VoicesCarry said:

badujunkie said:

I like that you've warmed to COADF over the years.

I have always wanted to copy your idea of a mix cd of all the songs that inspired that thing (SOS Band, Pet Shop, etc) but too damn lazy.

I definitely have

It's a great project. There are some tracks that I don't care for (Isaac, I Love New York), but overall it's a terrific album - a collection of songs which work really well together. I feel her latest efforts have not really been cohesive in the same manner.

I also love how she rearranged some of her hits for that tour. I actually prefer the Confessions Tour version of Erotica to the original, and I wish there was a studio version of it.

Also, her singles from that period were killer. She has really lacked amazing, knock-your-socks-off singles for both HC and MDNA.

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To the original

wow, i almost can agree if it weren't for the original song and album being the mecca of me hitting puberty - it was fucking killer, maybe the best thing she's done in a decade (the CT mix), besides "Get Together"

badujunkie said:

VoicesCarry said:

I definitely have

It's a great project. There are some tracks that I don't care for (Isaac, I Love New York), but overall it's a terrific album - a collection of songs which work really well together. I feel her latest efforts have not really been cohesive in the same manner.

I also love how she rearranged some of her hits for that tour. I actually prefer the Confessions Tour version of Erotica to the original, and I wish there was a studio version of it.

Also, her singles from that period were killer. She has really lacked amazing, knock-your-socks-off singles for both HC and MDNA.

[Edited 3/18/12 13:14pm]

To the original

wow, i almost can agree if it weren't for the original song and album being the mecca of me hitting puberty - it was fucking killer, maybe the best thing she's done in a decade (the CT mix), besides "Get Together"

But let me tell you why!

I love the album version of Erotica. It's an incredible jam - very sexy, and dirty but still slightly coy about its naughtiness.

The Confessions Tour version is the flip side: it's about making love versus fucking. I love the romantic, sweeping spin she put on the original track, and prefer it in many ways because it has a softness and tenderness that the original doesn't have. It's about the connection and intimacy between lovers. To me, that's more erotic than, well, a bondage club

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VoicesCarry said:

badujunkie said:

To the original

wow, i almost can agree if it weren't for the original song and album being the mecca of me hitting puberty - it was fucking killer, maybe the best thing she's done in a decade (the CT mix), besides "Get Together"

But let me tell you why!

I love the album version of Erotica. It's an incredible jam - very sexy, and dirty but still slightly coy about its naughtiness.

The Confessions Tour version is the flip side: it's about making love versus fucking. I love the romantic, sweeping spin she put on the original track, and prefer it in many ways because it has a softness and tenderness that the original doesn't have. It's about the connection and intimacy between lovers. To me, that's more erotic than, well, a bondage club

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Getting me hot over here boy!!

[Edited 3/18/12 13:44pm]

Madonna will attend a MDNA album release party next Saturday, March 24, at LAVO, according to the New York Post.

party is held in collaboration with Interscope Records

We hear . . .
That Lavo and Interscope will host Madonna’s album-release party for “MDNA” Saturday . . .

VoicesCarry said:

badujunkie said:

To the original

wow, i almost can agree if it weren't for the original song and album being the mecca of me hitting puberty - it was fucking killer, maybe the best thing she's done in a decade (the CT mix), besides "Get Together"

But let me tell you why!

I love the album version of Erotica. It's an incredible jam - very sexy, and dirty but still slightly coy about its naughtiness.

The Confessions Tour version is the flip side: it's about making love versus fucking. I love the romantic, sweeping spin she put on the original track, and prefer it in many ways because it has a softness and tenderness that the original doesn't have. It's about the connection and intimacy between lovers. To me, that's more erotic than, well, a bondage club

[Edited 3/18/12 13:22pm]

you are both wrong!!!!

this is the only acceptable answer for best version of a Madonna song we all know and love

at times if you need a remix this is once again the only acceptable version of the song

For I, Sister Iona Dubble-Wyde aka Lona Excommunicato has spoke so it!! End of discusion

