erotica blu
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I love the dual structure of the song. It feels organic and alive when a track can wonder into unexpected territory. That's the best possible example of the kind of freedom and experimentation an album track can have.
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It's not that I'm not fond of them. They all have their place as far as I'm concerned. With that said....
Music is actually a great album but AL and Erotica have just always lacked to me for some reason. Conceptually Erotica is brilliant but I just get bored with it after a while. Those breathy, spoken, sometimes barely audible vocals drone on and on after a point. With AL, I think it was just a bit too sparse for my tastes. It felt like Madonna trying to be a Sheryl Crow, Michelle Branch type of artist (with more interesting production). On first listen I remember I kept waiting for the songs to take off, a sparkling melody, bridge, hook something and they just kind of droned on and ended without anything eventful really happening.
Mind you I'm just highlighting the negative points. I can say more positive I'm sure.
I adore those albums. I guess I really have esoteric taste in Madonna material.
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Yeah, Hard Candy is my favorite out of those (minus MDNA) and that seems like it should be on my list for my LAP.
Kurt what isn't about
EROTICA
AMERICAN LIFE
MUSIC
that you're not too fond of?
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All the songs are starting to come together for me now. I was awestruck on first listen, I just didn't expect the twists and turns these songs would take. I think this is easily her best album since ROL. It's already in this group of albums for me....
MADONNA
LIKE A PRAYER
RAY OF LIGHT
CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR
MDNA
You and I have very different taste.
EROTICA
AMERICAN LIFE
MDNA
HARD CANDY
MUSIC
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I'm shocked this isn't a stock fashion photographer video where everything looks pretty but nothing exciting is going on. Madonna's serious this era about rewarding the fans by having fun being Madonna. She's turning up the tongue in-cheek and re-purposing herself to everyone who seems to have experienced simultaneous amnesia. Four years is an entirety in pop these days but Madonna being Madonna is an intuitive magician. Continuing her formula of survival surpassing her peers and making an impossible path for the new school to follow. MDNA is 2 for 2 in the music video department.
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Can Madonna surprise us once we actually purchase the physical album?
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Does QT have a twitter? I shall tweet it to him.
Babe he's filming his slavery movie right now.
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Are there no MPEG-4 versions of B-Day Song?
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http://www.4shared.com/rar/Th3W_p4S/file.html
another option of the same standard HQ.
What's the difference?
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The lyrics are indeed the biggest problem throughout. There are some exceptions, but my guess is that those were the songs written by others first and then she retooled them. I do think "I Don't Give A" is good lyrically. It's all in the delivery. It's like "American Life," but it actually works.
Lyrics are overrated.
I'm very forgiving of MDNA. -
Madonna hasn't had lyrics in a booklet since Ray of Light.
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Please make a proper video with Nicki again.
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It seems like I will be the first person to piss on everyone's parade. I'm very happy most of you seem to love it, but it's not my cup of tea.
My biggest issue with the entire record are THE LYRICS. I didn't bother with the bonus tracks yet.
Girl Gone Wild - 2/10
Benassi throwaway. Easily her worst single and lead track in the history of her career. Half-assed vocals.
Gang Bang - 5/10
This could have been amazing. The spoken vocal is fairly intriguing. In fact I really enjoy the sampling and production. However that last minute or so is such poorly executed camp that I don't even know where to begin.
I'm Addicted - 5/10
This isn't terrible. Uninspired lyrics. Sort of reminds me of a William Orbit track that was probably dusted off from the Music era.
Turn Up The Radio - 7/10
Pleasant vocal delivery. This is basically Solveig-by-the-Numbers. This sounds practically identical to "Hello". I can see this becoming a single.
Give Me All Your Luvin' - 6/10
We all know this. The "pre-chorus" or whatever is quite good. Still sounds better suited for Katy Perry.
Some Girls - 2/10
This is a fucking mess. Some interesting production bits bump this up a point.
