Teenage Dream

Katy Perry

Release Date: 30th Aug, 2010
Label: EMI
Genre: Pop

Love or hate Katy Perry, she knows how to play the game. Coquettish expressions, polarising wardrobe choices and salacious quotes about her high-profile relationship certainly haven't harmed her status. But vitally, there's a cut-off point, leaving the music to do the rest. Exhibit A: Perry's second major-label album Teenage Dream, which employs her knack of turning heads before following through with the substance.

So where the tawdry, attention-seeking I Kissed a Girl was fully absolved by the instantaneous pop majesty of Hot n Cold, there are similarly ample examples of distinction on Teenage Dream to apologise for the cataclysmic airplay beast that is California Gurls.

Firework displays a breezy maturity and serious set of pipes, a true demonstration of Perry's musicianship without contradicting the kittenish mischief of the bigger picture. The title-track, meanwhile, further attests Perry is at her best when naturally playful. But, disappointingly, Teenage Dream morphs into grotesque parody far too regularly.

Perry's in no hurry to grow up, as this album's title implies, but habitually its theme is akin to a group of Year 7 boys giggling at their biology textbooks. Peacock carries so much awkward, shoehorned innuendo it's difficult not to visualise Joan Sims being chased round a campsite by Kenneth Williams. Even KeSha would struggle to pull this off.

But on the evidence of Circle the Drain's menacing undertones or the rave-influenced quasi-ballad E.T., there's a resolute aptitude for sober, dark deliberations which introduce a very different Katy Perry to the one with the unsolicited residency in many a showbiz column.

If Teenage Dreams endeavoured to surprise, it's a partial triumph. There's intelligence, individuality and character in abundance. But all too often it's caked in dollar-store body glitter and choked by feather boas. A penchant for the carnivalesque is no shameful pleasure for a 25-year-old woman, but the generous glimmers of sharp, imaginative brilliance that pepper Teenage Dream suggest it's standing in the way of something far greater.

Reviewed by Al Fox

About The Artist

Katy Perry

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Katy Perry (born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson on 25 October 1984) is a singer/songwriter from Santa Barbara, California, United States. Since the release of her 2007 debut single "Ur So Gay", Perry has released two albums - 2008's "One of the Boys" and 2010's "Teenage Dream" - and has had six Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit singles. Under the name Katy Hudson, she released a self-titled gospel album in 2001, which was unsuccessful. She later recorded an album with production team The Matrix and completed the majority of a solo album from 2004–05, the later of which was never released. After signing with Capitol Music Group in 2007, her fourth record label in seven years, she adopted the stage name Katy Perry and released her first Internet single "Ur So Gay" that November, which garnered public attention but failed to chart. She rose to fame with the release of her second single "I Kissed a Girl" in 2008, which went on to top international charts. Perry's first mainstream studio album One of the Boys followed later that year and subsequently became the 33rd-best selling album worldwide of 2008. It was accredited platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America, while "I Kissed a Girl" and her second single "Hot n Cold" both received multi-platinum certifications. Her second studio album Teenage Dream was released in August 2010 and debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. The album includes five Billboard chart-toppers "California Gurls", "Teenage Dream", "Firework", and "E.T." and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)", making Teenage Dream only the second album - after Michael Jackson's Bad - to have five songs reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. With "E.T." at number one on the chart of May 12, 2011, Perry became the first artist in history to spend 52 consecutive weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100. Perry was credited as a guest judge on the seventh series of British television show The X Factor, has released a fragrance called "Purr", and voices Smurfette in the 2011 film The Smurfs. Perry had a long relationship with Travie McCoy; she married Russell Brand on October 23, 2010.

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50 Comments

Heartbeeat 10 May 2012

Teenage Dream is perfect without "The Complete Confection"...
Ocomumdedois 03 May 2012

Nao sou Baba ovo da Katy Perry , mas Para mim e um dos cd mais bem feitos que eu já ouvi.Lembro ate a época q baixei ... so ouvia esse cd todo o tempo... ♥
marcelocic 20 Apr 2012

♥
SrtoLuan 17 Apr 2012

I prefer One Of The Boys
HannahSmile 13 Apr 2012

What a flawless album. ♥
rezireznor 11 Apr 2012

the
coffeestarbucks 10 Apr 2012

4.519 execuções em sua biblioteca ♥
alina_paisley 10 Apr 2012

Firework and E.T. are the best for me!)
estevan188 08 Apr 2012

♥
Crikosegan 04 Apr 2012

Images T.D. Complete Confection -> http://www.dvdsbluray.com/2012/04/teenage-dream-the-complete-confection-com-capa-lenticular.html
tiagocritical 31 Mar 2012

