It should come as no surprise that there is a special edition of Friday Favorites on the Madonna album that just dropped this week. Now, if you didn't know Madonna was dropping this album. I don't know where you have been. My blog might as well be renamed “madonnna.com”
Of course I bought Queen M's latest release, her 13th album. I spent far too much money on it. I got the super deluxe edition and $30 down and two hours later I have finally finished listening to a masterpiece. At the end of the year I do reviews of every album I've bought released during that year. It gives time to really live with the album, but I know this is going to be one of my favorite releases so far.
Critics have been calling it a perfect blend of what MDNA and Hard Candy were not. These were the two albums Madonna previously released. I love both of these albums and it always annoys me when people talk bad about them. These albums are almost always described as a desperate attempts to remain relevant. The point of a pop star is being relevant. I don't understand the criticism.
Of course I bought Queen M's latest release, her 13th album. I spent far too much money on it. I got the super deluxe edition and $30 down and two hours later I have finally finished listening to a masterpiece. At the end of the year I do reviews of every album I've bought released during that year. It gives time to really live with the album, but I know this is going to be one of my favorite releases so far.
Critics have been calling it a perfect blend of what MDNA and Hard Candy were not. These were the two albums Madonna previously released. I love both of these albums and it always annoys me when people talk bad about them. These albums are almost always described as a desperate attempts to remain relevant. The point of a pop star is being relevant. I don't understand the criticism.
I disagree with the assertion that this album is the culmination of what these two albums failed at. I really like Rebel Heart. It does run long with at over seventy minutes if you get the deluxe edition. It is ballad heavy, but the ballads are good. A few more frentic Diplo numbers would not be something I would be opposed to, but the record as a whole is solid.
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This album proves that you should not listen to leaks. I only listened to the first two leaked tracks “Wash All Over Me” and “Rebel Heart”. “Rebel Heart” is better for all the changes (and as of right now is the most played song I have off the album) and although “Wash All Over Me” has a stronger emotional impact now, a part of me misses the demo's euphoric Avicii inspired break down. I do think the final version of “Wash All Over Me” is superior to the demo however.
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It will be hard to escape Madonna in the following months. Her tour starts off this August and in the meantime she'll be performing “Living For Love” and most certainly “Ghost Town” to get one radio hit off this record that is full of memorable moments. She's doing an entire week on Ellen starting this Monday.
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Buy "Ghost Town"
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There are very few songs on this album I would call misses, “Veni Vidi Vici” would be one of those. It's cringe worthy references to past hits is too much for a hardcore fan, but is still expertly crafted. Her song “Vogue” has once again been interpolated into a song (remember one of the final moments of “Deeper and Deeper) with an inclusion in the sexually explicit “Holy Water”.
I think that the deluxe edition is the version of this album you should buy. The standard ends on “Wash All Over Me”, which although a solid song does not anchor the album quite the way “Rebel Heart” does as a closing track.
If you love Madonna the way I do, of course you need the Super Deluxe edition, but you also didn't this article to remind you that the Queen is back. The Super Deluxe edition comes with a second disc of four new songs and two remixes of “Living For Love”. Similar to the way the MDNA album was set up. She is planning on tying ticket sales for the Rebel Heart Tour with the purchase of the album and that might be a more effective way of going about buying this album.
If you love Madonna the way I do, of course you need the Super Deluxe edition, but you also didn't this article to remind you that the Queen is back. The Super Deluxe edition comes with a second disc of four new songs and two remixes of “Living For Love”. Similar to the way the MDNA album was set up. She is planning on tying ticket sales for the Rebel Heart Tour with the purchase of the album and that might be a more effective way of going about buying this album.
Buy the Standard
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Buy the Deluxe
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Buy the Super Deluxe
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And, if I had to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 Bubbles, I'd give it a 4. Just a ½ bubble more then the rating Rolling Stone awarded it.
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