Superstar - 3/10
Solveig sounding though he had nothing to do with this. Very summery, could be good if it had a complete re-write. What's up with these fucking lyrics?? It sounds like she brought this to her Mercy's pre-school and they wrote it as a class during a history lesson.
I Don't Give A - 3/10
Fairly shit. Almost ridiculous enough that it could work but it doesn't. The production and the chamber choir are a good idea but again it would need a complete re-write to be tolerable. Nicki's rap in the middle works very well, it should have been given to her.
I'm A Sinner - 6/10
A bit retro. The instrumentation during the verses reminds me of "Beautiful Stranger"/"Amazing". Not awful, not good.
Love Spent - 8/10
Now we finally have a track that is worth repeated listens. The reminds me of something that she would have done during Music if it weren't for the lyrics echoing the recent divorce. This track is the most "Madonna" of the bunch if that makes sense.
Masterpiece - 7/10
Pleasant.
Falling Free - 9/10
Her best recorded vocal since the Ray of Light years that I can recall. Parts of this remind me of something Imogen Heap would record. The only song that I cannot fault in the lyric department. Mature. If the whole record went down this route it would have been amazing.
Of course I will but it to support her, and give the HQ version a spin to form a solid opinion. I'm still looking forward to the tour very much but as a whole this album offers me nothing to want to revisit on a regular basis bar the last three tracks.
Madonna's lyrics never mattered. It was the emotions the final result ignited in me is what mattered. I can't think of a single artist that I appreciate where their lyrics matter most?—I'm not a completely shallow person I love quality lyrics since I write poetry.
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I am so happy that she will be doing "Revolver"! I love it when she does lesser known tracks.
I love that she's incorporating Celebration material in her show. It sort of expands the MDNA era in terms of content for tour.
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Yeth. It's a really stupid fucking track
and the "happy birthday!!!" at the end, ugh, cringe!.Back off motherfucker.
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Hard to tell. Right now I'd say GANG BANG and I'M ADDICTED but maybe that'll wear off ... we'll see.
I loved the LOVE SPENT snippet but am probably the one gay in the village that doesn't instantly love the rest of the song, I kind of wish it would all be in the same vein as the snippet was. I'm sure it'll grow on me though
Love Spent is art.
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^wasnt Orbit responsible for getting whole album together?
He's the co-executive producer because Madonna wanted him to be.
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I'm sorry but i really don't understand the hate for GGW. Yeah it's generic but it's catchy as hell, i love it!!!! GMAYL is my least favorite, i can understand why people don't like it but GGW is not THAT bad.
No fan of GGW.
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I really don't understand the out and out hatred for GMAYL. I think in six months the hysteria will have gone.
The final master is atrocious. Most aren't sensitive to this kind of thing but once they released that squashed - lifeless - no dynamics version of the song. It has been dead to most since. You can't appreciate a track that sounds like airless noise.
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I have to say pairing Solveig with Orbit was kind of genius. They both have this wide open, meticulously produced but still uncluttered slightly retro, really upbeat and feel good sound.
Agree
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Love 60s sounding Brit-Pop. I would get rid of a few tracks to make space for it on the standard track listing but MIA had to be a hot head. Madonna does love the song. She previewed it for us and it was intended for the standard album version.
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I prefer cohesiveness too because I like music to flow. Different sounding songs next to each other can be jarring and take you out of the moment. Luckily Madonna's eclectic albums aren't too random. I think Music was wonderfully eclectic but still flowed nicely. I'm listening to MDNA right now and it's weird listening to Masterpiece. It does interrupt the flow. But Masterpiece does set up Falling Free nicely.
I wish more time was spent making Orbit and Solveig's tracks blend into each other. They could have remixed and reconstructed each others tracks.—that's a novel idea right their for a real experimental MDNA. The album as it stands pleases me enough.
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Yeah I like that detached cyborg quality too. It's fun. I also love it when they tweak her voice on certain songs like NKM and Die Another Day. It contributes to the android feel.
I think it's sexy and a bit humorous at the same time.
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Orbit's a formalist. His production approaches pop as though it were classical music. I had reservations about his return but he produced Love Spent.