I had never listened to a Gaga album before, so I decided to give Artpop a try. I'm not a music snob, and I enjoy a couple of her older songs, but the songs on this album are just plain boring, or just plain... bland. As I understand it, Artpop, is a shift for Gaga, and it suffers from being overproduced. Also, "Swine", is quite possibly the most embarrassing song I have ever heard by anyone.