Meh. Just meh.
This, on the other hand…
I listened to this on my morning commute today, and I actually arrived at work in a really good mood. There's just something about this album that puts a smile on my face, no matter how cranky I might be otherwise. There's an exuberance, a life in the music that is sadly lacking from Madge's more recent work.
And I may have just spent a ridiculous—at least for me—amount of money to secure a copy of True Blue on true blue vinyl. Just sayin'…
I haven't been a fan of Madonna's work since "Confessions On A Dancefloor", with "Hung Up' being the exception to that. It was a long stretch between "Erotica" and "Confessions…". I'm not likely to enjoy anything new from Madonna because as you said, her music had been lacking life.