album Lady Gaga - 'Harlequin'

[BitOfABitch]

gaga's greatest talent is the diversity in vocal styles that she can pull off

 and this album is the most superior example of that

 

 this will be a classic y'all watch

[sha-nasty]

I love World On A String, The Joker & Happy Mistake. That's definitely the trinity here. Oh, When The Saints, Folie à Deux & Close To You are nice too. 

 

Feel a little mislead, but not disappointed since this was a quick lil gift & I don't know most of the songs. But in saying that, if I didn't know Gaga's voice & this was her project- I wouldn't know you weren't playing me an old song. Like only the first songs I mentioned have the "interesting, updated" production imo. But Gaga sounds too good sometimes it's unreal. 

Edited September 26 by sha-nasty

[daniela monquelat]

16 minutes ago, UrMom said:

Where ya'll listening to this?

 

I love jazz, but tbh her screaming on the first two jazz albums traumatized me, so I'm scared

well she belts way more in this album, so.... 

[Kimi]

1 hour ago, tost1 said:

Me if I was a bratty bottom

bratty bottom with joanne #1?

[tost1]

7 minutes ago, Kimi said:

bratty bottom with joanne #1?

Well maybe @BrattyBottom is from Nashville, idk...

[Archetype]

Her voice sounds INCREDIBLE and I'm only finished with the first track 

 

Edit: on Get Happy and her voice is even BETTER??? HOW???

Edited September 26 by Archetype

[Illuminati]

I think The Joker was the right pick for the single/music video. It's definitely one of the highlights, along with Happy Mistake and That's Life for me

[Doctor Dick]

14 hours ago, Zaram said:

But she should be. We better not waste those 2 billion extra streams 

For what? It's not considered a prestige thing to do to add a last-minute stand-alone single just because it was a smash. It looks desperate, doesn't fit on the album at all and will only give more ammo for the haters if the album is even remotely successful. 

Edited September 26 by Doctor Dick

[Archetype]

These are best vocals EVER WTFF

[RideOrDie]

already forgot about this I'm ready to become a Notorious Being

 

[Edonis]

Just now, RideOrDie said:

already forgot about this I'm ready to become a Notorious Being

 

is that the confirmed lead?

 

[Doctor Dick]

17 minutes ago, Archetype said:

Her voice sounds INCREDIBLE and I'm only finished with the first track 

 

Edit: on Get Happy and her voice is even BETTER??? HOW???

Ok, Archetype. We gon' need you to give us a little review when you're done 

[UnRayuki]

I haven't listen to the full album yet and honestly not very excited by a conventional cover album, but Happy Mistake is a good ballad with a joyful 90s taste that while is not as good as Shallow or DWAS, is a HUGE improvement over Hold my Hand. HUGE.

[duybeeGAshantiGA]

This album features her best VOCALS. PERIOD! She does almost everything here. It's like she combined all of her singing techniques throughout her career, put them here and took them to the next level. You can find all sorts of singing techniques in this album.

 

The most impressive one is how she jumps from 1 octave to the higher octave in 2 consecutive notes and still maintains power in the ending of the Disney Folie a Deux song. That's hard. Try to listen to that part (at around 2:34 to 2:46 in Folie a Deux) again and try to mimick her, I bet you will fail cuz that's one of the hardest singing techniques ever. She did that once before in Dope but this time it's even much harder, this time it requires even a better technique at jumping octaves.

 

Usually your vocal chords needs a warm up (or a vocal stairs) to go from a low note to a much higher note (this time the higher note belongs to a higher octave), but this technique means you have to jump RIGHT AWAY. Poor technique will make you lose the power or resonance of the latter note.

Edited September 26 by duybeeGAshantiGA

[Supervillain]

Happy Mistake is on repeat. So gorgeous 

 

[Taylor fanboy]

3 hours ago, Edonis said:

I think the aesthetics match the meaning behind the record. The idea that jazz music and traditional pop has to be tied to maudlin black and white shoots and ballgowns is a big misconception I see pushed in the fan base. Even if the music has an "old-fashioned" feel to it, it's nice to see more modernized imagery paired with it. 

Perfect contrast.

[Album Leak]

Smile's production is sublime. The whole cover is breathtaking.

The part where she starts to talk in French. Good lordt. 

[Taylor fanboy]

"The joooookerrr is meeeee!"

 

Needs to be memed and go tiktok viral

[selena_lavigne]

7 hours but i think i'm going to sleep in 5. 

[4th Time Around]

I liked this way more than I was expecting but Happy Mistake is so good it just made me want more originals from her instead of covers

[Relampago.]

Which song is the "Still Not October" song? Is it rock or is it misleading in the teaser?

[Archetype]

As others are saying, this album is by far her most vocally impressive.  It feels much more organic and less-staged than her prior jazz records.  Yes, it is mostly a jazz record, but with a lot of attitude and kick considering this was done on her own terms.  There are maybe only one or two songs that are sort of (as covers) not something I'm interested in, but she does a phenomenal job regardless.  It's hard for me to pick which song I like the most, but I think anyone who was a fan of C2C is going to really enjoy this

[Rocket]

My vinyl shipped. Is it too late to ship it back.

 

[artc0cx]

I'm so excited for this album, her vocals are sublime, i feel like crying to her voice, the cover for Close to You, Joker, Happy Mistake wow, i feel like a kid again if that makes sense, LG7 will be the death to me

[AlGreRithm]

26 minutes ago, Relampago. said:

Which song is the "Still Not October" song? Is it rock or is it misleading in the teaser?

Edit: lol it's The Joker. Yes Rock.

Edited September 26 by AlGreRithm