I still haven't listened to any of the leaks. Holding off for the official release.

The entire super deluxe edition has leaked :o :o

Oh God. At this point she would be better off to scrap the entire thing. Nobody outside of fans care and they will largely have already downloaded the leak.

Poor cow, she may as well just pull the iTunes release forward to right now.

So both Rebel Heart and Addicted (both amazing in demo form) have been pimped and preened to the point where they aren't anywhere near as good. GOOD ONE MARGE. The only songs I actually LIKED I don't even like very much anymore. It feels so weird to say as I don't actively dislike any of her albums, even super boring Music is just super boring, but this is actually SHIT (based on 14/29 tracks to be fair).

Well, to be fair 25-track albums are bound to be half-shit. I will probably pick the 12-15 best tracks and ditch the rest.

Very true, but the issues are much more than just 'bad songs', it's terrible vocals (some of them are actually quite unpleasant to listen to), bad song writing, lazy production, terrible features and just a general lack of anything resembling care or effort being expended on the album.

I mean there is a 3% chance this is me over-reacting to my favourite act of all time losing it so spectacularly I cannot even reconcile her being the same artist that less than a decade ago gave us the earth shattering pop majesty of Hung Up.

Ok on my random play I've just hit Inside Out which is actually, wait for it, A GOOD SONG. A GOOD SONG ON REBEL HEART!!!

S.E.X. is what I imagine it must be like to live inside the mind of latter day Madonna. Basic bitch nursery rhyme song writing and melodies all about life inside her moist vaginal canal, all whilst Lourdes watches on sucking a lollipop, laughing internally at the haggard mess that was once her mother.

I said before the era started about how she needs to work on her voice!

S.E.X. is what I imagine it must be like to live inside the mind of latter day Madonna. Basic bitch nursery rhyme song writing and melodies all about life inside her moist vaginal canal, all whilst Lourdes watches on sucking a lollipop, laughing internally at the haggard mess that was once her mother.

 

 

Omfg...

 

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I wanna listen :o

Lol oh dear.

 

Downloading now, if anyone needs a link ;)

After a couple of listens I'd have to call this as definitely her worst album. It's so overwhelmingly faceless. These songs could all be by anyone (and anyone else would sing them better). I can see myself going back to Hold Tight, Inside Out, Body Shop, Iconic and Joan of Arc a few times. But this is a weak record.

 

I wanna listen :o

I'm sure it'll be your favourite Mdolla album ever evah evah!

 

I've been avoiding the leaks so I've still got quite positive expectations of the album, especially as I like those 6 tracks that premiered before Christmas (presumably finished versions). It's a shame to hear that the song 'Rebel Heart' has been altered for the worse as that was one of my favourites but hopefully I'll continue to like it. I do hope the released version of the album does turn out to be good because this was shaping up to be her best since Confessions (arguably not a difficult feat but still).

Autotune Baby is almost as big a WTF moment as B-Day Song :lol:

That Autotune Baby ranks in the top half of tracks from this album frankly says it all. It's a stillborn abomination.

I think "Bitch get off my pole" is the best line of the album.

 

Wash All Over Me has managed to avoid the fate of many tracks and become better.

Edited February 3, 201510 yr by Regina

Here is Madonna's interview for NRJ from January 30th:

 

 

She doesn't seem too enthusiastic about the album, particularly working with Avicii. Eek!