It begins. Five years ago, the forum embarked on a journey the likes of which had never been seen before: we were going to rate Madonna's entire discography, from beginning to end, and find out what her best song was. And I was your shepherd through this valley of the shadow of foolishness. It invented popularised the 11/10 mechanic, was spread across three rates, took a whole year, and even survived the host getting banned twice in that same year (seriously what the fuck even was that) but by the end, we had done it. We had created a definitive countdown of every single song Madonna has ever released. Now, it's time to do it all over again. Madonna is the most successful female artist of all time. Let that sink in just a little bit because "of all time" is a phrase that is probably going to be coming up a lot in the next six months I plan on this thread being on the first page of this sub-forum. There are no caveats or asterisks or subgenres next to that title. No one else has done this more successfully than her. Every single artist we talk about and love on this forum? Madonna outsold. Every single drastic image change or sound shift or brand endorsement? Madonna probably did it and better. Pissed off the Vatican because the statue your ancestral home town erected in your honour was "too sexy"? Madonna did that decades ago, hun. The current Pope probably stans to be honest. Madonna is: a maverick a provocateur a Catholic, sometimes a performer a songwriter an actress a director an activist an ally a mother a skincare company CEO a children's book author an owner of a brand of gyms showing your fave how it's done in better shape and better looking than you, and you're half her age an awesome-in-the-classic-sense legend Madonna is not: your bitch, so don't even think about hanging your shit on her Three hundred million records sold, the highest grossing solo touring artist of all time with a whopping $1.4 billion in ticket sales, and will only stop when you fucking kill her. Madonna is the Queen of Pop. And we're going to rate every single song she's ever released... again. Here's how it works: 1. You give all of the below songs a score between 0-10, and one song can be awarded an 11/10. Half points are allowed, and I'm not allowing anything that's any smaller because frankly I know good and goddamn well some of y'all will fret over the difference between a 6.7 and a 6.8 and frankly I don't want that nonsense in my inbox. 2. Don't be a fucking moron, and don't troll. Like... exactly what it says on the tin. There's good and bad everywhere on each album presented, so score accordingly. We're all big girls these days; bombing out a particular album or overscoring certain album to the point where your scores make no difference outside of puffing up averages isn't allowed, and will get your ballot challenged and/or thrown out. Additionally, DO YOUR HOMEWORK. Some of these songs were born out of the some of the biggest social movements in history and Madonna's role in these movements helped moved the dial. Know what you're scoring. 3. Send your scores to me by 15th June. There's a lot of music to cover in here, I know, but I'm hoping that y'all are familiar with most of this stuff anyway, and without the pressure of commentary it should be fairly doable in two months... maybe even less considering we're all trapped indoors with nothing to do but listen to music. 