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Žanr: Elektronska muzika, Pop, R&B
Poreklo: Strani izvođač

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Studio album (reissue) / EP by Lady Gaga
Released November 18, 2009
Recorded 2009
Studio
Record Plant, Darkchild (Los Angeles)
FC Walvisch (Amsterdam)
Metropolis (London)
Studio Groove (Osaka)
Genre Electropop
Length
84:28
34:09 (EP)
Label
StreamlineKonLiveCherrytreeInterscope
Producer
Ron FairFernando GaribayRodney `Darkchild` JerkinsLady GagaRedOneTeddy RileySpace Cowboy
Lady Gaga chronology
Hitmixes
(2009) The Fame Monster
(2009) The Remix
(2010)

The Fame Monster is a reissue of American singer Lady Gaga`s debut studio album, The Fame (2008), and was released on November 18, 2009, through Interscope Records. Initially planned solely as a deluxe edition reissue of The Fame, Interscope later decided to release the eight new songs as a standalone EP in some territories. The decision was also because Gaga believed the re-release was too expensive and that the albums were conceptually different, describing them as yin and yang. The deluxe edition is a double album featuring the eight new songs on the first disc and The Fame on the second disc. A super deluxe edition was released on December 15, 2009, holding additional merchandise, including a lock from Gaga`s wig.

An electropop record, The Fame Monster has influences of disco, glam rock, and synth-pop music of the 1970s and 1980s, as well as industrial and gothic music. The album was also inspired by fashion shows and runways. According to Gaga, the album deals with the darker side of fame, with its theme lyrically expressed through a monster metaphor. The album`s two covers were shot by Hedi Slimane. One of the covers has a Gothic theme and was declined for release by her record company, but Gaga persuaded them.

The Fame Monster received generally positive reviews from music critics. The album charted as The Fame in some countries, and topped the charts in Australia, Belgium, Finland, New Zealand, and Poland. In the United States, the EP reached number five on the Billboard 200 and topped the Dance/Electronic Albums chart. It has since been certified five-times Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album has won multiple awards since its release. It was nominated in a total of six categories at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards, including Gaga`s second consecutive Album of the Year nomination. It won three, including Best Pop Vocal Album.

`Bad Romance`, the album`s lead single, was a commercial success, topping the charts in more than twenty countries and reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. The next two singles, `Telephone` and `Alejandro`, reached the top ten in multiple countries worldwide. `Dance in the Dark` was released as a single only in select territories, achieving moderate chart success. To promote the album, Gaga embarked on The Monster Ball Tour (2009–2011), which became the highest-grossing tour in history by a debut headlining artist.

According to Billboard, as of 2022, The Fame Monster is one of the 15 best-performing 21st-century albums without any of its singles being number-one hits on the Billboard Hot 100.[116] With the release of The Fame and The Fame Monster, Gaga was attributed to reviving electronic dance music in the late 2000s era of popular music by professional critics,[117][118] DJs Tommie Sunshine and Calvin Harris,[119][120] and radio personality Zane Lowe.[120] Additionally, Andrew Unterberger of Billboard stated that `Gaga raised the standards for ambition in pop`, concluding that she `took American mainstream music at one of its least-interesting and most star-power-deprived moments and made it bigger, weirder, more visual and infinitely more personality-driven – in other words, much more fun.`[121]

Critics acknowledged that The Fame Monster also had an influence on the images of pop stars, beginning a trend of wearing bizarre and outrageous outfits. Tracie Egan Morrissey from Jezebel, said that 2011 MTV Video Music Awards`s red carpet `reeks of Lady Gaga`s influence`, particularly noticing the effect on the attire of Nicki Minaj and Katy Perry at the show.[122] Jon Caramanica from The New York Times in his article `Girl Pop`s Lady Gaga Makeover` states: `It`s Halloween-costume empowerment, sure, but her fingerprints are all over the revised images of Christina Aguilera, Rihanna, Katy Perry and Beyoncé; and on new artists like Kesha, Janelle Monáe and Nicki Minaj` and that `the work she`s done since her 2008 debut album [...] has nudged loose conventional boundaries.`[123]

In 2019, Pitchfork ranked the album number 151 in their `Best Albums of the 2010s` list, acknowledging that although it was officially released in November 2009, they made an exception as the album `cast such a long shadow over this decade`.[124] The Fame Monster placed at number 45 on Consequence`s The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time, while at six on their Top 75 Albums of the Last 15 Years. The publication commented about its relevance since it was released, stating that the album `laid a certain groundwork for many women in pop to follow.`[125][126]

