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Free Music Review: Not at all what it's reputation suggests
Hit: 5 Stars
Too many people would have you believe that this is just an album-length throwback to the disco that ruled the 70s. Nope. Similarly, too many would have you believe that it's a non-stop, indistinguishable blob of futuristic techno. Wrong again.
Madonna's 'Confessions On A Dancefloor', is, quite simply, a little of both, with a larger focus on the now-highly-developed style of music that you could call "Madonna Dance". For example, let's start witht the singles:
"Hung Up" - while it's true that this contains a sample of ABBA's "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man after Midnight)", this is one of Madonna's more firmly-delivered modern dance tracks. She has a knack for making dance music memorable and be "timeless" like more anchored genres of music in a way that probably no other dance-singer can. Remember "Music", or "Ray of Light." Well, "Hung Up" is Madonna's latest proof of her ability to create dance music that is miles above par.
"Sorry" - This song has one of the most addictive beats you will ever hear. But unlike most addictive dance beats, it's elusive. There's nothing completely distinctive about it. It's just a perfectly-crafted beat and song. (On a side note, it's spawned some of the best remixes of the past five years.)
"Get Together" - This is visionary Madonna. It's the perfect unison of a mild throwback to disco with a firm reliance on futuristic influences. The beat is countered with the laid-back quality of the song. The relaxed vocals of the song are countered with the building intensity. Most importantly, this one song is proof that dance music can be both very, very hip and beautiful. It's the best track on the album and is one of the best songs she's ever written.
"Jump" - On the surface, this seems bubbly. The beat is young and fresh, but, in another contrast, Madonna's vocal delivery reminds one of her 'American Life' style, which is entertaining enough. The exuberant chorus and addictive sweep of the song are, I hope, enough to end the ridiculous anti-Madonna sentiments of modern US radio.
And that's just the four singles. On the rest of the album, Madonna explores and conquers trance that's riddled with disco-themed delivery ("Future Lovers"), crossover dance that tests the limit of the genre (the remarkably UN-cliche Eastern influences of "Isaac" / the at-last rewarding would-be-rap samples on the heartfelt "Push"), as well as songs that are just simply outstandingly-crafted dance music. "Let It Will Be" is one of the most perfect dance songs ever written. It's completely magnetic without being irritating. "Forbidden Love", another song that is both beautiful and very modern, is another example. "How High", which features a lyrical allusion to 'American Life' again, is a great song in that it poses questions any person can ask without coming across as the preachy material that a lot of her other material of this vein was. "I Love New York" will remind you of "Hung Up." It's just fun. Lastly, there's "Like It Or Not," arguable the most-clever song on the album. Madonna's label emphasized the fact that there were no ballads on this album, and there aren't, but Madonna has finally mastered the art of creating music that ponders more serious or meaningful issues without being a drudging dance-ballad-jam or a pessimistic-beat-driven "blah." No, she's finally passed that (her 2000 album 'Music' suffered from those defects) and has come to the point where she can, through dance music that's innovative, original, and compimentary of styles of the past, deliver both entertainment and occasionally even a level of enlightenment. This last song is a peaceful, driven would-be "F-U" to her, ah, non-supporters. It ends with an acoustic guitar, which, as everyone who's ever reviewed this album has pointed out, is clever, but also adds to the emphasis.
In short, this album is Madonna's masterpiece in many ways. The only other album to come close is, of course, 'Ray of Light.' But that album occassionaly drifted out of focus. Madonna's 'Confessions On A Dancefloor' is, from start to finish, visionary, fun, meaningful, exuberant, fresh, and, considering that it's technically a dance album, altogether timeless.
This is one Madonna album that you will not regret trying out.
