| 01 |
Born This Way |
6:30 | $1.29 | |
| 02 |
Judas |
4:41 | $1.29 | |
| 03 |
The Edge Of Glory |
6:10 | $1.29 | |
| 04 |
Yoü And I |
3:51 | $1.29 | |
| 05 |
Marry The Night |
4:04 | $1.29 | |
| 06 |
Black Jesus + Amen Fashion |
6:11 | $1.29 | |
| 07 |
Bloody Mary |
5:19 | $1.29 | |
| 08 |
Scheiße |
5:45 | $1.29 | |
| 09 |
Americano |
6:08 | $1.29 | |
| 10 |
Electric Chapel |
3:59 | $1.29 | |
| 11 |
Yoü And I |
4:21 | $1.29 | |
| 12 |
Judas |
3:57 | $1.29 | |
| 13 |
Born This Way |
4:05 | $1.29 | |
| 14 |
The Edge Of Glory |
6:34 | $1.29 |
May 23, 2011, was a small landmark for pop music. Lady Gaga had announced on New Year's Eve that her new album Born This Way would be released on that date, and the drumbeats heralding it kept building; it sold more than 1.1 million copies in its first week (partly thanks to massive discounting). It wasn't the biggest release date for any album ever, and it's not the last release date that will ever be… more »
During the last two decades, much of what wasn't rock - and even plenty of rock itself - had something to do with hip-hop. Pop tempos drifted to the middle, lyrics got more aggressive, melody narrowed and simplified, and gender lines stopped blurring. In Europe and much of the world, dance music radicalized pop with the synth sounds of the future, but upbeat club sounds rarely reached US radio beyond Madonna and Janet Jackson. We… more »
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-contained artifact. The great records certainly feel that way. But albums are more permeable than solid, their motivations, executions and inspirations informed by, and often stolen from, their peers and forbearers. It all sounds awfully formal, but it's not. It's the very nature of music — of art, even. The Six Degrees features examine the relationships between classic records and five… more »
