Product Description

Hailing from California and boasting a UK and Billboard chart-topping hit with single 'I Kissed A Girl', Katy Perry hashad a formidable impact on the music world prior to the release of her debut album. 'One Of The Boys' is full of catchyand often risque hooks that are brought to life with memorable beats, produced by Max Martin (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys) and Greg Wells (Mika, Rufus Wainwright) among others. Also included is the single 'Ur So Gay'.

Track Listing

1. One Of The Boys
2. I Kissed A Girl
3. Waking Up In Vegas
4. Thinking Of You
5. Mannequin
6. Ur So Gay (Edited)
7. Hot N Cold
8. If You Can Afford Me
9. Lost (Edited)
10. Self Inflicted
11. I'm Still Breathing
12. Fingerprints

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24 in Music
• Released on: 2008-09-22
• Number of discs: 1

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 One of the Boys 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. --James Berry

Customer Reviews

good album Great singer
Katy Perry has to be one of the best musical talents of 2008, no questions asked! She is so different from everything else in the pop charts at the moment (which, let's admit it, is all pretty much r'n'b). She is a rallented singer and really doesn't get the credit she deserves!

Need ur opinion
Ok, this is gonna say KIDS REVEIW i am not a baby goat and don't act like an 8yr old! lol coz im not 8! duh!
I havent heard all the songs on this album but I've heard "I Kissed A Girl" and "Hot and Cold" I Loved Both The Tracks! I'm just a little worried that if there are explicit lyrics, i mean i don't mind some swearing on some good tracks but i don't want to buy this CD and find out that there is some sexual/rude lanuage that should be taken into account or just a little rude and just ignored!
Plz inform me wheather I should buy this because I Like katy Perry's singing and want the CD but dont really want to be listing to sexual lyrics too much......I don't mind 1 or 2 songs that are have a bit of sexual language but not sure if all of them are to be advised
Thanks, leave a comment telling me advice(if u can)
Anyway You Should Defenatly buy this!

Not bad, some catchy tunes.
I bought this on the strength of 'I kissed a girl' not because I loved that song, but because it was catchy enough to make me curious (pardon the pun) about what else she had to offer.
There are some great tunes on here, very catchy and the lyrics aren't too much of a pain to listen to. It doesn't say much about anything, it's just easy listening. Some people like to think that a singer projects themselves through there songs, in this instance, I just think she jotted a few lines down, put a tune to it...simple as that really, no hidden meaning. Or maybe I'm missing something.
She has a good voice, if not a bit nasal and shouty at times almost like she is trying too hard and it comes across as a stroppy goth throwing a strop. (it's the best way I could describe it, so no abuse please, I know what you fans are like).
I think it's a good album, Mannequin being one of my favourites. She has a great voice and it would be interesting to hear some singing without as much shouting.