In Lady Gaga's defense, please try not to judge the album from the 30 second snippets because believe me it doesn't do the songs justice. I listened to the entire album from start to finish and with the exception of two songs (in my opinion of course lol), the album is hot. Now if I hadn't heard the album in its entirety, then perhaps I wouldn't be too excited either. But honestly, it's really hard to judge an album based on small clips. For example, the song Monster is a banger and based on that snippet you wouldn't be able to tell. In regards to Rihanna, I am a huge RiRi fan and if I were to base my opinion on the 30 secs snippets I wouldn't be excited. I rather wait until the album drops and form my opinion at that time. Also at the end of the day, you either like Lady Gaga or you don't. If you're a fan of her music then you will like the album.