Madonna – American Life

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Label:	Maverick – 9362-48439-2, Warner Bros. Records – 9362-48439-2
Format:	CD, Album, Enhanced, Explicit
Country:	Europe
Released:	Apr 22, 2003
Genre:	Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style:	Folk Rock, Electro, Acoustic, Downtempo, Electroclash

Tracklist

I	American Life	4:58
II	Hollywood	4:24
III	I'm So Stupid Producer [Additional Production] – Mark "Spike" Stent*	4:08
IV	Love Profusion Backing Vocals – Mirwais Ahmadzaï	3:38
V	Nobody Knows Me	4:39
VI	Nothing Fails Arranged By [Choir Arranger] – London Community Gospel Choir, Nicky Brown Choir Conductor – Michel Colombier Piano [Rev] – Stuart Price Producer [Additional Production] – Mark "Spike" Stent*	4:49
VII	Intervention	4:54
VIII	X-Static Process	3:49
IX	Mother And Father	4:33
X	Die Another Day Conductor – Michel Colombier	4:38
XI	Easy Ride Conductor – Michel Colombier	5:05

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Maverick Recording Company
Record Company – Warner Music Group
Record Company – AOL Time Warner
Marketed By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Published By – WB Music Corp.
Published By – Webo Girl Publishing, Inc.
Published By – 1000 Lights Music Ltd.
Published By – Universal - Polygram International Publishing, Inc.
Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
Published By – Montster Worldwide Music
Mixed At – Olympic Studios
Mixed At – Westlake Audio
Mastered At – Metropolis Studios
Engineered At – Air Lyndhurst Hall
Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
Pressed By – WMME Alsdorf

Credits

Arranged By [String Arrangement] – Michel Colombier
Art Direction, Design [Package] – M/M (Paris)
Engineer [Assistant, Olympic Studios] – David Treahearn, Rob Haggett
Engineer [Assistant, Sarm West] – Tim Lambert
Engineer [Assistant, Sony Studios London] – Simon Changer, Tom Hannen
Engineer [Assistant, Westlake Audio] – Gabe Sganga, Jeff Kanan
Engineer [Protools] – Paul "P-Dub" Walton*
Engineer [Strings] – Geoff Foster
Guitar – Mirwais Ahmadzaï (tracks: I to IV, VI to IX, XI)
Management – Caresse Henry
Mastered By – Tim Young
Mixed By – Mark "Spike" Stent*
Photography By – Craig McDean
Producer – Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Programmed By – Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Written-By – Guy Sigsworth (tracks: VI), Jem Griffiths (tracks: VI), Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï (tracks: I to V, VII, IX, X), Monte Pittman (tracks: XI), Stuart Price (tracks: VIII)

Notes

Issued in a regular jewel case, transparent tray including a 12 page fold out insert contains credits and photos.
Enhanced parts are weblinks to Madonna extras.

[Back]
Maverick Recording Company.
Marketed by Warner Bros. Records Inc. Warner Music Group, An AOL Time Warner Company.
Made in Germany by ['W' Warner logo] Warner Music Manufacturing Europe

[Back & CD]
© ℗ 2003 Warner Bros. Records Inc.

[Back & booklet]
Track X is marked [From The MGM Motion Picture Die Another Day]

[Booklet]
Published by WB Music Corp./Webo Girl Publishing, Inc. admin. by WB Music Corp. ASCAP/1000 Lights Music Ltd.
Except: "Nothing Fails" [...] published by WB Music Corp./Webo Girl Publishing, Inc. admin. by WB Music Corp. ASCAP/Universal - PolyGram Int. Publishing Inc. ASCAP.
"X-Static Process" [...] published by WB Music Corp./Webo Girl Publishing, Inc. admin. by WB Music Corp. ASCAP/Warner Chappell Music (UK) Ltd.
"Easy Ride" [...] published by WB Music Corp./Webo Girl Publishing, Inc. admin. by WB Music Corp. ASCAP./Montster Worldwide Music ASCAP.

Mixed at Olympic Studios and Westlake Audio [...].
Mastered at Metropolis Studios, London [...].

Strings engineer: [...] at Air Lindhurst Studios, UK.

