The reviews of MDNA have been flooding in, and will continue to do so over the coming weeks. Bookmark this page to stay Up to date to all the review links as the are released!

 

 

 

 

Billboard Music’s Keith Caulfeld never gets it wrong when it comes to Madonna.

MTV News says MDNA is a drug worth taking!

Time Out London’s Review was short and not so glowing….

MusicOMH Blog raves Hard Candy felt like it was grasping at fading trends, MDNA is far more Madonna just being Madonna. And that usually turns out best for everyone involved.

The LA TIMES : Madonna’s new ‘MDNA’ is an adrenaline rush

BBC has reacted positively to Madonna’s new album, saying she is “still pushing the envelope”.

Music critics from The Metro have been treated to a first listen to the diva’s new album MDNA and have given it a resounding thumbs up.

Madonna punches out younger rivals, not least Lady Gaga, with her new album, argues Will Hodgkinson of The Times

The one from Toh! magazine, who attended the listening session in Milan.

The review from The Independent, with Andy Gill saying that Madonna shows the new generation of divas she’s still top of the pop.

Gordon Smart at The Sun, who says Madonna rolls back the years on new album.

Kim Dawson at The Daily Star, saying that Madonna is back at her absolute best with the biggest all-out dance album she’s ever made

Digital Spy, with Robert Copsey saying MDNA is by no means a perfect Madonna album, but it certainly has the potential after repeated listens to be up somewhere in the top six.

Stylist‘s Anita Bhagwandas shares her initial, unedited track by track MDNA reaction MDNA.

The Guardian also had a sneak preview of the new album and warns you to get ready for terrible French accents, amazing pop raves and heartfelt ballads.

Dean Piper’s MDNA Review says she’s nailed it. And in doing so seems to have produced one of her most personal lyrical efforts to date.

MDNA : The MadonnaTribe Review teases “with MDNA she revisits the themes adding some twisted irony proving that she may have Kabbalish blood in her veins now but her bones are still impregnated with catholicism, rivisiting again themes as sin, death, shame, betrayal , twisted love affairs and regret.”

Madonnalicious Gives Her MDNA Review while posting very cool pictures from inside the listening party.

Digital Spy Review of MDNA was not so favorable, saying “MDNA is by no means a perfect Madonna album, but it certainly has the potential after repeated listens to be up somewhere in the top six.”

Pop Justice’s Track by Track Review says If you were worried, stop worrying – there is lots here to be excited about.

Madonnarama.com’s Track by Track Review points out the fact that you can’t please everyone!

The Telegraph : MDNA’s First Track by Track Review was written by a clear ageist!

Everything We Know About MDNA…So Far

Boy Culture’s MDNA Review -  The first review with real details, straight from Liz Rosenberg’s Listening Party!

The Very First MDNA Review : Attitude Magazine

 

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After a slight technical delay, here is the 60 second snippet of GANG BANG off MDNA that leaked today.

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REVIEW: Madonna’s new album MDNA
Posted by Dean Piper On March 7th, 2012

OK, let’s talk about Madonna and her twelfth studio album, MDNA.
Admittedly with all that she’s been up to of late, her directorial debut W.E. and that amazing Superbowl performance, I was a very worried Madonna fan.
Would she be able to deliver the goods on this latest record? Especially with her eagerly awaited reunion with William Orbit – the man that reignited her career at one point with the exceptional album Ray of Light. There was a lot riding on this being a success.
To sum up – she’s nailed it. And in doing so seems to have produced one of her most personal lyrical efforts to date. Tracks including I F***ed UP and Best Friend (featured on the Deluxe version of MDNA) are clear odes to her failed marriage with Guy Ritchie. Whilst tracks like Gang Bang (!) leave you wondering who exactly the star wants to shoot in the head. The lyrics screech: “Bang, bang, shot you dead. Shot my lover in the head.”

One thing you need to wipe clean from your brain immediately as the album starts is the fact Madonna is 53. She sounds 25. In fact, if this album was released by a Pop Princess then it wouldn’t be out of place. It feels centred and controlled whilst the likes of Gaga and Britney’s latest efforts feel try-hard and sloppy in comparison.
This is one girl that still knows what she’s doing and she’s in control.
Part of the reason for such a slick record is down to who she’s worked with. As always, Madonna’s chosen wisely with her collaborators for this record.

William Orbit is in the frame on five tracks, French electronic DJ and super producer Martin Solveig provides the most forward thinking six tunes and ye olde faithful Marco “Benny” Benassi does what he does best and turns Madge into the dancefloor electro diva she’s clearly still wanting to be.
Is MDNA her best work for years? In short, no. It doesn’t reach out like Confessions on a Dance Floor – but it easily surpasses American Life and Music.

Is it an album I literally can’t wait to have on my iPod following my one listen at Abbey Road Studios. YES.
Madonna’s still pushing the envelope of her superstardom and MDNA is in no way a let down. It’s just the next chapter in an already enthralling story. And I can’t wait for you all to get involved.

