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(More customer reviews)As the opening track on "Ray of Light", "Drowned World" evokes Annie Lennox's "Money Can't Buy It" from DIVA; "Famous Faces/Far off Places/Trinkets I can Buy/No Ferris Wheel/No Heart to Steal..." is a self-effacing take on the pitfalls of the material girl in the material world; Annie espouses," Now hear this/pay attention to me/I'm a rich white girl/let me amplify/I have diamonds/Have you heard about gold..." The presence of William Orbit's electronic background at the climax toward the song's end reenforces the effect Annie Lennox and her producer Stephen Lipson may have had on the genesis of Madonna's foray into electronica. The fade that follows after Madonna's litany on her "material world" is eerily familiar of the same fade that follows Annie's litany.In any event, this is the song that ropes you into the awesome Madonna "Ray of Light" album which takes us from the material "world" to the spiritual realms once track 5 drops. This track is the wallpaper and the departure point for the album, and it does so in this regard very effectively.Why it was never released as single in the U.S. is beyond me.
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The third single from 'Ray Of Light'. Pt.1 contains two mixes of 'Drowned World/ Substitute For Love' (Album Version& BT And Sasha's Bucklodge Ashram Remix), plus 'Sky Fits Heaven' (Sasha Remix Edit). Slimline jewel case. 1998 Maverick/ Warner Brothers release.
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