waiting for my iTunes pre-order...you know,the 18-track version of the album with the acoustic version of "Love Spent" I should have it soon.

xLiberiangirl said:

KCOOLMUZIQ said:

well, it's the truth.. she didn't say anything about that!

It was just a joke.....

I've decided Turn Up The Radio is the only song I really don't like on this album, it's a total throwaway IMO. I am however starting to love even superstar. Oh la al!

SoulAlive said:

errant said:

SoulAlive said:

waiting for my iTunes pre-order...you know,the 18-track version of the album with the acoustic version of "Love Spent" I should have it soon.

Mine's downloading now!

So is mine! I just logged onto ITunes and it began downloading immediately.I didn't have to do a thing.This is all new to me,I never pre-ordered an album from iTunes before

"Falling Free" gives me that same feeling I felt when I first heard the 'Ray Of Light' album for the first time.It truly is one of the best songs Madonna has ever done!

The UK gets shafted again by iTunes. No download for the pre-ordered deluxe edition available yet. Is it really that hard???

rlittler81 said:

The UK gets shafted again by iTunes. No download for the pre-ordered deluxe edition available yet. Is it really that hard???

Sorry to hear that.I got my download with no problems.I can't sleep...i'm still listening to it Gonna pick up the 'physical' copy later on today.

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Madonna Grabs Back Pop Crown With Shock Disco

Madonna sets herself some tough challenges on her 12th studio album, “MDNA.” She wants to attack her former husband, keep up the tempo, look relevant and sweep away all those preening young pretenders to her crown.

Rating: ***.

What the Stars Mean:
*****      Exceptional
****       Excellent
***        Good
**         Average
*          Poor
(No stars) Worthless

“MDNA” is released today on Interscope/Live Nation, priced about $10 in the U.S. There’s a deluxe edition for $16, adding five tracks. Download fees vary across services.

Starting today, Yahoo! will launch an “upload a picture of yourself with the MDNA album” contest to win PIT passes.

To promote this contest and the release of MDNA, Yahoo.com will put a very exclusive video on their front page of Madonna singing Happy Birthday to Nicki Minaj on the set of Give me all your Luvin’!

Spotify will also launch their first ever global super fan contest today. Tickets to the Madonna World Tour will be up for grabs.
In order to enter, you’ll have to stream the MDNA album and signing up to the Madonna newsletter will increase your chances.
More details to be announced soon!

Tonight at 10PM EST, Madonna will join Twitter for one day on the new @MadonnaMDNAday account and fans will be able to ask questions by using the tag #askMadonna.

Hope you’re excited, because we sure are!

rlittler81 said:

The UK gets shafted again by iTunes. No download for the pre-ordered deluxe edition available yet. Is it really that hard???

here in Brazil is the same ...still waiting!!

Madonna's 'MDNA' is potent stuff

PAT HEALY
Metro BOSTON
Published: March 25, 2012 5:09 p.m.
Last modified: March 25, 2012 5:14 p.m.
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Madonna is a bitch out of order, a bat out of hell and a fish out of water. At least that's what she compares herself to in the song "Gang Bang," off her brand new album, "MDNA." The album officially comes out tomorrow, though it leaked online late last week. Madge's claim about being broken, angry and alienated is a succinct self-analysis.

It's been four years since her last album of new material, the longest gap of her nearly 30-year career, which would explain the fish-out-of-water feeling.

As far as the bitch out of order and the bat out of hell, her venomous personal lyrics on this album make it difficult to distinguish Madonna, the pop legend from Madonna, the mortal whose eight-year marriage to director Guy Ritchie ended in a bitter divorce.

"I tried to be a good girl, I tried to be your wife," she sings on "I Don't Give A."

This confessional intimacy makes it difficult to criticize Madonna for imitation, which she does indulge in a bit on "MDNA." To that charge, the material girl is just as much of a smart shopper as she's always been, using the baddest guest stars (including Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.) and the best producers (including Martin Solveig) to bring her sound into now. If she can't define the times, she's certainly not going to be behind them. And really, anybody she's borrowing from wouldn't be making music if it weren't for her. The racecar basslines and Skrillex-style monster breakdown would seem forced if not done properly. But it's Madonna, and even if she is a fish out of water, she can always get into the groove.

Add it up
The chemical makeup of the deluxe edition of 'MDNA'

Approximate number of times the words "girl" or "girls" are used: 63
Approximate number of times the word "bitch" is used: 13
Approximate number of songs that are most likely about Guy Ritchie: 6.5
Number of previous Madonna hits referenced by title: 3
Number of Nicki Minaj guest appearances: 2
Number of songs with spoken prayers: 2
Number of songs where a banjo is clearly audible: 1

http://www.metro.us/...is-potent-stuff

Madonna SLAMMED By Deadmau5 Stop ENCOURAGING Drug Use!

banks said:

Madonna SLAMMED By Deadmau5 Stop ENCOURAGING Drug Use!

Madonna is under attack by one of the most famous DJs in the world ... who's PISSED at the Material Girl for glamorizing the use of ecstasy during a recent concert.

DJ Deadmau5 was clearly watching when Madge took the stage at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami this weekend and shouted to the crowd, "How many people in this crowd have seen molly?" (check out video below at :45 mark)

FYI -- "Molly" is a slang term for MDMA, one of the key ingredients in ecstasy ... a drug that's hugely popular with people in the electronic dance music community.

While the crowd CHEERED at Madge's comment ... Deadmau5 went to his Facebook page and ripped the singer a new one.

"Very classy there madonna. 'HUR DUR HAS ANYONE SEEN MOLLY???' such a great message for the young music lovers at ultra."

