Glee Cast - Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
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Artist: Glee CastBrand: Baker & Taylor
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-04-20
Model: 00886976768126
Music Label: Columbia
Product features:
- Glee Cast - Glee: The Music, The Power Of Madonna
- Express Yourself (Glee Cast Version featuring Jonathan Groff)
- Borderline/Open Your Heart (Glee Cast Version)
- Vogue (Glee Cast Version)
- Like A Virgin (Glee Cast Version featuring Jonahtan Groff)
- 4 Minutes (Glee Cast Version)
- What It Feels LIke For A Girl (Glee Cast Version)
- Like A Prayer (Glee Cast Version featuring Jonathan Groff)
Music reviews of Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
Music Review: Glee takes on 'The Power of Madonna' [REVIEW]
Rating: 4 Stars
It's a bit surprising that our biggest release from Madonna this year besides The Sticky & Sweet Tour CD/DVD comes in the form of a tribute album from the cast of Glee. 'The Power of Madonna' features 7 songs that have been given the 'Glee' treatment. For the most part, the songs arrangements are very close to the original. The episode that features all of these songs centers around Mr. Schuester and coach Sue Sylvester trying to empower the females in the glee club and cheerleading squad by using Madonna's songs. Schuester also tries to teach the guys to respect and honor the girls in the glee club more. It seems only natural that to teach these lessons, Schuester and Sylvester would turn to Madonna's songs. The 7 tracks are mostly from the 1980s era of Madonna's career which means the album really feels peppy, upbeat and pure dance.
The Good: The best part of the album at times is how the 'Glee' versions of these songs stick very close to the originals. At times, it sounds somewhat karaoke only because the arrangements don't stray much from how we're used to hearing the songs. To me, while the 'Glee' versions of the songs plays it safe, it also does well in respecting and showing off the best of these iconic songs. I felt 'Vogue' worked best with Jane Lynch sounding very much like Madonna while tossing in a few Sue Sylvester quips to tie the song into "Glee". There were a few songs that were turned into duets, including the mash-up of "Open Your Heart / Borderline" and "Like A Virgin". The best track of them all is "Like A Prayer" in my opinion because it has a big choir accompaniment, the singing is ridiculously good and like the original, it's performed with great depth and conviction. It's been on constant repeat for me since getting the album.
The Bad: Certain songs just didn't work as well for me. '4 Minutes' felt out of place among the other songs, as if it were chosen just to give people a modern Madonna song they'd know. It's a duet between Kurt and Mercedes and to me, based on the few episodes we've been treated to where Chris Colfer (Kurt) sings, it really sounds nothing like Kurt and makes me wonder how much of the vocals were or have been auto-tuned. That thought or concern usually doesn't come up with me in regards to 'Glee'. Also, I felt "Express Yourself" felt a bit flat and really karaoke. As with a lot of 'Glee' songs, the actually performance on the episode may prove better than the stand-alone track. I was excited to see "What It Feels Like for a Girl" included since it's one of those songs from Madonna that hardly gets mentioned. Again I felt the performance within the show may prove better than the stand-alone track which is performed by the guys and meant to be sentimental and reach out to the females in the choir to let them know the guys are sensitive and aware of their issues and feelings. It just didn't work for me.
Overall, 'The Power of Madonna' is a good selection of songs and I look forward to seeing how many of the songs fit into or are performed in the actual show. I kind of felt the overall album is 3.5 stars just because I was split down the middle when it comes to how I felt about the music and vocals. There are some things that don't figure into my review, such as being somewhat let down that the producers had free-range to choose from all of Madonna's songs and catalog but they ended up choosing her biggest old hits. I would really have been interested in seeing some of Madonna's lesser known tracks woven in rather than "4 Minutes" or "Express Yourself" or even a few more songs from the 1990s and late 2000s when Madonna mixed it up a bit and started experimenting with new styles within the dance genre. That's just me and my opinions though and it didn't influence how I came down on the songs that were chosen and performed. Definitely a fun album and I'm glad someone is finally honoring Madonna with a tribute to her musical contributions while she's still alive and kicking.
Listen to These: "Like A Prayer", "Open Your Heart / Borderline", "Vogue"
Description of Glee: The Music, The Power of Madonna
This CD features seven songs taken from Season One's hugely popular The Power of Madonna episode. Hear the Glee Cast perform some of Madonna's greatest hits!Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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