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This album is a bit of a departure from Madonna's usual dance and ballad style. It's definitely reflective of the times in music. Best described as "Electronic Folk". She and Mirwais wrote and produced this album. They worked before on some of the songs from MUSIC album, so you get an indication from listening to that album, Madonna was going this direction. The album lyrics are quite personal and reflective of whom she is at the time. Maybe even more on point than the lyrics for Ray of Light album which has been dubbed as her "spiritual awakening" album. Unfortunately, this album got panned for what it really wasn't. The album artwork and the original music video for the title track, gave the impression the album was "anti-American" when it was the furthest from that. Both the title track and Hollywood simply reflected on how she consumed American Life and being a star. It was more about who she was before and after coming to the conclusion that the life she was leading wasn't all that is cracked up to be. To me, this is definitely one of her underrated albums along with her Bedtime Stories album. Bedtime Stories probably more because it's been long forgotten and didn't get a lot of attention it deserved even though it managed to score her one of her biggest #1 hits. Anyway, American Life is a very good album. It's not your typical dance record from her, but it's very mature and really stands on its own as a solid album.
When playing the Vinyl, I was a bit baffled by the fact that the first disc plays at normal album speed, but the second disc plays at 45. There is no indication on the album that this is supposed to be this way. Other than that, the album is definitely one of her best when it comes to writing and production. Though, I recognize this is probably not an album for fans who are looking for dance or 80's/90's production. It's quite serious in nature and very reflective of whom she was at the time. She was married to Guy Ritchie and was living the "English" lifestyle and while she still was pushing buttons, you can tell she was trying to live a more conservative style that really does ring true to she really is these days and fore being married to Guy. I don't believe she was faking it, but I think it was a evolution period for her that seemed a bit too stuffy for a woman who has been known for saying and doing some pretty brash and outlandish things.
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Underrated but not Forgotten!
One of Madonna's most underrated records was her tenth studio album "American Life" from 2003. I believe more singles were released from this album than any other. The worldwide singles were Die Another Day, American Life, Hollywood, Nobody Knows Me, Nothing Fails, Love Profusion and Mother and Father. Unfortunately, the single with Britney Spears 'Me Against the Music' isn't included, but that's on Britney's album "In the Zone". The double record plays perfect, but Record 1 plays normal under 33 RPM and Record 2 plays normal under 45 RPM. Did anyone else have this issue? It could be where Record 2 has five songs and Record one has six songs?!? Overall I'm glad to add this to my collection. This record is definitely one of her most personal, and it's a shame the USA got so upset over this album, but the rest of the world understood.
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