Eh, it's still a Madonna song though and it's campy through and through. Hearing Madonna scream 'Drive bitch! Die bitch!' is as dark as it is hilarious, and it's not lacking any self-awareness, so the punchline is completely rewarding and the dark/light juxtaposition is still there. If it were on any other album, it would be regarded as one of her finest moments.
I Came, I Saw, I Conquered: The Madonna Discography Rate, Part III - The 21st Century
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You've highlighted the reasons I do enjoy it to some point. I still think it's bizarre and empty. Camp can only go so far.
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Hate to break it to you, but... it's been out for ages.
If anything, this rate has made me finally delve into a lot of her demo/unreleased work. I mean I'd heard the big ones like Across The Sky and Goodbye To Innocence (amazing) but it's nice hearing things like The Rain Tapes and I've FINALLY listened to those bloody Rebel Heart demos.
Yeah, none of them are better. I would literally take maybe a production flourish or two from Avicii Heart and the S.E.X demo at absolute most. Oh and if she polished up the Beautiful Scars one...that song needs work in any form though.
Just proved Rebel Heart might have been her savviest album, production choice wise. Cut the EDM and keep it classy and timeless, Queen.
Yeah, none of them are better. I would literally take maybe a production flourish or two from Avicii Heart and the S.E.X demo at absolute most. Oh and if she polished up the Beautiful Scars one...that song needs work in any form though.
Just proved Rebel Heart might have been her savviest album, production choice wise. Cut the EDM and keep it classy and timeless, Queen.
Since we're on the subject of demos, 'Animal' is shit.
Why don't you people like Let It Will Be? I get that it's more Stuart Price feat. Madonna than anything, but it bops it bops it bops.
It's fine. I actually used to pick it as a fave on Confessions on a Dance Floor. It just has no place in the top 20/30.
Because it deserves to be top 10 with the other remaining Confessions tracks, bar Like It Or Not, and my 11.
Did you not see it's glorious ascension to #73 though?
You're joking. Although kudos for acknowledging 'Like It or Not''s mediocrity.
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Ohh, I misunderstood!
Hollywood is definitely going to place higher than American Life..
These can go next thanks:
Like It Or Not
Ghosttown
Inside Out
Joan of Arc
Rebel Heart
These can go next thanks:
Like It Or Not
Ghosttown
Inside Out
Joan of Arc
Rebel Heart
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Rebel Heart sounded dated the day it came out. It's the song itself that makes a classic pop moment, not the production. Sadly, one or two of the mellower tracks aside, the songwriting on the album just isn't strong enough. Couple that with the desperately of-the-moment production on any of the uptempos/bangers/slut anthems and you have a recipe for an album that is forgotten by the masses pretty much before it even hits the shelves.
True story.
It's late and I've decided not to go to school tomorrow so I'm revealing my 11. It is 'American Life'.
I thought my 11 was more divisive than it appears to be, which is kinda nice. I'm just hoping for a top 40 placing at this point. MY 80's 11 (Live to Tell) reached no.7, and my 90's 11 (Waiting) reached no.20, which is perhaps my favourite result across all three rates.