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 | Title : American Life
Author : Madonna
Release Date : 20030422
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $18.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Judging by her current pose, the Material Girl has mutated into the Military Girl. Indeed, this time out Madonna launches an assault on the miscalculations of her past while also airing her grievances with a troubled world. Madonna has always jumped on trends, but, for the first time, she leaps and falls as she revisits the minimalist synth-pop that she helped define in the ‘80s and raps like Debbie Harry about lattes and nannies. She also divulges career and personal missteps that her audience recognized all along, and had already forgiven--or embraced. With the exception of the entrancing Bond film theme 'Die Another Day,' the music doesn't measure up to 1999's Ray of Light and '00's Music. And while Madonna has never been a stunning wordsmith, there is a distinction between the introspection on those albums and the self-absorption of American Life; the lyrics here often put one in mind of a cathartic letter one writes but never mails. --Beth Massa
Buyer Reviews :
Don't be scared off by the critics. This is Madonna's best album. Ever. Even better than 'Ray of Light.' It's one of her most cohesive albums to date. Where 'Music' was a hodge podge of musical styles (albeit highly entertaining) there is a deeply personal throughline here that reveals Madonna in a way that none of her other works have done.
From the opening title track 'American Life' with its rap bash on the shallowness of American celebrity to the absolutely gorgeous and spiritual love song 'Nothing Fails' to the pseudo 80s 'therapeutic' dance track 'Mother and Father' Madonna takes the listener on a sonic journey of bitterness to joy to a quiet kind of contentment. Each track serves a purpose and the album flows together beautifully.
Some tracks make take repeated listening but it's time well spent.
Madonna's still the most innovative pop music artist on the scene, twenty years strong.
(by macafferty)
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