He added, "Quite the f'n philanthropist. but hey, at least yer HIP AND TRENDY! f*cking cant smack my head hard enough right now."

So far, no response from Madonna.

This from someone who wears a mouse helmet. Next! *sips cup of tea*

[Edited 3/26/12 8:13am]

Deadmau5 is ideal ecstacy music...

Anyway as Madonna knows best, no press is bad press

RKJCNE said:

did u guys get the digital booklet with the pre-ordered deluxe edition??

errant said:

RKJCNE said:

I've decided Turn Up The Radio is the only song I really don't like on this album, it's a total throwaway IMO. I am however starting to love even superstar. Oh la al!

TUTR is good, but it suffers from what I call obvious second (or next) single syndrome on most Madonna albums these days. So does GGW actually. The perfect uptempo pop song that would make a great single, but you just kind of roll your eyes at it because it's just a little TOO perfect as a single and something else would be much more interesting and daring. See also: Hollywood, Sorry, Give It 2 Me. I'm hoping they milk this album for singles and that once TUTR is out of the way, we'll get Love Spent and I'm Addicted, or at a long shot, Gang Bang and I'm a Sinner.

I'm just hoping they skip TUTR go straight for I'm addicted and round it out with Love Spent and the song begging for a video: Gang Bang.

All these deluxe issues is a smart move to come up with more sells for Madonna. She is a very smart & good business women.

rlittler81 said:

banks said:

Madonna SLAMMED By Deadmau5 Stop ENCOURAGING Drug Use!

Madonna is under attack by one of the most famous DJs in the world ... who's PISSED at the Material Girl for glamorizing the use of ecstasy during a recent concert.

DJ Deadmau5 was clearly watching when Madge took the stage at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami this weekend and shouted to the crowd, "How many people in this crowd have seen molly?" (check out video below at :45 mark)

FYI -- "Molly" is a slang term for MDMA, one of the key ingredients in ecstasy ... a drug that's hugely popular with people in the electronic dance music community.

While the crowd CHEERED at Madge's comment ... Deadmau5 went to his Facebook page and ripped the singer a new one.

"Very classy there madonna. 'HUR DUR HAS ANYONE SEEN MOLLY???' such a great message for the young music lovers at ultra."

He added, "Quite the f'n philanthropist. but hey, at least yer HIP AND TRENDY! f*cking cant smack my head hard enough right now."

So far, no response from Madonna.

This from someone who wears a mouse helmet. Next! *sips cup of tea*

[Edited 3/26/12 8:13am]

How does Madonna's question encourage anything. It's a question, not a statement.

errant said:

RKJCNE said:

I've decided Turn Up The Radio is the only song I really don't like on this album, it's a total throwaway IMO. I am however starting to love even superstar. Oh la al!

TUTR is good, but it suffers from what I call obvious second (or next) single syndrome on most Madonna albums these days. So does GGW actually. The perfect uptempo pop song that would make a great single, but you just kind of roll your eyes at it because it's just a little TOO perfect as a single and something else would be much more interesting and daring. See also: Hollywood, Sorry, Give It 2 Me. I'm hoping they milk this album for singles and that once TUTR is out of the way, we'll get Love Spent and I'm Addicted, or at a long shot, Gang Bang and I'm a Sinner.

I agree.Actually,I think they should go in another whole direction and release "Falling Free" as a single.Just do a simple video with Madonna singing into the camera.After Confessions and Hard Candy,it would be amazing to see Madonna release a stunning ballad for a change.It probably wouldn't be a major hit,but it would do something much more important.It would remind people that Madonna has a fantastic voice and that she's so much more than a dance music queen.

I say "Falling Free","Love Spent" and "Beautiful Killer" would make fine singles."Turn Up The Radio" is a good song but it's too much of an 'obvious' choice,as you said.Why not take some risks?

go2theMax said:

did u guys get the digital booklet with the pre-ordered deluxe edition??

I sure did

SoulAlive said:

go2theMax said:

did u guys get the digital booklet with the pre-ordered deluxe edition??

I sure did

i didn't

I'm so dumb. I JUST realized that this came out today. US releases are normally on Tuesdays...off to Target!

Just got the "free" edition of MDNA in the mail, and I said it before and I'll say it again--Falling Free is the "masterpiece" of this album. This is an absolutely beautiful song musically and lyrically and makes Madonna's ethereal voice shine and shows her vulnerability. Really wish she had done more like this one on the album.

[Edited 3/26/12 15:06pm]

"I'm Addicted" is flawless: it builds and builds. Best dance track she's done since 2005.

purplethunder3121 said:

Just got the "free" edition of MDNA in the mail, and I said it before and I'll say it again--Falling Free is the "masterpiece" of this album. This is an absolutely beautiful song musically and lyrically and makes Madonna's ethereal voice shine and shows her vulnerability. Really wish she had done more like this one on the album.

I agree! I was stunned when I first heard it.Her vocals absolutely SHINE on this tune! It's so refreshing to hear her to do a song like this,after two albums in a row with hardly any ballads.The song is so heartbreakingly sad,especially the final part of it.I want more of this from her!

I thought it was out tomorrow too and was surprised to see it at the mall while running errands and bought it. I'm on I'm Addicted. I can see myself bumping this CD for quite awhile though it's no Confessions either, and she's more foul than she needs to be.

LMFAO to open Madonna shows in London and Nice!

LMFAO will open Madonna shows in London (Hyde Park, July 17) and Nice (Stade Charles Herman, 21 August), Live Nation France announced today.
Therefore, LMFAO's show in Wien planned for July 17 is deleted and replaced with London's Hyde Park.