4. Commentary is NOT permitted outside of your 11/10 If you submit commentary for songs outside of your 11/10 choice, it will not be used. The best thing about the original threads was how they all ended up having a buzz and an atmosphere. It was like unwinding in a bar over some drinks with friends and discussing your mutual favourite subject. I'm going to strive to continue that atmosphere, and I actively encourage y'all to post and share what you would have sent to me anyway. Phew! Buckle your seatbelts girls! There is no hyperbole present when I say that the albums and songs you're going to be rating over the next two months are genre-defining in their success and brilliance. It doesn't get bigger than the music on offer here. This will probably be the most difficult rate most of y'all have ever done. There are probably around forty songs here that have legitimate claims to the winning spot, and for the first ever time, they're actually all properly against each other rather than being spread across different rates. Anyone who has maybe got ahead of doing their scores will attest to the difficulty, I'm sure. I wish you an ounce of luck. Madonna (1983) 1. Lucky Star 2. Borderline 3. Burning Up 4. I Know It 5. Holiday 6. Think of Me 7. Physical Attraction 8. Everybody Like A Virgin (1984) 1. Material Girl 2. Angel 3. Like A Virgin 4. Over And Over 5. Love Don't Live Here Anymore 6. Dress You Up 7. Shoo-Bee-Doo 8. Pretender 9. Stay True Blue (1986) 1. Papa Don't Preach 2. Open Your Heart 3. White Heat 4. Live To Tell 5. Where's the Party 6. True Blue 7. La Isla Bonita 8. Jimmy Jimmy 9. Love Makes the World Go Round Like A Prayer (1989) 1. Like A Prayer 2. Express Yourself 3. Love Song 4. Till Death Do Us Part 5. Promise To Try 6. Cherish 7. Dear Jessie 8. Oh Father 9. Keep It Together 10. Spanish Eyes 11. Act Of Contrition I’m Breathless (1990) 1. He's A Man 2. Sooner Or Later 3. Hanky Panky 4. I'm Going Bananas 5. Cry Baby 6. Something To Remember 7. Back In Business 8. More 9. What Can You Lose 10. Now I'm Following You 11. Vogue Erotica (1992) 1. Erotica 2. Fever 3. Bye Bye Baby 4. Deeper And Deeper 5. Where Life Begins 6. Bad Girl 7. Waiting 8. Thief Of Hearts 9. Words 10. Rain 11. Why's It So Hard 12. In This Life 13. Secret Garden Bedtime Stories (1994) 1. Survival 2. Secret 3. I'd Rather Be Your Lover 4. Don't Stop 5. Inside Of Me 6. Human Nature 7. Forbidden Love 8. Love Tried To Welcome Me 9. Sanctuary 10. Bedtime Story 11. Take A Bow Ray Of Light (1998) 1. Drowned World/Substitute For Love 2. Swim 3. Ray Of Light 4. Candy Perfume Girl 5. Skin 6. Nothing Really Matters 7. Sky Fits Heaven 8. Shanti/Ashtangi 9. Frozen 10. The Power Of Goodbye 11. To Have And Not To Hold 12. Little Star 13. Mer Girl 14. Has To Be Music (2000) 1. Music 2. Impressive Instant 3. Runaway Lover 4. I Deserve It 5. Amazing 6. Nobody's Perfect 7. Don't Tell Me 8. What It Feels Like For A Girl 9. Paradise (Not For Me) 10. Gone 11. American Pie 12. Cyber-Raga American Life (2003) 1. American Life 2. Hollywood 3. I'm So Stupid 4. Love Profusion 5. Nobody Knows Me 6. Nothing Fails 7. Intervention 8. X-Static Process 9. Mother And Father 10. Die Another Day 11. Easy Ride Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005) 1. Hung Up 2. Get Together 3. Sorry 4. Future Lovers 5. I Love New York 6. Let It Will Be 7. Forbidden Love 8. Jump 9. How High 10. Isaac 11. Push 12. Like It Or Not 13. Fighting Spirit 14. Super Pop Hard Candy (2008) 1. Candy Shop 2. 4 Minutes (Feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) 3. Give It 2 Me 4. Heartbeat 5. Miles Away 6. She's Not Me 7. Incredible 8. Beat Goes On (Feat. Kanye West) 9. Dance 2Night 10. Spanish Lesson 11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 12. Voices 13. Ring My Bell MDNA (2012) 1. Girl Gone Wild 2. Gang Bang 3. I'm Addicted 4. Turn Up The Radio 5. Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.) 6. Some Girls 7. Superstar 8. I Don't Give A (Feat. Nick Minaj) 9. I'm A Sinner 10. Love Spent 11. Masterpiece 12. Falling Free 13. Beautiful Killer 14. I Fucked Up 15. B-Day Song (Feat. M.I.A.) 16. Best Friend Rebel Heart (2015) 1. Living For Love 2. Devil Pray 3. Ghosttown 4. Unapologetic Bitch 5. Illuminati 6. Bitch I'm Madonna (Feat. Nicki Minaj) 7. Hold Tight 8. Joan Of Arc 9. Iconic (Feat. Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson) 10. HeartBreakCity 11. Body Shop 12. Holy Water 13. Inside Out 14. Wash All Over Me 15. Best Night 16. Veni Vidi Vici (Feat. Nas) 17. S.E.X. 18. Messiah 19. Rebel Heart 20. Beautiful Scars 21. Borrowed Time 22. Addicted 23. Graffiti Heart 24. Autotune Baby Madame X (2019) 1. Medellín (Feat. Maluma) 2. Dark Ballet 3. God Control 4. Future (Feat. Quavo) 5. Batuka 6. Killers Who Are Partying 7. Crave (Feat. Swae Lee) 8. Crazy 9. Come Alive 10. Extreme Occident 11. Faz Gostoso (Feat. Anitta) 12. Bitch I'm Loca (Feat. Maluma) 13. I Don't Search I Find 14. Looking For Mercy 15. I Rise 16. Funana 17. Back that Up To The Beat 18. Ciao Bella B-Sides, Rarities, Complilation Tracks, Etc. Into The Groove Gambler Crazy For You Spotlight Ain't No Big Deal Who's That Girl Causing A Commotion The Look Of Love Can't Stop Supernatural Justify My Love Rescue Me This Used To Be My Playground Goodbye To Innocence I'll Remember Let Down Your Guard I Want You (With Massive Attack) You'll See One More Chance You Must Love Me Don't Cry For Me Argentina Another Suitcase In Another Hall Buenos Aires Lament Beautiful Stranger Time Stood Still Your Honesty Hey You History Celebration Revolver It's So Cool Broken (I'm Sorry) EASY PM LIST Spoiler: EASY PM LIST This is what the current Madonna ballot is looking like. I remember at the time I took some heat for reducing Evita, but... does anyone really want to rate all thirty songs on it for most of them to bomb out in the bottom fifty? Save some accolades for most of I'm Breathless. Madonna (1983) 1. Lucky Star 2. Borderline 3. Burning Up 4. I Know It 5. Holiday 6. Think of Me 7. Physical Attraction 8. Everybody Like A Virgin (1984) 1. Material Girl 2. Angel 3. Like A Virgin 4. Over And Over 5. Love Don't Live Here Anymore 6. Dress You Up 7. Shoo-Bee-Doo 8. Pretender 9. Stay True Blue (1986) 1. Papa Don't Preach 2. Open Your Heart 3. White Heat 4. Live To Tell 5. Where's the Party 6. True Blue 7. La Isla Bonita 8. Jimmy Jimmy 9. Love Makes the World Go Round Like A Prayer (1989) 1. Like A Prayer 2. Express Yourself 3. Love Song 4. Till Death Do Us Part 5. Promise To Try 6. Cherish 7. Dear Jessie 8. Oh Father 9. Keep It Together 10. Spanish Eyes 11. Act Of Contrition I’m Breathless (1990) 1. He's A Man 2. Sooner Or Later 3. Hanky Panky 4. I'm Going Bananas 5. Cry Baby 6. Something To Remember 7. Back In Business 8. More 9. What Can You Lose 10. Now I'm Following You 11. Vogue Erotica (1992) 1. Erotica 2. Fever 3. Bye Bye Baby 4. Deeper And Deeper 5. Where Life Begins 6. Bad Girl 7. Waiting 8. Thief Of Hearts 9. Words 10. Rain 11. Why's It So Hard 12. In This Life 13. Secret Garden Bedtime Stories (1994) 1. Survival 2. Secret 3. I'd Rather Be Your Lover 4. Don't Stop 5. Inside Of Me 6. Human Nature 7. Forbidden Love 8. Love Tried To Welcome Me 9. Sanctuary 10. Bedtime Story 11. Take A Bow Ray Of Light (1998) 1. Drowned World/Substitute For Love 2. Swim 3. Ray Of Light 4. Candy Perfume Girl 5. Skin 6. Nothing Really Matters 7. Sky Fits Heaven 8. Shanti/Ashtangi 9. Frozen 10. The Power Of Goodbye 11. To Have And Not To