Bangerz
| Miley Cyrus
Bangerz
Bangerz is the fourth studio album by American singer Miley Cyrus. It was released on October 4, 2013, by RCA Records. Opting to re-establish her music career instead of focusing on her film career as originally planned, Cyrus began planning the project in late 2012. Work continued into 2013 when she joined RCA Records. Described by Cyrus as "dirty south hip-hop" Wikipedia
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Billboard
"Bangerz" is neither the best nor worst pop album released this year, but it's inarguably the most fiercely individual.
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Rolling Stone
Bangerz is the sound of Hannah Montana gone Miami Vice.
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Consequence of Sound
This is an excellent representation of the way that pop is drifting into hip-hop, though; Seeing all these names come together in one album doesn’t feel that surprising.
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SPIN
Miley Cyrus’ ‘Bangerz’ serves up the perfectly American horrorshow we deserve.
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AV Club
Bangerz is a record that could very well legitimize Miley Cyrus.
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The Guardian
But for all the mash-ups, Bangerz feels stitched together in the dark, and the attention-seeking begins to grate.
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Slant
Bangerz is a personal, idiosyncratic effort that finds equal rewards in twentysomething indulgence and inspiring “be yourself” mantras.
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UPROXX
“Bangerz” is all over the map. It’s expensively made and tailored song-for-song to showcase Cyrus’ affinities and still-growing sense of style and delivery.
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New York Times
Simply put, “Bangerz” is the first album of the Grown-Up Miley era — Ms. Cyrus is 20 — and the first that’s not a direct inheritance of her days as the Disney idol Hannah Montana.
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Entertainment Weekly
Bangerz may be about breaking up and wilding out, but it also agitates for the future.
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Popcrush
There's ballads, bangerz and a semi-country song. We applaud the ambitiousness, but it feels unharnessed. But that's the stuff of life and music that makes people and artists interesting.
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The L.A. Times
'Bangerz' a rebel yell with a big bang.
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Daily Beast
There are no “rules” anymore for Cyrus to break, and on Bangerz, she tries just about anything to gain our attention. And guess what? She has.
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Idolator
There are some great songs on Bangerz, but there, and elsewhere, she’s banging so loud that it just sounds like noise.
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MusicOMH
It’s not the worst album in the world, but it certainly doesn’t live up to the acres of hype that have led up to it.
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Independent (UK)
Without wishing to intrude on anyone's Twitter spat, it's impossible to ignore the sense of desperation about Bangerz, a gauche and graceless attempt to de-infantilise a child star.
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Neon Tommy
By pushing her own creative boundaries, a justifiably confident Cyrus subverts the pop genre and in doing so creates an album that is as fresh as it is satisfying.
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The Pop Break
While still in need of some polishing, Miley is forging her own personal brand of Southern hip-hop, and if you can come at it with an open mind untainted by the singer’s most recent public appearances, Bangerz honestly ain’t half bad.
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The Star (CAN)
Make no mistake, this is as professional and calculating as any other big-ticket pop album out there.
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Media Hype
Miley tries something new on this album but instead proves she works best when she’s in her comfort zone, If she pushes it into urban territory she loses the strength of her talent.
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The Daily Cougar
“Bangerz” is like playing an undetected but well-calculated royal flush hand in a game of poker. No one will suspect that Cyrus’ twerking and sexualized conduct throughout her promotional rounds toward the release of this project would bring about a suitable and vastly rewarding end game.
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Commen Sense Media
Disjointed album has f-bombs, sex, and drugs galore.
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NewNowNext
With her daftness and unerring vulnerability, she’s cool, strange, and — in her own way — innocuously fun enough to be the definitive 2013 album’s winking figurehead.
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JacarandaFM
With all the hype around her first two videos off the Bangerz album and a good dose of antics such as risqué red-carpet outfits and outlandish award show performances, Miley has got everyone talking.
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Hypable
It’s strange how now that she’s gathered all of the world’s attention–and gone completely crazy–she manages to produce an album worth some recognition.
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MuuMuse
Even if the album isn’t the best pop record of the year, Bangerz will go down as one of the year’s most adventurous efforts.
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Hollywood Reporter
The vocalist's "daring attitude guides her to invention" on her latest album release.
