Madonna - American Life
from Broken Records - The Search for the Worst Album Ever
We’re going big on this week’s Broken Records this week by covering American Life, the ninth studio album from Queen Madge herself, Madonna. Released on April 21, 2003, by Maverick Records and Warner Bros. Records, the album is a concept album (apparently) with themes of the American Dream and materialism and was produced by Madonna herself and Mirwais Ahmadzaï, a collaborator who had worked wonders for Madonna’s material on her previous studio album Music. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for American Life, an album that attempts to mix elements of Americana folk with electronica to sometimes risible, often just plan boring results. American Life featured Hollywood, the first Madonna single not to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 since 1983. Hollywood turns out to be one of the least of the album’s crimes however, although there is some rip-roaring debate between Steve and Remfry over Die Another Day, the Bond theme to the film of the same name that also features on this album. Dance club banger or a turgid mess in search of a song?
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