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Originally Posted by Severian
No shame.
That was a good album and at the time, it was catchy as hell and all over the place. I believe that was the last Madonna album to really shake things up and be influential musically. I mean, no shit, Ray of Light helped ease the world into an acceptant state for electronic music, probably as much or more than other albums credited with such accomplishments — I’m being serious here.
Granted, most of that is due to William Orbit’s involvement with the project. I think he co-wrote and produced every single track.
But still... credit where credit is due. As a fan of electronic music, I appreciate this album and I am 100% guilty of buying it in 1997.
The next year Orbit would do almost the same thing with Blur for “13,” though obviously that is an infinitely better album.
Blah. I’m gonna listen to the title track right now
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Cool to see it appreciated around here. Yeah, it's really good. Hell, I'd even sneak in a song from that album every now and then during my 90s Alternative parties and it fit in just nicely. It's got those nice, dreamy atmospheres (courtesy of Orbit I'd guess based on the other stuff he produced around that time) and it's very cohesive.