0093624862420. Pre-Owned: Good condition. CD. American Life was the rare stumble in Madonna s career an album that garnered neither sales nor critical acclaim and failed to generate a hit single. Disarmed by its lack of success Madonna scrambled to revive the success first appearing in a Gap commercial with Missy Elliott then causing a commotion at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards by French kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera as a prelude to a performance of her failed single Hollywood which did more for Britney than Madge and then finally offering Remixed & Revisited for the 2003 holiday season. This contained four remixes of songs from American Life the VMA performance of Like a Virgin/Hollywood with Britney Xtina and Missy the Gap ad Into the Groove / Hollywood fusion Into the Hollywood Groove and finally and inexplicably the Bedtime Stories outtake Your Honesty. Even if the beats are a little dated this latter track is the best song here since it has both a strong hook and a strong sense of fun something that was entirely missing from the somber American Life. The approaches of the remixers are as subtle as a jackhammer whether it s on the metallic-flaked American Life by Headcleanr or the 90s-retro Nevins mix of Nothing Fails. The VMA performance includes Britney sounding exactly like early Madonna and Christina sounding exactly like Cher with Missy Elliott on the Hollywood segment of the medley. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Rovi