I'm happy she's back on the pop scene, though this does not have the infectious energy I've come to expect from her.

Here's the deluxe tracklisting:

"Diamond Heart"
"A-Yo"
"Joanne"
"John Wayne"
"Dancin' in Circles"
"Perfect Illusion"
"Million Reasons"
"Sinner's Prayer"
"Come to Mama"
"Hey Girl" ft. Florence Welch
"Angel Down"
"Grigio Girls"
"Just Another Day"
"Angel Down" (Work tape)

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Bud Light Dive Bar Tour, October 05, 2016 in Nashville.

Photos: Rick Diamond

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"Perfect Illusion" official music vid.





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Joanne, which is named after her late aunt, is due out Oct 21.

''Million Reasons'' (Live From The Bud Light x Lady Gaga Dive Bar Tour - Nashville/2016)

https://youtu.be/D_9N33FW8zI

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Im going to go and say for the record that I didnt feel Perfect Illusion at first, but now ...that VOICE at the end!!!

Not crazy 4 the new tunes, but she looks 2 sexy in those live pics, especially the top 1

The third official cut to be released from Joanne:

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paisleypark4 said:

Im going to go and say for the record that I didnt feel Perfect Illusion at first, but now ...that VOICE at the end!!!

I'm just like you, at first didn't like it, now i do.

HEY GIRL sounds deliciously Princey.

New NME Interview:

http://bit.ly/2entxTD

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dawntreader said:

HEY GIRL sounds deliciously Princey.

Sounds more like Elton John to me. Benny and the jets! Love it though.

LEAKED

Lady Gaga will be heading back to Saturday Night Live for their October 22 show as the musical guest; Tom Hanks will be the host.

I'm excited to listen to this one.

She must be starting her press/promotion soon as she is already talking shit on Madonna. Hopefully this will be over soon lol they are like the 2Pac and Biggie of marginally talented blondes.

StrangeButTrue said:

She must be starting her press/promotion soon as she is already talking shit on Madonna. Hopefully this will be over soon lol they are like the 2Pac and Biggie of marginally talented blondes.

purplepolitician said:

dawntreader said:

HEY GIRL sounds deliciously Princey.

Rolling Stone Review: Lady Gaga's Soft-Rock Turn 'Joanne' Is Her Best in Years


Joanne is Lady Gaga's best album in five years, since the disco-stick hair-metal manifesto that was Born This Way. In her quest to master all pop spectacle – hit singles, scandalous TV stunts, The Sound of Music medleys at award shows – Gaga's been too restless to slow down for albums. Or maybe after she hit it so far out of the park with Born This Way, she figured album-making was a party trick she'd already done. Her Tony Bennett duet was a clever rebranding Hail Mary after her overheated yet practically song-free fiasco Artpop. But Born This Way was the one moment she hit the longform glory of album auteurs like Kanye, Beyoncé or Taylor.


With Joanne, Gaga starts over with music that feels stripped-down, restrained, modest and other adjectives that you wouldn't usually associate with her. It's an old-school Nineties soft-rock album, heavy on the acoustic guitar: Meet Lilith Gaga, who goes for both the incense-and-patchouli hippie vibe of Sarah McLachlan and the cowgirl glitter of Shania Twain. And for anyone out there who might carry a torch for Paula Cole, there's "John Wayne," where Gaga wonders where all the cowboys have gone.


Earth Mama Monster mutes any trace of disco or glam – the giveaway is her ostentatiously squeaky fingers on the guitar strings in "Joanne," a touching ballad mourning her deceased aunt. It works best when Gaga gets some grit into the songwriting, especially the hands-down highlight "Sinner's Prayer," a faux-country family melodrama where she wails, "I don't wanna break the heart of any other man but you" – it's her kissing cousin to Beyonce's "Daddy Lessons." She co-wrote it with Father John Misty – bet he's the one who added those Wowie Zowie guitar hooks. Another oddball peak is her Florence Welch duet "Hey Girl," a tribute to Prince in lovesick midtempo mode – it could be a lost B-side from between between Around The World in a Day and Parade.


Gaga gets understated production from Mark Ronson and guests like Tame Impala's Kevin Parker or Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme, who adds guitar to "John Wayne" and "Diamond Heart." There's no move to the dance floor – the nearest she comes is "A-Yo," a taste of Motown handclaps and dirty talk, or "Dancin' in Circles," a reggae ode to she-bopping. Strangely, it's a duet with Beck, whose presence can't be heard – it sounds more like a No Doubt cover band who'd call themselves Spiderwebs or Hella Good. She also avoids cracking any jokes, which is a loss, since Joanne really falls flat when she gets solemn. "Angel Down" reminds you what a fine job Jewel used to do, opening with the self-parodic announcement "I confess I am lost in the age of the social," before musing, "We all belong in the arms of the sacred." With "Perfect Illusion" already fizzling as a single, the time is right for Gaga to reclaim some luster as an album artist – for all its hits and misses, Joanne is a welcome reminder of why the world needs her around.

She looks beautiful without all of her crazy looks.

i really like this album. wasn't expecting to

gandorb said:

Performing two songs from Joanne on Saturday Night Live last night (October 22).

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I've always thought Gaga was talented, but her music was never my cup of tea. But I quite liked Perfect Illusion when it came out and today I heard Million Reasons, and I gotta say, this Gaga I can get on board with.

May just have to check out her new album.

Identity said:

Performing two songs from Joanne on Saturday Night Live last night (October 22).

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Not bad. Always liked her on the piano. Looks to be a diverse album for sure. A great departure from those pop dance tunes she did.