Track listing
The Fame Monster – Standard edition[127][128]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. `Bad Romance`
RedOneLady Gaga
RedOneGaga[a]
4:54
2. `Alejandro`
RedOneGaga
RedOneGaga[a]
4:34
3. `Monster`
RedOneGagaSpace Cowboy
RedOneGaga[a]
4:10
4. `Speechless` Gaga
Ron FairGaga[a]Tal Herzberg[a]
4:31
5. `Dance in the Dark`
GagaFernando Garibay
GaribayGaga[a]
4:49
6. `Telephone` (featuring Beyoncé)
GagaRodney `Darkchild` JerkinsLaShawn DanielsLazonate FranklinBeyoncé
JerkinsGaga[a]
3:41
7. `So Happy I Could Die`
GagaRedOneSpace Cowboy
RedOneGagaSpace Cowboy
3:55
8. `Teeth`
GagaTaja RileyPete Wyoming Bender[b]Teddy Riley[b]
Teddy RileyGaga[a]
3:41
Total length: 34:09
The Fame / The Fame Monster – International deluxe edition (disc 2)[134]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
5. `I Like It Rough`
GagaKierszenbaum
Kierszenbaum 3:24
6. `Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)`
GagaKierszenbaum
Kierszenbaum 2:57
7. `Starstruck` (featuring Space Cowboy and Flo Rida)
GagaKierszenbaumDrestiDillard
KierszenbaumSpace Cowboy
3:39
8. `Beautiful, Dirty, Rich`
GagaFusari
Fusari 2:53
9. `The Fame`
GagaKierszenbaum
Kierszenbaum 3:43
10. `Money Honey`
GagaRedOneHajji
RedOne 2:52
11. `Boys Boys Boys`
GagaRedOne
RedOne 3:22
12. `Paper Gangsta`
GagaRedOne
RedOne 4:25
13. `Brown Eyes`
GagaFusari
FusariGaga[a]
4:05
14. `Summerboy`
GagaKierulfSchwartz
Brian & Josh 4:14
15. `Disco Heaven`
GagaFusariTom Kafafian
Fusari 3:41
16. `Retro Dance Freak`
GagaFusari
Fusari 3:23
Total length: 57:42
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of The Fame Monster.[139]

Musicians
Lady Gaga – vocals (all tracks); vocal arrangement, background vocals (tracks 1–3, 7); piano (track 4); additional instrumentation, arrangement (track 5); all instruments, programming (track 7)
RedOne – all instruments, programming, vocal arrangement, background vocals (tracks 1–3, 7)
Space Cowboy – background vocals (track 3); all instruments, programming (track 7)
Ron Fair – arrangement, conducting (track 4)
Abraham Laboriel Jr. – drums (track 4)
Tal Herzberg – bass (track 4)
John Goux – all guitars (track 4)
Fernando Garibay – instrumentation, programming, arrangement (track 5)
Beyoncé – vocals (track 6)
Rodney `Darkchild` Jerkins – all music (track 6)
The Regiment Horns – horn (track 8)
Eric Jackson – guitars (track 8)
Teyonie – background vocals (track 8)
Stacy Dulan – background vocals (track 8)
Technical
RedOne – production, vocal editing, recording, engineering (tracks 1–3, 7)
Lady Gaga – co-production (tracks 1–6, 8); production (track 7)
Johnny Severin – vocal editing (tracks 1–3, 7); engineering (tracks 3, 7)
Dave Russell – engineering (tracks 1, 3, 7); tracking engineering, mixing (track 8)
Eelco Bakker – engineering (tracks 1, 2)
Mark `Spike` Stent – mixing (tracks 1, 6)
Matty Green – mixing assistance (tracks 1, 6)
Robert Orton – mixing (tracks 2, 3, 5, 7)
Space Cowboy – recording (track 3); production (track 7)
Ron Fair – production (track 4)
Tal Herzberg – co-production, recording engineering (track 4)
Jack Joseph Puig – mixing (track 4)
Frank Wolff – recording engineering (track 4)
Ryan Kennedy – engineering assistance (track 4)
Tal Oz – engineering assistance (track 4)
Joe Cory – engineering assistance (track 4)
Fernando Garibay – production (track 5)
Jonas Wetling – recording engineering, tracking engineering (track 5)
Dan Parry – recording engineering, tracking engineering (track 5)
Christian Delano – recording engineering, tracking engineering (track 5)
Rodney `Darkchild` Jerkins – production, mixing (track 6)
Paul Foley – recording (track 6)
Mike `Handz` Donaldson – recording (Lady Gaga`s vocals), additional vocal production, special effects (track 6)
Hisashi Mizoguchi – recording (Beyoncé`s vocals) (track 6)
Takayuki Matsushima – recording assistance (Beyoncé`s vocals) (track 6)
Teddy Riley – production, mixing (track 8)
Mike Daly – mixing assistance (track 8)
Vincent Herbert – executive production
Lisa Einhorn Gilder – production coordination
Andrea Ruffalo – production coordination
Gretchen Anderson – production
Artwork
Julian Peploe Studio – art direction
Hedi Slimane – photography