Ghosttown (Madonna song) Ellwood of HitFix who considered it to be Madonna's "most commercially friendly ballad" of the 2010s, while Jon Lisi from "PopMatters" called it "arguably the most haunting love song of [Madonna's] career. "The Dallas Morning News" Hunter Hauk complimented Madonna's "natural" vocal delivery in spite of the vocal effects added, also considering it to be a probable radio hit for Madonna. Daryl Deino from "The Inquisitr" also praised Madonna's vocals in "Ghosttown", along with "Devil Pray" and "Living for Love". Bernard Zuel from "The Sydney Morning Herald" found Madonna to be reliving her older ballads like "Live to Tell", and
Taller in More Ways 'Try Again'", further concluding it as "not the best album in the world or even of the year, not obscurantist schizeclecto meta-pop like Annie or M.I.A. or loaded down with po-mo pop.cult. signifiers like Girls Aloud, it doesn't impart a skewed existential narrative like Britney, but 'Taller In More Ways' is absolutely bursting with tunes, and as such it's hard to resist." The album was ranked number 23 on Observer Music Monthly's Top 100 Albums list in 2005. "Taller in More Ways" became a commercial success. On 22 October 2005, the album debuted at number one on the UK Albums