Management: [...] - Caliente Management

Special thanks to Mirwais and Spike for all of their hard work, dedication and love.
To Monte Pittman and Stuart Price for good vibes and cool shoes.
To P-Dub for letting me borrow his computers at whim. To Gibson for my bitchin' new guitars.
To Eitan Yardeni and the Berg family for wisdom and guidance in all matters.
To Shari Goldschmidt for always doing the dirty work with a smile on her face.
To Angela Becker for going above and beyond the call of duty.
Extra special thanks to Caresse Henry for exemplary behavior under pressure at all times.
And the most special of all thanks to the Mister for shining His light in my direction. XXXXXX

[CD]
Made in Germany.

Explicit version with Parental Advisory logo on the front cover. Not to be confused with the clean version.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (Scanned): 093624843924
Barcode (Text): 0 93624 84392 4
Label Code: LC 01485
Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 to 13): [Warner 'W' logo] 936248439-2 03/03 V01
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1 to 13): IFPI L012
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 05N7
Mould SID Code (Variant 2): IFPI 05P1
Mould SID Code (Variant 3): IFPI 05M2
Mould SID Code (Variant 4): IFPI 05M9
Mould SID Code (Variant 5): IFPI 05M8
Mould SID Code (Variant 6): IFPI 05M6
Mould SID Code (Variant 7): IFPI 05N8
Mould SID Code (Variant 8): IFPI 0575
Mould SID Code (Variant 9): IFPI 05Q1
Mould SID Code (Variant 10): IFPI 05A8
Mould SID Code (Variant 11): IFPI 0511
Mould SID Code (Variant 12): IFPI 05M5
Mould SID Code (Variant 13): IFPI WR51

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	American Life (CD, Album, Enhanced, Box Set, Limited Edition)	Maverick, Maverick, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	48440-2, 48440-2 (#1)	US	2003
Recently Edited	American Life (CD, Album, Enhanced)	Warner Bros. Records	CDW 48439	Canada	2003
	American Life (2×LP, Album)	Maverick, Warner Bros. Records	9362-48439-1	Europe	2003
	American Life (CD, Album)	Maverick, Warner Bros. Records	WPCR-22008	Japan	2003
Recently Edited	American Life (CD, Album, Enhanced, Limited Edition)	Maverick, Warner Bros. Records	9362484392	Australia	2003

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Reviews

kaysworld Mar 29, 2020
I actually thing this album was a weird mix of classic Madonna sounds and mainstream melodies but some tracks were not much of my thing... Compared to "MUSIC" and " CONFESSIONS ON A DANCEFLOOR" and " RAY OF LIGHT" which all are my top faves by her <3
Original-Danger Jan 11, 2017
Not you're average Madonna album which is a good thing. I thought this was a better album than albums such as "Music" and "Ray of Light" and this one has more of a beat to it. Essential listening.
DeletedDiscogsUser Nov 20, 2004
Edited 20 years ago
Hey, it wasn't even that bad, matter a fact, it was much better than I thought, even perhaps, a better album than "Music"...the latter was a fun and solid body of work, with a lot of great moments...but this album has a bit more, it displays both the girlie-carefree side of "Music" and the spiritual side of "Ray of Light"
...it's a balance somewhere between her last two albums.

...I'm not so sure about how swell her rhyming skills are, but other than that, there are a lot of great songs on here, and more than half of them on the album can stand as singles on their own...she has managed to become a very creative songwriter over the past few years...and I think that is something she (unfairly) does not often get credit for. ...Despite the shameless plugging in the James Bond film (ie: "Die Another Day") Madonna is turning her cheek to shallowness, and social decay...it is Madonna turning
completely cynical for a change, finally.

...The production, mostly electro-pop concieved by Mirwais comes in cue just in time during the over-rated hyped-up
electroclash movement, so she still proves she is always "up with the times"...but *luckily*
always thinks ahead of most people...her point of view, and blessed snow-blind talent saves her...but for the next album, if there is a next one, I'd like to hear her drop the showcase production, and produce a whole ablum on her own...it's probabbly the only thing she has not concurred yet.