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Overall, American Life is better for what it promises than what it delivers, and it's better in theory than practice.
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MojoAmerican Life is revealing and diverting -- no bad things in a record -- but in the end the brow-beating, finger-wagging and psycho-babbling take their toll. [May 2003, p.86]
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BlenderThat's both the best and the worst thing about this album: The music is much more eloquent than the lyrics. [May 2003, p.112]
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Making records, it seems, may not be her strong suit anymore.
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Q MagazineIt's a record about being Madonna. [Jun 2003, p.90]
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This album, if it came from a newcomer, could kill a career stone dead.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 425 out of 483
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Mixed: 30 out of 483
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Negative: 28 out of 483
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Mar 26, 2012
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Jul 21, 2012
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Jul 1, 2015