Track-by-track review of MDNA

Girl Gone Wild
Take her track Celebration, zoop it up and make it bigger and better. It’s a club track that feels young vibrant and fresh for an artist like Madonna. It’s techno-pop-ready-for-radio-heaven. Very Benny Benassi and very much one for the kids – without it feels like a mum-of-four sings it. Phew.

Gang Bang
Let’s get dirty and keep it mucky throughout. A stripped back filthy electro beat makes you want to get down. It’s different to anything she’s ever done. I especially liked the ending where she sings in a Human Nature stylee: “If you’re gonna act like a bitch, then you;’re gonna die like a bitch.” And a shotgun noise kicks off. Boom.

I’m Addicted
Euphoric and addictive. This song needs to be played loud and for the satisfaction of a dance floor. It’s heavily Benny Benasi and by the end you want to get up and squeal: “I’m addicted to your looooovvvvve.”

Turn Up The Radio
Why this wasn’t the lead single on MDNA I’m not very sure. It’s a stonker of a pop song. Her vocals are finally clear (well, not as worked on) and it gave me ‘the tingle’. It’s ready to go and and instant Madonna pop classic.

Give Me All Your Luvin’
The track that divided opinion from the start. Notably, the song sounds a lot better on speakers that can make your skin quiver through bass. But it feels far more forgettable pop compared to much of the album.

Some Girls
Finally, an Orbit song. This is probably the most cosmic of his tracks he’s done with M. Her vocal is almost tinny and echoes. Bit rocky towards the end but it’s an exciting introduction to a new wave Orbit.

Superstar
This was the one I wasn’t immediately keen on – but the one that’s in my head. It’s lyrically very simple and definitely one that the star could pull a guitar out for to perform on tour. She sings: “Ooh, la la you’re a superstar/ooh la la love the way that you are.” It’s a little rockier than the others and more conventional.

I Don’t Give A
This is probably the most interesting track on this album. She’s nearly rapping again, there’s a hip-hop feel. It feels like the Human Nature of Eortica – and clearly sending out messages about her marriage breakdown. She sings: “I tried to be a good girl / I tried to be your wife / I diminished myself / And I swallowed my light / I tried to become all / That you expect of me / And if I was a failure / I don’t give a …”

I’m a Sinner
Back to William Orbit and the Ray of Light guitar has been found. This track immediately reminds you why Madonna and Orbit worked so well first time around – there’s even a return to the Erotica dirty whisper voice. It starts fairly slow but builds and builds to an orgasm of techno. Enjoy the ride on this one.

Love Spent
There’s a gypsy string twang, a hauntingly high vocal and it’s not instantly Orbit. Later in the song you realise it couldn’t be more like him. It’s about giving so much love that you’re spent and like the previous song climaxes like a beauty.

Masterpiece
The theme song to W.E. brings the tempo right back down to a chilled vibe. This is the song that makes us realise that despite most of this album making us want to dance, the star is still able to chill out and relax those dancing shoes. It really feels like the come down song that gives you a big hug.

Falling Free
Well this one was a surprise. It made me instantly want to hear her singing it with just a guitar and a mic stand. It would be an acoustic dream. Her vocals are crisp and penetrate. It’s obviously a song about letting go – but will she ever truly let go of the career she’s worked so hard for?

Madonna, MDNA, March 26, Interscope Records.

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Today we had the chance to listen to the new Madonna album as a whole to review it for our website and we have to say it’s really a very good work that will please both casual and hard-die fans. Well maybe it won’t be pleasing a lot catholic groups as the queen of pop dips again in the imagery she grew up with in an even strongest way than like a prayer. With Like A Prayer she rebelled against the religious “values” imposed on her by her family, with MDNA she revisits the themes adding some twisted irony proving that she may have Kabbalish blood in her veins now but her bones are still impregnated with catholicism, rivisiting again themes as sin, death, shame, betrayal , twisted love affairs and regret.

The opening of the album’s first song, Girl Gone Wild is a hint of what’s instore. She reprises one of the most sacred catholic prayers, the Act Of Contrition, and revisit it as a bad girl would do.

 

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The UK playback of MDNA for critics, commentators (and a fan!) took place in two sessions at Abbey Road Studios today. Mobile phones were sealed away, wristbands were given out and we were led to Studio Two for the listening party.

 

The studio featured a huge MDNA album cover on canvas on the wall, white upholstered chairs and placed on each chair was an MDNA notebook, pencil and an MDNA card giving details about the album tracks and producers.

 

We were served MDNA mocktails (rather nice!), wine and water. Some tasty food was sampled – Thai crab salad, lemon chicken with roast potatoes and anchovy butter, and paneer dumplings with corriander rice.

 

As for the album, the trouble is madonnalicious forgets to be a journalist for the day and becomes a fan. We cannot write long wordy pieces like other reviewers, we can only give you our essence of the album, our feelings.

On just one listen, fear not, there is hope! For a long-time Madonna fan the William Orbit tracks are the standout ones – or maybe more ‘traditional Madonna’. It seems as if the album is almost in two parts – Before WO and After WO – maybe if the sequencing was different it might not have seemed so obvious.