VC, Erotica isn't supposed to be romantic. The concept of the album was to produce the music Madonna had always been acused of writing songs about sex... and really Erotica is the only song that talks about it so directly and also to present alternative sexualities in a AIDS Crisis Era to abbadon the fear many of her friends and loved ones and fans were living in not knowning who was next to die and have some time in a Sexual Wunderland. Not that concept stuck beyond Erotica, Deeper and Deepr, Where Life Begins, Why Is It So Hard, In This LIfe and I think Secret Garden alludes to it. I can't find the excact interview with Madonna but she said that it was Shep who forced her to rewrite the first draft of Erotica because it wasn't the song she told him about nor was it as in your face sexually has he kinda thought it should be. She listened and gave us what we know as the Erotic(sex book) which WBR made her rewrite again to make it a radio friendly less in your face sexually track. The house beat, the production, the vocal dilvery and the inclusion of El Yom 'Ulliqa 'Ala Khashaba, to represent the way religion controls our sex lives, really captures the essance of what it was to be in one of those dark seedy leather bars to spend a night escaping the heartbreak of your life.

Madonna has never really strucken me as a romantic song writer. Most of her ballads in my mind are heartbroken and longing and loss. She has a way to convey those emotions in her music better than just about anyone. She has also controled and owned her sexuality in a way that has turned off most of the straight male world because she's too powerful for them, inspired many women to be the same and has been the LGBT's biggest alley since she started because we try to do the same.

I don't know if I've used this metaphor on here but I'll restate it. Madonna is that guy at the bar, club, bookstore, bathhouse, on a4a, grindr, scruff or whatever you use that you've been trying to hook up with and fucks you ten ways to sunday and is dressed and out the door before you've even gotten out of the shower. Madonna walks by you and doesn't acknowledge you in public but in the private moments in a large crowd Madonna flashes that smile of you know you wanna ride again, let's do it. Kylie is the love your life who took you to the best restuarnt and brought you flowers and makes long passionate sweet love to you all night long, cooks your breakfast, calls you to make sure you got home ok and says I can't wait to do it again. Both are good but it's the mood i'm in that dictates which I go for

i'm sorry i'm not going to back on the thread, cause i'll end up responding to something someone all ready gave the answer...`

I'm optimistic about this album, I liked Give Me All Your Lovin and sorta was doubting where Madonna was going with this. However, Girl Gone Wild, I started thinking GMMAYL was the label required American Radio Friendly single because Madonna is contining with the euro.gay pop mix that doesn't get much air play in the US. I'm also excited about Madonna doing proper ballads again. I've missed those and I think she's being a better lyricit on this album than she's been in the past. Could def be the best album since Ray of Light but I need to hear the whole thing first.

ehuffnsd said:

VoicesCarry said:

But let me tell you why!

I love the album version of Erotica. It's an incredible jam - very sexy, and dirty but still slightly coy about its naughtiness.

The Confessions Tour version is the flip side: it's about making love versus fucking. I love the romantic, sweeping spin she put on the original track, and prefer it in many ways because it has a softness and tenderness that the original doesn't have. It's about the connection and intimacy between lovers. To me, that's more erotic than, well, a bondage club

[Edited 3/18/12 13:22pm]

you are both wrong!!!!

this is the only acceptable answer for best version of a Madonna song we all know and love

at times if you need a remix this is once again the only acceptable version of the song

For I, Sister Iona Dubble-Wyde aka Lona Excommunicato has spoke so it!! End of discusion

VC, Erotica isn't supposed to be romantic. The concept of the album was to produce the music Madonna had always been acused of writing songs about sex... and really Erotica is the only song that talks about it so directly and also to present alternative sexualities in a AIDS Crisis Era to abbadon the fear many of her friends and loved ones and fans were living in not knowning who was next to die and have some time in a Sexual Wunderland. Not that concept stuck beyond Erotica, Deeper and Deepr, Where Life Begins, Why Is It So Hard, In This LIfe and I think Secret Garden alludes to it. I can't find the excact interview with Madonna but she said that it was Shep who forced her to rewrite the first draft of Erotica because it wasn't the song she told him about nor was it as in your face sexually has he kinda thought it should be. She listened and gave us what we know as the Erotic(sex book) which WBR made her rewrite again to make it a radio friendly less in your face sexually track. The house beat, the production, the vocal dilvery and the inclusion of El Yom 'Ulliqa 'Ala Khashaba, to represent the way religion controls our sex lives, really captures the essance of what it was to be in one of those dark seedy leather bars to spend a night escaping the heartbreak of your life.

