American Life
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Categories: Madonna albums | 2003 albums
| American Life | ||
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| Image:American Life.jpg | ||
| Album by Madonna | ||
| Released | April 21 2003 | |
| Recorded | 2003 | |
| Genre | Pop | |
| Length | 49:39 | |
| Label | Maverick / Warner Bros. | |
| Producer(s) | Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Mark "Spike" Stent | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Madonna chronology | ||
| GHV2 (2001) | American Life (2001) | Remixed & Revisited (2003) |
American Life is the sixteenth (ninth studio) album by Madonna, released in 2003 (see 2003 in music).
"American Life" is by far Madonna's riskiest album. Most of the songs on the CD are a strange mish mash of acoustic and techno, uncommercial and certainly posessing of very few radio-friendly cuts. This is perhaps Madonna's mid-life crisis album; the lyrics are about her coming to terms with her fame, her own life, and the illusion fame and fortune give you and perhaps most importantly of all, love is what brings fulfillment, not material things. Mirwais (who produced her 2000 "Music" album) comes back on board to produce this - giving Madonna a sonically amazing environment in which to deliver her perplexing lyrics.
The album however proved to be a little too strange for most, with its uber-personal lyrics and rather out-of-the-mainstream production. Critically maligned yet artistically progressive, it posted the lowest sales of any Madonna album to date - only 657,000 copies sold in the US, compared against the three million copies sold of its 2000 predecessor "Music" in the US.
Album sales aside, American life was a huge success on The U.S. club scene. It is the only album in history to provide seven top-ten hits on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
Contents |
Track listing
- "American Life" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 4:58
- "Hollywood" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 4:24
- "I'm So Stupid" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 4:09
- "Love Profusion" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 3:38
- "Nobody Knows Me" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 4:39
- "Nothing Fails" (Jem, Madonna, Sigsworth) - 4:49
- "Intervention" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 4:54
- "X-Static Process" (Madonna, Price) - 3:50
- "Mother And Father" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 4:33
- "Die Another Day {From Die Another Day}" (Ahmadzaï, Madonna) - 4:38
- "Easy Ride" (Madonna, Pittman) - 5:07
Personnel
- Madonna - vocals, electric guitar
- Michel Colombier - conductor
- The London Community Gospel Choir
- Mirwais - acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Stuart Price - piano
Production
- Producers: Madonna, Mirwais, Mark "Spike" Stent
- String engineer: George Foster
- Assistant engineers: Rob Haggett, Tom Hannen, Jeff Kanan, Tim Lambert, Gabe Sganga, David Treahearn
- Mastering: Tim Young
- Programming: Mirwais
- Choir arrangement: Nicky Brown
- String arrangements: Michel Colombier
- Photography: Craig McDean
Charts
Album - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The Billboard 200 | 1 |
| 2003 | Top Canadian Albums | 1 |
| 2003 | Top Internet Albums | 1 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | "American Life" | Canadian Singles Chart | 1 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 1 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Hot Dance Singles Sales | 1 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Latin Pop Airplay | 8 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Latin Tropical/Salsa Airplay | 13 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | The Billboard Hot 100 | 37 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Top 40 Mainstream | 27 |
| 2003 | "American Life" | Top 40 Tracks | 5 |
| 2003 | "Hollywood" | Adult Top 40 | 3 |
| 2003 | "Hollywood" | Canadian Singles Chart | 5 |
| 2003 | "Hollywood" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 2004 | "Hollywood" | Hot Dance Singles Sales | 1 |
| 2004 | "Nobody Knows Me" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 4 |
| 2004 | "Nothing Fails" | Hot Dance Singles Sales | 1 |
| 2004 | "Nothing Fails" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 2004 | "Love Profusion" | Canadian Singles Chart | 3 |
| 2004 | "Love Profusion" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 1 |
| 2004 | "Love Profusion" | Hot Dance Singles Sales | 1 |
| 2005 | "Mother and Father" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 9 |
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