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"The Next Big Thing," various artists. Maverick. 2 1/2 STARS
Talk about easy lifting.
When Madonna manages to turn "American Pie" into bubblegum techno and it's still the heaviest track of the album's first half, you know this is something you can relax to. The challenge much of the time will be staying awake.
Sure, there are some catchy tunes and, undoubtedly, some will share Madonna's current radio success with "American Pie," a song that managed to polarize listeners 30 years ago but rarely led to the apathy you feel as Madonna drips her way through it. A colleague who stumbled onto hearing it on my stereo thought it was an old Carpenters cover of the song. Actually, Karen...