I tire of the ROL cult

Review Score: (6/10)
While Ray Of Light is a good album it's also the most overrated work in her catalouge. Droning, pretentious, and melodramatic are the words that come to mind whenever I listen to it. This album also has the distinction of containing not just the one, but the two worst songs she's ever recorded: "Shanti/Ashtangi" and "Mer Girl." Often dubbed her "techno" album it's most definitely not real techno so much as popified techno (which I prefer.) She gets flack for that but I don't recall her ever saying "this is my purist techno album." While there are some great songs on here: "Frozen", "Ray Of Light", "The Power Of Goodbye", "Skin", and "Nothing Really Matters" the album ranks 4th behind Like A Prayer, Erotica, and Bedtime Stories.

Had she not fallen prey to the Kaballah cult maybe this album could have turned out to be the Like A Prayer of the 90's. How I long for the old Madonna who had more to say and spoke from her heart rather than reference their crap.

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