American Life

Though she’s earned a rep as a pop culture chameleon, in reality Madonna doesn’t change her stripes nearly enough. Three albums into her “electronic” phase and it’s all beginning to wear thin. Although the club-anthem title track is campy fun, the rest of the disc is a navel-gazing snooze that promises serious introspection (“Nobody Knows Me”) but ultimately delivers little more than a decent groove. Next palette, please.