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Renowned for Sound
Bangerz will surprise many who may have underestimated Miley Cyrus in the past as she proves to be more than just a pop star with a pretty face.
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Refinery29
Bangerz is catchy as all hell, with some seriously sing-along-worthy tunes that will find themselves nesting comfortably in the Top 40 charts.
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Female First (UK)
She's unique. Her voice isn't one you hear every single day, and her country twang is still prominent at times.
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Daily Freeman
Though it's more assured than skeptics or Cyrus haters might be willing to acknowledge, there's little here to distinguish her from her peers.
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Mount Messenger
Miley’s tumultuous behavior and unrestrained tongue mimic much of the music represented on her most recent studio album Bangerz.
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Philadelphia Magazine
Bangerz is a wild ride of rock- and hip-hop-infused tunes that showcases an artist taking risks and finally coming into her own.
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The Breeze
'Bangerz' sounds interesting but forced
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Sunshine Coast Daily (AU)
The production on Bangerz is great and Cyrus has a good set of pipes but this album is not going to be most people's cup of tea, especially if you're over 25.
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Cherwell (UK)
Despite the hype, this album remains a flash-in-the-pan, good for YouTube hits and nothing else.
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The Muse
At most, about half the songs are worth your time, while the rest will most likely end up at the bottom of the charts next to Hannah Montana’s “Best of Both Worlds.”
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Vibe
When “fake it ’til you make it” goes wrong
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RTE (IR)
Miley’s voice is serviceable throughout, a helium yelp that her former employer Mr Mouse might approve of but when she tries to sex it up, she over sings and exaggerates her southern drawl to comic effect.
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All Music
Bangerz transforms Miley into a pop star who won't -- and can't -- be ignored as she rings in her twenties.
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Metro (UK)
A hollow album perfect for our times.
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The Highlander
Many songs show great potential and passion, but as a whole the album seems a little lost. As an artist, Cyrus might not be as lost, but she is definitely evolving.
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The Sojourn
When listening to “Bangerz,” be prepared for some solid mediocrity.
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Rap-Up
Miley Cyrus has shocked and enraged with her live performances and music videos. Now the 20-year-old pop star faces her critics once again with Bangerz, her fourth and most provocative album yet.
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The Ithacan
If this image is her visual hallmark, then “Bangerz” is the accompanying credo that attempts to preach to her target demographic — and does so with roaring success.
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USA Today
After all this time, crying in public may come naturally to Cyrus. But in its predictable mediocrity, Bangerz gives her, and her followers, nothing to feel bad about.
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New York Daily News
Miley Cyrus' new album doesn't twerk: 'Bangerz' is a disjointed mess that seeks to provoke instead of delight
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People
Bangerz – clearly calculated to forever blow up the image of Hannah Montana in the pop starlet’s first album since splitting with her Disney label – actually has its own kind of craziness, taking you on a wild-child ride.
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Pop Matters
Perhaps that album title is more fitting than we initially thought. By calling it Bangerz, it will distract is from the fact that it contains so few actual songs.
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Seawanhaka Press
Miley Cyrus doesn’t fully live up to its album title but, overall, BANGERZ is still worth a listen.
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ZAlebs (ZA)
Bangerz is totally fresh; a refreshing blend of dance hits, ballads and even a track with a great country feel.
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AU Review
Bangerz is a diverse array of songs - some catchy gems hidden amongst some ...ahem... wrecks.
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FACT
-a record this entertaining, diverse and full of surprises – and often, yes, good songs – feels like a breath of fresh air.
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Daily Trojan
If nothing else, Bangerz has to be one of the best reinventions of a pigeonholed artist in a long time. Through it, Cyrus proves she is much more than a Disney queen — she’s someone that has the potential to not only stay in this industry for a long time, but also to thrive in it.
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Chicago Reader
Bangerz is hardly a triumph, and it's not even the boundary-smashing album Cyrus seems to think it is.
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Tampa Bay Times
Miley’s ‘Bangerz’ is shockingly good
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The Washington Post
Miley Cyrus barely makes a noise on ‘Bangerz’
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Her Campus
It is clear through the album's lack of theme or genre that Miley is still "figuring it out." Yet, regardless of your opinions about the twerking 20-year-old performer, Bangerz reinforces the fact that Miley can sing.
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