprender a deixar de ser preguiçosa.
    E isso vale também para os fãs infantis da mesma. Prefiro o XSPB 03.
  34. Smileflop
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Such a flop,didn't deserve any award,the songwriting sucks,katy need to pull out this sucks album
  35. Erhannn
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Flops always flop she is over and she Will never be a Gaga or Taylor. Smile worst album of all time… Expand
  36. KathyDuarte
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Honestly, there's nothing I want to say about that. Speechless. Completely speechless.
  37. Folk29
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    GENERIC POP ALBUM. SHE IS IRRELEVANT NOW. GIVING BIRTH CAN'T SAVE HER CAREER
  38. SlutlyBoy
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    is a bad album, a really, really, really bad album.
    Pasando la smile, pasando la witness
  39. popincandy
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    boring. bland. tasteless. it lacks spirit and depth, hidden by a bouncy tune.
  40. aleejandrourba
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    gurl, byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
  41. Katycatslovers
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Dissapointed, really dissapointing, really dissappointing to say the least, it's just really dissapointing
  42. Kingkev60
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Always the same sound! NOTHING MORE I really expected more from this album, it's super basic, the tracks are similar, there's no emotion, you don't feel like you want to convey. I don't know until when Katy Perry will keep making the same songs she really needs to reinvent herself. has years with cheesy commercial pop. I accept that I have sung many of his songs, I loved his music yearsAlways the same sound! NOTHING MORE I really expected more from this album, it's super basic, the tracks are similar, there's no emotion, you don't feel like you want to convey. I don't know until when Katy Perry will keep making the same songs she really needs to reinvent herself. has years with cheesy commercial pop. I accept that I have sung many of his songs, I loved his music years ago but for many years with the same. does not contribute anything ... nothing is fresh I did not like the album in general modesty two singles and that's it!… Expand
  43. leinavk
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    It's not even that the songs are bad, it's worse than that: they are largely forgettable. Gone are the concise couplets and hooks catchier than a rash, replaced by mediocre knockoffs.
  44. kekebeke
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very bad. her worst work yet. couldn't think it could go worse than witness, well...… Expand
  45. gutosanto
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Álbum sem nenhum conceito, músicas que não marcam e te deixam com vontade de pular faixa a faixa.
  46. GabCMi
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Boring and not innovator at all. I love Katy but this is not her best......
  47. Jesussmartos
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Bullsh*t, honestly bullsh*it. TOTALLY. Uwu uwu jwu uwu uwu muak t amo muxixixiximo
  48. gastonruiz
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    Mal álbum, katy se quedó en el 2011, no ha sabido adaptarse a los nuevos desafíos que plantean estos tiempos
  49. fhgoemrm
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    queen of FLOP
    Never Really Over was a bop but Katy Idiot **** realeased Flop Talk and flopped hard...lol
    so I hate this album
  50. crapcrap001
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    There's a reason if Katy's not getting the commercial success she used to in Teenage Dream. She's never evolved musically. She's always playing it safe. This album makes no exception : It is a bland pop record that just sounds like some Teenage dream B-sides. The only way she could get out of this critical and commercial flop curse would be to surprise her public with a more audacity.
  51. panaconii
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album makes me want to sleep, I couldn't hear until the end, Katy made a big mistake in this job!… Expand
  52. alleyesonme
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Skilled critics have said it all, this album sounds like Katy has always done it, there's nothing new.… Expand
  53. darkerangel
    Aug 30, 2020
    0
    literally the same thing that has been doing Katy Perry, she try to being successful but her time has just passed. A terrible album
  54. DanieldAlcantar
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Os vocais de Katy Perry estão cada vez mais limpos e dessa vez ela voltou as origens com o pop que a colocou no topo em 2010.
    Um trabalho muito bem elaborado com músicas coesas presentes dentro do álbum.
  55. Jsjbdh
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    Nothing more but the same. All of her songs sound exactly like others from her previous albums, her formula is really tiring.
  56. Olga99
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    One of the worst albums I’ve heard in my entire life.

    I really liked Katy Perry until Witness, but this album is tragic, terrible songs, terrible lyrics, terrible concept and kinda basic and childish for a woman who’s on her mid 30s .