Madonna has never really strucken me as a romantic song writer. Most of her ballads in my mind are heartbroken and longing and loss. She has a way to convey those emotions in her music better than just about anyone. She has also controled and owned her sexuality in a way that has turned off most of the straight male world because she's too powerful for them, inspired many women to be the same and has been the LGBT's biggest alley since she started because we try to do the same.

I don't know if I've used this metaphor on here but I'll restate it. Madonna is that guy at the bar, club, bookstore, bathhouse, on a4a, grindr, scruff or whatever you use that you've been trying to hook up with and fucks you ten ways to sunday and is dressed and out the door before you've even gotten out of the shower. Madonna walks by you and doesn't acknowledge you in public but in the private moments in a large crowd Madonna flashes that smile of you know you wanna ride again, let's do it. Kylie is the love your life who took you to the best restuarnt and brought you flowers and makes long passionate sweet love to you all night long, cooks your breakfast, calls you to make sure you got home ok and says I can't wait to do it again. Both are good but it's the mood i'm in that dictates which I go for

I'm aware of the purpose of Erotica.

I'm also aware that the Confessions Tour version is a) my favourite, b) romantic and c) the antithesis of the original version.

I happen to prefer that version over all others and I stand by my opinion.

VoicesCarry said:

ehuffnsd said:

you are both wrong!!!!

this is the only acceptable answer for best version of a Madonna song we all know and love

at times if you need a remix this is once again the only acceptable version of the song

For I, Sister Iona Dubble-Wyde aka Lona Excommunicato has spoke so it!! End of discusion

VC, Erotica isn't supposed to be romantic. The concept of the album was to produce the music Madonna had always been acused of writing songs about sex... and really Erotica is the only song that talks about it so directly and also to present alternative sexualities in a AIDS Crisis Era to abbadon the fear many of her friends and loved ones and fans were living in not knowning who was next to die and have some time in a Sexual Wunderland. Not that concept stuck beyond Erotica, Deeper and Deepr, Where Life Begins, Why Is It So Hard, In This LIfe and I think Secret Garden alludes to it. I can't find the excact interview with Madonna but she said that it was Shep who forced her to rewrite the first draft of Erotica because it wasn't the song she told him about nor was it as in your face sexually has he kinda thought it should be. She listened and gave us what we know as the Erotic(sex book) which WBR made her rewrite again to make it a radio friendly less in your face sexually track. The house beat, the production, the vocal dilvery and the inclusion of El Yom 'Ulliqa 'Ala Khashaba, to represent the way religion controls our sex lives, really captures the essance of what it was to be in one of those dark seedy leather bars to spend a night escaping the heartbreak of your life.

Madonna has never really strucken me as a romantic song writer. Most of her ballads in my mind are heartbroken and longing and loss. She has a way to convey those emotions in her music better than just about anyone. She has also controled and owned her sexuality in a way that has turned off most of the straight male world because she's too powerful for them, inspired many women to be the same and has been the LGBT's biggest alley since she started because we try to do the same.

I don't know if I've used this metaphor on here but I'll restate it. Madonna is that guy at the bar, club, bookstore, bathhouse, on a4a, grindr, scruff or whatever you use that you've been trying to hook up with and fucks you ten ways to sunday and is dressed and out the door before you've even gotten out of the shower. Madonna walks by you and doesn't acknowledge you in public but in the private moments in a large crowd Madonna flashes that smile of you know you wanna ride again, let's do it. Kylie is the love your life who took you to the best restuarnt and brought you flowers and makes long passionate sweet love to you all night long, cooks your breakfast, calls you to make sure you got home ok and says I can't wait to do it again. Both are good but it's the mood i'm in that dictates which I go for

I'm aware of the purpose of Erotica.

I'm also aware that the Confessions Tour version is a) my favourite, b) romantic and c) the antithesis of the original version.

