Madonna - Love Profusion / Nothing Fails

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Music Review: Brilliance for the 33+ time!
Rating: 4 Stars

This was, by no means, my favourite song off the album (that goes to Mother & Father, which, so far, only has mediocre white-label mixes available), but the majority of the remixes on this maxi-single are extremely strong. No, this is not as strong a single as "Nothing Fails," which is the best single thus far of American Life (both the original and the remixes were brilliant...and the single had the three bonus mixes of "Nobody Knows Me"), but it is still MUCH better than the maxi singles of "Hollywood" and "American Life."

The Blow-Up Mix is an absolute electro-clash orgasm. It rips all the feeling from the song, but for six wonderful minutes, you don't care.

As the Passengerz Club Profusion begins, you remember what a remix is all about. Their reworking of this breathy track is absolutely brilliant (as is most of their work, but I digress...), and adds so much depth and swirl to a song that, I felt, lacked something when listening to the album version. They made me love this song...and you just wanna be alone on a dance floor.

Craig J's "Good Vibe" Mix I listened to once and probably won't again. Not to say it is a bad mix, but it is the epitome of stereotypical classic House, heavy on the bass and piano, and that bores me to death, despite the nifty vocal affects he does throw in about six minutes into the track. Nontheless, not for those who hate piano House...

...and neither is Rosario's Extended House Vocal, which is slightly more interesting than Craig J's...but not by much. Again, with the piano and bass and the "classic house" feel which became the demise of remixers like David Morales...

But then Rosario makes up for it COMPLETELY on both his Extended Big Room Vox and Big Room Dub. I am usually not a big fan of dub mixes but, again, on a Madonna single, I find one that, because of the amazing vocal affects Rosario uses, it keeps it fresh and interesting throughout (as Nevins accomplished with his Global Dub of "Nothing Fails"). The Vox mix uses an unforgettable bassline, a strong beat, and fantastic swirls of sound and vocal affects that guaranteed this song to be Madonna's third time atop the dance charts this year alone (and it's only March at the time of this posting).

To top it all off, Peter Rauhofer, who I find has done nothing even remotely important or mindblowing for years now (even his mixes of "Nothing Fails" and "Nobody knows Me" were merely adequate or mediocre in comparison to his previous work in the late 90s), ends this single with the first extraordinary remix he's done in ages!!! The Lost in Space Mix of "Nothing Fails" is his best work in eons, and definitely a worthwhile extra mix to be included on an already-strong maxi single.

Again, Madonna has proven that age ain't nothin' but a number, as her remixes continue to be new, creative, fresh and cutting edge...and she is still leading the way and paving the path, leaving everyone else behind. Her biggest flop when American Life has spawned five #1 dance singles and a tour which is selling out in record time around the world?

Yeah, she should hang her shame that this album has been so "unsuccessful."

She remains the most important woman in music...today, and ever.

This single just continues to prove it.

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