Hold 12. Little Star 13. Mer Girl 14. Has To Be Music (2000) 1. Music 2. Impressive Instant 3. Runaway Lover 4. I Deserve It 5. Amazing 6. Nobody's Perfect 7. Don't Tell Me 8. What It Feels Like For A Girl 9. Paradise (Not For Me) 10. Gone 11. American Pie 12. Cyber-Raga American Life (2003) 1. American Life 2. Hollywood 3. I'm So Stupid 4. Love Profusion 5. Nobody Knows Me 6. Nothing Fails 7. Intervention 8. X-Static Process 9. Mother And Father 10. Die Another Day 11. Easy Ride Confessions On A Dance Floor (2005) 1. Hung Up 2. Get Together 3. Sorry 4. Future Lovers 5. I Love New York 6. Let It Will Be 7. Forbidden Love 8. Jump 9. How High 10. Isaac 11. Push 12. Like It Or Not 13. Fighting Spirit 14. Super Pop Hard Candy (2008) 1. Candy Shop 2. 4 Minutes (Feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) 3. Give It 2 Me 4. Heartbeat 5. Miles Away 6. She's Not Me 7. Incredible 8. Beat Goes On (Feat. Kanye West) 9. Dance 2Night 10. Spanish Lesson 11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 12. Voices 13. Ring My Bell MDNA (2012) 1. Girl Gone Wild 2. Gang Bang 3. I'm Addicted 4. Turn Up The Radio 5. Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.) 6. Some Girls 7. Superstar 8. I Don't Give A (Feat. Nick Minaj) 9. I'm A Sinner 10. Love Spent 11. Masterpiece 12. Falling Free 13. Beautiful Killer 14. I Fucked Up 15. B-Day Song (Feat. M.I.A.) 16. Best Friend Rebel Heart (2015) 1. Living For Love 2. Devil Pray 3. Ghosttown 4. Unapologetic Bitch 5. Illuminati 6. Bitch I'm Madonna (Feat. Nicki Minaj) 7. Hold Tight 8. Joan Of Arc 9. Iconic (Feat. Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson) 10. HeartBreakCity 11. Body Shop 12. Holy Water 13. Inside Out 14. Wash All Over Me 15. Best Night 16. Veni Vidi Vici (Feat. Nas) 17. S.E.X. 18. Messiah 19. Rebel Heart 20. Beautiful Scars 21. Borrowed Time 22. Addicted 23. Graffiti Heart 24. Autotune Baby Madame X (2019) 1. Medellín (Feat. Maluma) 2. Dark Ballet 3. God Control 4. Future (Feat. Quavo) 5. Batuka 6. Killers Who Are Partying 7. Crave (Feat. Swae Lee) 8. Crazy 9. Come Alive 10. Extreme Occident 11. Faz Gostoso (Feat. Anitta) 12. Bitch I'm Loca (Feat. Maluma) 13. I Don't Search I Find 14. Looking For Mercy 15. I Rise 16. Funana 17. Back that Up To The Beat 18. Ciao Bella B-Sides, Rarities, Complilation Tracks, Etc. Into The Groove Gambler Crazy For You Spotlight Ain't No Big Deal Who's That Girl Causing A Commotion The Look Of Love Can't Stop Supernatural Justify My Love Rescue Me This Used To Be My Playground Goodbye To Innocence I'll Remember Let Down Your Guard I Want You (With Massive Attack) You'll See One More Chance You Must Love Me Don't Cry For Me Argentina Another Suitcase In Another Hall Buenos Aires Lament Beautiful Stranger Time Stood Still Your Honesty Hey You History Celebration Revolver It's So Cool Broken (I'm Sorry) VOTES IN FOR JUNE 15TH
1. Frozen - 9.979 2. Like A Prayer - 9.961 3. Vogue - 9.848 4. Hung Up - 9.67 5. Into The Groove - 9.639 6. Ray Of Light - 9.548 7. Deeper And Deeper - 9.545 8. Drowned World / Substitute For Love - 9.439 9. Open Your Heart - 9.43 9. The Power Of Good-Bye - 9.43 11. Live To Tell - 9.406 12. Papa Don't Preach - 9.367 13. Don't Tell Me - 9.358 14. Erotica - 9.345 15. Get Together - 9.339 16. La Isla Bonita - 9.233 17. Rain - 9.227 18. Nothing Fails - 9.215 19. Nothing Really Matters - 9.209 20. Secret - 9.161 21. Express Yourself - 9.155 22. Human Nature - 9.139 23. Justify My Love - 9.118 24. God Control - 9.064 25. Music - 8.991 26. Sky Fits Heaven - 8.936 27. Sorry - 8.894 28. Oh Father - 8.842 29. Die Another Day - 8.803 30. Bedtime Story - 8.788 30. Skin - 8.788 32. Till Death Do Us Part - 8.782 33. Borderline - 8.761 34. Beautiful Stranger - 8.703 35. Jump - 8.697 36. What It Feels Like For A Girl - 8.691 37. Holiday - 8.618 38. American Life - 8.591 39. Dress You Up - 8.588 40. X-Static Process - 8.558 41. Easy Ride - 8.533 42. Intervention - 8.521 43. Burning Up - 8.518 43. Hollywood - 8.518 45. Crazy For You - 8.5 46. Rescue Me - 8.467 47. Impressive Instant - 8.464 48. Take A Bow - 8.461 49. Future Lovers - 8.452 50. Bad Girl - 8.439 51. Cherish - 8.424 52. Like A Virgin - 8.389 53. Ghosttown - 8.379 53. Medellín (Feat. Maluma) - 8.379 55. Paradise (Not For Me) - 8.358 56. Lucky Star - 8.355 56. Forbidden Love - 8.355 58. Swim - 8.336 59. Thief Of Hearts - 8.276 60. Crave (Feat. Swae Lee) - 8.252 61. To Have And Not To Hold - 8.248 61. Isaac - 8.248 63. Miles Away - 8.239 64. Gone - 8.23 65. Love Profusion - 8.221 66. Give It 2 Me - 8.185 67. Material Girl - 8.167 68. Mer Girl - 8.148 69. Devil Pray - 8.085 70. Waiting - 8.048 71. Sanctuary - 8.033 72. I Don't Search I Find - 8.012 73. True Blue - 7.994 74. I Deserve It - 7.988 75. Nobody Knows Me - 7.985 76. Living For Love - 7.976 77. You'll See - 7.973 78. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You - 7.952 79. Promise To Try - 7.945 80. Rebel Heart - 7.942 81. Words - 7.93 82. Bitch I'm Madonna (Feat. Nicki Minaj) - 7.912 83. I Want You (With Massive Attack) - 7.906 84. Mother And Father - 7.903 85. Let It Will Be - 7.894 86. Spanish Eyes - 7.888 87. Who's That Girl - 7.86 88. I'll Remember - 7.833 89. Time Stood Still - 7.785 90. Celebration - 7.748 91. Has To Be - 7.727 92. Causing A Commotion - 7.715 93. Joan Of Arc - 7.685 94. Keep It Together - 7.661 95. Inside Of Me - 7.636 96. Angel - 7.63 96. Like It Or Not - 7.63 98. Survival - 7.597 99. Amazing - 7.579 100. White Heat - 7.567 101. Secret Garden - 7.555 102. In This Life - 7.542 103. Love Spent - 7.521 104. Bye Bye Baby - 7.515 105. Runaway Lover - 7.512 106. Where Life Begins - 7.494 107. How High - 7.47 108. Fever - 7.464 109. Love Tried To Welcome Me - 7.455 110. Candy Perfume Girl - 7.452 111. Forbidden Love (1994) - 7.427 111. Faz Gostoso (Feat. Anitta) - 7.427 113. Little Star - 7.421 113. Come Alive - 7.421 115. Everybody - 7.406 116. Dark Ballet - 7.394 117. Don't Cry For Me Argentina - 7.382 118. I Rise - 7.367 119. 4 Minutes (Feat. Justin Timberlake & Timbaland) - 7.345 120. She's Not Me - 7.315 121. Physical Attraction - 7.309 121. Why's It So Hard - 7.309 121. This Used To Be My Playground - 7.309 124. Dear Jessie - 7.3 125. Heartbeat - 7.285 126. Inside Out - 7.239 127. Where's The Party - 7.188 128. Falling Free - 7.179 129. Crazy - 7.173 130. Nobody's Perfect - 7.139 131. I'm So Stupid - 7.127 132. Push - 7.112 132. I'm Addicted - 7.112 134. Masterpiece - 7.091 135. American Pie - 7.085 136. Body Shop - 7.061 137. Unapologetic Bitch - 7.058 137. Extreme Occident - 7.058 139. Looking For Mercy - 7.042 140. You Must Love Me - 7.024 141. Goodbye To Innocence - 7.009 142. Gang Bang - 6.939 143. Holy Water - 6.915 144. Gambler - 6.912 145. Think Of Me - 6.906 146. Beat Goes On (Feat. Kanye West) - 6.894 147. Beautiful Killer - 6.884 148. Hold Tight - 6.873 149. The Look Of Love - 6.824 150. Future (Feat. Quavo) - 6.8 151. Batuka - 6.791 152. Voices - 6.785 153. Best Night - 6.755 154. Veni Vidi Vici (Feat. Nas) - 6.752 154. Broken (I'm Sorry) - 6.752 156. Shanti / Ashtangi - 6.73 157. Addicted - 6.712 158. Iconic (Feat. Chance The Rapper & Mike Tyson) - 6.702 158. Ciao Bella - 6.702 160. Spotlight - 6.694 161. I Love New York - 6.652 162. Messiah - 6.639 163. Love