REVIEWS
“This is an album whose most memorable songs are definitely its strangest ... Madame X is certainly a fluid album, but one tempered by Madonna’s solid confidence in her own aesthetic decisions.”
– The Guardian
“Madame X ... amply rewards such close listening ... its daring embrace of the world outside the US”
– AllMusic
“Madame X, by contrast, is endlessly fascinating. It is an intriguing, often brilliant ... what is thrown at the wall sticks beautifully. ‘Come Alive’ ... is vast and cinematic. ‘I Don’t Search I Find’ is a cross between Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good,’ a Nineties house track, and an orchestral Bond song”
– The Independent
“There is some room for normality, despite the risks and the politics that define this album ... ‘Crazy’ is a well-crafted, latin-infused pop song with a slow burning but catchy hook and ‘I Don’t Search, I Find’ is the closest we get to a straight up Madonna dancefloor banger ... one of the most daring albums you’ll hear all year.”
– GigWise
“Madame X is bold, bizarre, and unlike anything Madonna has ever done before ... ... the frantic ‘Dark Ballet’ harnesses gloomily spun strings and robotic overlord vocals; it’s as villainous and foreboding as ‘Ray of Light’s darkest moments ... it’s brilliant, overblown ridiculousness.”
– NME
“If pop radio were more hospitable to galloping robo-pop techno punctuated by mariachi horns and sung by women over 50, ‘Come Alive’ might be an anthem of the summer. And for those who miss her Confessions on a Dance Floor, ‘I Don’t Search, I Find’ is pure ’90s disco bliss...”
– Variety
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