Guest Pud Whacker Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 ITS PERFECTION!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5iVe Elements Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 YAAAASSSSSZZZZZ!!!! Loved it from the start and helped convert me to the fan i Am now!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad4mad2 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 That now Iconic cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 ITS PERFECTION!!! Almost perfection (with the exception of Im So Stupid , otherwise near perfection) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Gold Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM SO STUPID Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad4mad2 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Almost perfection (with the exception of Im So Stupid , otherwise near perfection) First "The power of goodbye" and now this?!! I hope M cancels the Australian leg of the tour. Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icykiller Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Almost perfection (with the exception of Im So Stupid , otherwise near perfection) Yup. Near perfection, but I must admit I do enjoy I'm so stupid now and then. My favorite M album, and the one that made me go from fan to stan. Looove it, and AL the song is still a staple in my gym playlist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Insane Person Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'm so stupid with love profusion are my favorite tracks on the album. I never got all the hate on I'm so Stupid tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick00 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 It's perfect, unique, and somewhat odd at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karbatal Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Love it so much. It's so intelligent and has so many layers musically and lyrically... One of her best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasteinmen Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'm So Stupid is amazing! Great album, Nobody Knows Me is my favourite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prox Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 One of her best album. A little masterpiece which was overshadowed by the original AL video and the controversy around it. It was quite a critical album about the US in general, and at a time of war. The media made sure it wouldnt be a mainstream success. In my view, withdrawing the video was a mistake, it was a amazing piece of work as well. I still listen to this record very often, I like the raw side of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 ITS PERFECTION!!! Word I loved that she was being experimental with it, as it often happens with her Love Mirways and Stuart by the way Easy Ride, Love Profusion, Hollywood, Nothing Fails, I'm So Stupid, Intervention are madgestic And I adore the AL rap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Yes yes yes... one of her best. Ah! Fuck it! Ah! Fuck it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 One of her best album. A little masterpiece which was overshadowed by the original AL video and the controversy around it. It was quite a critical album about the US in general, and at a time of war. The media made sure it wouldnt be a mainstream success. In my view, withdrawing the video was a mistake, it was a amazing piece of work as well. I still listen to this record very often, I like the raw side of it. This This This 100 years from now people will discover or rediscover what a varied and consistent catalogue of musical masterpieces she has created out the context of the "controversies" and publicity machinery. When I look at what was "hot" on the charts in 2003 and then I listen to AL I always laugh It doesn't sound like anything else but itself and it does hold musical merit unlike most teenage bubblegum pop of the time. But the again all her albums have always had musical merit regardless of the year they are children of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XXL Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'm drinking a Soy latte I get a double shot It goes right through my body And you know I'm satisfied, I drive my mini cooper And I'm feeling super-dooper Yo they tell I'm a trooper And you know I'm satisfied I do yoga and pilates And the room is full of hotties So I'm checking out the bodies And you know I'm satisfied I'm digging on the isotopes This metaphysic's shit is dope And if all this can give me hope You know I'm satisfied I got a lawyer and a manager An agent and a chef Three nannies, an assistant And a driver and a jet A trainer and a butler And a bodyguard or five A gardener and a stylist Do you think I'm satisfied? I'd like to express my extreme point of view I'm not Christian and I'm not a Jew I'm just living out the American dream And I just realized that nothing Is what it seems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loowee Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 The ballad trilogy run is the simply just the beautiful thing ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CzarnaWisnia Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 It was quite a critical album about the US in general, and at a time of war. The media made sure it wouldnt be a mainstream success. I disagree. It's only very slightly critical of the US, if at all. It's critical in Hollywood of... Hollywood and the fame world many aspire to (but they're just fake people wanting to enter a fake world, big news). HW is hardly the US. American Life the song appears to criticize the US lifestyle, but it also names it as an object of comfort : I live the american dream You are the best thing I've seen, You are not just a dream It's hardly criticism. And the whole song is about Madonna's life, her perception of it, of her place in the life she's built for herself. Appart from those two