{"product_id":"ray-of-light-u-s-version","title":"Ray of Light (U.S. Version)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Madonna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e WACR2\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMADONNA\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eR\u0026amp;P INTERNATIONAL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eINTERNATIONAL\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMUSIC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Remixes included\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 03-03-1998\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Review\n\n\n[\n Ray of Light ] delivers 67 minutes of complex, challenging and ultimately entrancing music without so much as breathing heavily.... [Madonna] sings here in a voice grown deeper and fuller about the emptiness of fame and pleasure ... and the rewards of mystic pursuits.... [S]he peppers her songs with apocalyptic visions of death and rebirth, sin, salvation and transcendence.... --\nPeople\n\n\nAmazon.ca\n\n\nNever underestimate Madonna's power of persuasion: by nearly all critical accounts,\nRay of Light, Madonna's first album of new material since 1994's\nBedtime Stories, and her first since motherhood, is her richest, most accomplished record yet. While\nRay of Light is being tagged as Madonna's big leap into electronica, it's important to note two things: first, her music has always had close ties to dance culture, and, second, her collaborator William Orbit is no Chemical Brother. Though it has all the latest blips, bleeps, and crackles electronica has to offer,\nRay of Light is still largely an adult album, completely within Madonna's realm. Still, Orbit's tasteful sonic constructions provide Madonna with her most adventurous, hippest musical backdrop ever. What's more, the arrangements and production are understated enough to highlight an even bigger development: fresh from singing lessons on the\nEvita set, Madonna's vocal range, depth, and clarity have never been stronger. But larger pipes don't necessarily make for deeper, truer music. Never a master lyricist, Madonna's words have worked best when they've practically been slogans (\"Vogue,\" \"Express Yourself\"). This time she goes for more emotional depth, and even tries her hand at ethno-techno-mysticism (\"Shanti\/Ashtangi\"). She largely stumbles, however. The tone conveyed on songs like \"Nothing Really Matters\" is a self-centred pat on the back that belies her claim to a newly found altruism. It's enough to make you wonder, now that Madonna's given up being our material girl, if maybe she's set her sights on becoming the centre of our spiritual world too.\n--Roni Sarig\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 521312528025\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0093624684725\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"IDshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40682391208120,"sku":"6G-VKTU-BI8E","price":2.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/51-klumqXpL.jpg?v=1634121360","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/products\/ray-of-light-u-s-version","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}