Free Music Review: Get a real life, the people from the LAMB and Mariah's little mess!!!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
the people here who keep giving madonna's new CD a star or ridiculous and childish reviews are coming from the organization called the LAMB. They (mostly mariah and gwen fans) are just afraid that Madonna will go on to the top next week to surpass other divas' figures of sales and just trying to bring madonna down desperately. Obviously they are dying to decrease the sales of Madonna's new cd by reviewing badly and making people believe what they say here.
simply ignore that folks, they are just brats and kids with no lives. Surely they are just insecure and fragile like the appearance of Mariah's butterfly video! fans assimilates their idols, huh??
they don't want to admit that madonna is still the Queen of Pop too!
Get this evidence, you all mariah's criers!!!
Get a research and educate yourself with the facts OK??
Here it is!!
Sorry, mariah, you are not the biggest selling female artist of all time as your fans may label you!! for the record, in the US, Barbra and Madonna have sold more albums than you mariah! Madonna has more gold singles than you too!!
Ok now, what about outside of the US? Madonna still has sold more albums and signles than you!! Of course more No.1s and top ten hits all over the world too!! and what about concerts?? Has mariah ever topped the grossing of the concert tour since she debuted?? As far as i heard, her concert tour a few years ago got even cancelled because of low selling tickets. What about Madonna, if you may ask?? She has sold out her first US tour in 1985 and all of her world tours got sold out since then, even including the best grossing reinvention tour of the year 2004.
you want to talk about Mariah's No.1 songs?? It's totally overated as she featured so many artists in her no.1 songs!!
she can't figure herself out without rapping or singing-high-notes hunks!!
Of course DJs in the US overplayed her songs too!!
in the US, Madonna has more top two, five, ten, twenty, and forty singles without even featuring artists like mariah does.
Soley madonna on herself!!
Now what's your basis of claiming your little mess towards madonna and mariah's self-acclaimed wannabe queen status??
Mariah doesn't match madonna's influence in pop music, besides madonna's unprecedented success internationally since the Beatles and Elvis. period.
even all these evidences are against mariah too..
so would you mariah fans nicely stop the mess like little mimi, yes i have to call MISS mariah mimi now, got emancipated and read my review?
for the record before i begin the review, I heard Mariah's mimi-mess (she even thinks of herself as mimi, one of the barbies and as in a naked form - what a shame and an awful title as well) and it's 5 cent worth!!! and all the songs in that album were boring and had nothing to say (same old story).
We belong together? yuck, djs in the US simply overplayed it and it was overdone with her horrible falsedo!! shake it off?? she was trying to be Usher or something?? the rest of the album was just the same with tons of rappers' featuring.
very uncharacteristic!!!
she couldn't make an album without any rapping hunks, huh?? she just can't figure it out by herself!!! even the melody lines were too abstract and oversung and i think mariah lost her touch to generate more catchy songs!
She seems to be just a yelling and screaming R&B cracker on that cd.
My ears almost got burnt and burst!!!
But unlike her, madonna's songs on this album has a great and original quality in melody, shape, and catchy feelings.
this new CD has great vibes and all songs are well produced.
It's an all-around great cd!
It doesn't sound like anything out there in the States' markets.
If you expect anything of R&B, you have a wrong singer to listen to. It's madonna!
I care less for all this overplayed and overrated R&B cra- without any meanings out there.
This is new sound in a fresh manner.
Get the CD and into the groove.
I just can't stop listening to it because it's an addictive production that madonna and the producer created together.
Good job, Madonna and I expect you will pick up a few grammys next year.
Free Music Review: The thing about Madonna 5 Stars
Well, ONE of the things about Madonna is that from DAY ONE, she hasn't cared much about what anyone thinks of her. Like a true artist she follows her own path and if it happens to please you, fine. Play along, dance, buy the music, whatever...Which explains American Life. She was doing what SHE wanted to do; we were left to follow or to not follow. Clearly many did not follow. Which is OK since American Life is simply not that accessible. BUT if it were the debut album from some angst-ridden starlet, it would have been called GENUIS. So be it. But due to the awesome fame Madonna has created, every single move she makes is analyzed and weighed down so heavily, usually by the people that declare her irrelevant! LOL! And so American Life got swamped in over-analysis...