I happen to prefer that version over all others and I stand by my opinion.

great love that you have your opinion but i have put my hooker heels down, they are heavy enough to keep them down, and the correct and has been stated.

ehuffnsd said:

VoicesCarry said:

I'm aware of the purpose of Erotica.

I'm also aware that the Confessions Tour version is a) my favourite, b) romantic and c) the antithesis of the original version.

I happen to prefer that version over all others and I stand by my opinion.

great love that you have your opinion but i have put my hooker heels down, they are heavy enough to keep them down, and the correct and has been stated.

Mmmkay, boo. I think we should just fuck and call it even.

I think the sex book version of Erotica is the best as weel, I like the lyrics alot better.

We can use the cage, I've got alot of rope

I'm not full of rage, I'm full of hope

VoicesCarry said:

ehuffnsd said:

great love that you have your opinion but i have put my hooker heels down, they are heavy enough to keep them down, and the correct and has been stated.

Mmmkay, boo. I think we should just fuck and call it even.

ok is friday good for you?

GGW is finally up on AUS iTunes!

wooo first listen for me...hmmm

errant said:

So, wait a minute… Which thread are we supposed to use? This one, which is the sticky, or the one this sticky links to in the first post?

As far as I can tell, the purpose of the sticky thread is to tell us to post in the other thread. I don't get it either...

Jimmy’s Interviewing Ma...s Weekend!

[Edited 3/21/12 1:07am]

ok so the GGW video is Kazaky meets Madonna or vice-versa. Are they in the video or are those just her dancers? (sorry I can't go thru everything that's been posted atm )

[Edited 3/21/12 13:01pm]

Description: Deluxe two CD edition includes five additional tracks. 2012 release, the 12th studio album from the Pop diva and international superstar. MDNA, the long-awaited follow-up to her 2008 album Hard Candy, features production from Benny Benassi, The Demolition Crew, William Orbit, Martin Solveig and others. Includes the first single ‘Give Me All Your Luvin” featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. 17 tracks total.

Track List:

Disc 1/2

1. Girl Gone Wild 3:43
2. Gang Bang 5:26
3. I’m Addicted 4:33
4. Turn Up The Radio 3:46
5. Give Me All Your Luvin’ 3:22
6. Some Girls 3:53
7. Superstar 3:55
8. I Don’t Give A 4:19
9. I’m A Sinner 4:52
10. Love Spent 3:46
11. Masterpiece 3:59
12. Fallin Free 5:13

Disc 2/2

1. Beautiful Killer 3:49
2. I Fucked Up 3:29
3. B-Day Song 3:33
4. Best Friend 3:20
5. Give Me All Your Luvin’ (Party Rock Remix) 4:02

Release Name: Madonna-MDNA-(Deluxe_Edition)-2CD-2012
Genre: Pop
Label: UMG Records
Quality: 240 kbps avg
Size: 119.38 MB

Rorywan said:

The leaks are all over the place now. It sounds great, I have also ordered a prepaid copy so I don't feel guilty.

I'm not finding them!

I already ordered the deluxe version and got a free copy with my tickets.

http://finance.yahoo..._medium=twitter

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire -03/22/12)- The Smirnoff Co. has announced that they are offering 'The Smirnoff "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album' to Madonna fans. The surefire collector's album will be available to consumers exclusively through the Smirnoff US Facebook page. The Smirnoff "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album features seven remixed tracks from Madonna's new album, "MDNA." Both albums are scheduled to be released on March 26th. The "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album showcases DJ sensations Kid Capri & Just Blaze, from Smirnoff's Master of the Mix program and never heard before versions of new tracks including "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and "Masterpiece." This is the latest element of Smirnoff's multifaceted partnership with Madonna and Live Nation Entertainment.
Smirnoff's exciting offer to fans enables them to purchase the "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album by 'liking' their US Facebook page (facebook.com/SmirnoffUS) and placing their order for $3.50. The simultaneous March 26th distribution of the remixed downloads and the release of "MDNA" on March 26th enables Smirnoff fans to be the first to hear the unique compilation.
Simon Burch, Global Brand Director for The Smirnoff Co., commented, "It is a testament to Madonna's phenomenal performance and album production that these tracks can be remixed whilst retaining their musical integrity and broad appeal. It is exciting to be giving our fans the first chance to hear these incredible tracks in an expertly produced compilation album."
"We are delighted that Madonna and Live Nation Entertainment's collaboration with Smirnoff gives us the chance to share extraordinary original content with fans, and provide them with new and exciting ways to experience Madonna's music," said Christopher Swope, Senior Vice President, Strategic Alliances & Innovation, Live Nation Network.
The Smirnoff "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album is part of a multi-faceted program between Madonna, her partner Live Nation, and Diageo, the parent company of The Smirnoff Co.
The Smirnoff Co. believes in careful consumption and responsible nightlife behavior.

