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Lyrically, the album could have been sub-titled, Madonna Don't Preach. Where Ray Of Light sort-of resurrected a personal diary not seen since her masterpiece, Like A Prayer almost a decade before, and Music delved further into her inherent disco queen muse, American Life feels didactic, as if, now in her 40s, married and with children, she has the right to tell us how shallow life is and what we should do about it. It's self-absorbed and rings false - and not very convincing from the most famous woman in the world.
But, within those finely drawn lines, there are a few stand out tracks…Nothing Fails, with it's switch from blips to acoustics to a Prayer-like chorus, and Mother And Father, which is not as sappy as one might expect, and especially the underrated and demiurgic Die Another Day, one of the guiltiest of all the Bond pleasures.
American Life may fall behind her finest works, but still far ahead of all the copycats she spawned.
Anyway, after listening those "bad songs" again few times I suddenly began to like them, they just needed few more listenings. Actually, I began to like them so much that I had to buy Remixed and Revisited which includes mixes of those songs.
Still, I'd love Her even more if She'd make the kind of music She made in early nineties.
God save the Queen!
If you are expecting a "Ray of Light" or "Music" Album then you will have a surprise. This album is a more personal style of lyrics with sounds, beats, and pop styles not at all comparable to high tech trance club sounds yet very impacting to soften even the hardest of hearts. Collector's will find this to be a similar style as "Like A Prayer" as Madonna opens up and reveals more of her fears, visions, experiences, and love for her life, family and world.
Songs sure to be of great impact in my view would be "Love Profusion", "Nothing Fails", and "Mother and Father" as all 3 have messages that have shown how Madonna has learned to deal with certain issues of her life as well as valued what is important which is love and not material things. It is apparent that her learnings of the Kabbalah have had a way to impact her enough to have them in her songs.
The second single with video, or so it seems "Hollywood" has a faster paced tempo and a catchy type music that is sure to become a hit. "Nobody Knows Me" has a very techno electronic introduction as Madonna sings through the lyrics of how nobody knows her. Unfair critics as well as jealous people would probably fall into this category. I like that song for the empowerment it portrays since it shows confidence, power, and control are still strong in Madonna.
On the same techno/electronica style, "Die Another Day" is more likely to make any listener feel an energized feeling of wanting to move, dance, or just sing along. It may seem to some that this song was out of place from the others but I feel it was a very nice compliment in it's effect to have very cool sounding enhanced vocals which create a different mood for the average listener.
It may take some Madonna fans or listeners a while to adjust to the constant changes of Madonna but isn't that what makes her such a success? You never know what's next, nobody knows her, not really.
As Madonna continues to conquer the world like a Falcon and with a hunger so strong it is obvious she only gets better with time. It is apparent her life events and experiences will help the world be a better place for others to feel love in their hearts, be more spiritual, and put God in the center of their lives rather than the passing material things of this life. For the American Life is not what it seems and Madonna has shown by living it that the key is LOVE.
American Life is one of those albums that isn't just about the deserved 'Queen of Pop' title... Read more
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