Madonna (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead album)

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Madonna
Trail of Dead - Madonna.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 19, 1999
Genre
Length45:28
Label Merge
Producer Mike McCarthy [2]
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead chronology
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
(1998)
Madonna
(1999)
Source Tags & Codes
(2002)
Singles from Madonna
  1. "Mistakes & Regrets"
    Released: October 2, 2000 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Alternative Press 4/5 [4]
Melody Maker Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
NME 8/10 [6]
Pitchfork 8.4/10 (1999) [7]
8.7/10 (2019) [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Select 4/5 [10]
Spin 8/10 [11]

Madonna is the second studio album by the American band ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead. [12] It was released on October 19, 1999, by Merge Records. [13]

Contents

Background and production

The cover art features a Hindu goddess painting by Conrad Keely called Portrait of Kali . The back art is another painting, Tribute to Ed Wicklander by James Neslo, a nod to a Seattle-based sculptor. [14]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "a huge guitar sound (My Bloody Valentine huge) dominates, buttressed by swift drum rolls and snare cracks." [15]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."And You Will Know Them..."0:31
2."Mistakes & Regrets"3:46
3."Totally Natural"4:16
4."Blight Takes All"4:43
5."Clair de Lune"3:26
6."Flood of Red"3:53
7."Children of the Hydra's Teeth"1:22
8."Mark David Chapman"4:10
9."Up from Redemption"0:22
10."Aged Dolls"7:17
11."The Day the Air Turned Blue"1:03
12."A Perfect Teenhood"5:17
13."Sigh Your Children" (contains a hidden track)5:22

Personnel

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