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Discussion: Is MDNA really a BAD album?
Member Since: 3/21/2010
Posts: 19,112
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Originally posted by ifyouseekLEM
I love the album. It just lacks that TRUE song --- it's an album of second/third singles and filler. It needs that bonafide hit that you always come back to.
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agree with this.
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Member Since: 9/22/2011
Posts: 9,178
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Originally posted by madonnas
It's a decent album. It has Love Spent, which is one of her best songs of all times, and it sees her taking much more risks than HC, even if some songs are stale (GGW, Superstar).
But hey ho look at it this way most of the people saying it's terrible liked Nicki's album.
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It's a solid musical offering on the level of Music. Not as grand as Ray of Light or cohesive as Confessions, but it sure is a big step up from Hard Candy. I think people are quick to drag it because of the less-than-stellar single choices, but I think its highs (Gang Bang, I'm Addicted, Love Spent, Falling Free) outweigh just about all the lows.
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Member Since: 5/17/2010
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It's awful. The production is cheap, her vocals sound auto-tuned to death, and it gets old relatively fast.
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Member Since: 3/16/2012
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It has a few fillers, but no. The great songs it has overshadow those fillers.
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Member Since: 8/22/2011
Posts: 18,944
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Originally posted by humbz
It's WAAAAY better than Hard Candy and as great as COAD!
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Don't put MDNA on the Confessions on a dance EPIC floor level.
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Member Since: 2/17/2012
Posts: 33,611
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Originally posted by Arking
+9999
It's a solid musical offering on the level of Music. Not as grand as Ray of Light or cohesive as Confessions, but it sure is a big step up from Hard Candy. I think people are quick to drag it because of the less-than-stellar single choices, but I think its highs (Gang Bang, I'm Addicted, Love Spent, Falling Free) outweigh just about all the lows.
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NO.
Music is a 9/10
MDNA is like a 6.5-7/10
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
Posts: 22,128
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It's really not that bad, people just forget that Madonna isn't making albums like Ray of Light anymore.
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Member Since: 2/8/2012
Posts: 10,532
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It's decent. I agree with the sentiment that it's missing that one song. Especially after COADF, the album really is sort of regular. It's nothing to write home about, but it's certainly not a bad album; far from terrible. She just could have done more, could have gone further.
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Member Since: 3/13/2011
Posts: 19,555
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It's not bad, just not something I've listened to a lot since it's release.
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Member Since: 4/3/2012
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Member Since: 9/16/2009
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Yes! there's not a single song i like
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Member Since: 6/9/2011
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She's made much better albums, I'll leave it at that.
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Member Since: 2/8/2012
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Originally posted by Turkish Chick
Sales in WW ?
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We're not talking about sales.
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Member Since: 12/5/2009
Posts: 9,974
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The hooks are weak, the lyrics are stupid, she either tries too hard (Gang Bang, eww) or doesn't at all (Turn Up the Radio and GGW), it's just uninspired and screams mediocrity.
It's worse than just bad.
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Member Since: 2/16/2012
Posts: 8,690
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I hate this album, was completely bored of it since around a week after its release.
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Member Since: 4/3/2012
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Originally posted by Auren
We're not talking about sales.
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i just asked !
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Member Since: 12/1/2011
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Originally posted by Turkish Chick
i just asked !
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just over 1mil ww
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Member Since: 8/10/2010
Posts: 9,489
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Originally posted by alkralkra
The hooks are weak, the lyrics are stupid, she either tries too hard (Gang Bang, eww) or doesn't at all (Turn Up the Radio and GGW), it's just uninspired and screams mediocrity.
It's worse than just bad.
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These are the types of responses that leave me flustered when there a songs like falling free, love spent, and I'm a sinner on the album.
But okay.
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Member Since: 6/7/2011
Posts: 1,738
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Uhm, I know my opinion might be a bit unpopular here, but these are my two cents:
I think I got the answer to that very question on Superbowl night. GMAYL doesn't mix well with her classics at all, some of which she performed that night and that is not good. MDNA has one good, solid track (Love Spent in particular), but I think MDNA is her most forgettable effort. Her vocal delivery lacks passion, which was one of the few things I liked about her songs: She is not the best vocalist out there, but she always had a message and tried to convey it with as much passion as she could (Papa Don't Preach, Open Your Heart). If I attend the concert, it'll be to see her live for the very first time, but not exactly because I'm fond of the MDNA tracks.
I don't hate MDNA, it is just a'ight to me, but Madonna had never been a'ight in my book.
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Member Since: 6/10/2011
Posts: 6,946
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In fact, I think this is the first Madonna album in which I don't have ANY favorites among its singles. You guys are always bashing Hard Candy but its singles range from good (4 Minutes) to awesome (Give It 2 Me).
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