Out of the Blue

Let's go to the mall!! Sounds like roller skating.

Chock full of good pop songs, like a more wholesome version of Madonna. Impressive that she wrote everything on this album herself and helped produce. Probably not something I'd listen to again, but it was enjoyable overall. 3 stars.

Bro this is so good 4 for now

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Only in my dreams, Red hot, Shake your love, Play the field

Hadn't heard of her previously, and thought this was a joke entry, however as soon as this started I could picture the hairstyles and dancing which this took place to. This had personality which crucially more modern pop just does not have. Had a smile on my face all the way through and isn't that what this is all about?

Pop.

Surprising to me there weren't more 80s pop efforts on the initial 1001, so this felt like a breath of fresh air. The compositions are vibrant and lively, Gibson's vocals are rich and well-positioned in the mix, and the whole thing feels like a more well-suited use of the 80s' sense of indulgence than another New Wave or glam rock LP. Could definitely use some fat trimming (most tracks can't help but run one chorus too long), but a fun listen and again something that felt new after ~1200 albums.

Wikipedia says this went triple platinum and when it came out I was smack in the middle of high school in the rural Midwest so it must have been UBIQUITOUS but I have to say nothing was really familiar - I mean the sound and style were all immediately familiar, and I certainly remember Debbie Gibson being A Thing, but none of these songs had that instant recognition factor for me like a lot of songs of similar provenance would (Walk Like an Egyptian, I Wanna Dance with Somebody, I Think We're Alone Now...). I've got nothing against this, but nothing particularly for it either, it is highly polished white girl pop of its era. It was a very peppy jam for my evening workout. After this I listened to somel late-stage Nico, so that was a contrast.

Good that Debbie writes the pop songs and ballads herself. Nowhere near as good as Madonna’s late 80s pop albums. Quite forgettable albeit with catchy choruses and completely inoffensive without any edginess. Scrapes three stars because it’s so wholesome!!!

Decent enough pop music, especially given the fact that Debbie Gibson wrote and produced this album at 16. The lyrics seems a bit too all knowing for a 16 year old, but jokes aside, this is quite an achievement. I’m not sure it belongs on this list though I do hear the seeds of later 90s and early 2000s pop here.

Perfectly pleasant, hooky bubblegum that doesn't really do much for me. I was about a year younger than Gibson when this album came out and I didn't care for it then either. I will say this for her: She has a nice singing voice and her best songs show a real talent for songcraft. I don't hate it, but now I need to go listen to something else. Fave Song: Only in My Dreams

The first user recommended album that came to me. Where have I gone wrong in my life?!? But actually I kind of liked it. Probably biased because 15 year old me had a crush on her when the album came out!

Well made 80s pop. Nice voice. Rating: 3 Playlist track: Foolish Beat Date listened: 04/10/24

This was some lame 80s pop music. The repetitive lyrics and Richard Simmons feeling production had me wanting to skip some of these songs. Not the worst thing I’ve listened to but definitely not my speed. It was pretty meh throughout and won’t be revisiting this. 3.9/10

80's music really doesn't age well!

A very light pop, very much for young girls of the time. I couldn't find a track that seemed explosive enough for a radio repeater, I think it's more of a run of the mill among all the good pop that there was in the eighties.

Way too poppy for me. It ain't bad, but would not want to put this on voluntarily

Ok I've never heard this (or even heard OF it) before, but here's a quick couple of predictions based solely on the album cover: 1. pop music (duh) 2. frustratingly wholesome (call me nostradamus) 3. horribly dated (you don't say) Really branching out with these predictions. I mean, in Australia we had Kylie Minogue and this isn't far off the same sound, vibe, era etc. It might have been fun if I'd grown up with it? I was never huge on the teen girl pop thing, even back when I was that age. But listening to this for the first time, as a 40-year-old man in 2024, just makes me uncomfortable. Like I'm a grown man hanging around outside a primary school and the staff are about to call the cops. One of the tracks has 32mil plays on Spotify, so I was hoping I'd recognise it, but nup. I wonder if Debbie ever looked back and thought "actually, that wasn't the biggest heartbreak of my life after all", lol. After this album I listened to a few of her other, later (adult) songs as well, just so I didn't feel like such a creep, but the music didn't improve. Her most famous song has 128mil plays and it was completely unfamiliar. Gotta pay some respect to her for never having "teen star goes wild" phase, though. Looks like she went from a wholesome teen to a wholesome broadway revue singer. But Out of the Blue gets a 2/5.

I'm actually a little impressed that Debbie Gibson wrote and co-produced a good part of this but it's definitely not my thing and it wasn't in 1987 either.

wth, why is this on the list, HORRIBLE

Cute. Not for a best album list, but cute