I've always said Madonna could write an entire album of number one hits if she only CHOSE to, her mastery of pop songwriting is that strong. Truth be told, she is THE MASTER of American pop song craft. Time will prove this out. Time is steadily proving this out...
And so here it is at last: Madonna's perfect pop album (her prior most-nearly-perfect pop album being her absolutely sublime debut.) 'Hung Up' is fun but really a publicity stunt, a throwaway, and is even pretty much segregated from the rest of the album. Confessions On A Dance Floor really seems to kick off with Track Two, the completely flawless 'Get Together' It feels like the perfect pop culmination of her career to date. Get ready, world, this track is going to be unstoppable, it is going to be MASSIVE. It is Madonna's new 'Holiday' and a trippy piece of pop perfection. Like the entire CD, really...
To give this album one-star ratings and call her washed-up, a has been, etc, is to refuse to see the obvious intellect behind all of her music. Her field is POP and within that field she is VERY, VERY SMART. What an ear. Truly. (Uh, how many perfect pop hooks did she fit into 'Beautiful Stranger'? About fourteen?)
And let's not forget that ENTIRE CAREERS are being made from slagging her off and from declaring her 'over'. Seriously. Families are being fed by 'journalists' regularly hurling stones up at Madonna on her pedestal. (She was declared 'over' in 2003 when, only a few years earlier, 'Music' had streaked to the top of the singles chart in only four weeks; I'd like to be 'over' like that...)
And I feel sorry for the other so-called divas of the day who work with the same producer on EVERY SINGLE ALBUM. Surely they will lay on their deathbeds and think 'Why didn't I take more chances?' To release the same CD over and over is so BORING and clearly not the mark of a true artist's mind. I welcome Madonna's tangents and chance-taking including, yes, the experimental American Life...
If you do not sense the curiosity and intelligence in this woman, if you cannot hear the curiosity and the intelligence in her music, you probably don't have much yourself. But in their hearts, I am certain the detractors sense the truth. Which is: There is MADONNA. And then there is ALL THE REST. She's in a class of her own and has been from day one...
And the best kept secret might be how truly expressive her voice is. In fact, she has one of the most definitive and unique voices in American pop music history. (Who cares about the technical proficiency of a Streisand? When's the last time you sped to get home to listen to 'Evergreen'?) As a club DJ for nearly 20 years, I can tell you that her voice has the power to completely change the energy of a room. That is TALENT. No one reading this review will accomplish such a thing in TWO lifetimes. Just try it. Train the listening public to have a VISCERAL and IMMEDIATE reaction to the SOUND of your VOICE. We'll wait...
This is THE album of the year 2005, an amazing crash course in musical history and a vision of the future of music. Hats off to Madonna and Stuart Price. I refuse to burn Confessions On A Dance Floor for anyone. Such a project, such joyful and beautiful creativity, should be supported by the lovers of art in this world...
Madonna, you are the one and only. What you have made of your life is truly remarkable and I wish your mother could have shared it with you... xoxox
Free Music Review: Madonna is back, people!
Hit: 5 Stars
Confessions On A Dance Floor is already really popular! Not only is Madge back, but she's back to stay, and back to rule the world. There are literally no bad tracks on this album, and most of the negative reviews posted on here are by no other than Mariah Carey's fans - members of TeamLamb, I say... The first single, Hung Up, has already became a number one hit in more than twenty places in the world, whereas the album has became a mega-hit worldwide, going onto sell four million in its first ten days, and opening Charts at pole position in over twenty-five countries in the Globe.
HUNG UP
When I first heard Madonna was recording a dance album, I though, great! I couldn't have been more happier. When I heard she was sampling Abba's Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, and also working with the ultimate dance meister Stuart Price, I was over-joyed. When I heard the song on the radio, I though, hmm...catchy song. The album version is ten times better! I love the part where the music goes down low to build back up again. Fantastic opener!
GET TOGETHER
Where Madonna used the 70s sound sampling on Hung Up, from this song foward, Madonna tries to create the future disco sound. She pulls it off! This is yet another fantastic song which should not be missed. I really hope this one becomes a single. Speaking of which...
