The same issue also gives a rave review to Madonna's "American Life" CD, calling it a "Great American Dream". American Life Madonna (Maverick/Warner Bros.) Reviewed by Chuck Arnold In the liner notes to her ninth studio disc, Madonna thanks Gibson manufacturers "for my bitchin' new guitars." The instrument, which the singer played on her Drowned World tour in 2001, is all over her latest, although Madonna leaves the actual strumming to producer-musician Mirwais Ahmadzai. The result is one of her most artful, adventurous albums, a work that deftly combines the pulsing electronica of 1998's Ray of Light and 2000's Music with the kind of organic-sounding acoustic guitar that you might expect on a Jewel CD. Call it futuristic folk. This electro-acoustic approach, which Madonna earlier experimented with on her fab 2001 hit "Don't Tell Me," breathes Life into her and Ahmadzai's bottomless bag of techno tricks on songs like the propulsive title track. Meanwhile the disc's more hardcore electronica numbers, such as the zig-zagging "Nobody Knows Me," have an almost rockish feel; you can imagine a garage band playing them live. Best, though, is "Nothing Fails," which, with its spiritual lyrics ("I'm not religious/ But I feel such love/ Makes me want to pray") and glorious background vocals by the London Community Gospel Choir, is a "Like a Prayer" for the 21st century. -- ※ Origin: 交大机械工厂 ◆ From: 64.c210-85-83.ethome.net.tw