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Album: Madonna - 'MDNA'
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He responded me. 
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haha
what a bitch
is at a pre-listening party and doesn't take notes
but well, if i would be him, i would just sit there and enjoy the music
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Originally posted by toyboy
well, everybody has his own taste, most people ADORE and LOVE confessions, some don't!
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Confessions was such a commercial and critical success. It's such a high standard to hold it to. 
I'm worried it's mostly hype/living in the moment.
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Superstar is awesome, upbeat, great hook, I was told Lola sings a little on it, it sounded cute and fun...
1. Beautiful Killer... 2. Love Spent... 3. I ****ed Up... I honestly loved this album more than HC or COTDF
(On Falling Free) It was very pretty and trippy, reminded me of Mer Girl from Ray of Light, but don't really remember the lyrics...
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Originally posted by Sahn
MADGE GIVE ME THISS.
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yes yes yes
it looks like by now this is my favorite song when it's about description!!!
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Originally posted by Clump
Confessions was such a commercial and critical success. It's such a high standard to hold it to.
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but there hasn't been a negative review yet, so it is possible that it is indeed ****ing amazing and better than those 2. Beating HC shouldn't be too difficult, tho i like that album myself.
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Originally posted by spree
but there hasn't been a negative review yet, so it is possible that it is indeed ****ing amazing and better than those 2. Beating HC shouldn't be too difficult, tho i like that album myself.
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well hc is not amazing, but it's pretty good!
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Originally posted by spree
but there hasn't been a negative review yet, so it is possible that it is indeed ****ing amazing and better than those 2. Beating HC shouldn't be too difficult, tho i like that album myself.
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I don't know - Attitude just had Madonna on its cover, and these guys of the pre-listening are both die-hard fans, maybe they can be biased.
I highly doubt it manages to be better than Confessions, but well, I hope they're at least right about Hard Candy!
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Originally posted by ImpressiveInstant
I don't know - Attitude just had Madonna on its cover, and these guys of the pre-listening are both die-hard fans, maybe they can be biased.
I highly doubt it manages to be better than Confessions, but well, I hope they're at least right about Hard Candy!
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again, i really like hard candy but i think madonna can top that easily!
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Originally posted by spree
but there hasn't been a negative review yet, so it is possible that it is indeed ****ing amazing and better than those 2. Beating HC shouldn't be too difficult, tho i like that album myself.
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I would love for an album to be better than Confessions. I've just learned to never buy into hype, especially hype from stans. 
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@NickiDaily Nicki's verse on 'I Don't Give A' includes her saying, "Madonna is the Queen."
no lies spotted 
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Originally posted by Clump
I would love for an album to be better than Confessions. I've just learned to never buy into hype, especially hype from stans. |
Born This Way taught me so many valuable things 
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Originally posted by ImpressiveInstant
I don't know - Attitude just had Madonna on its cover, and these guys of the pre-listening are both die-hard fans, maybe they can be biased.
I highly doubt it manages to be better than Confessions, but well, I hope they're at least right about Hard Candy!
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The flow of the album was like a huge rollercoaster, it went up it went down it made u want to get off & then right b4 it sucked u back in
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That alone makes it so different from Confessions which flows in a very cohesive direction.
This albums seems to be all over the place. In a good way... there's a bit of everything.
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Originally posted by Sahn
That alone makes it so different from Confessions which had a cohesive direction.
This albums seems to be all over the place. In a good way... there's a bit of everything.
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The absolute first thing that comes to mind is Music, isn't it?
If it's as good as that, I'll be more than pleased.
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Originally posted by lovecatt
@NickiDaily Nicki's verse on 'I Don't Give A' includes her saying, "Madonna is the Queen."
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love that!
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Originally posted by ImpressiveInstant
The absolute first thing that comes to mind is Music, isn't it?
If it's as good as that, I'll be more than pleased.
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yes, you are right
but a more dancy music!
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yes me too!
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Boy Culture Review:
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Tonight, a dream came true—I was invited to Liz Rosenberg's office for a Madonna listening party. It wasn't for Like a Prayer and this wasn't 1989, but MDNA lived up to my expectations and Liz always surpasses them.
In a nutshell: Write my Orbituary, MDNA is a beautiful killer.