songs, there are no criticism of the US. People have that wrong impression because of the marketing plan chosen to promote the album by M and her team. The guerrillero theme and pictures don't show at all what the album is. It's not an angry record, it's not anti-US (nor anti anything), it's not militant. That marketing is why it failed commercially, in my opinion. Had the marketing (and first single) been faithful to the album as a whole, it could have been different. American Life is an album about intimacy, self-realization, generosity, tenderness, etc. This is evident in many songs like Love Profusion, Easy Ride, X-static Process, Intervention, Mother and Father, Nothing Fails. It's much more personal than political. It didn't fail because it's too personal, or not pop enough. It did because it was mislabeled as a political album, which it is not, and because Madonna wanted to use the album to discuss politics (in interviews or through the pulled video). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliebean Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 my least favorite album. I do love the song "Love Profusion"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 09 American Life 10 Hollywood 08 I'm so Stupid 09 Love Profusion 10 Nobody Knows Me 09 Nothing Fails 08 Intervention 07 X-Static Process 07 Mother and Father 10 Die Another Day 09 Easy Ride One of her best!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky guy Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 It strikes me listening back how creamy and smooth and folksy that voice is on AL - so pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples388 Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Yes only bettered by the RH vocals in recent times . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeakMaker Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I think the reason why AL was poorly received is because her sound became way too mellow. If you take away Nobody Knows Me and to an extent Mother And Father there's not even one real dance track.. After all dance is Madonna's playground and people will always keep listening to her dance songs.. BIM is just another case of Madonna finding success in her original roots which is ground breaking dance music. At that time Madonna was still on a high from the Music album, the DWT and DAD, which reached the Top10 and the video was on heavy rotation. When AL was released the press decided it was anti-American and anti Bush but the public didn't buy it because it wasn't dance enough in my personal opinion. No wonder she gave us a mammoth dance fest with COAD. I personally love it. It's such a contemplative album. I always put it on when I'm pissed off at society or something. lol it takes me from a state of anguish and frustration to a place of peace and unity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loowee Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I disagree. It's only very slightly critical of the US, if at all. It's critical in Hollywood of... Hollywood and the fame world many aspire to (but they're just fake people wanting to enter a fake world, big news). HW is hardly the US. American Life the song appears to criticize the US lifestyle, but it also names it as an object of comfort : I live the american dream You are the best thing I've seen, You are not just a dream It's hardly criticism. And the whole song is about Madonna's life, her perception of it, of her place in the life she's built for herself. Appart from those two songs, there are no criticism of the US. People have that wrong impression because of the marketing plan chosen to promote the album by M and her team. The guerrillero theme and pictures don't show at all what the album is. It's not an angry record, it's not anti-US (nor anti anything), it's not militant. That marketing is why it failed commercially, in my opinion. Had the marketing (and first single) been faithful to the album as a whole, it could have been different. American Life is an album about intimacy, self-realization, generosity, tenderness, etc. This is evident in many songs like Love Profusion, Easy Ride, X-static Process, Intervention, Mother and Father, Nothing Fails. It's much more personal than political. It didn't fail because it's too personal, or not pop enough. It did because it was mislabeled as a political album, which it is not, and because Madonna wanted to use the album to discuss politics (in interviews or through the pulled video). which is very anti-American Dream..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5iVe Elements Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Can't wait for the Easy Ride/Rebel Heart mashup on tour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightcutter Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I'm so stupid with love profusion are my favorite tracks on the album. I never got all the hate on I'm so Stupid tbh. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erotica blu Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 ITS PERFECTION!!! Thank you. I needed support from a super fan member like yourself. You have finally come around to the genuine genius of American Life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agclef Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Love the album - gets BETTER with age. Incredible sounds, quite avant garde, I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliebean Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I liked her look for American life brunette hair for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHakaLH Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 My all-time favorite Madonna album. Nothing Fails, Mother and Father, X-Static Process and Intervention are acoustic/electronic perfection. I liked her look for American life brunette hair for a change. This. We need another brunette M era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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