Product Description

Track listing 1. Music 2. Impressive Instant 3. Runaway Lover 4. I Deserve It 5. Amazing 6. Nobody's Perfect 7. Don't Tell Me 8. What It Feels Like For A Girl 9. Paradise (Not For Me) 10. Gone 11. American Pie

Track Listing

1. Music
2. Impressive Instant
3. Runaway Lover
4. I Deserve It
5. Amazing
6. Nobody's Perfect
7. Don't Tell Me
8. What It Feels Like For A Girl
9. Paradise (Not For Me)
10. Gone
11. American Pie

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3252 in Music
• Released on: 2000-09-18
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.co.uk Review
The new millennium saw a change in Madonna as, ever at the forefront of popular music trends, she took the earth mother vibes of Ray Of Light and transposed them to the heart of the dancefloor. The end product, Music, is a wondrous mixture of the familiar and the audaciously new--tracks like "Amazing" and "Runaway Lover" would have slotted nicely into the more uptempo sections of Ray Of Light, whereas tracks like "Impressive Instant" and the title track "Music" take Madonna closer to the sound of the dancefloor underground. William Orbit, the man responsible for producing the Ray Of Light album, has a hand in proceedings again, but the majority of tracks are produced by French whizzkid Mirwais, who brings a distinctive Gallic House feel to the proceedings, taking Madonna's voice and putting it through a vocoder until it sounds more like an instrument rather than a vocal line. Whereas Ray Of Light was her album of the joys of motherhood, Music is clearly the sound of a woman in love, for hard evidence look no further than the ballad "I Deserve It", with its opening line "This guy was meant for me", clearly dedicated to the father of her second child, Guy Ritchie. With a well-balanced mix of downtempo and uptempo numbers, all stamped with her innovative style, Music is further proof that Madonna is still way ahead of the pack. --Helen Marquis

CD Description
'Music' was Madonna's 2000 follow up to her renaissance, William Orbit produced album, 'Ray Of Light'. A number of producers worked on this record including Mirwais and Orbit. Thehit singles, 'Music' and 'What It Feels Like For A Girl', are included.

Customer Reviews

QUEEN OF POP KEEPS A FIRM GRIP ON THE CROWN
Madonna is undoubtedly the best female artist in history. She is still light-years ahead of the wannabes like Kylie Minogue.Following the Something To Remember album, critics said Madge was done with, a no-hoper trying to recapture the glory days . But with Ray of Light and this, she proved them all wrong. This album can't beat Ray of Light but what can? Madonna's music has changed again, this time to garage/dance/pop grooves, shown in the title track and the brilliant Impressive Instant, which has got to be the next single! The album is not all up-tempo as someone who had only heard the singles would think, but Madonna manages to mix brilliant mid-tempo (my fave song off the album, Don't Tell Me, and the new single, What It Feels Like For A Girl), up-tempo (Impressive Instant, Music, Runaway Lover, Amazing) and down-tempo (the fantastic Gone, I Deserve It), all in all which combines to make the best album from any artist in 2000, and one of Madonna's best ever albums. 10/10!!

Music at it's best...
This is one of Madonna's best albums. It acts as the perfect antidote to 'Ray of Light', which whilst a masterpiece in it's own right, tended to get bogged down by it's own deepness. 'Music' is a completely different story in every sense. We start off in clubland, with French underground dance shooting us off into the sky with Music, Impressive Instant and Runaway Lover. Then, just as we're about to spin out of control we're dragged back down to earth with an acoustic guitar on 'I Deserve It' as Madonna sings of her love for Guy and then declares that she deserves all that she's received in life. The bubblegum pop of 'Amazing' bridges the gap between the two halves of the album. One of the best songs, 'Nobody's Perfect' follows in all it's melancholy glory. Madonna sings beautifully through a vocoder and shows that computerized music can be extremely emotional and moving. From dance to acoustic to pop to techno, we move to country-styled punk pop with 'Don't Tell Me', one of the standout tracks that really gets under your skin. 'What It Feels Like For A Girl' follows, and I feel this is the album's main weak point. The lyrics are thoughtful and relevant, but the music is slightly bland. The following track 'Paradise' makes up for this as Madonna speaks and sings through a vocoder about how she can't remember her youth and how she discovered that the Paradise offered to her was not all it seemed. This track is mysterious and beautiful, and can really take you to another place if you lose yourself in it. The album ends with 'Gone', an acoustic testimony to Madonna's refusal to sell out and lose her faith. The album is not great on the lyric front as Madonna was going for a more 'minimalist' sound after the Drowned World feel of her previous album. This really is about the music and her creativity shines through (with the help of Mirwais). Back to her dance roots and then embracing the more acoustic side, Madonna continues to lead the pack. She doesn't even lead the pack, she's too far ahead for them to catch up. Maybe this isn't mainstream like her old stuff, but who needs to be mainstream when you're head and shoulders above the rest?

Sweet sweet Music!
Mad Maddie's back with an album that just surpasses her previous offering, Ray Of Light. Music is full of positive upbeat tunes sure to get you dancing and the odd ballad here and there. Here's a track-by-track review;

1. Music - The No.1 single is one of the highlights. An electro funk tune with echoes of underground dance music. 2. Impressive Instant - Well produced slice of dance pop with catchy hook and lyrics (the memorable "I like to singy singy singy like a bird on a wingy wingy wingy"). 3. Runaway Lover - Should be the next single, a William Orbit track not too disimilar from Ray Of Light but better! 4. I Deserve It - Dedicated to hubby Guy Ritchie, this wonderful ballad sees Madge accompanied by acoustic guitar. Perfect! 5. Amazing - Similar to Beautiful Stranger, this 60s influenced slice of upbeat pop isn't one of the strongest tracks but could end up a party fave. 6. Nobody's Perfect - Yet another highlight. The vocoder is used to full effect, while the production is wonderful. Quality! 7. Don't Tell Me - Funky mid-tempo track, a bit more chilled out. 8. What It Feels Like For A Girl - Rumour has it this is going to be the next single but it's probably my least fave song on here. Not terrible, though, but nothing new and a bit bland... 9. Paradise (Not For Me) - An epic six minute musical highpoint where Madge tells us she can't remember when she was young. The string arrangement is beautiful and the end result is very spooky! 10. Gone - A fine track with a memorable first line - "Selling out is just not my thing". It certainly isn't... 11. American Pie - Cheeky but class! The No.1 cover ends things nicely...