Lady Gaga Responds To Born This Way Topping ‘Pretentious Albums’ List

‘Eye roll,’ Gaga tweets after music mag NME blasts her latest LP. By James Montgomery Lady Gaga Photo: Michael Buckner/ Getty Images Earlier this week, British music mag NME set out to determine the “10 Most Pretentious Albums Ever.” The list includes (genuinely pretty terrible) conceptual fare like Kiss’ Music From “The Elder,” Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music and, uh, Lady Gaga ‘s Born This Way, which somehow bested all competitors to nab the #1 spot. How? Well, as NME writer Priya Elan wrote, “On Born This Way, [Gaga] seemed to believe in her own hype, convinced she had a message to share. Cue an album of unwieldy ‘anthems’ that couldn’t mask the fact that the fun had left the building.” Elan singled out the thumping “Schei

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