Madonna

Ray Of Light

Bjork rubs off on Madonna

Review Score:

(8/10)
Madonna has decided to change yet again. Bjork wrote "Bedtime Stories," the title track of her last album, and she's now on the electronic tip. (She even repeats the "traveling,traveling" refrain from that song on this album. She wants to be the innovative-hippy-computer-loving-mommy Bjork is; she almost succeeds) Producer William Orbit (get his "Strange Cargo" discs) should have his name on the front with Madonna's name in small print as the guest star w/ a capital S (and a capital M, if she got her way), but that is not how it works. She is trying; she has her people mine the seams of underground culture, and she modifies those trends and brings them to her record buying people...a regular Eva Peron. Despite myself, I really like this album, and I hope she sticks with this persona for a while. "Ray of Light" sounds like Pet Shop Boys from the early 80's, but since they have had no American success since "West End Girls," I don't mind that Madonna steals a little of their thunder. I think that a very smart business woman made a very smart business decision, and comes out all the better for it. This disc displays the best she has ever had to offer. (If you want to hear the inspiration for this get "Very" by the Pet Shop Boys and "Debut" by Bjork. They kick it old style) Madonna steals from impecable sources and has more fun doing it than she ever has.

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