I’m always complaining about poorly written music reviews, so I should put in a good word about the top-quality ones in the Guardian. Usually snarky fun, but the one on Madonna’s new album is also insightful:
Blessed with a sharp set of ears and a perfect sense of timing, her skill has lain in repackaging the cutting-edge innovations of club music for a mass-market pop audience: the electro-funk of mid-1980s New York, house, trip-hop, trance and, most recently, the French disco of Daft Punk. However, in the three years since she released Music, club music has become creatively moribund. There are no new cutting-edge innovations to borrow. Instead, she has called upon French producer Mirwais Ahmadzai to do his Poundstretcher Daft Punk routine once more.
Compare this with the plethora of reviews which talk about the content, but not the music of her album.
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