cosmicarlo818

Like a lot of her albums(erotica, im breathless) this didnt really grab me very much at the time(being a fan since 1987 i was excited though ! ) - a lot of the songs weren't very catchy but i loved the ambient sound of it - i think drowned world is the song that has stuck with me the most over the years and it still is one of my favourite tracks of her - i love the way it starts off very quiet and then gradually builds - i love songs like that - i also love the japan bonus track "has to be" way more than songs like skin(which i hate - sorry) it was a special time and its the first time i can remember her being not only critically successful but also commercially - imo the singles didn't do very well probably because they werent really "radio" friendly especially NRM, DW & POG -  Frozen only did well because it was the lead off single i think - rol was a hit mainly because of its video - i remember watching the mtv awards where she won big and all i can think is why didnt she get this many awards for far better videos like vogue,open your heart, bad girl, take a bow, rain ? again it just shows mtv care more about popularity than actual artistic merit - sure rol is a good video but i think she has done way better videos than this - i actually preferred garbages' video of push it more at the time and think they should have won?

@wtg1987HAHAHA! I agree with you on DW/SFL! It's THE best album (and subsequent tour) opener ever! Love the eerie, windy, early dawn ambient sounds followed by chimes, melodic bleeps and like you said... builds on to the amazing trip hop inspired ballad production by William Orbit! That song & POG & Frozen are all AMAZING AMAZING productions. I'm just happy M got a re-conaissance of who she is as an artist at a time when she may have well been "fading away" due to the ruckus of the Erotica era. So happy we have THIS masterful work from her

@wtg1987"rol was a hit mainly because of its video" seriously ? what will it take for people to stop looking down on Madonna's musicianship ? This album and especially the singles had QUALITY and ORIGINALITY written all over. It was the era when she was the most in phase with (interesting) musical trends, her age, her looks, her personal and public life, her spirituality, the age of her fans, MTV, the press and the whole "end of the millenium" vibe. Stars don't align perfectly so often. I get you're not very much into this album and prefer bubblegum hits, but to state that "the songs weren't very catchy" is a quite inappropriate point of view.