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[Marry The Gods]

Joanne is a good album but it could have been so much better had she pushed herself further. The sequencing of the album is also all over the place. 

[Aden]

1 minute ago, Marry The Gods said:

Joanne is a good album but it could have been so much better had she pushed herself further. The sequencing of the album is also all over the place. 

Agreed, Joanne is good and underrated but the sequencing held it back. The album becomes boring after MR for people who don't traditionally listen to Folk/Americana music (even though I personally appreciate gems like Sinners Prayer, Hey Girl and Angel Down). It would have been great if she added 2-3 John Wayne/DIC-style songs toward the latter half of the album.

 

I don't know if this counts as part of the mixing, but I also wish the album was generally louder. It feels a bit subdued in some instances.

[chosensparkles]

mix engineers are usually involved towards the end of a record...

LG7 is upon us

[Abracadabra]

52 minutes ago, chosensparkles said:

those are the rumors but we truly have no idea what she has been cooking in terms of styles

we know BURNS, Andrew Wyatt and possibly the producer of Diamond Heart are working with her on this

 

47 minutes ago, ScorpiosGroove said:

yeah that was the last thing i’ve heard. do we know if he is involved too ? 

 

this… how many times did people think she’s cooking up a rock album and then it never came  but her looks and attitude these past days are really promising 

It's Andrew Watt, not Andrew Wyatt. Both writers/producers with similar names who have worked with Gaga, but I think we've only heard of Watt being involved in new music for now.

[chosensparkles]

4 minutes ago, Miichael said:

 

It's Andrew Watt, not Andrew Wyatt. Both writers/producers with similar names who have worked with Gaga, but I think we've only heard of Watt being involved in new music for now.

true true!

[Sannie]

30 minutes ago, Aden said:

Technically 2016-2017. Joanne did get a proper era, it just didn't really hit with the public until the Superbowl. 

 

And we're really never getting anything like BTW ever again. We were lucky to get 3 music videos for Chromatica.

 

But LG7 does need proper legs, even if they coincide with Joker 2 idc.

 

 

Right? What the hell. Joanne she was everywhere, performing every chance she could. How could anyone argue that was not a proper album campaign?  

[chosensparkles]

2 minutes ago, Sannie said:

Right? What the hell. Joanne she was everywhere, performing every chance she could. How could anyone argue that was not a proper album campaign?  

cause she wasn't half dressed and singing about sex in the singles

[DonnieDarko]

Joanne was needed and did fix her public image and prepared the ground for ASIB. It has some of her better songwriting and cute ideas but it was underwhelming and seems like a wasted opportunity, at least to me.Although I like the album and listen to it from time to time.

Edited October 20, 2023 by DonnieDarko

[Vroom Vroom]

6 minutes ago, chosensparkles said:

mix engineers are usually involved towards the end of a record...

LG7 is upon us

I’m getting more optimistic 

 

… BUT it is too soon to tell. We don’t know what they are mixing. Since she went there two nights in row, it most likely is some type of album. It still could be the JFAD soundtrack. Supervising someone mixing a soundtrack should not interfere with the SAG strike 

[Sannie]

1 minute ago, chosensparkles said:

cause she wasn't half dressed and singing about sex in the singles

Ohhhhhh, that makes more sense. Totally valid critique then.  

 

One of her best live performances, John Wayne at VSFS, comes from Joanne. ARTPOP could never.

 

 

17 minutes ago, Marry The Gods said:

Joanne is a good album but it could have been so much better had she pushed herself further. The sequencing of the album is also all over the place. 

Sequencing aside because tea, what does this critique mean? 

[Vroom Vroom]

Just now, DonnieDarko said:

Joanne was needed and did fix her public image and prepared the ground for ASIB. It has some of her better songwriting and cute ideas but it was underwhelming and seems like a wasted opportunity. Although I like the album and listen to it from time to time.

This! They had all the ingredients for a great album, but a lot of it didn’t click. 

Like a collab with Florence Welch should of been a career highlight, but Hey Girl is super underwhelming 

 

I still love the album, but it is all over the place 

[DonnieDarko]

Just now, Vroom Vroom said:

This! They had all the ingredients for a great album, but a lot of it didn’t click. 

Like a collab with Florence Welch should of been a career highlight, but Hey Girl is super underwhelming 

 

I still love the album, but it is all over the place 

Agreed 100%.

[Gagaqueen]

Is that Joe Germanotta behind her ? We lost

 

 

[chosensparkles]

Just now, Gagaqueen said:

Is that Joe Germanotta behind her ? We lost

 

 

still alive it seems

[DonnieDarko]

1 minute ago, Gagaqueen said:

Is that Joe Germanotta behind her ? We lost

 

 

Not this

[Sannie]

I guess it just comes down to the type of music you like because the only real let down for me on Joan is Angel Down. I feel it was too shoehorned into the album, though the messaging is very nice. Probably better suited for a different occasion, but I still laugh when I think about how RedOne was somehow involved with it.

 

It was one of the first times we got to really see Gaga tell her life story from her own perspective. Up until that point, she had kept a lot of personal things under wraps or really did not get too much into her private life, but Joan opened a book we had never gotten to read before. Almost ever song on the album tells us something about her we did not know beforehand.

 

Even cheesy songs like Grigio Girls gives us a glimpse into her life as a traditionally basic white girl who likes to sit around with friends drinking Pinot Grigio.  

 

 

2 minutes ago, Gagaqueen said:

Is that Joe Germanotta behind her ? We lost

 

 

No, that is a homeless man. You can tell by the piss on the ground in front of him.

Edited October 20, 2023 by Sannie

[Vroom Vroom]

It’s just so crazy that they took two vocal powerhouses who are known for using unique instrumentals and had them sing a lowkey chill song over a Bennie and the Jets rip off instrumental 

 

Like how did they miss the mark this badly with Hey Girl? 

[WildAmerican]

I think we can ALL agree that Sinner's Prayer is EXCELLENCE

 

[chosensparkles]

Hey Girl is such a bop

I still love it and it aged beautifully!

[Sannie]

2 minutes ago, WildAmerican said:

I think we can ALL agree that Sinner's Prayer is EXCELLENCE

 

Whenever I think of Joanne's songwriting being so good, Sinner's Prayer pops into my head. It is an amazing lyrical journey from start to finish.

 

Sinner's Prayer

Diamond Heart

Perfect Illusion

Joanne

I would add MR, but I have always been irked by the repetition "giving me a million reasons" serves. Her performance version in the UK was so much better.

[DonnieDarko]

4 minutes ago, WildAmerican said:

I think we can ALL agree that Sinner's Prayer is EXCELLENCE

 

I like this song a lot actually.

[Almodusa]

Sinner’s Prayer is a dark groove. Let THAT get a Halloween boost instead of Sour Candy

[Aden]

Joanne worked out really well for her career in the end, but if I had to go back and change things, I would have had the record go in a more singer-songwriter direction than a Folk/American direction. Something more in the vein of You and I and Speechless.

 

She just needed to prove her genre diversity. The country essence and aesthetics we're add-ons that really weren't needed.

[Album Leak]

Joanne just kind of sucks. Every year I have less and less good things to say about it while my appreciation for every other album increases.

Edited October 20, 2023 by Album Leak

[chosensparkles]