poll Are we ready to admit Chromatica STOMPS on Mayhem, and y'all suffer of recency bias?

[Kern]

You ate with that statement. I still stream Chromatica from time to time. Mayhem? Zero

[DoctorIce]

April Fools Day was on Tuesday.

 

The way she truly went from her worst album to her best though. The creative rebound. 

[ONOPKA]

i really enjoy both in equal measures. chromatica has some great songs - free woman, 911, alice, ROM, sour candy... all bops for me

 

and i loved the chromatica ball  

[Relampago.]

Chromatica is the album I experienced recency bias with if anything when I said it was her next TFM

[qurl]

5 minutes ago, Relampago. said:

Chromatica is the album I experienced recency bias with if anything when I said it was her next TFM

i didn't know "recency bias" was a new street name for crack

 

[nostalgic]

Chromatica is a fine pop album but Mayhem is her best work since ARTPOP, maybe even BTW  she put her entire authentic soul into this one and you can hear it—which makes it all the more special.

 

1 hour ago, Verandi said:

Objectively where exactly? the part where she cosplays as Michael Jackson? or Taylor Swift? Or Depeche Mode or David Bowie or Prince?

Gaga cosplaying Depeche Mode is supposed to be a bad thing? I'd die for an ENTIRE album of that. That's Gessafelstein's magic!!!

 

[Loca]

No, Chromatica is awful. Thank god Babylon exists

[suneclipse121]

I hate Chromatica so much. It's her most generic and basic album. It's has some of the most sanitized production of her career. Just everything about it seemed dull to me. 911 was cute. 
 

Mayhem stomps all over that album in every way. 

[satellites.™]

Only kept Disease and Abracadabra from Mayhem.

 

CHROMATICA is an ALBUM!

[UnRayuki]

The NO in 80% already. This is the best Mayhem appreciation thread ever. Congrats to the op.

[Kurt Hummel]

Chromatica was (for the majority) Gaga running on auto-pilot and making a version of pop that wasn't authentically her, and that's okay to admit  MAYHEM is literally classic Gaga with a modern polish, and it's her most bulletproof album in over a decade

[Verandi]

16 minutes ago, UnRayuki said:

The NO in 80% already. This is the best Mayhem appreciation thread ever. Congrats to the op.

Let's give it some time until the next Gaga album comes out to really know how people feel about Mayhem 

 

ATRLers love to jump into success bandwagons as soon as Gaga just bluntly chomped a hit song with Bruno Mars at the end and had 1 iconic music video and in their minds a hit album

Edited Friday at 09:55 PM by Verandi

[conatus]

Agreed. Though Chromatica is still a very flawed album.

[LewisK]

Chromatica's photo visuals >>>> Mayhem's photo visuals (even though they're good)

 

That's about it. Because:

 

Mayhem's mvs >>>>>>>> Chromatica's mvs

Mayhem's tracks >>>>>>>>>> Chromatica's tracks (except for 911 and Replay)

Mayhem's singles >>>>>> Chromatica's

 

And, above all, Gaga's attitude and passion for Mayhem >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> whatever she felt for Chromatica.

 

I say this as a Chromatica lover, I think the album is mostly good and it holds a special place in my heart! The visuals were one of her most interesting ever, but she WASTED all the potential on cheap/basic mv (except for 911, but she didn't really use Chromatica's universe in that...) and didn't do anything else with them.

Edited Friday at 10:03 PM by LewisK

[Rotunda]

Mayhem makes Chromatica look like a Katy Perry album 

[charot]

The problem with Chromatica is the repetitive production and not so strong melodies (even Joanne clears it melodically), it also lacks choruses and layering. I'm not also a fan of the vocal deliveries.

 

Mayhem is better and not even close.

Edited Friday at 10:20 PM by charot

[Vin]

2 hours ago, sunbathinganimal said:

Chromatica is a great album and I will never understand the hate circlejerk on here

 

I agree.

 

 

"Chromatica" is Lady Gaga's best POP album. 

 

 

"911" is the best POP song Gaga's released,

but "Garden of Eden" is a very close second.

 

 

"Mayhem" is great and cohesive, but little monsters saying "Chromatica" is a bad album need to visit the Born This Way Bus, because they are exhibiting more mental illness than usual.

 

 

...Vin

[coney island]

No. 

I really like Chromatica but in no way does it surpass Mayhem in quality for me. 

[Chaos Angel]

Chromatica is solid and has its perks but Mayhem is better because it's full of personality, feels more authentically Gaga, & is more dynamic production wise. 

[glitch]

There's no recency bias. I didn't like Chromatica from the day it was released, but Mayhem was instant

[nadiamendell]

No, absolutely not. Chromatica isn't bad, but it just doesn't have the heart and soul that Mayhem has.

[blown away]

Excuse me no, what have you been smoking ma'am?

Chromatica is a great album but Mayhem devours.

[Sazare]

No, Chromatica sucks

 

Mayhem isn't great but at least it's less boilerplate

[Kurt Hummel]

2 hours ago, Verandi said:

Chromatica gave us house sounds [...] and unique production and melodies

Gaga herself didn't even seem to want Chromatica to sound like that, clearly being more hands-off because of her psychosis and declining mental health  911 and Replay are some of the only songs where she reaches her full potential. It's not hard to see why it was a bit more divisive than her other club-friendly albums.

 

2 hours ago, Verandi said:

And a brutalism inspired tour

Which was years later & completely divorced from the original era. It was more like a Greatest Hits tour with Chromatica songs tacked on  It was also literally the start of her ideas for MAYHEM, hence she used the film as a platform to tease it

 

2 hours ago, Verandi said:

MAYHEM rightly so gave us Abracadabra, but the rest.. feels more like a tribute cover album of iconic artists like MJ and Taylor Swift for the safe soccer moms that like to feel spicy and modern

If you're a real stan, you'll know that classic Gaga is all over MAYHEM, not just Abra or Disease. So many of the songs are evocative of her earliest references & ideas, especially Zombieboy/Killah/Garden Of Eden, while also still being fresh. It is THE Gaga comeback album and it's rightfully acclaimed as such 

Edited Friday at 10:35 PM by Kurt Hummel

[Nico Robin]

Absolutely the **** NOT and I love Cosmetica