- Artist
- Madonna
- Album
- Madame X
Early reviews. Based on 6 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| musicOMH | 4.5/5 | 90 | “The Queen of Pop takes an experimental turn with this bold, bizarre, brazen and beguiling work” |
| Louder Than War | 9/10 | 90 | “This is a global romp of an album that is as eclectic in styles and sounds as the many personas of Madame X herself.” |
| Slant | 4/5 | 80 | “Madonna's 'Madame X' is the work of an artist reawakened, and one who’s got something to say.” |
| PopMatters | 7/10 | 70 | “It’s heartening that Madonna is still capable of putting on a good show four decades into her career, as we hear on Madame X – Music From the Theatre Xperience.” |
| Clash | 6/10 | 60 | “Expecting the unexpected is the wrong way to go into ‘Madame X’, after all, this is Madonna. If anything, expecting the expected (and then” |
| Pitchfork | 4.8/10 | 48 | “Madonna’s 14th album feels stretched thin all over the globe, layered with an ambitious concept that ends up muddled and convoluted.” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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