One of the Boys
| Katy Perry
One of the Boys
One of the Boys is the second studio album by American singer Katy Perry. It was released on June 17, 2008 by Capitol Records. During the making of the album, Perry was dropped from two record labels and went through two canceled albums. She collaborated with producers Greg Wells, Dr. Luke, David A. Stewart, and Max Martin among others on the album. All songs were written by the singer, with assistance of some other producers and writers. It was composed in a pop-rock style. An EP, Ur So Gay, which contains the album's promotional single, "Ur So Gay", was released to generate interest in the singer and the then-upcoming album. --Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Slant Magazine
Alas, I suppose it’s foolish to expect progressiveness from a girl whose debut was a Christian gospel album.
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BBC
In general, this record is surprising – and in a good way.
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AV Music Club
While undeniably catchy, the hyper-produced songs have a familiar radio-ready quality that becomes infuriatingly mind-numbing over time, and her vocals sound like a less-soulful Kelly Clarkson at best, a drunken, spurned sorority girl at worst.
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Pop Matters
The conclusion: She is most enjoyable when her songs are simple and senseless. Profundity is just way too problematic.
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All Music
The problem is not with Katy's gender-bending, it's that her heart isn't in it; she's just using it to get her places, so she sinks to crass, craven depths that turn One of the Boys into a grotesque emblem of all the wretched excesses of this decade.
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The Line of Best Fit
It's pretty unoriginal, vacuous pop for the most part, on a strictly musical level - but the themes, ideas and lyrics are just so crude, so blunt, so tacky and even verging on grotesque.
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Music OMH
Where it hits the mark, it's sparky and accomplished – though entirely disposable – pop.
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The Guardian
Ultimately, its a fun teen party album. Just don't call it girl power.
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Spin
The album plods with formulaic, hormone-heavy Kelly Clarkson outtakes, or perhaps Liz Phair during her bleak, sparkly descent. Exile in Gayville it ain’t.
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Capital FM
It'll be a real injustice if she sinks without trace after one single as there's not a duff track on One Of The Boys.
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NME
Perry’s problem is often her voice: yes she has a good range, but somewhere along the line someone convinced her she was like, well, a ballsy rock chick, and now she explodes across this album like Xena Warrior Princess on fire.
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Ultimate Guitar
It's an album the you can have fun with at parties, amusement parks, or for those moments when you need a quick pick-me-up or some comedy relief.
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Don Ignacio
All of this negative press and bad reviews are completely unwarranted.
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Digital Spy
She isn't so much controversial as mildly provocative. During the course of this solid, consistently catchy album she also comes across as funny, observant, a little bit confused and strangely obsessed with how boys and girls should behave.
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Indie London
The overall result something of a disappointment from a singer who promised so much more.
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Contact Music
Hype can do a lot for an artist and she has plenty of that. This album is sure to catapult her to the very top of the charts on that alone.
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Entertainment.ie
It's mostly longevity that this album lacks - with many references to current pop culture, its young audience may just grow out of it all too soon.
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Murlough 23
It’s an interesting piece of unintentional social commentary, particularly as far as gender issues are concerned. But as music, well, let’s just say it “likes penis”.
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Karinski
Ultimately, though the ideas might be there,this just feels like a very cleverly thought out idea. Calculating, corporate pop at it’s most effective.
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