http://www.facebook....rnoffus?sk=wall
Smirnoff US
“Like” this if you can’t wait to get a special edition Madonna album exclusively from Smirnoff US!

The Smirnoff "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album features seven remixed tracks from Madonna's new album, "MDNA."
The "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album showcases DJ sensations Kid Capri & Just Blaze, from Smirnoff's Master of the Mix program and never heard before versions of new tracks including "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and "Masterpiece."
Smirnoff's exciting offer to fans enables them to purchase the "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album by 'liking' their US Facebook page and placing their order for $3.50.
The simultaneous March 26th distribution of the remixed downloads and the release of "MDNA" on March 26th enables Smirnoff fans to be the first to hear the unique compilation.

SoulAlive said:

http://www.facebook....rnoffus?sk=wall
Smirnoff US
“Like” this if you can’t wait to get a special edition Madonna album exclusively from Smirnoff US!

The Smirnoff "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album features seven remixed tracks from Madonna's new album, "MDNA."
The "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album showcases DJ sensations Kid Capri & Just Blaze, from Smirnoff's Master of the Mix program and never heard before versions of new tracks including "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and "Masterpiece."
Smirnoff's exciting offer to fans enables them to purchase the "MDNA" Nightlife Edition Remix Album by 'liking' their US Facebook page and placing their order for $3.50.
The simultaneous March 26th distribution of the remixed downloads and the release of "MDNA" on March 26th enables Smirnoff fans to be the first to hear the unique compilation.

I guess this is a download only copy. Gonna have to get it.

Good on you Madge!

Itunes has released this today here. I thought the album wasn't due yet?

Anyway it's very good.

I'm not sure if what I got was different from what y'all got... I mean it was definitely Madonna and definitely fits with all the teasers.

This album is garbage! Holy cow and I thought Hard Candy was ridiculous.

Its like Timbaland and Pharrell taught her how to make trite, cornball Pro Tool music and she ran all over her past with it for MDNA.

I found myself laughing a lot at how bad it was while listening, but I am not sure if that is an intended reaction to this material. My partner asked me to stop it for a bit because he could not take it anymore.

m- "OH william orbit let's talk about quantum physics, transcendence, and temporal shifts."

w0 - "i have to dig up this drum track from 1998 right quick ma'am. its quite nice we used it on all your tracks then. i have it saved on my commodore 64"

m- "i feel so spiritual right now. let's do the screaming, unneccessary rant in 'gang bang' over again. i sound like i have an emotion towards the end. we need to fix that."

The only decent song is B-Day Song (!!! totally unexpected awesomeness !!!). GMAYL might be decent if it didn't have those useless rappers babbling about vaginas and weed.

Fail.

VoicesCarry said:

badujunkie said:

I like that you've warmed to COADF over the years.

I have always wanted to copy your idea of a mix cd of all the songs that inspired that thing (SOS Band, Pet Shop, etc) but too damn lazy.

I definitely have

It's a great project. There are some tracks that I don't care for (Isaac, I Love New York), but overall it's a terrific album - a collection of songs which work really well together. I feel her latest efforts have not really been cohesive in the same manner.

I also love how she rearranged some of her hits for that tour. I actually prefer the Confessions Tour version of Erotica to the original, and I wish there was a studio version of it.

Also, her singles from that period were killer. She has really lacked amazing, knock-your-socks-off singles for both HC and MDNA.

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There is! I have it...

I'm obsessed with collecting M's b-sides, unreleased, non-album tracks, soundtrack cuts, rarities, etc.

jeidee said:

I'm not sure if what I got was different from what y'all got... I mean it was definitely Madonna and definitely fits with all the teasers.

