Lady Gaga Joanne (Deluxe Edition) (2 Lp's) Bad Timing Syke Interlude T2001

Syke Interlude T2001

Additional personnel: Michelle Anderson (Uilleann pipes)

Teresa Calderon (congas)

Restraint serves her well: there are times she lets go with a full-throated roar

McCartney III Imagined features an A-List assortment of friends

Lady Gaga Joanne (Deluxe Edition) (2 Lp's) Bad Timing Syke Interlude T2001It's difficult not to view Joanne through the prism of Artpop, the 2013 album where Lady Gaga's expanding fame balloon finally popped. Ambitious but muddled, Artpop debuted high but came crashing down to the ground, stalling out after the second single, the R. Kelly duet "Do What U Want." Gaga quickly retreated to the confines of cabaret, cutting a nicely accomplished standards album with Tony Bennett, a move that not only gave her the opportunity to