PRISM

Great cd

Excellent product

It's simply Katy Perry at her best. I totally love this album and there isn't a single track that I do not like.Whilst waiting for the album to arrive, I downloaded my "free" MP3 version using Amazon Cloud (Thank you Amazon) and imported to my iPhone and played the album a couple of times through headphones.Then, I received the cd album and played it on my HiFi and the album took on a whole new quality of sound. So crisp and clear and the bass is so wonderfully deep without any distortion - helps if you have a good system that can produce good bass :-)13 tracks in total on the standard album - I was going to buy the deluxe but I couldn't wait, had to "Buy It Now" (sounding a bit like an online auction format lol).As stated, I love all 13 tracks with a 10/10 for every single track. Therefore, I won't be giving an individual score for each track.So, if you're thinking; "should I or shouldn't I buy it". Don't hesitate, you have to buy this album. You will not be disappointed one single bit.Once final word. Digital downloads are great but you cannot beat owning the actual CD album.

Being a huge fan of Katy Perry, I could not wait for the release of her third album, 'PRISM'. I would say this album is as equally as good as 'Teenage Dream', maybes a bit a better. It's definitely packed with future hits and does have a different sound from 'Teenage Dream' and 'One Of The Boys'.The first song on the album is the amazing first single 'Roar'. This is a brilliant track to start off the album and of course, is one of my favourite songs on the album. 'Legendary Lovers' is a stand out track that could definitely be a single. I especially love the different and unique beat in this song. 'Birthday', to me, is a definite single! It is probably the track that stands out the most, with it's cheeky lyrics and fun beat, this is one of my favourites. 'Walking On Air' is my favourite song from the whole album! This is a euphoric/electronic song, which is a totally different sound for Katy. Again, this definitely needs to be a single.You then have the second single, 'Unconditionally', which is the first ballad on the album. The actual song is brilliant, however, I don't think it's a good second single. It is also placed quite randomly on the album, as it is in the middle of all the upbeat tracks. The next song is 'Dark Horse', which like 'Walking On Air', is a completely different sound for Katy. This has a more dark/magically tone to it, which instantly makes it a stand out track that needs to be a single. Personally, I think this would of bee a much better second single. 'This Is How We Do' is a very fun song, and I LOVE the way Katy talks during the song. 'International Smile' somewhat remind me of 'Last Friday Night (TGIF)'. I think this is because of the saxophone beat.The next song is 'Ghost', which is where the album starts to slow down. This is definitely a grower, however, I don't think it's single material. 'Love Me' and 'This Moment' are my least favourite songs on the album. I personally think these are like filler tracks and they sort of blend in with each other. 'This Moment' is actually growing on me, but these are definitely the tracks that you will forget. 'Double Rainbow', to me, is the best ballad on the album and has become one of my favourites. However, I don't think this would do well as a single and I don't think it's that popular. The last song on the standard version of the album is 'By The Grace of God'. This the slowest song on the album and I think it was a good choice of song to end the album. The lyrics have a lot of meaning and is a very emotional song.The deluxe version contains 3 brand new tracks. To be honest, I was a little disappointed by these songs as they don't really stand out and sort of blend in with the rest of the album. 'Spiritual' has a very futurist sound to it, which makes it very different and unique. I think it takes a few listens to get into it. 'It Takes Two' is one of my least favourite songs on the album, and I will probably end up deleting it. It's a bit boring and bland for my liking, however, it does have meaningful lyrics. 'Choose Your Battles' is a song that I seem to like more and more I listen to it. This again is another ballad, however, it does sort of have a futuristic beat to it.Overall, Katy has done an amazing job on the album. I am really interested in seeing what songs she will decided to release as singles.

I was very excited when I opened my copy of PRISM as I had a plantable "PRISM" (seed paper in the shape of the logo). Not sure if I will plant it though as it's a nice memento.Different to "Teenage Dream" but nonetheless a fantastic album. "Roar", "Birthday" & "Unconditionally" being my favourites, however "It Takes Two" is fantastic also.My only problem is (and it's only minor!) is that where the case is holographic & the track listing is in a prism shape on the back, it can be hard to read the track listing. This is easily solved by looking at the listing on the actual CD or loading it into your PC.A fab album!

Bought for a friend. She's very pleased with it. Good value.

After teenage dream I did wonder how would she follow to what I consider to be one of the best pop albums of all time, then after Roar was released which I think is her best single yet I anticipated more of the same on the new CD, but unfortunately I was mistaken, apart from `Roar' all the other tracks sound like fillers and the lyrics are embarrassingly bad on some of the tracks and certainly not up to the quality of the tracks on Teenage Dream, other tracks are spoilt by the use of synthesisers and voice altering synths. I don't feel that this is a step in the right direction and her worst offering to date which is a shame because the standard has been so high before this.The best of a bad bunch in my opinion is `unconditionally' which I would think will be released as a single in the near future although it is not anywhere near as catchy as her previous singles, `This Moment' and a mention for International Smile which could have been a good song but is spoilt by the synthesizers half way through in fact it's one of a very small number of track's that actually sound like Katy.Maybe it will grow on me after a few plays but I do think that a lot of people will be quite unlikely to play this CD again after the first listen, and I won't be thinking of playing it again in the near future,I'm glad I didn't pay for the deluxe edition as after hearing the bonus songs I feel they are just more of the same bland stuff, Its not quite a 2 star album and I cant rate 2.5 stars so I will reluctantly rate it as 3 stars.