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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''This type of modern life, is it for me?\
3	This type of modern life, is it for free?'']]
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5	''American Life'' is the 2003 album by Music/{{Madonna}}. It's one of her most controversial ventures due to its angry nature, experimental nature, and Political satire.
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7	It features "American Life", "Hollywood", and "Die Another Day", which was the theme song of the Franchise/JamesBond movie [[Film/DieAnotherDay of the same name]]. The first video for "American Life" was so controversial that Madonna ended up creating another one that was more friendly to the video networks that featured it.
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9	!!Tracklist
10	# "American Life" - 4:58
11	# "Hollywood" - 4:24
12	# "I'm So Stupid" - 4:09
13	# "Love Profusion" - 3:38
14	# "Nobody Knows Me" - 4:39
15	# "Nothing Fails" - 4:49
16	# "Intervention" - 4:54
17	# "X-Static Process" - 3:50
18	# "Mother and Father" - 4:33
19	# "Die Another Day" - 4:38
20	# "Easy Ride" - 5:05
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22	!! ''Nobody Tropes Me'':
23	* AmbiguousGender: "American Life"
24	--> ''I tried to be a boy''
25	--> ''I tried to be a girl''
26	** Also on "Nobody Knows Me" Madonna states she "is not that kind of guy"
27	* AmericanTitle: The album and TitleTrack
28	* AutoTune: Used during "Die Another Day" and "Nobody Knows Me".
29	* BoastfulRap: A sort of ironic and surreal one happens on "American Life", in which she raps about the privileges she has and sarcastically demands more.
30	* {{Bowdlerize}}: The first music video of "American Life" has a strong anti-war message with a lookalike of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush appearing, criticizing the then on-going wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. This video caused a lot of uproar and was replaced with another video showing her singing "American Life" with several nations' flags behind her back.
31	* CelebrityIsOverrated: The main point of "Hollywood".
32	--> ''There's something in the air in Hollywood''
33	--> ''I've lost my reputation, bad and good''
34	--> ''You're ridin' in your car in Hollywood''
35	--> ''You got the top down and it feels so good''
36	* DarkerAndEdgier: Possibly Madonna's most grim album/era.
37	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Madonna's face in black-and-white.
38	* DespairEventHorizon: Implied with "X-Static Process"
39	* FaceOnTheCover: A close-up of her face done in the style of revolutionary Che Guevara.
40	* GospelMusic: Several tracks are backed by the London Community Gospel Choir.
41	* GriefSong: "Mother and Father" describes the complications of losing a parent at a young age and the difference in perspectives between parent and child.
42	* HeavyMeta: "American Life"
43	--> ''I tried to be the best''
44	--> ''I guess I did it wrong''
45	--> ''That's why I wrote this song''
46	* LocationSong: "Hollywood", about the hollowness and glitter of the life there.
47	* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: "American Life" criticizes UsefulNotes/TheAmericanDream. The original music video showed her throwing a hand grenade to a lookalike of US President UsefulNotes/GeorgeWBush.
48	* NewSoundAlbum: Very much so. A mix of electronic, folk, gospel, rock, and pop makes for a strange sounding record.
49	* OneWordTitle: "Hollywood", "Intervention"
50	* PrecisionFStrike: "Fuck it" in "American Life", which was censored out of the second video version and radio edits.
51	* ProductPlacement: "American Life"
52	--> ''I drive my Mini Cooper''
53	* ProtestSong: "American Life" is partially about how the American dream is not what it seems. The original video protested the Iraq War.
54	* RecordProducer: Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï, and Mark "Spike" Spent.
55	* ShoutOut: The album cover provides a shout-out to the famous photograph of UsefulNotes/CheGuevara by Alexander Korda.
56	* SillyLoveSongs: "Love Profusion".
57	* StockSoundEffects: "Hollywood" starts off with sounds of tweeting birds.
58	* TitleTrack: "American Life".
59	--> ''American life, I live the American Dream''
60	--> ''You are the best thing I've seen''
61	--> ''You are not just a dream''
62	* XtremeKoolLetterz: "X-Static Process"

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