Sunday, 12 October 2025

A Quick Look At Katy Perry

 



One of the worlds "best selling" (turns out that she's not a best seller as figures are calculated by the amount of times her songs are listened to on Spotify - that would be like calculating Bob Dylan's sales by counting how times people listened to his albums and singles rather than by how many he sold). Anyway, I'm aware of the name, and a few songs such as "I Kissed a Girl" and "Roar". 



Albums


   
Katy Hudson (2001)


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Trust in Me"
Otto Price4:46
2."Piercing"
  • Hudson
  • Tommy Collier
  • Brian White
Collier4:07
3."Search Me"
  • Hudson
  • Collier
  • Scott Faircloff
Collier5:01
4."Last Call"HudsonDavid Browning3:07
5."Growing Pains"
  • Hudson
  • Dickson
Browning4:05
6."My Own Monster"HudsonBrowning5:25
7."Spit"HudsonPrice5:10
8."Faith Won't Fail"
  • Hudson
  • Dickson
Price5:14
9."Naturally"
  • Hudson
  • Faircloff
Browning4:33
10."When There's Nothing Left"HudsonBrowning6:45



Wikipedia
AllMusic: 
Score:


   
One of the Boys (2008)

Contains her big defining hit "I Kissed a Girl". The songs seem deliberately playfully provocative, such as "Kissed" and "Ur So Gay". It mainly washes over me. 


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."One of the Boys"Katy PerryButch Walker4:07
2."I Kissed a Girl"3:00
3."Waking Up in Vegas"3:20
4."Thinking of You"PerryWalker4:06
5."Mannequin"PerryWells3:17
6."Ur So Gay"
  • Perry
  • Wells
Wells3:37
7."Hot n Cold"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • Dr. Luke
  • Blanco[a]
3:40
8."If You Can Afford Me"S*A*M and Sluggo3:19
9."Lost"Bruner4:15
10."Self Inflicted"
  • Cutler
  • Preven
3:25
11."I'm Still Breathing"Stewart3:48
12."Fingerprints"
  • Perry
  • Wells
Wells3:44
Total length:43:38

Wikipedia
AllMusic: 
Score: 3

 
   
Teenage Dream (2010)

The thump thump drumming and Perry's screechy vocals with simplistic guitar strummed tunes do not turn me on. I recognise a lot of the tracks, though find it all a little irritating to be honest. 


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Teenage Dream"3:47
2."Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • McKee
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
3:50
3."California Gurls" (featuring Snoop Dogg)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Blanco
  • Martin
3:56
4."Firework"3:47
5."Peacock"
  • Perry
  • Eriksen
  • Hermansen
  • Dean
Stargate3:51
6."Circle the Drain"
4:32
7."The One That Got Away"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
3:47
8."E.T."
3:26
9."Who Am I Living For?"
  • Perry
  • Stewart
  • Neuble
  • Brian Thomas
  • Stewart
  • Harrell[a]
4:08
10."Pearl"
  • Wells
4:07
11."Hummingbird Heartbeat"
  • Stewart
  • Harrell[a]
3:32
12."Not Like the Movies"
  • Perry
  • Wells
Wells4:01
Total length:46:44


Wikipedia
AllMusic: 
Score: 2.5


  
Prism (2013)

The opening track, "Roar", I of course recognise, and I don't dislike it.  It's not my thing, but it's a song of hers that I can say I am fairly neutral toward. It doesn't irritate me. I don't mind it, and though I doubt if I'd put it on a playlist, it's not inconceivable. I can possibly see myself putting this and "Kissed" and perhaps a couple of her other cheeky songs - like "Peacock" and "Gay" - on a playlist in the car. Just for the breezy fun of it. 

No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Roar"3:43
2."Legendary Lovers"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • McKee
  • Walter
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
  • Cirkut
3:44
3."Birthday"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • McKee
  • Walter
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
  • Cirkut
3:35
4."Walking on Air"
  • Åhlund
  • Martin
3:42
5."Unconditionally"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • Walter
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
  • Cirkut
3:48
6."Dark Horse" (featuring Juicy J)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
  • Cirkut
3:35
7."This Is How We Do"
  • Perry
  • Åhlund
  • Martin
  • Åhlund
  • Martin
3:24
8."International Smile"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • Walter
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
  • Cirkut
3:47
9."Ghost"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Martin
  • McKee
  • Walter
  • Dr. Luke
  • Martin
  • Cirkut
3:23
10."Love Me"Bloodshy3:52
11."This Moment"3:46
12."Double Rainbow"Kurstin3:51
13."By the Grace of God"
  • Wells
  • Perry
4:27
Total length:48:39


Wikipedia
AllMusic: 
Score: 3


    
Witness (2017)

The most thoughtful and considered and tasteful album so far. Naturally it wasn't as successful as the cheeky, fun, superficial albums. 