    Definitely her worst album ever.
  57. babybjorking
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    well, hear that sound like I´m in a completely horror experience. This album is full of forgettable songs, miserable production, Katy Perry is kind forgettable too, nobody want more of her in media.
  58. Abdullah0987
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Ridiculous not expected from singer like her its the worst album of her whole career
  59. Daah
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La cantante fallaba a la hora de conseguir un hit que sostuviera el lanzamiento del disco, y el enfoque del sello con el single que le daba título era incomprensible con el paso de las semanas: el tracklist de ‘Smile’ contiene canciones que podrían haber servido mucho mejor de muelle en su primera semana.… Expand
  60. reprecede
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    The album is by far her most empowering yet.
    It represents a lot about positivity, empowerment and just getting yourself back.
    If Prism is about Maturity, Witness is Experimenting... Smile is Rejuvenation/Revival.
  61. Casablan
    Sep 3, 2020
    0
    No es tan bueno, me parece a trazado para su discografía, anterior. No causa relevancia ni produce emoción al escuchar.
  62. Bukeeytica14
    Sep 4, 2020
    0
    She never evolves. She always does the same boring type of childish music. So awkward. The worst album of the year by far. Stream Lemonade by Beyoncé to clean your ears. Beyoncé poops on Katy.
  63. nuwang
    Sep 6, 2020
    0
    这是我听过的最糟糕的专辑。我不认识凯蒂·佩里。凯蒂·佩里 发生了什么，但是无论发生什么都一定破坏了她的创造力。即使是八月份发行，这也是2020年最糟糕的专辑，我讨厌它。她曾经是2010年的出色流行歌星，但她失去了魔力 。在排行榜上也表现不佳哈哈哈！
  64. taniaRan
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    The same pop style since 2010, she is 30+, she needs to grow up and change everything if she wants to continue.
  65. bardigang79
    Sep 10, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El peor álbum del 2020, es todo un desastre, ella debería de retirarse de la musica, es la burla del pop… Expand
  66. anapopescu
    Sep 13, 2020
    0
    This album was a big disappointment, especially coming from Katy Perry who has had at least some deep cuts on all her albums but somehow fails to deliver this time.
  67. JohnSnow41188
    Oct 2, 2020
    0
    I wanted to like it but unfortunately, Katy seems to have lost her inspiration.
  68. jorgecorona1505
    Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Honestly, after this album katy needs to reinvent herself, it was hot garbage, the only song that can be saved is Never really over
  69. cuzinho1
    Mar 19, 2021
    0
    leans on tired cliché and outdated dance-lite production.
    leans on tired cliché and outdated dance-lite production.
    leans on tired cliché and outdated dance-lite production.
  70. BillboardPH
    Apr 9, 2021
    0
    Funniest pandemic record ever. Hands down. Katy never failed us to disappoint us.
  71. JoshMedinna
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El peor álbum de la historia, es asqueroso y desagradable, esta tipa nunca fue iconica… Expand
  72. Segundoleo26
    Nov 23, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Katy Perry’s bubbly, cliché-ridden pop feels especially unsuited for life in a pandemic. But despite all her garbled platitudes, she remains a master at executing chart-topping formulas.… Expand
  73. aftergiowhore
    Nov 4, 2021
    0
    this album is below mid. I didn't really like katy like ever and seeing how her fans behave on twitter i just thought i would leave my 2 cents here for that. Yup she's over and it's time everyone accepts it. ciao
  74. frockwell
    Nov 11, 2021
    0
    One of the worst albums of all time. Mediocre, boring, horrible production and childish lyricism.
  75. Prisila
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Essa mulher não tem talento algum, sem Dr Luke ela não é ninguem, esse album soa como sobras da Rita Ora ou alguem do tipo. Lixo total! Lixo! Lixo!
  76. KatyPerryIsOver
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Fracasso mundial, sem Dr Luke essa mulher não é ninguém. Não há nenhum hit no álbum, tudo soa como a mesma canção, produções fracas, letras sem sentido. Fracasso total!
  77. MadonnaFan
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Weak album, incoherent lyrics, disjointed and predictable production, that's why this woman has no relevance since 2014, she got lost in her own greed.
  78. Marlhom
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    One of the worst albums ever released! Dunno what she was thinking when she released this fart!
  79. Arethah
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Trash album by trash artist. She lost her mind after the breakup with Dr Luke!
  80. GagaBestActress
    Nov 25, 2021
    0
    Her worst album ever! No wonder this tanked hard, boring songs that sound the same!
  81. Galenno
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    Well, Smile performed even worse than Witness as the album, despite releasing a string of catchy singles, not only opened with shockingly low first-week sales but also made a massive leap from its initial debut at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 200, dropping to a shocking No. 54 the following week.
  82. JairBoIsonaro
    Nov 26, 2021
    0
    Fracasso imediato. Esse álbum é uma das piores coisas que eu já ouvi na vida!
  83. asd8
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Not good at all. Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
  84. Narinha
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Worst album eved made. Katy Perry, for God's sake, don't enter in the studio again.
  85. Beyfan
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Pior e mais fraco album pop da história, esta mulher perdeu a mão para lançar hits desde a metade da decada passada!!!
  86. Tidinha
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Mais um fracasso na conta dessa palhaça. A capa do disco resume bem o seu conteúdo: uma palhaçada sem graça.
  87. PauloRolao
    Nov 27, 2021
    0
    Esse album é muito ruim, uma pandemia dentro de uma pandemia, Katy, se aposenta que é melhor pra vc
  88. Dolabela
    Nov 29, 2021
    0
    Cd horrível não sei como tem alguem que acha esse lixo bom, so podem ser loucos!
  89. PauloPicao
    Dec 14, 2021
    0
    Álbum fraco
  90. Jerald16
    Jul 18, 2022
    0
    Worst Album ever..


    Katy Flop all the way......
  91. elijoshua
    Aug 21, 2022
    0
    BAD album. shes over..........................................................
  92. FranciscoAubert
    Jun 13, 2023
    0
    Katy has proven once again that she is one of the greatest popstars with this albums including great lyrics and a great production. Perfect over all.
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  1. Positive: 3 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. AllMusic
    Sep 8, 2020
    60
    Without fleeting moments of bad taste, Perry does indeed sound mature, but she's also not quite as fun. That's a conscious choice, though. Smile is intended to evoke memories of her frivolous younger days while pointing toward a sustainable pop future.
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  2. No Ripcord
    Sep 4, 2020
    50
    While Perry finds the occasional moment of quality here (Smile and Tucked both feel like the best possible music we could get from Katy Perry in 2020), Smile is an album searching for an identity—and when it fails, it falls back on lazy writing.
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  3. PopMatters
    Aug 31, 2020
    60
    Like Joanne before Chromatica, Smile plays like a necessary centering exercise, indulging her insecurities and less surefire instincts. If Witness was overdetermined, Smile is an earnest exhale, for better or for worse. It delivers an image of her journey towards inner peace that is honest (if corny) and catchy (if not exactly inventive).
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