Top10 Albums of 2009: #8

8.) The Fame Monster Deluxe Edition (includes The Fame)-Lady GaGa
Best Song: On The Fame Monster: Teeth
On The Fame: Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Could Say).


Wait, Wait, WAIT!! Before you go get a pitchfork for me putting Lady GaGa above a group I called the successors of The Who let me explain myself. Lady GaGa is actually a great artist, a brutal force in the mainstream pop industry something that has been missing on the scene for quite a while. She is not dumb. She knows exactly how much spot light she wants and knows how to market herself. But all this would be meaningless if the songs weren’t good. And if you are willing to let a fusion of dance music and glam rock tendencies to infect you ears you will be bobbing your head like there is no tomorrow.

Of course if you are looking for sincere heart tugging from your music you are in the wrong place. This is music to groove, not be breath taken by. The fact that not a single track on either album seems uninspired or cliché amazes me since that is how I feel about most dance music. (I am kind of cheating cause the second disc is her first album from last year) on The Fame Monster the song “Teeth” reminds me of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” but only in the fact that they are both these primal romps that grab you. Also great is the hilarious ABBA like “Alejandro”. As for The Fame, make sure you don’t miss the very pleasant and charming (musically at least) “Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Could Say)”; the part that goes “cherry, cherry, boom, boom” just puts a smile on my face.