Song - 6.621 163. I'd Rather Be Your Lover - 6.621 165. Supernatural - 6.615 166. Candy Shop - 6.588 167. Wash All Over Me - 6.561 168. HeartBreakCity - 6.558 169. Bitch I'm Loca (Feat. Maluma) - 6.548 170. Your Honesty - 6.524 171. Beautiful Scars - 6.461 172. Something To Remember - 6.458 173. Love Don't Live Here Anymore - 6.448 174. Over And Over - 6.433 175. Another Suitcase In Another Hall - 6.409 176. Stay - 6.367 177. Don't Stop - 6.339 178. Girl Gone Wild - 6.324 179. I Know It - 6.267 180. Act Of Contrition - 6.245 181. Fighting Spirit - 6.227 182. I Don't Give A (Feat. Nicki Minaj) - 6.203 183. It's So Cool - 6.191 184. Illuminati - 6.167 185. Funana - 6.161 186. Dance 2Night - 6.152 187. Borrowed Time - 6.118 187. History - 6.118 189. Sooner Or Later - 6.109 189. One More Chance - 6.109 191. Back That Up To The Beat - 6.076 192. Let Down Your Guard - 6.036 193. Killers Who Are Partying - 6.015 194. I'm A Sinner - 6.012 195. I Fucked Up - 5.964 196 - Some Girls - 5.933 197. He's A Man - 5.924 198. Give Me All Your Luvin' (Feat. Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.) - 5.921 199. Buenos Aires - 5.894 200. Super Pop - 5.848 201. Revolver (Feat. Lil Wayne) - 5.827 202. Can't Stop - 5.776 203. Ain't No Big Deal - 5.736 204. Turn Up The Radio - 5.727 205. Best Friend - 5.721 206. Graffiti Heart - 5.697 207. Hanky Panky - 5.691 208. Love Makes The World Go Round - 5.679 209. Back In Business - 5.67 210. Pretender - 5.661 211. Lament - 5.615 212. Cyber-Raga - 5.603 213. Incredible - 5.545 214. Jimmy Jimmy - 5.521 215. Now I'm Following You - 5.497 216. Ring My Bell - 5.424 217. S.E.X. - 5.373 218. Spanish Lesson - 4.997 219. Shoo-Bee-Doo - 4.948 220. More - 4.852 221. What Can You Lose - 4.436 222. Superstar - 4.391 223. Auto-Tune Baby - 4.121 224. Cry Baby - 3.367 225. I'm Going Bananas - 3.327 226. B-Day Song (Feat. M.I.A.) - 3.000 227. Hey You - 2.976
ALBUM RANKING 1. Ray Of Light - 8.528 2. American Life - 8.361 3. Erotica - 8.13 4. Like A Prayer - 8.075 5. True Blue - 7.932 6. Music - 7.916 7. Confessions On A Dance Floor - 7.892 8. Bedtime Stories - 7.878 9. Madonna - 7.767 10. Madame X - 7.205 11. Like A Virgin - 6.959 12. Hard Candy - 6.825 13. Rebel Heart - 6.822 14. MDNA - 6.12 15. I'm Breathless - 5.561
This is probably the rate I’ve been waiting for the most since I ever joined this forum. Reading the original rates was so much fun and so engrossing, and I went in being a very casual fan of Madonna to a full blown stan by the end of reading them. I did my scores ahead of time, but I still don’t know what my 11 will be.
Rebel Heart being almost as long as the first three albums put together nn. I cannot miss this rate tho, it's gonna be such a mess, I can't wait.
Whew let’s go. Her and Xtina were first two pop giants that I started to stan after leaving my Manson / NIN depressed teenager era and what changes it brought to my life. That was a cultural reset. I’m forever grateful for her. I am ready to defend American Life (the song and the album) against some of yall’s missing tastebuds!
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: A legendary song. Those Oprah vocals are flawless, and something she'll probably never replicate. Those post-Evita vocals over a guitar-trance instrumental are otherworldly.
Definitely doing this. I've only heard the early stuff once (if at all), so it's definitely long overdue. Though I can say with some confidence that American Life is her best album and my scores will reflect that.
Tens tens tens tens tens tens tens tens tens tens tens tens tens tens across the motherfucking board. I'm ready.