As I was about to share with my new pal Sergio Kletnoy, seeing that legendary profile on Liz in the New York Times in '92 (a backlash pill meant to allow for something positive to be said about Madonna at a time when she was being excoriated everywhere) made me want to be in her nerve center so badly. My longtime friend Giulio got to visit Liz in her Warner Bros. offices (complete with the hair dryers from Blond Ambition!) a few years ago, but her new digs are still special.
Got there early to find only a couple of people (it was later packed) ignoring the fabulous hors d'oeuvres and cupcakes, things Madonna probably hasn't eaten since she was dating Basquiat and was stealing food out of Dumpsters. The sound was pumped to the point of distortion, with "Gang Bang" blaring. It's an assault-on-the-senses kind of ditty, so it was perfect to walk into a wall of it.
My Russian doll Sergio arrived, we finally met in the flesh and I spent most of my time engrossed in conversation with him about our mutual obsession. It was like sex addicts meeting to talk about favorite blowjobs—it went on and on and never got old. Also got to chat with Liz's beautiful and indulgent assistant Nadia (she must know that fans like Sergio and I should probably be handled with tongs and Hazmat suits, but like the wife in The Painted Veil, Nadia mixes and mingles out of the goodness of her heart) and my longtime so-many-mentor Denis, and of course with lovely Liz.
People seemed to be having fun so were either acting and couldn't wait to declare Madonna over once back in front of their computers or were actually enjoying the record.
The highlight of the night was when Liz and Nadio cranked "Gang Bang" and danced to it at the head of the table for everyone. "'Gang Bang' is my favorite song, go figure," Liz announced.
I'll do a full review after I've legitimately heard this album in a focused setting, but here are some thoughts to chew on—at least it's not from someone anonymous!
"Girl Gone Wild" (still listed as "Girls" in my hand-out, oopsy) opens the album and is, for my money, a scorching-hot song. Is it "Madonna?" No; she didn't write it or anything. But it's a terrific opener and undeniable (to me) fun. "Gang Bang" is like "GGW" on female Viagra (chocolate?)—it's a dark, driving club stomper, aggressive as hell. It has a techno edge that reminded me superficially of "Control" by Traci Lords. (A song I love. And please don't take any of my comparisons too literally; there was nothing that sounded...reductive.) Mika came up with this???
"Turn Up the Radio" is a sweeping, joyous pop-dance song as anthemic as "Get Together," one of my very favorite post-Ray of Light songs. "Give Me All Your Luvin'" sticks out like a sore thumb on this album. I remain a fan of it, but it's not near the top of my MDNA list.
Loved hearing "Superstar," complete with Lola singing backing vocals! A charming and fluffy song ("ooooh, la la!") that felt for me like "Little Star" had grown up and was having fun.
The suite of songs "Love Spent," "Masterpiece" and "Falling Free" is probably going to please any Madonna fan I've ever met. They're beautifully sung and are not cursed with oversimplified lyrics, nor do they sound like they care much if asinine radio programmers will like them. "Falling Free" is my fave song of the album so far, gorgeously sung, a total stand-out. Go, Joe Henry! Keep it together, indeed.
Now, I'd heard the bonus tracks were to die for, but who knew that a rumor would be true times 10? "Beautiful Killer" is a ****ing great Orbit song. How in the HELL this is not on the album proper, how in the HELL this is not a title track, I'll never understand. Even the cringe-inducing title "I ****ed Up" turns out to be a really pretty, plaintive pop song. "B-day Song" didn't seem to have its guest star—M.I.A. was M.I.A.
I genuinely loved most of what I heard. I would be shocked if many people didn't feel this was a vast improvement over Hard Candy which, let's be honest, was a good record. There are definitely songs on here that are personal, uplifting and inspiring mixed among the far louder "I'm still hot and young, **** me in any hole you can!" club crushers.
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Originally posted by Sahn
That alone makes it so different from Confessions which flows in a very cohesive direction.
This albums seems to be all over the place. In a good way... there's a bit of everything.
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everybody loves it so far!
can't wait to get my ears on it!
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i just know that MDNA and Confessions will be my 2 favorite Madonna albums of all time. I just know it. I won't be playing anything else this year (except for new Katy songs). So long everybody else!!!
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