Posted March 18, 201510 yr 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 :lol:) 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: 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 :( 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.
March 18, 201510 yr 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 <_<).
March 18, 201510 yr Author 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 :lol: Musically it's quite good but I can still never quite be sure.
March 18, 201510 yr I think it's that the lyrics are largely really wtf, and the theme :lol: 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.
March 18, 201510 yr 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. :lol:  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. -_- :lol: Edited March 18, 201510 yr by MrIndependent
March 18, 201510 yr 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 Edited March 18, 201510 yr by Regina
March 18, 201510 yr Poor Autotune Baby. :lol: Â 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.
March 18, 201510 yr 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
March 23, 201510 yr So who is going to run a survivor? from fav to least fav but keeps changing :), 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 Â
March 23, 201510 yr 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.
