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"Madonna&amp;#039;s new album MDNA has been met with mixed reviews. Critics have praised the singer - who releases her 12th LP this week - for creating a contemporary pop record, but have claimed that it doesn&amp;#039;t compare to the best of her previous work.  In a three star review, The Guardian said: &amp;quot;[It is] neither the return to form it thinks it is, nor the disaster Madonna should rightly have delivered at some stage in her musical career but never quite has.&amp;quot; Praising the ballads, The Observer commented: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a glimpse of a fascinating possible future, of a grownup Madonna at ease with herself, trusting her talent over passing trends,&amp;quot; adding: &amp;quot;It makes you crave her next album, not this one.&amp;quot; Pitchfork awarded the album 4.5/10, noting: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s hard to shake the impression that she has some measure of contempt for the contemporary pop audience... She&amp;#039;s the one who deserves better.&amp;quot; Metro was more complimentary about the set, describing it as &amp;quot;a pointedly &amp;#039;modern&amp;#039; collection but also laced with echoes of Madonna&amp;#039;s earlier work&amp;quot;.  Giving the record just two out of five stars, The Telegraph criticised its &amp;quot;horribly clich\u00C3\u00A9d lyrics to these unoriginal disco&amp;#039;n&amp;#039;dubstep numbers&amp;quot;, adding: &amp;quot;Who wants to party with Madonna today? She looks exhausted and unhappy and MDNA leaves me feeling the same.&amp;quot; Likening it to her recent Super Bowl performance, Slant: said: &amp;quot;Madonna&amp;#039;s Super Bowl performance last month - spectacular but lacking spontaneity - was indicative of her overall approach to her career these days - meticulously orchestrated down to every dance move, every mimed syllable.&amp;quot; In a positive appraisal, The Mirror insisted that &amp;quot;Madonna&amp;#039;s still pushing the envelope of her superstardom and MDNA is in no way a let-down - it&amp;#039;s just the next chapter in an already enthralling story&amp;quot;. Madonna recently added a third date to her upcoming UK tour, at Birmingham&amp;#039;s NIA Arena on July 19.  &amp;gt; Read Digital Spy&amp;#039;s review of MDNA  Watch Madonna&amp;#039;s &amp;#039;Girl Gone Wild&amp;#039; music video below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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