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Title: Familiar music with a new twist
Review: Much has been made of Madonna's recent ascention into the realm of enlightened spiritual goddess via a trek to India. Far from raising her lyrics to a new level, Madonna's newfound spirituality has instead made her songwriting incessantly annoying. Songs like "Nothing Really Matters" and "Drowned World" are examples of the kind of self indulgence that is intolerable even from the woman who invented the concept. And the music, while certainly listenable, contains familiar sounds and melodies wrapped in Orbit's new wave and rave foil. Madonna's voice is pipe-cleaner thin, perfectly suited to the lyrics she weaves. All these elements add up to a Grammy favorite that will appease most fans and may even earn Madonna some new ones. But true dance music fans will only respect the album's title cut and the sole sex-romp "Skin."
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