Well, so far in 2000 Madonna is contending with my cult-fav Peter Mulvey for album of the year. I’ve bought a lot of new music this year – easily three or four times as much as i did last year, and Madonna and Mulvey have both made albums that drew me in on the first listen and kept me there in each subsequent go-through. Interesting, both albums are rather short: Madonna’s only has 10 songs, and Peter Mulvey’s is under 40 minutes. If every album i buy would lose a third of its length in favour of songs this good, i don’t think i’d mind at all.