Madonna - "Love Profusion/Nothing Fails Remixes"

Both tracks from the album "American Life".



"Love Profusion"

01 Blow Up Mix

02 Passengerz Club Profusion

03 Ralphi Rosario House Vocal Extended

04 Craig J's "Good Vibe" Mix

05 Ralphi Rosario Big Room Vox Extended

06 Ralphi Rosario Big Room Dub

"Nothing Fails"

07 Peter's Lost In Space Mix

(*DJ is actually Peter Rauhofer.)



While this still remains inferior to the "Nothing Fails/Nobody Knows Me" Maxi Single (as do all of the Maxi Singles from the "American Life" album), it is still a good one. The best remix of "Love Profusion" is by the Passengerz in my opinion, there are 3 mixes by Ralphi Rosario, but I would have preferred it if there were 3 mixes by the Passengerz! Anyway, all the remixes are still good. As is the remix of "Nothing Fails". This remix is not better than any remix of "Nothing Fails" on the actual NF/NKM Maxi Single itself, apart from the mix on THERE by Peter Rauhofer. This is the better but that is good too.

good music, cover from hell

ok, here's the deal: the passengerz club mix presented here is the full length version, unlike the one found on the import copies that was sloppily edited. i knew it was edited even before i knew there was a full version because the one on the import faded out too fast in the end and faded out on one speaker before the other. UK singles are so screwed up now. They will sacrifice the integrity of a remix by editing just to make the tracks fit onto their stupid "20 minute" cd rule. The U.S. has been getting the better end of single releases for the American Life project so forget the imports. Secondly, the Ralphi house vocal mix is ALSO here in it's full version, although the edit on the import wasn't as badly done as the passengerz one.
ok, on to the mixes. all of them are good, but the highlights are the blow up mix and craig j's mix! the blow up mix is so cool and craig j's mix caught me by surprise. Madonna has never had a remix like this before. it has elements in it that remind me of music from the 70's. it's very beautiful. The first 4 mixes run well, but the last 3 didn't really impress me as much. They aren't bad, they;re just typical club mixes which kind of get boring after a while. I'm glad the Ralphi big room vox and big room dub sound different to each other. it used to be that a dub version sounded like it's respected remix except with less vocals. Pete's Nothing Fails mix is not as interesting as his house mix was.
now for the artwork. Oh LAWD, what was Kevin Regan thinking?! I am a graphic design student and even I know that this design is WEAK. I, for one, CAN appreciate the idea of having a cover without a picture of the artist, but come on! this is just lousy. I can't believe this is the same KEvin Regan that designed the beautiful covers for the Ray of Light and Music projects. Did he totally lose his sense of design?! The most blatant design error here is the font. Unless done right, letters should almost never be stacked on top of each other vertically like that. It makes readability difficult. The font used is boring as well. Even the font used on the Norhing Really MAtters single was simple, but it worked beautifully, unlike here, which it doesn't. Anyway, I can go on and on about the lousy packaging but i'll just shut up. This is a case where it's really about the music only

Blow-You-Up

I love this single, it's always been my favorite from the album. Can't wait to go see her, she is going to be amazing. My favorite track on the single is the Blow-Up mix with the new modern rock guitars and a great melody. I never heard a great production like this. The other remixes are ok, it's nothing that i never heard before. I'm not thrilled by the art work cover, could have been better than that for an amazing icon like her.