|
Madonna MDNA (2023 Repress) - 180 Gram - Sealed Dutch 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
|
| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
Most pop stars reach a point where they accept the slow march of time, but not Madonna. Time is Madonna's enemy -- an enemy to be battled or, better still, one to be ignored. She soldiers on, turning tougher, harder, colder with each passing album, winding up with a record as flinty as MDNA, the 2012 record that is her first release since departing Warner for Interscope. That's hardly the only notable shift in Madonna's life since the 2008 release of Hard Candy. Since then, she has divorced film director Guy Ritchie and has seen her '80s persona co-opted and perverted by Lady Gaga, events so cataclysmic she can't help but address them on MDNA.
Madonna hits the divorce dead-on, muttering about "pre-nups" when she's not fiercely boasting of shooting her lover in the head, and she's not exactly shy about reasserting her dominion over dance and pop, going so far as to draft Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. as maid servants paying their respect to the queen. Whatever part of MDNA that isn't devoted to divorce is dedicated to proving that Madonna remains the preeminent pop star, working harder than anybody to stay just on the edge of the vanguard. All this exertion leads to an excessively lean album: there's not an ounce of fat on MDNA, it's all overly defined muscle, every element working with designated purpose. Such steely precision means there's no warmth on MDNA, not even when Madonna directly confesses emotions she's previously avoided, but the cool calculations here are preferable to the electronic mess of Hard Candy, not least because there's a focus that flows all the way down to the pop hooks, which are as strong and hard as those on Confessions on a Dance Floor even if they're not quite so prominent as they were on that 2005 retro-masterwork.
MDNA does echo the Euro-disco vibe of Confessions -- "Love Spent" consciously reworks the ABBA-sampling "Hung Up" -- yet as a whole it feels chillier, possibly due to that defensive undercurrent that pervades the album. Even if she's only measuring it in terms of pretenders to her throne, Madonna is aware of time passing yet she's compelled to fight it, to stay on top, to not slow down, to not waste a second of life, to keep working because the meaning of life is work, not pleasure. Naturally, all that labor can pay off, whether it's through the malevolent pulse of "Gang Bang" or the clever "Beautiful Stranger" rewrite "I'm a Sinner," but, ironically for all of Madonna's exhausting exertion elsewhere, these are the songs that benefit from her finely honed skills as a pop craftsman, illustrating that no matter how she combats it, she can't escape her age and may indeed be better off just embracing it.
Side A
1. Girl Gone Wild
2. Gang Bang
3. I'm Addicted
4. Turn Up The Radio
Side B
5. Give Me All Your Luvin' - featuring Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.
6. Some Girls
7. Superstar
8. I Don't Give A - featuring Nicki Minaj
Side C
9. I'm A Sinner
10. Love Spent
11. Masterpiece
12. Falling Free
Side D
13. Beautiful Killer
14. I F**ked Up
15. B-Day Song - featuring M.I.A.
16. Best Friend
17. Give Me All Your Luvin' - Party Rock Remix featuring LMFAO
|
| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
In Stock - Buy Now for shipping on Monday 15th July
|
| Year of Release: |
2023 |
| Artist: |
Madonna (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
MDNA (2023 Repress) (click here for more of the same title) |
| Price: |
£ 149.99, US$ 194.99
change currency
|
| Postage/Shipping: |
Add item to your basket for a postage/shipping quote |
| Format: |
2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album) |
|
|
| Record Label: |
Interscope Universal |
| Catalogue No: |
B0016659-01 |
| Country of Origin: |
Netherlands
 |
| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
15 September 2023
|
| Additional info: |
Deleted
|
| EIL.COM Ref No |
MAD2LMD819607 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
602527977515 |
| Genres: |
00s Artists, 80's Pop, 90's Pop, Female Solo, POP
|
| Related Artists: |
Accidental Potato Chip, Austin Powers, Blonde Ambition, Donna DeLory, Funk Freaks Vs MH, Guy Ritchie, Jellybean, Jose & Luis, Mad Donna, Mad House, MC Miker G & Deejay Sven, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Mirage, Mirwais, Nick Kamen, Nick Scotti, Niki Haris, Out Of Your Mouth, PreMadonna, Rollergirl, Taxi Girl, Who's That Girl! |
| Complete Stock List: |
Madonna |
| email: |
sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
MADGE,MADONA,MADDONA,MADDONNA |
| To order by phone: |
Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number MAD2LMD819607 |
|
|
|
 (<B>Exclusive
European</B> 2023 limited edition 17-track double album
2-LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl, an official Universal
reissue faithfully reproducing the original and much
sought-after 2012 vinyl edition.Featuring the singles Give Me
All Your Luvin', Girl Gone Wild and Turn Up the Radio. Gatefold
picture sleeve with original cover artwork, factory sealed.
Recommended) )
