American Life
by Madonna
Madonna bestography
American Life is ranked 11th best out of 28 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 628 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,736.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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American Life track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 69 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 01/11/2026 05:27 | Proto | 3,950 | 33/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 13:47 | DJStuart79 | 5,871 | 58/100 |
| ! | 12/20/2025 06:55 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/08/2025 12:21 | Devilwoac | 415 | 95/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 22:49 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 63.4/100, a mean average of 62.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 62.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 23.2.
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HoldenM 06/09/2023 17:17 | #297515
God, this comment section is tough. No one likes anyone's opinions on this album.
But uh... this album is bad! I thought I'm Breathless was weird and goofy, but at least it's a lot of fun and has multiple highlights on it. I don't even know what to make of this. Madonna has always had a self-important streak to her, but at least it was couched in catchier songs, or at least more compelling music. Between the paper thin commentary and bland songwriting, Madonna has fully lost the plot. The stark production is kind of interesting and still feels contemporary 20 years on. The rest is easily the worst work of her career.
VictorVale 07/30/2021 13:23 | #272062
Partes boas, mas não é excelente. Alguns sonzinhos irritantes também.
Tamthebam 07/02/2016 13:29 | #170319
A better than average album, listened to as a whole piece this is a good album. No tracks stand out from the others except maybe Hollywood, Love Profusion & Nothing Fails.
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Eastwood 02/14/2015 21:44 | #134962
Very good electronica/pop/folk album. Best 10 songs average is 88,2/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best songs are "American life", "Hollywood", "Love profusion" and "Nothing fails" all 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100, except "Mother and father" average 75/100 only. Favourite!
The first three tracks (two of which were singles) are quite weak but the album quickly picks up with Love Profusion and becomes one of the most underrated album of Madonna's career.
junodog4 07/13/2012 04:05 | #46348
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Not Madonna's best one but still very good and underrated. Vocally, 'American Life' album is even more powerful than 'Ray of Light', 'Music' and 'Confessions....'
Anyway, I like it. 'Nothing Fails' should have been much bigger than it was - awful promotion for such a powerful song. Also, 'Mother & Father' and 'X-Static Process' should have been singles - great tracks
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