MADONNA - MDNA (2012)

I just put on Hard Candy (thx Spotify) and the first song alone makes a better impression than MDNA

Yeah, I listened to Hard Candy a couple months ago and it didn't seem nearly as bad as I remembered. Four years from now will that happen with MDNA? Could, but it's unlikely.

Thank god it's too hot and sunny for me to put on Erotica or Bedtime Stories.

also I always a big fan of "Four Minutes"

i just don't understand why this is the kind of thing she thinks ppl would want to hear on E

is she really that out of touch

confessions was definitely the E album. the moment's over. get a new idea.

honestly if i heard this rolling i think i would spontaneously vomit

Erotica was the E album! xp

Erotica is the coke album.

Bedtime Stories is the Coke album.

I mean, even a song that is manifestly terrible as "Give It 2 Me" is still a level above most of this new shit just in terms of how it's put together

put on erotica after smoking a little the other night and it was really just ... perfect

anyone in this thread rolling on Molly?

not atm :|

y, you holding?

lol otm

I think what I like about "Love Spent" is that it seems like she got bored with it mid-way through and then started right into a completely different song. The alternative explanation is that there were so many writers on it (check the credits, there's 5 or 6 co-writers) that Orbit just grafted everything together and hoped for the best.

is molly the US version of mandy?

americans: stick to weed slang, you're better at that than ecstasy slang

This album has a billion songwriting credits.

Christgau:

Forget the four "Deluxe" extras, not one of which except maybe the pretty little "I F***ed Up" improves on the updated '90s arena-dance power tracks of the first 43 minutes, although they top the deadly-dreamy closer "Falling Free" as well as the penultimate "Masterpiece," which begins "If you were the Mona Lisa . . . ." Granted, I could mock "Ooh la la you're my superstar/Ooh la la that's what you are" just as easily. But lyrics have never been where she showed off her gorgeous brains, and anyway, the 10-track mix I propose as an alternative goes out on a real song called "Love Spent": "Hold me like your money/Tell me that you want me/Spend your love on me/Spend your love on me." Nikki Minaj shines bright, but she's no more crucial structurally than the cheerleaders who garnish "I'm Addicted" at its close and embellish "Give Me All Your Luvin'" throughout. Play loud. She's smart and she's proud. A MINUS

what the hell

lol he's finally lost it for good.

that entire thing might as well say:

I had strained peas for dinner. I never thought about growing old when I was younger and the indignities aging would visit upon my body; the infirmity visited upon my limbs, the rapid deterioration of my eyesight, the unpredictable and embarrassing episodes of incontinence. Even now I don't know that I can trust that my mind is formulating coherent thoughts and that the words I am using to express myself are lucid once they have been written down. And yet, amidst all of this, the largest indignity I suffer is eating. That, and I like an extraordinarily crappy Madonna album. A MINUS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSl2ezoyPuo

You get a free CD or digital download w each ticket purchased, and when you go to redeem them the header at the top of the page reads "Get your MDNA (clean) album" despite it not mentioning a clean version anywhere else in the email or on the redemption page. Ugh.

what the hell indeed

Agree with people above...a lot of these songs would be pretty damn good if they were sung by someone who sounded like she was actually trying.

whoever had the idea of putting Girl Gone Wild as the opening track is outta their mind. gets loads better by track 3 but man by halfway through track 2 it was starting to sound like a 21st century version of

http://turntabling.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/ethel-merman-disco-album.jpg

irl lols

This miserable album entirely justified its existence once it resulted in me seeing that Teen Witch clip posted upthread.

You may enjoy this episode of Freaky Trigger and the Lollards of Pop, in which we play that clip on the radio....

http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2010/11/freaky-trigger-and-the-lollards-of-pop-series-4-week-9/

I'm Addicted is Confessions.. standard good IMHO.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vLbMuPkqGIw/RxvakxZa6FI/AAAAAAAAAt4/Pe_pFgUfWxo/s400/Mrs__Miller_-_Does_her_thing.jpg

It makes a difference hearing this thing in sequence. The two singles remain garbage but I can get down with "Gang Bang," "I'm Addicted," "Some Girls," and "I Don't Give A."

saying your name is somewhere between a prayer and a shout~

Exclusive: Madonna MDNA Will Have Biggest Second Week Drop in Chart History

Madonna‘s “MDNA” album had the biggest second week drop in chart history last week, I am told. When all the numbers are in on Tuesday night, “MDNA” will have fallen from number 1 by 88%–from 359,000 copies in its first week to roughly 46,000 the second week. Wow. The first week’s sales, as I revealed exclusively (and then the New York Post lifted it from us), most of Madonna’s first week sales were CDs that were included in the sale of concert tickets. That promotion artificially inflated Madonna’s numbers, putting her first before Lionel Richie and his “Tuskegee” album. In the second week, Richie fell only 47% and sold about 110,000 albums–which is normal. “Tuskegee” will now finish much higher than “MDNA.” I do think that all the people involved in the Madonna ticket-CD deal should apologize to Richie for denying him his rightful place at number 1, starting with Billboard and SoundScan. But Richie’s consolation is that he has a major hit, while “MDNA” is a total dud. So far, “MDNA” has not produced anything like a hit single either, no radio play or anything to provide organic promotion. But Madonna’s concert tour with Live Nation will be a big hit, so it’s not like we have to worry about her financial situation.

Set list was revealed apparenty but I don't think I wanna spoil it

A friend and I were discussing this story last night, and how much more adeptly Richie has marketed himself to the Target and Walmart crowd.

Also, from what I've read and been told, it's a much better record than it has a right to be: better than Madonna's.

Lionel Richie has been ready for the middle-age market since before Madonna was recording

whereas Madonna has no idea she IS the middle age market

no way all the hip dance kids totally love her amirite

she'll have her "believe" yet, i'm sure

read the comments on that Forbes article

This whole Madonna/Lionel thing suddenly makes me feel like I'm living in a weirdo version of the 80s.

oh yeah, i passed by an electronics/music store downtown that had a new release slate and it was
MADONNA
IRON MAIDEN
LIONEL RICHIE
KATY PERRY

Leftsetz ragging on Madonna almost makes me want to buy this

haha

Madonna‘s “MDNA” album had the biggest second week drop in chart history last week, I am told.

well she's all about the drop these days right?

www.rimshot.com

which does not lead where i woulda thought it would