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: #359 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

CD 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'.

Customer Reviews

A Happy Little Highway To Hell
First things first.

Does it offend ?

We are being led to believe that Ms Perry's (nee Hudson) debut album
has ruffled a few feathers within the sweaty-palmed enclaves of America's
moral majority and beyond.

Indeed, even her evangelical parents are allegedly outraged.

Lighten up Mom and Dad - You have every reason to be proud of your lovely daughter!

On a scale of one-to-ten 'One Of The Boys' has not registered even a paltry
0.0001 on The Wolf's disgust-o-meter.
There are many more creatively perverse ways of hitching a ride to hell
than listening to this splendid little album.

Whether Ms Perry has, or has not, discovered pleasure in mouth-to-mouth
contact with another female of her species is not the issue (for goodness-sake
in The Home Forest squirrels are doing it all the time).

These twelve songs deliver as much fun as it is feasibly possible to have
with a four-and-a half inch diameter piece of shiny plastic.

Our heroine emerges with her "cherry chapstick' (...not chopstick as your
reviewer initially believed he had heard) entirely intact.

This is uber-competent power-pop of the very first order. Truly stonking stuff.

'Waking Up In Vegas', 'If You Can Afford Me', 'Self Inflicted', 'Fingerprints' and 'Hot and Cold',
however formulaic, are all barnstorming models of foot tapping singalong perfection.

The formula is a good one.

'Thinking Of You', 'Lost' and 'I'm Still Breathing' demonstrate her capacity to
vary the emotional palette and pace without losing our attention.

'Ur So Gay' is a metrosexual hoot. Dig out your favorite recording of Die Zauberflote
( my own preference remains the 1964 Karl Bohm / BPO set ) and play along !

'Mannequin' is as fine a pop song as you will hear anywhere in the musical firmament this year.

Unreserved praise, then, for this cracking little offering !

Highly Recommended.

This Album is Censored
It should be noted that this album is the censored version, though this is not clearly marked in the product details, hence the rating. It's extremely annoying to buy a child safe version of this album unintentionally because it is not clearly marked in the product details. On the other hand for parents wanted to buy for small children, this version is fairly tame though it does contain one reference to male genitalia in the form you'd find it in a text book (are reviews censored?) and some fairly interesting lyrics likely to go over the head of most children too young to appreciate their meaning.

A surprise
i got this album for my birthday last month and i must admit, i had some doubts. i had heard her song "Ur So Gay" way before her singles "i kissed a girl" and "Hot N Cold" and i thought it was brilliant! original, creative and catchy. i kissed a girl however seemd to lack the edge that i had expected from her, it seemed she simply released it to get attention for the album, and it did just that. don't get me wrong, it's an alright song, but not the best song on the album by far!

Ever since my first listen i can't stop, it's brilliant and creative like the katy perry that i would expect!

she can go from feirce and powerful with "Waking Up In Vegas" & "If You Can Afford Me" to deep and emotional with "Lost" & "I'm Still Breathing". Not to mention the pure creativity of her songs with brilliantly edgy and creative lyrics such as "Ur So Gay", "Hot N Cold", "One Of The Boys" and "Mannequin".

All in all this is a great album, it has so many sides and has the power to make you feel at your highest and also makes you feel the emotion of her deeper songs.

this is an album for anyone who wants to experiance a edgy and addictive pop album.

brilliant.