Though I do like some of what I see on Pitchfork Media, I'm oftentimes frustrated over their extreme aversion to popular music. They're really too indie for their own good.

However, with their recent review of Lady GaGa's latest album, I have to give them props for giving the album the grade it deserves (a 7.8, a perfect grade for the album which is quite good but not AMAZING), but also for this quote:

"Remember that "Simpsons" Treehouse of Horror where the Krusty the Clown doll was trying to murder Homer? Turned out the problem was the doll had a switch on its back set to "evil" and with a flick of the wrist, it could be reset to "good." It feels like sometime late last summer, someone flicked a similar switch on Lady Gaga. For about a year, she was nothing but a lot of talk and a badge-- only without the badge. She filled her résumé and interviews with style icon namedrops-- Andy Warhol and his notions on celebrity, the denizens of New York's downtown arts scene, and avant couture designers like Thierry Mugler-- but her singles betrayed none of the artistry that she insisted was part of her package. "Poker Face" had about three big hooks, but next to her other singles-- which ran the gamut from forgettable fluff ("Just Dance") to "Muffin Top" ("LoveGame")-- it seemed like a fluke. Then, between the VMAs and "Paparazzi", she came into her own. And on "Bad Romance", the lead single from The Fame Monster, she became kind of awesome."

I've said it before, but it's true. I didn't really like her first album. The singles were pretty alright, but as a whole it was lackluster (yet another reason why it should NOT be nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year). But with The Fame Monster and its original single "Bad Romance," Lady GaGa became less of a derivative poseur and more of an icon-in-the-making.

So, good on you PFork.