The Orbit tracks are the more introspective melodic ones, the Martin Solveig and ‘Benny’ Benassi tracks are the ones you could dance to in a club, but not maybe choose to just listen to at home.

This seems definitely to be the ‘divorce’ album, there is a lot of looking back at failed relationships and even admitting that she ‘f*cked up’.

Our favourite tracks and ones we cannot wait to listen to again are (not including GMAYL and Masterpiece which we have heard lots of times):

Girl Gone Wild - just keeps growing on us, wanted to get up and dance to it right there! A good opener to the album with the spoken intro.

Superstar - ooh-la-la you’re my superstar, light pop-song. New era Vogue-rap name-checking Bruce Lee, John Travolta and James Dean.

I Don’t Give A - although quite hard to hear the lyrics clearly, we loved the whole song – and the Nicki Minaj rap which claims ‘there is only queen and thats Madonna…bitch’ – it is almost like a grown-up version of a playground rhyme.

I’m A Sinner - or Beautiful Stranger part II – which isn’t a bad thing! Could have been on Ray of Light. Classic Madonna and William Orbit.

Love Spent - we are sure we heard some of the Hung Up/Gimme Gimme Gimme tune mixed in very quietly – need to hear it again.

Falling Free - with an almost Evita-like voice, very stripped down with piano and strings ‘We’re both free, free to go’ Is this the divorce song?

Best Friend - quite a good ending to the (deluxe) album as the final line is ‘Its so sad that it has to end’ SILENCE…

I’m Addicted, Turn Up The Radio, Some Girls, Beautiful Killer, B-Day Song weren’t stand-out tracks for us, but they were not bad either. Maybe on additional listens they will grow on us. And don’t forget our opinion is always subject to change!

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Earlier today Digital Spy was invited to Abbey Road Studios to listen to Madonna’s 12th studio album MDNA.

There were crab salads, multicoloured cocktails and, as if that wasn’t enough, a chunky notepad with the album cover on the front waiting for us on our chair. We presume it was there for us to scribble our notes on, but we didn’t feel comfortable putting our ugly scrawlings over something so clearly amazing.

We’ve posted our thoughts on each of the LP’s 17 tracks below:

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Here we go again! Here is clip number TWO from MDNA. This time its from LOVE SPENT

 

From our post : Everything We Know About MDNA…So Far, know that Love Spent was produced by Madonna and William Orbit and is said to be “pretty and warm, mid-tempo song that is Miles Away meets Nothing Fails meets Love Profusion.”

Madonnarama announced this morning that it is an “electro-pop number that opens with a combination of banjos and violons. Madonna dabbles with vocal distortion while asking her latest male subject: “Love me like your money”.
Monstrous and addictive.

The Telegraph’s Review says : “Gypsy string loop and brief, treated Spaghetti Western banjo flourishes introduce an almost organic feel to a very synthetic, stylised album. A pop song about love and money (topics the Material Girl frequently conflates) it weaves elegant electro patterns and builds to a big, throbbing chorus.”

Pop Justice writes : “You’ll find this track somewhere between ‘Ray Of Light’, ‘Impressive Instant’ and ‘Hung Up’, with some banjo business chucked in for good (?) measure, but don’t get excited – we’d say this is more ‘deluxe edition bonus track’ than ‘album track’. The best lyric here is “take me into your arms until your last breath … Hold me in your arms until there’s nothing left”. Which stuck us as rather pleasant. The song does build into something quite special by the end.”

 

 

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Love Spent

I want you to hold me
like you hold your money
Hold on to it
‘till there’s nothing left

Love spent
Feeling love spent
Yeah, I’m love spent
Wondering where the love went
Love spent
Yeah I’m love spent
Really love spent
Wondering where it all went

Don’t try to take me like you took your money
Take me In your arms until your last breath
I want you to hold me like you hold your money
Hold me in your arms until there’s nothing left

Nothing left, nothing left, nothing left, nothing left

Love spent
Feeling love spent
Yeah, I’m love spent
Wondering where the love went
Love spent
Yeah I’m love spent
Really love spent
Wondering where it all went

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In pretty much the most thorough and awesome review yet, Popjustice goes really deep into the album into its review, rating each track by Melody, Lyrics, Sound, Club Appeal and overall Madonnafactor while giving really great detailed in their descriptions proving that they are fans, and they know how to write!

 

 

 

I’m going to post this one after a jump (and modify the other track by track reviews) for the sake of space. But do yourself a huge favor and read this one!

 

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From Madonnarama.com

 

We had the opportunity to listen to the full MDNA album and wanted to share our first impressions with our readers.

How we do this? How do we review the album of the most accomplished female pop singer of all time?
Two rules : be honest and do not try to please everybody.
Some can’t be pleased.
If it’s catchy, they’ll say it’s too catchy, if it’s elaborate, they’ll find it too complicated.

First, MDNA is an album full of surprises. It’s more than just another dance record. It’s personal, dark, fun and even silly at times

So here we go, our very own review of Madonna’s MDNA… track by track!

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