This album is garbage! Holy cow and I thought Hard Candy was ridiculous.

Its like Timbaland and Pharrell taught her how to make trite, cornball Pro Tool music and she ran all over her past with it for MDNA.

I found myself laughing a lot at how bad it was while listening, but I am not sure if that is an intended reaction to this material. My partner asked me to stop it for a bit because he could not take it anymore.

m- "OH william orbit let's talk about quantum physics, transcendence, and temporal shifts."

w0 - "i have to dig up this drum track from 1998 right quick ma'am. its quite nice we used it on all your tracks then. i have it saved on my commodore 64"

m- "i feel so spiritual right now. let's do the screaming, unneccessary rant in 'gang bang' over again. i sound like i have an emotion towards the end. we need to fix that."

The only decent song is B-Day Song (!!! totally unexpected awesomeness !!!). GMAYL might be decent if it didn't have those useless rappers babbling about vaginas and weed.

Fail.

I feel so sad for you

"the only decent song is B-Day Song"

If that's how you feel,I can't take your review seriously."B-Day Song" is the worst tune on the album.

NewsDay: Madonna still on top with 'MDNA'

Published: March 23, 2012 5:52 PM
By GLENN GAMBOA glenn.gamboa@newsday.com

Madonna is at a crossroads.

The windup for her 12th studio album, "MDNA" (Interscope), was huge, drawing more than 114 million viewers for the most-watched Super Bowl Halftime Show in history, where she rolled out the album's first single "Give Me All Your Luvin'." However, radio didn't really embrace the giddy, cheerleader-driven pop song, which stalled at No. 10 after its initial burst of sales, even after it was augmented with current A-listers Nicki Minaj, M.I.A. and LMFAO. That welcome re-raised the question that has dogged Madonna for the past decade or so: Can she still be a pop star?

Part of what makes "MDNA" so extraordinary is that the answer seems unclear -- even to Madonna. On half of "MDNA," Madonna, surrounded by such state-of-the-art collaborators as hot producer Martin Solveig, sounds like she is readying her last stand as the Queen of Pop, marshaling upbeat dance numbers, well-crafted enough to match anything today's crop of pop princesses -- Rihanna, Katy Perry and, of course, Lady Gaga -- could muster. On the other half of "MDNA," though, Madonna, with her "Ray of Light" producer William Orbit, sounds like she could easily leave pop behind to create dark, challenging EDM and work on her far-more-lucrative concert tours.

Throw in the fact that Madonna clearly still has unresolved feelings about her divorce from director Guy Ritchie -- and is willing to openly discuss them -- and "MDNA" not only becomes her most interesting album since 1998's "Ray of Light," but her most artistically fearless album since 1989's "Like a Prayer."

There is no filler here, no unrealized potential. Each song on "MDNA" is part of Madonna's internal argument about her future as a pop star, an artist, a wife and a woman. And over the course of an hour or so, they all try to hash it out.

The songs produced by Solveig, best known in America for the dance hit "Hello," are all timely pop songs, ranging from the catchy escapism of "Give Me All Your Luvin' " and "Turn Up the Radio" to the defiant "I Don't Give A," which features Madonna rapping about her post-divorce life ("You were so mad at me / Who's got custody? / Lawyers, suck it up / Didn't have a pre-nup") and employs Minaj in another song-stealing turn.

The songs produced by Orbit are more diverse. There's the tabloid-fodder dubstep "Gang Bang," where Madonna cleverly adopts Ritchie's violent filmmaking style into her lyrics, and the electronic "Some Girls." However, even more thrilling is the gorgeous, vulnerable trio of tracks that close out the regular version of the album -- the Abba-esque, banjo-riffic "Love Spent," the Golden Globe-winning love song "Masterpiece" and the epic, "Frozen"-like "Falling Free," where Madonna looks for a way to move on.

"MDNA" shows that Madonna, who celebrates the 30th anniversary of her breakthrough debut this year, can still pull out some surprises -- even for herself.

MADONNA

"MDNA"

GRADE A

BOTTOM LINE Madonna expresses herself

User rating: 4