“Unconditionally” will perform well as a single. “Birthday” will be
another smash of “Roar” proportions, it would not be clever to shoot
this bullet right after the lead single.
Overall the album is
good at what it is supposed to do, keep the Katy machine running.
Teenage Dream buyers will be overly satisfied with the album.
Quality-wise I would argue that Prism is better than its predecessor,
lyrically however it is even worse. “Birthday” & “International
Smile” are ridiculous, and literallly “Unconditionally” is just such an
unfortunate term for lyrics.
Aside from that I think that the
latter half of the album is actually enjoyable and features some nice
tracks. “Ghost” & “Love Me” are interesting and nicely produced pop
tracks. If “Double Rainbow” was a track by Say Lou Lou or Sky Ferreira,
the song would become a hipster anthem. But Katy is not even a hipster
guilty pleasure as Rihanna is.
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