THE DUST has settled at OAKA Stadium. Madonna has left the building and Athens is left breathless in the afterglow of her savage, tsunamiesque wake. Everything from the klieg lights to the stage extensions to the video projection screens were mega-size huge in proportion, and the presentation of her live material was consummately professional and dazzling to the degree of viewer-apoplexy.

For the past 25 years or so, Madonna has produced dependable, occasionally surprising, pop-radio nuggets that helped create a big part of the soundtrack and aural social landscape of the last and current generation. Her contribution to the development of modern dance-oriented, club-mix pop is undeniable.

However, her new album, Hard Candy, contains no surprises, groovy controversial social time bombs, fringe creativity or even greatly memorable tracks.

Source : Athens News