Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection

I’ve been a fan of Katy for 9 years, nd this is one of the few albums i’ve heard thats hard to get tired of. It has many catchy tunes that are still catchy to this day, including Teenage Dream, California Gurls, E.T. and Circle The Drain.

Avril Lavigne turned 30 years old just three days ago.Katy Perry will turn 30 in less than a month (25 days).Lady Gaga is 28 years old.Adele turned 26 years old this past May.Sarah Dooley turned 26 about 2-1/2 months ago.Taylor Swift is 24 years old.Rihanna, Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato are all 22 years old.Miley Cyrus is 21 years old.Birdy is 18 years old.Lorde is 17 years old.Jasmine Thompson is 13 years old. And all of the above (with the possible exceptions of Sarah and Jasmine) are almost certainly MUCH richer than you or me. It goes without saying that they all are probably far more talented than you or me as well. But none of them are as rich as Dr. Dre, the rapper and electronics magnate, who is 49 years old, and who earned $620 million dollars just this past year alone! Not counting Avril (the Queen of Canada), the other twelve female recording artists are all still under 30, so we can "trust" them-- at least for the time being, I suppose. Jack Weinberg, the man who, in 1965, inadvertently coined the phrase, "Don't trust anyone over 30," would be 74 years old now. But issues of trust aside, the real question for this review of Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection" is can any of these other young ladies (or anyone else in the entire world, for that matter) ever top the massive, astounding commercial success (and I would argue the artistic success too) of the "Teenage Dream" album (and its expanded reissue)? For a long time now, it has been fashionable in those circles which consider themselves the hip cognoscenti of the music world to dismiss Katy Perry as an artist of lesser abilities and to denigrate her artistic accomplishments. Of course, it is undeniable that her commercial success has been virtually without equal. Between the original album and its expanded reissue, there were *SIX* #1 singles, a #2 single and a #3 single. But maybe this should not have been too big a surprise to anyone considering that the lead single, "I Kissed a Girl," from her prior album had reached #1 status in eighteen different country or regional charts worldwide! Not to mention the fact that the lead single, "Roar" from Perry's 2013 album, "Prism," reached #1 status in twenty-four country or regional charts around the globe! With the album, "Teenage Dream," though, we are talking about an achievement that can only be compared with the chart success of the early Beatles! Since Katy Perry has basically written most (if not all) of her own songs, I think it's fair to count her in the ranks of the very best songwriters the music industry has ever seen. And needless to say, her music videos which have illustrated most of her top hits have been works of amazing brilliance. I realize she cannot take full credit for the production of the videos, but she does star in all of them, and I'm sure her hand was heavily felt in the creation of them. Why do I feel the need to defend the artistic accomplishments of an international star worth $110 million dollar (or more)? I guess it's because of all the naysayers in those fashionable circles who attempt to belittle and deride the accomplishments of anyone who creates breathtakingly brilliant music or art or literature and then has the good fortune to be very successful commercially to boot. It reminds me of all the critics who have tried to tear down the reputation of John Updike BECAUSE his writing was so elegant and so perfect. Artistic perfection coupled with massive commercial success is often (but not always) the route to outright critical damnation or else condemnation by faint praise. It's totally NOT cool to dismiss artistic genius for reasons of phony hipness or bandwagon fashionability. True artistic genius is scarce and should be cherished and revered as the rare treasure it is. From my view, Katy Perry belongs to this elite group without question. NOW, if we could only do something about her taste in men in her personal life!

Love this CD. It's upbeat, and I like to listen to positive music. There are some good messages in the lyrics."Peacock" is one of my favorite songs. There aren't enough 'male-affirming' things out there, and it was refreshing this was put to such an upbeat tune. I don't view sexual things as "evil," "dirty," or "wrong," so why should she? I don't understand the whole CD/person being judged just because of a song.

Loved by my daughter.

Katy Perry's Teenage Dream has to be one of her best albums. I find that all her hit singles are catchy: from Teenage Dream or Last Friday Night, they are very catchy tunes with catchy lyrics. This CD also include remixes of songs such as ET which is nice. If you like Katy Perry and still have not picked up one of her Teenage Dream CD, get this one - it feels complete and I like the extra mixes.

This is an awesome CD, and is up there with my favorites. Every song is excellent- I can't think of one that I don't like. Katy Perry really put her all into this, and I love the remixes towards the end of the disc.This is definitely one of the CDs I can replay over and over again without getting sick of it.

Fun

Love the music on this cd

Heard a song on masked vpice , so got the artist who sang it ,turns out l dont like song (or song by this artist) , not my type of music

Im a big Katy fan. This is her best album. I love most of the songs. My favourites are:Teenage DreamLast Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)California GurlsPeacockCircle The DrainThe One That Got AwayE.THummingbird HeartbeatPart Of Me

All her classics. Good to listen to

Apesar de nas imagens ter o cd com a capa branca, ela não vem, apenas o encarte normal, mas vale muito a pena, um dos melhores álbuns pop já lançados.

What i love about this product is that it has all the best hits of katy perry. If you are a katy perry fan you will love this product as much as i do. Although the first atempt for me to recieve this item was lost, However this matter was quickly addressed & a replacement item was sent out with in the next few days.