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Witness"
  • Martin
  • Payami
4:10
2."Hey Hey Hey"
  • Martin
  • Payami
3:34
3."Roulette"
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Payami
3:18
4."Swish Swish" (featuring Nicki Minaj)
4:02
5."Déjà Vu"
  • H. James
  • Passovoy[d]
3:17
6."Power"
  • Garratt
  • Passovoy[d]
3:46
7."Mind Maze"
4:08
8."Miss You More"
  • Perry
  • Hudson
  • Roddick
  • M. James
3:54
9."Chained to the Rhythm" (featuring Skip Marley)
  • Martin
  • Payami
3:57
10."Tsunami"
3:23
11."Bon Appétit" (featuring Migos)
  • Martin
  • Shellback
  • Holter
3:47
12."Bigger Than Me"
  • Perry
  • Hudson
  • Roddick
  • M. James
4:00
13."Save as Draft"
3:48
14."Pendulum"
4:00
15."Into Me You See"Dustin O'Halloran4:24
Total length:57:28


Wikipedia
AllMusic: 
Score: 4

 
  
Smile (2020)

More screeching and simplistic familiar rhythms. Hmm. 


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Never Really Over"3:43
2."Cry About It Later"3:10
3."Teary Eyes"3:02
4."Daisies"2:54
5."Resilient"3:07
6."Not the End of the World"
  • Perry
  • Hindlin
  • Pollack
  • Goldstein
  • Love
  • Goldstein[a]
  • Görres
2:58
7."Smile"
2:46
8."Champagne Problems"
  • Carlsson
  • Ryan
  • Karlsson[b]
3:16
9."Tucked"
  • Perry
  • Carlsson
  • Ryan
  • Hindlin
  • Alqaisi
  • Carlsson
  • Ryan
  • Karlsson[b]
3:07
10."Harleys in Hawaii"
  • Carlsson
  • Puth
  • Karlsson[b]
3:05
11."Only Love"
3:18
12."What Makes a Woman"
2:11
Total length:36:36


Wikipedia
AllMusic: 
Score: 3 


  
143 (2024)

A little robotic, but that makes a change from the screeching. Although the rhythms and tunes are still boring and simplistic with a clear objective of appealing to the most people. Ultimately rather boring, and rather dismaying for its lack of ambition. 


No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Woman's World"2:43
2."Gimme Gimme" (featuring 21 Savage)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Rocco Did It Again!
2:57
3."Gorgeous" (featuring Kim Petras)
  • Perry
  • Kim Petras
  • Gottwald
  • Max Martin
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
  • Valdes
  • Angelides
  • Malibu Babie
  • Devin Wilkes
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
  • Malibu Babie
3:17
4."I'm His, He's Mine" (featuring Doechii)
  • Dr. Luke
  • Rocco Did It Again!
3:18
5."Crush"Dr. Luke2:57
6."Lifetimes"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Valdes
  • Ogren
  • Thomas
  • Lewis
  • Hudson
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
3:12
7."All the Love"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
  • Ogren
  • Bach
  • Alqaisi
3:15
8."Nirvana"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
  • Valdes
  • Ogren
  • Bach
  • Hudson
  • Koehlke
  • Thomas
  • Warren
  • Harris
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
  • Joseph
2:51
9."Artificial" (featuring JID)
  • Perry
  • JID
  • Gottwald
  • Joseph
  • Valdes
  • Bach
  • Angelides
  • Hudson
  • Samuel Catalano
  • Dr. Luke
  • KBeazy
2:43
10."Truth"
  • Perry
  • Gottwald
  • Oliver
  • Valdes
  • Ogren
  • Lewis
  • Hudson
  • Dr. Luke
  • Oliver
2:57
11."Wonder"3:24
Total length:33:34


Wikipedia
AllMusic: 
Score: 3



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