Chegou a 1 milhão de ouvintes. Rainha <3
JOhnDOOr 30 Mar 2012

this is the best album of Katy♥
jenny2 28 Mar 2012

way better than her first album.
FabioChedeeck 27 Mar 2012

Chegou a 1 milhão de ouvintes. Rainha <3
oitavares 24 Mar 2012

♥ Pearl [2]
jeanalisson2006 23 Mar 2012

'-' I was almost a fan of hers before this album. Teenage Dream kind of ruined Katy for me.
jeanbragalopes 21 Mar 2012

♥
FabioChedeeck 18 Mar 2012

Teenage Dream de Katy Perry 22.424.374 execuções (991.779 ouvintes) 1.408 execuções em sua biblioteca <333
pkarollyne 15 Mar 2012

do TD eu gosto de todas mas as minhas preferidas sao: teenage dream, last friday night, the one that got away, firework e hummingbird heartbeat
pkarollyne 15 Mar 2012

eu tenho mais musicas preferidas no OOTB :-/
SwagLikeJag32 13 Mar 2012

Teenage Dream
EricValeev 09 Mar 2012

♥ Pearl
pkarollyne 05 Mar 2012

mortaaaa eu tenho mais execuçoes no (a) katy perry do que no teenage dream ahusahs s2
Liro_Monster 29 Feb 2012

Pearl <3
J0aquim 25 Feb 2012

22.010.238 execuções (970.019 ouvintes) 452 execuções em sua biblioteca
overdramaticc 24 Feb 2012

Love the album cover ..yeah & the music too of course.. haha
shadow89 18 Feb 2012

Simply a masterpiece of pop music <3 [6]
SrtoLuan 17 Feb 2012

One of the Boys is so much better than this album... I only liked E.T
han-zo 14 Feb 2012

Not Like The Movies ♥ [2]
DDevilized 10 Feb 2012

boobs
marcelocic 23 Jan 2012

Not Like The Movies ♥
gustavomosley 19 Jan 2012

E.T. vou levar pra vida.
CaioM_ 17 Jan 2012

eu gosto do album , mas nao eh um dos meus favoritos!
Fabio001 16 Jan 2012

The first female album ever with 5 singles at #1 PERIOD [13]
GeorgieTurner6 15 Jan 2012

Please listen to my cover of "One That Got Away" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boCVs2Ahqms&feature=related
iputrecordson 11 Jan 2012

I can't stop listening to this.
ziadmazika 11 Jan 2012

i love katy
br89 09 Jan 2012

great album!
TiPan 07 Jan 2012

899 execuções em sua biblioteca
Richard-HP 04 Jan 2012

TT: 1.204 execuções em sua biblioteca, OOTB: 1.401 execuções em sua biblioteca. <3
Slizer107 27 Dec 2011

An amazing body of work, her voice has matured so much. Not one track I can say I don't like.
LuiiizN 27 Dec 2011

Pra mim conta a mais comum no mundo, KK. Acho com logos bem melhor.
itspsy 27 Dec 2011

Não, a sem tipografia é a capa dos US (standard e deluxe), a com tipografia é nos outros países. Pra mim, o que mais conta, é a capa utilizada no país de origem, sem contar que essa tipografia é tosca pra caralho. [url=http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/teenage-dream/id384442595]☺[/url]
LuiiizN 26 Dec 2011

Que eu saiba a com logos é oficial também lol, a sem tags é a Deluxe.
itspsy 25 Dec 2011

essa capa com tipografia é tão ZZzZzzZzzzZZ além disso, a oficial é sem tags.
Lucassilva78 21 Dec 2011

20.319.853 execuções (879.093 ouvintes)
JonhGago 20 Dec 2011

Excelente álbum... gosto de praticamente todas as músicas (algo raro de se encontrar em um cd) <3
RozzAbsol 19 Dec 2011

muito bom. Foda-se a crítica. É um ótimo disco pop do começo ao fim
Jay_Monster 15 Dec 2011

beeeem menos
davidandrey 14 Dec 2011

V menos OHEOWUAHOUAWE'