For this review I’m only going to review the new material because the deluxe edition is simply The Fame again with a few of the bonus tracks from the international release.

Let’s begin with a precursor I’m not a huge Lady GaGa fan, but I do appreciate good catchy music when I hear it. The eight new tracks put forth give pretty much the same thing Lady Gaga’s has stuck to stylistically. The new e.p. is pretty much an extension of her first major release.

The first single Bad Romance is a perfect example of this, it’s along the same vein as her other songs that anyone can readily identify. It’s got that extremely polished sound, almost over produced in a way. Catchy as can be though, as are most of her songs.

There is one track that stands out from the rest, Speechless, not only is it musically different, but you can plainly her Lady GaGa’s voice which is really good. From that you can tell she doesn’t need the auto-tuning that is becoming so common place to give most new pop singers that added appeal to the market. The song reminds me of Again and Again from The Fame, but more ballad like.

The song Teeth is a bit different as well, when the steady beat and jazz feel hit, I thought I was listening to Christina Aguilera. Every song on this E.P. could be a single, sadly, this keeps the music pretty stylistically locked. In so many ways it almost seems that Lady Gaga is the new Madonna. Not a clone, but a new, re-imagined, Madonna. With that being said I would like to hear a new full length album with new sounds and ideas.

Score:

3.5/5

Favorite Tracks:

Speechless
Teeth
Bad Romance

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