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One Of The Boys

Artist: Katy Perry
Label: Virgin
Category: Music

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

45 reviews
Sales Rank: 325

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4

EAN: 5099924279222
ASIN: B001EL8AH4

Release Date: September 22, 2008
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Tracks:

•	One Of The Boys
•	I Kissed A Girl
•	Waking Up In Vegas
•	Thinking Of You
•	Mannequin
•	Ur So Gay (Edited)
•	Hot N Cold
•	If You Can Afford Me
•	Lost (Edited)
•	Self Inflicted
•	I'm Still Breathing
•	Fingerprints

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Katy Perry is the all-new singing and sort-of-dancing-but-probably-too-cool-for-all-that, rebellious, girl-kissing, Avril Lavigne v2.0 bad-girl of high-production American pop. She's not exactly out to be ignored. In fact she's out to become both an idol for disenfranchised Britney fans and a poster-girl for emo-boys, not to mention tabloid-fodder and gossip-page regular. She is also, it should be noted, the daughter of two pastors and made her recorded debut with a Christian pop album aged 17 (she's now 23). And while a leopard changing its spots, or at least its wardrobe, might all be part of growing from a teenager to a feisty young woman, it is easy to be cynical about this package, headed up by the ready-to-download controversy of her "I Kissed a Girl" single. That tune at least has the bold beats and choreographed raw heat to match its sassy premise; it is a little disappointing that for someone resting on rebellion as her central cause that the music on iOne of the Boys/i is so conformist. "Mannequin" is Kelly Clarkson American-Idol style modern power-rock, the lyrically questionable "Ur So Gay" takes Lily Allen and adds a dash of Christina, "Hot 'n' Cold" is a Pink-esque floor-filler, "Thinking of You" a Britney ballad of some scale and the title track like an Avril Lavigne reworking of a brazen Cyndi Lauper classic. But while she brings little originality to the table, there are certainly no half measures covering the bases on this efficient debut. i--James Berry/i

Customer Reviews:

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A Happy Little Highway To Hell September 27, 2008
The Wolf (uk)
25 out of 30 found this review helpful

First things first. br / br /Does it offend ? br / br /We are being led to believe that Ms Perry's (nee Hudson) debut album br /has ruffled a few feathers within the sweaty-palmed enclaves of America's br /moral majority and beyond. br / br /Indeed, even her evangelical parents are allegedly outraged. br / br /Lighten up Mom and Dad - You have every reason to be proud of your lovely daughter! br / br /On a scale of one-to-ten 'One Of The Boys' has not registered even a paltry br /0.0001 on The Wolf's disgust-o-meter. br /There are many more creatively perverse ways of hitching a ride to hell br /than listening to this splendid little album. br / br /Whether Ms Perry has, or has not, discovered pleasure in mouth-to-mouth br /contact with another female of her species is not the issue (for goodness-sake br /in The Home Forest squirrels are doing it all the time). br / br /These twelve songs deliver as much fun as it is feasibly possible to have br /with a four-and-a half inch diameter piece of shiny plastic. br / br /Our heroine emerges with her "cherry chapstick' (...not chopstick as your br /reviewer initially believed he had heard) entirely intact. br / br /This is uber-competent power-pop of the very first order. Truly stonking stuff. br / br /'Waking Up In Vegas', 'If You Can Afford Me', 'Self Inflicted', 'Fingerprints' and 'Hot and Cold', br /however formulaic, are all barnstorming models of foot tapping singalong perfection. br / br /The formula is a good one. br / br /'Thinking Of You', 'Lost' and 'I'm Still Breathing' demonstrate her capacity to br /vary the emotional palette and pace without losing our attention. br / br /'Ur So Gay' is a metrosexual hoot. Dig out your favorite recording of Die Zauberflote br /( my own preference remains the 1964 Karl Bohm / BPO set ) and play along ! br / br /'Mannequin' is as fine a pop song as you will hear anywhere in the musical firmament this year. br / br /Unreserved praise, then, for this cracking little offering ! br / br /Highly Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars

Love it! February 21, 2009
WhyKnot (UK)
Although I had been caught up by the two main tracks on this album, namely I kissed a girl and Hot n Cold, I was suspicious that the rest of the album would be fillers. I needn't have worried, this album never ceases to make me smile when I play it and more and more tracks seems to be making it to be singles in their own right - very good sign. br /Buy it, you won't regret it!

5 out of 5 stars

Great fun, something different March 9, 2009
Andrew King (Nairn, Scotland)
I thought that Katy Perry would just be a "gimick" type musician/singer. Having listened to the album a few times it has really grown on me. Good music, great lyrics, just a bit different so worth the effort listening too.

5 out of 5 stars

Katy Perry could be the next Madonna March 17, 2009
Theo (Antwerp, Belgium)
Dear all, br / br /Katy Perry is presenting herself as a singer songwriter, and both she does very well. Not only have I heard the CD-album already many times but also seeing her live in her "Hello Katy Perry" show in Brussels, which included all numbers of the CD-album, has convinced me: she has enough potential to be as big as Kylie, and perhaps even as big as Madonna. br /Much will depend on the hits on her next albums, but the current album "One of the boys" is a great start. I also like to hear her quieter pop songs with acoustic guitar as an important ingredient. Putting Katy in a music direction is easy: POP will do nicely for the moment. br / br /Theo br /Belgium.

5 out of 5 stars

One for the Boys March 19, 2009
Mr. R. Gibson (UK)
Excellent music. The amazon downloader made short work of downloading the music. br /The cd is excellent quality and I would recommend to everyone. br / br /

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