Divorced and enriched by some experiences published Katy Perry her third studio album PRISM commercial, they announce the birth of a new self. Fort are purple wigs and frivolous lyrics. In its place comes a confident young woman who wants to draw attention to themselves with more depth.
This upheaval seems to be initially successful, it ends up with the first coupling ROAR one of the most successful hits in 2013, which is probably due to the catchy chorus that invites singing along: "You gonna hear me rooooar". She sings from the fact that she is a fighter and everyone takes her from the happy.
Otherwise PRISM themed on the previous albums One of the Boys and Teenage Dream, the lyrics sound more mature and act less overexcited. As usual, so Katy sings ballads about being in love (UNCONDITIONALLY, DOUBLE RAINBOW), abandonment (GHOST), describes her jetset life, which is determined by restlessness (INTERNATIONAL SMILE) and assured to have a good self-esteem ("who I am is who I'm meant to be ": LOVE ME).
Melodic kicks her loyal hit producer Dr. Luke increasingly to the fore and arranges Katy among others a song that could have come from 1992 and was for the most likely Madonna godmother. WALKING ON AIR, one of the highlights on PRISM, sounds like a mishmash of DEEPER AND DEEPER, VOGUE and Rescue Me, which even contains a textual reference to the pop queen of that time: "You read me like erotica". One might really think Shep Pettibone would have been at work. Far away the comparison may not always be, Katy Perry Madonna has cited as a source of inspiration of her previous work Teenage Dream.
Compositionally, it is similar to the previous strong to swim still on the Revival of the 80 Wave. The high synthetic Intro THIS MOMENT was programmed as if it were created precisely at this time. Newfangled beats and guitar sounds of Katy to current Lebensabschnittspartner John Mayer join in the middle of it and show the strength of Stargate on who has mitgewerkelt in this item. Admittedly, nothing on this album sounds particularly new or original, as far as the melodies, but the many cooks just do not to spoil the broth. They conjure up a continuous audible pop album, but the bright spots represent mainly moderate hip-hop elements.
The Stimmungsmacher THIS IS HOW WE DO tells of boozy party nights and is the only remnant of the wacky teenagedream time. To energisierten synths and a driving beat Katy wears her chant before ending very charming: "No, no, no, bring the beat back". No sooner said than done, this song is one certainly hear most often.
Even hip-hop-heavy DARK HORSE is because that even a mystical, if not has promising component. Katy pulls the listener like a black horse of the Apocalypse in its spell: "Are you ready for, ready for, a perfect storm, a perfect storm?" Perfect storm is probably the visualization of Katy Perry's PRISM, which is mainly the Popverfechtern appear overproduced. However, these are unlikely to belong to the target group of Katy's audience ...
--- The double vinyl ---
Holding in his hands makes this shell much. The PRISM-cardboard cover is similar in appearance to that of her deluxe CD. The shiny letters on the cover break in the light and make the album title credit. If you open the packaging, you can delight in a beautiful recording Perrys, in which it is enveloped by some butterflies that will probably symbolize her change of image from the post-teens to fully matured adult.
In the cases of the two 180-gram records each another stunningly beautiful photo of Katy Perry is displayed on a page. The suggestive view from earlier disappeared at all. The other side of the cases is from the lyrics of 16 tracks (yes, read it right, all songs of the Deluxe CD were pressed on the black gold) claimed, which seems laudable. The Vinylset of teenagedream were regrettably added no lyrics.
Sound that records always better than the compressed in sound CDs, is well known. Only vinyl can develop their dynamics the pieces well produced. The best example is equal to the first single ROAR. In the verses, a sensible bass be heard playing at Katy's clean vocals. If the chorus is coming, it is much louder at once, according to its motto "louder than a lion". On the LP ROAR appear impressive and - concerning the content - more authentic when Katy losröhrt properly. The MP3 file that you automatically acquire as AutoRip the purchase on Amazon, does not have these drastic differences in volume, which is more than a pity. Dynamics makes music but only to what it is.
--- Conclusion ---
If you add everything together, Katy Perry puts with their third album PRISM before well-produced pop music that you expect from her and the wonderful must be seen within the current chart world. However, it sounds like the fact that it has the last piece Rockigkeit of One of the Boys lost, as her fellow Lady Gaga or Britney Spears. PRISM could be also good for them.
The worst part is that she has lost her unique selling point by now marks the serious superwoman: Your lovable-charming coquetry, which has the name Katy Perry once defined, is barely noticeable. This loss actually means more than one star less in the final scoring. However, the warm sound that appealing shell and the presence of all 16 tracks of the Deluxe CD give the vinyl set his fourth star.
