▁Boston ▁Glo be , ▁James ▁Re ed ▁question ed ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁" t ame " ▁C yrus , ▁given ▁that ▁" this ▁stuff ▁is ▁already ▁pretty ▁innoc uous ". ▁However , ▁he ▁acknowled ged ▁that ▁Can ' t ▁Be ▁T amed ▁contained ▁" the ▁catch iest ▁Top ▁ 4 0 ▁hits ▁money ▁can ▁buy ." ▁Refer encing ▁the ▁lyr ics ▁in ▁" Every ▁Rose ▁Has ▁Its ▁Th orn ", ▁Le ah ▁Green blatt ▁from ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁felt ▁that ▁C yrus ▁was ▁" just ▁not ▁( y et ) ▁that ▁th orn y ▁a ▁girl " ▁despite ▁visible ▁efforts ▁of ▁re bell ion . ▁Alex is ▁Pet rid is ▁of ▁The ▁Guardian ▁thought ▁that ▁C yrus ▁lost ▁sight ▁of ▁her ▁target ▁audience ▁with ▁the ▁project , ▁not ing ▁that ▁" if ▁you ' re ▁old ▁enough ▁to ▁stay ▁up ▁after ▁ 9 : 0 0 ▁PM ▁without ▁asking ▁permission , ▁it ' s ▁not ▁intended ▁for ▁you " ▁while ▁also ▁comment ing ▁that ▁children ▁that ▁may ▁be ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁record ▁had ▁likely ▁" trans ferred ▁their ▁aff e ctions " ▁to ▁the ▁then - teen age ▁Justin ▁B ie ber . ▁Writing ▁for ▁Rol ling ▁Stone , ▁Rob ▁She ff ield ▁op ined ▁that ▁the ▁production ▁used ▁throughout ▁Can ' t ▁Be ▁T amed ▁felt ▁too ▁generic ▁for ▁its ▁goal ▁of ▁re bell ion . ▁ ▁The on ▁We ber ▁of ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice ▁felt ▁that ▁C yrus ' ▁attempts ▁of ▁m atur ity ▁were ▁too ▁similar ▁to ▁those ▁of