Poor Selena, she's already been crushed once this year and now the critics are laying it on thick with her latest, the "Come And Get It" spawning Stars Dance.
Via The Independent:
Consisting of standard, supermarket-own-brand, sub-Britney sexpop, this album has been given to her to wear, just like a stylist giving her an outfit for a photo shoot. Even given these facts, it's a pop record, which means one killer track would redeem everything. Predictably enough, it never comes.
Selena Gomez has gone into a studio and recorded her new album "Stars Dance," which consists of 11 pop songs she didn't pen herself backed by instruments she isn't playing. It might be fun for the causal young summertime listener. But it begs the important question: Why bother?
if she really wants to be considered a grown-up pop star, Selena Gomez is going to have to find some better hit-makers. Other than the sultry Stars Dance, much of this sounds like songs Rihanna rejected.
it's a lazy, bloated, and occasionally offensive album that lacks any remnant of personality or creativity
...an exercise in cookie-cutter EDM beats and generic lyrics that tell us nothing about Gomez.
However, a few people did have Selena's back, namely...
Thanks to the strong songs, Selena's reliably strong vocals, and the variety of sounds, it adds up to be another fine entry in her catalog and just another example of why Selena Gomez is one of the best pop stars making music in 2013.
almost as good as having shorts in every color.
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