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Liаm
post Mar 18 2015, 05:18 PM
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Finally given this a few listens on Spotify...

09 Living For Love
09 Devil Pray
10 Ghosttown
05 Unapologetic Bitch
07.5 Illuminati (I keep changing my opinions on this DURING a listen, it's a real odd one laugh.gif)
09 Bitch I'm Madonna
06 Hold On Tight
05 Joan Of Arc (not getting the love, I find it a bit boring but it's ok)
08 Iconic
03 HeartBreakCity
02 Body Shop
06 Holy Water
08 Inside Out
08 Wash All Over Me
05 Best Night
06.5 Veni Vidi Vici
02 S.E.X.
06 Messiah
07 Rebel Heart (the demo version is an easy 10 though!!)
07 Beautiful Scars
05 Borrowed Time
10 Addicted
06 Graffiti Heart

10 Queen
00 Autotune Baby


Sooooo much filler drama.gif But then that was always likely to be the case on an album this long!! Ghosttown is probably her best song in YEARS (I'd say since Hard Candy) and Addicted/Queen are amazing. What possessed her to not put the latter on the album properly when there's dirge like S.E.X. and Body Shop on there is beyond me sad.gif Also it's a shame that Rebel Heart changed so much, would be second behind Ghosttown for me otherwise. Wash All Over Me has definitely been improved though.

Also Autotune Baby must be her worst song ever. Wow.
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Liam.k.
post Mar 18 2015, 05:36 PM
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I understand what you mean about 'Illuminati' - do you not like the name-check verse but like the "it’s the Enlightenment that started it all" parts? That was pretty much my initial thoughts but I've grown to really like it all now. I think the meaning of the song is pretty good too.

There's something about 'Addicted' that makes me think it shouldn't be good but in fact it is really good. Not so much that I'm disappointed it wasn't on the main tracking list though.

Not happy about the lack of 'HeartBreakCity' love there but, apart from that, those are pretty reasonable scores! 'Holy Water' is my least faavourite but it's still kinda catchy (unfortunately created by Natalia Kills though dry.gif).
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Liаm
post Mar 18 2015, 05:44 PM
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QUOTE(liamk97 @ Mar 18 2015, 05:36 PM) *
I understand what you mean about 'Illuminati' - do you not like the name-check verse but like the "it’s the Enlightenment that started it all" parts? That was pretty much my initial thoughts but I've grown to really like it all now. I think the meaning of the song is pretty good too.

I think it's that the lyrics are largely really wtf, and the theme laugh.gif Musically it's quite good but I can still never quite be sure.
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Liam.k.
post Mar 18 2015, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(Liаm @ Mar 18 2015, 05:44 PM) *
I think it's that the lyrics are largely really wtf, and the theme laugh.gif Musically it's quite good but I can still never quite be sure.

In one interview I read, she said something about how the "Illuminati" has been misinterpreted and is seen as a massive conspiracy etc. and she explained what it actually was. I can't really remember, nor can I find the article, but it made me see the song differently.
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post Mar 18 2015, 07:45 PM
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Due to the grandness of the album I can't even consider doing an individual track rank so I'll do the following instead; I honestly think there are only two fillers out of the whole twenty-five songs but I have listened to the album in full fourteen times since its release last Monday. laugh.gif

Great

Living For Love
Devil Pray
Ghosttown
Unapologetic Bitch
Illuminati (UNDERRATED.)
Hold Tight
Joan of Arc
Heartbreak City
Holy Water
Inside Out
Wash All Over Me
Veni Vidi Vici
Messiah
Rebel Heart
Queen
Addicted
Graffiti Heart

Good
Bitch I'm Madonna
Iconic
Body Shop
Best Night
Beautiful Scars
Borrowed Time

Average
S.E.X.
Autotune Baby

I think the album's largest problem is not the amount of tracks but the way in which the tracklist is structured; if the songs were shuffled around a bit it would make for a steadier and more coherent listen. However it is nonetheless absolutely stellar and many of the songs are about as good as anything she could do. Far, far better than the average Hard Candy and MDNA records.

EDiT: forgot about Queen. sleep.gif laugh.gif


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Regina
post Mar 18 2015, 07:53 PM
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09 Living For Love
08 Devil Pray
100 Ghosttown
04 Unapologetic Bitch
07 Illuminati (I keep changing my opinions on this DURING a listen, it's a real odd one laugh.gif)
05 Bitch I'm Madonna
08 Hold On Tight
07 Joan Of Arc
08 Iconic
10 HeartBreakCity
03 Body Shop
09 Holy Water
07 Inside Out
10 Wash All Over Me
08 Best Night (one of the biggest growers for me)
06 Veni Vidi Vici
10 S.E.X. (maybe it's the pervert in me, but I love this *.*)
07 Messiah
06 Rebel Heart
6.5 Beautiful Scars
09 Borrowed Time (The lyrics to this are really powerful)
10 Addicted
08 Graffiti Heart (as are the ones to this)
10 Queen
-100 Autotune Baby


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MrIndependent
post Mar 18 2015, 08:04 PM
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Poor Autotune Baby. laugh.gif

Body Shop was such a WTF moment for me at first but I appreciate the world instruments, the production is great and I've grown to like how she uses her voice in the verses.
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post Mar 18 2015, 08:38 PM
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and it goes a little something like...

06.5 Living For Love
08.0 Devil Pray
10.0 Ghosttown
06.5 Unapologetic Bitch
05.0 Illuminati
00.0 Bitch I'm Madonna
07.0 Hold On Tight
09.5 Joan Of Arc
05.0 Iconic
07.5 HeartBreakCity
02.0 Body Shop
02.5 Holy Water
07.5 Inside Out
07.5 Wash All Over Me
04.0 Best Night
05.5 Veni Vidi Vici
01.0 S.E.X.
08.0 Messiah
07.5 Rebel Heart
03.0 Beautiful Scars
07.0 Borrowed Time
07.5 Addicted
05.0 Graffiti Heart

10.0 Queen
??.? Autotune Baby
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vibe
post Mar 23 2015, 02:54 PM
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So who is going to run a survivor?

from fav to least fav but keeps changing smile.gif, so hard to do in the middle !!!



1. Living For Love
2. Ghosttown
3. Devil Pray
4. Joan Of Arc
5. Inside Out
6. Holy Water
7. Best Night
8. Hold Tight
9. Wash All Over Me
10. HeartBreakCity
11. Borrowed Time
12. Graffiti Heart
13. Rebel Heart
14. Iconic
15. Beautiful Scars
16. Unapologetic b***h
17. B***h I’m Madonna
18. Addicted
19. Body Shop
20. Messiah
21. Illuminati
22. Veni Vidi Vici
23. S.E.X

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Liam.k.
post Mar 23 2015, 04:33 PM
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QUOTE(vibe @ Mar 23 2015, 02:54 PM) *
So who is going to run a survivor?

We can do although probably best to wait for the Madonna vs. Kylie Survivor Game to finish.
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