From Melody Maker (March 24, 1993)

MADONNA
Fever (sire)

DEBBIE GIBSON
Shock Your Mama (Atlantic)

"FEVER"? "Shock Your Mama"?

The only thing remotely feverish or shocking about these two records (Debbie goes Madonna, Maddy goes Debbie) is how very dry, dispassionate and tame they both are. Frankly, I'm rather alarmed to be given the opportunity of perusing Ms Gibson's seemingly ample cleavage on the sleeve (it is rather thrust into your face) - the word 'blasphemy' comes to mind. Meanwhile, 'Fever' could be the first Madonna record not to go into the top 20 in living memory. Quick, nurse, the screens!

From Billboard (April 8, 1993)

DEBBIE GIBSON -- SHOCK YOUR MAMA (3:14)
PRODUCERS: Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers, Deborah Gibson
WRITERS: C. Sturken, E. Rogers, D. Gibson
PUBLISHERS: Possibilities/EMI-April, ASCAP; Warner-Tamerlane/Could Be, BMI

"Gibson places tongue firmly in cheek on an electric moment from her underrated 'Body Mind Soul' album. Wriggling hip-hop dervied beats percolate beneath a flurry of C+C Music Factory-styled guitars and glossy synths. Above all, Gibson delivers a spirited vocal that takes on a pouty rap that leaves her kiddie-pop days in the past. PROGRAMMERS SHOULD DROP PRECONCEIVED NOTIONS AND GIVE THIS A FAIR SHAKE."

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