cyberrage

What pisses me more is the July 25 date and the fact that there are no digital bonus tracks - the 2 full Skin and Sky Fits Heaven remixes would be fun

I feel they didn't even explore the possibilities (well we know they didn't), the intern picked some edits

Lets hope so but my feel is its cancelled, they still have no clue how to harness the power of Madonna.

I feel they didn't even explore the possibilities (well we know they didn't), the intern picked some edits

I feel they cut it short - a 20 track album of edits would have been better maybe add Revenge
Fans could make a vikram, kruder and for Ray Of Light the Ultra Violet edit, but nothing else really - 20 track album would have been easy had they added edits for all tracks who don't have it

I hear you, yeah this VE project is a little (much) underwhelming

I am happy with good songs with a classic M melody and hook that are not too in the moment trends, MX was amazing but a little rushed at the end and some fusion just did not work for harmonious album but we got some great songs and visuals, esp Dark Ballet, Crazy.
Only expectation is quality, which is why the VE project is so underwhelming and a bad indicator for legacy releases

Well .. no
For example, I think Madame X songs are great and her strongest ones since COADF. But fans have been bitching about Madonna's last albums being too commercial (HC, MDNA, RL) for years and as soon as she's got a freedom to release an (non-commercial) album SHE wanted .. half of you are constantly complaining. And now we want her to be fun and dancey and commercial again. Vicious circle.

why do people still give a shit about streaming numbers and think she is going to get her numbers up as per taylor swift and gaga who are half her age and have millions more fans than M now who is mostly seen as joke by the "young generation "??? this release was about the laziest thing she could come up with after nearly 4 years since this mirage (sorry campaign ) was announced and all she could be bothered to release was a demo thats been around for 15 years - maybe in 10 years we will get our revenge ? its quite obvious now that we arent getting any expanded releases if all she can do is throw this crap at us.....

Imagine: if a proper BS / untold chapter with 1/2 unheard tracks, how POWERFUL Shep's demos like "Something's coming over" or "Bring it" would have been.... THAT would have been exciting! And streamed to death by fans!

I dont think we are being unsuferable at all. We are sick of being fed crumbs when there is a wealth of material that is sitting in the vault. No one cares about badly edited remixes or demos that have been leaked for over 20 years. It's a cash grab at its finest and as usual people buy when they should use their heads and hold off from buying to make a point that laziness is not the way to make money from fans. I don't mean that disrespectfully to those that have bought it btw you do you. I just think one can only make a point if everyone stands up and holds them accountable for this ill conceived release.

I think had they released an actual unleaked track it would have done better- Gone Gone Gone has been around for decades - fans have streamed it for 20 years, downloaded it for 20 years lol

Gone Gone Gone is readily available on the internet if her team got their act together and actually released unreleased material and promoted it effectively it would no doubt debut with stronger steaming figures.

Only 202 pages and its now July, that's restraint. Well done infinitians

Interesting release strategy, proving they still have no strategy tailored at all for Madonna releases 😂 The intern got tapped to get a quick Vinyl release together.
This one is really sloppy from a real fans perspective because its bastardised and Kardashianized the VE concept that has been more an artistic vision, they decided to monetize that as a lazy existing remix and disrespected the art and musical substance of it.
I've heard it now l can cancel my pre order

Interesting release strategy, proving they still have no strategy tailored at all for Madonna releases 😂 The intern got tapped to get a quick Vinyl release together.
This one is really sloppy from a real fans perspective because its bastardised and Kardashianized the VE concept that has been more an artistic vision, they decided to monetize that as a lazy existing remix and disrespected the art and musical substance of it.
I've heard it now l can cancel my pre order

Interesting release strategy, proving they still have no strategy tailored at all for Madonna releases 😂 The intern got tapped to get a quick Vinyl release together.
This one is really sloppy from a real fans perspective because its bastardised and Kardashianized the VE concept that has been more an artistic vision, they decided to monetize that as a lazy existing remix and disrespected the art and musical substance of it.
I've heard it now l can cancel my pre order

Madonna or her team will give you nothing or lowball you for it!
Sell sell sell!!

Interesting release strategy, proving they still have no strategy tailored at all for Madonna releases 😂 The intern got tapped to get a quick Vinyl release together.
This one is really sloppy from a real fans perspective because its bastardised and Kardashianized the VE concept that has been more an artistic vision, they decided to monetize that as a lazy existing remix and disrespected the art and musical substance of it.
I've heard it now l can cancel my pre order

I think she has good taste.....this time.....

Interesting release strategy, proving they still have no strategy tailored at all for Madonna releases 😂 The intern got tapped to get a quick Vinyl release together.
This one is really sloppy from a real fans perspective because its bastardised and Kardashianized the VE concept that has been more an artistic vision, they decided to monetize that as a lazy existing remix and disrespected the art and musical substance of it.
I've heard it now l can cancel my pre order

I hate being a debby downer but if an AI remaster of the same demo (which we got in WAV too, btw) that we have since the early 2000s is what is supposed to make me excited, then we are not in the same boat.
Anyways moving on, just sharing my two cents.

I was literally taken aback how unique the sound of the album is. Killers Who Are Partying, Crave, Come Alive, Crazy. Yes (Funana, Ciao Bella)
But honestly, lyrically it could have been better. At times, there are repetitiveness. I understand she wants to be sonically diverse as possible and present every cultural representation in the album. But it lacked some sense of cohesiveness I don't know. Perhaps it was because of that trap infusion (??) thus not being able to retain consistency in the experimental sound.
Nonetheless, I was expecting/wishing for it to become big but it's way to unconventional sounding for the masses/market. But per M, what she cared for in this project was the message and she hoped that people would get the gist.
I for one loved the [deluxe] album cover. Iconique.

I think she has good taste.....this time.....

Better to curate the Madonna past yourself and find new music to inspire, its highly unlikely we will see anything new this year, too much energy wasted on the bio project still. I understand her obsession with that but its not going to end well.