SORRY
...is the second single from the album. It's one of my favourites from the whole album, actually. Definate top three pic. Madonna speaks of how she's heard all of her boyfriends excuses before, while constantly repeating, I've heard it all before, I've heard it all before, etc, etc. Great song!
FUTURE LOVERS
In the evidence of its brilliance, this song is great! Madonna samples Donna Summer's I Feel Love here, and the spoken parts are particularly effective! Fabulous!
I LOVE NEW YORK
This song has caused a massive amount of chaos and controversy on Amazon, and I can see why. This is probably the worst song on the album, and the lyrics are so bad. That being said, I was a little dissapointed, because this song was literally hyped before the album came out. Stuart saves the song with his amazing dance beats!
LET IT WILL BE
This song is somewhat stripped-down and relaxed yet shaky and you can still dance to it. This one is definately a top five pic. Madonna repeats the title track alot, but this makes it unique. Somehow, the music in the song at the beginning reminds me of Die Another Day a little bit.
FORBIDDEN LOVE
The name of this song was originally placed in Madonna's 1994 album Bedtime Stories. This one isn't the same song. It's a completely different song, with different lyrics, and obviously, a dance beat. The originally song was an uptempo ballad. Great effort.
JUMP
This one is said to be the third single from the album. Madonna uses lyrics like get ready to jump, and I can tell you now, you will be jumping with this song! Madonna delivers her vocals perfectly as normal, and Stuart continues to amaze me with his music!
HOW HIGH
This song expresses Madonna's robotic voice more than anything else. The lyrics are quite clever. It uses the words nobody's perfect and I guess I deserve it - they are both songs of Madonna's from her Music album. Fantastic song.
ISAAC
This song has been dubbed herendous by a few people (not on this site - it's a favourite on here!), inapropriate and the worst song on the album. It's certainly not! This would be yet another top three pic for me. I love it when Madge takes risks like this. This is your Ray Of Light song. I love the Kallabah-ness going on in this song. Just excellent!
PUSH
This is the second song Madonna has dedicated to her husband, Guy Ritchie. The first was from her 2000 Music album in the name of I Deserve It. This song is brilliant, but it's not one of my favourites.
LIKE IT OR NOT
The perfect closure. This is my number one choice from the album. It's a fantastic song, but music is brilliant, and the lyrics are overwhleming. Need I say more?
Free Music Review: INFLUENCE INFLUENCE INFLUENCE
Hit: 5 Stars
Madonna is back doing what she does best: dance music. 'Confessions on a Dancefloor' is a non-stop, continuously mixed gem of pulse pounding, foot stomping dance music which is probably the best thing she had done since 'Ray of Light'. Madonna pays homage to so many great dance artists, dance songs and, in true Madonna form, herself that 'Confessions. . .' is a dizzying array of some of the best moments in dance music history.
HUNG UP, as we all know, samples Abba but when Madge sings "Don't cry for me . . ." it's a tongue in cheek reference to Evita. It's a great track and a great opener but I have to admit, the video is a bit embarassing. She really should have stuck with La Chapelle.
GET TOGETHER (my personal favorite) does have a familiar vibe to Stardust's 'Music's Much Better With You' and when Madonna sings: "Baby we can do it. We can do it all night," she pays homage to her hit 'Holiday' and the SOS Band's 'Take Your Time(Do It Right)'. Then there's a breakbeat where her voice echoes back on itself coming from the past and shooting forwards to the future. Then, when Madonna croons "Do you believe in love at first sight?" it brings back feelings of Cher's 'Believe'.
SORRY has a great bassline that does sound similar to The Jackson Five's 'Can You Feel It'.
FUTURE LOVERS Madge pays homage to Giorgio Moroder by loosely covering 'I Feel Love', Donna Summer's classic electro disco track which is possibly one of the most purely perfect dance tracks ever made.
I LOVE NEW YORK (another personal favorite) may have some of the most inane and awful lyrics of Madonna's entire career but it's catchy as hell with a beat that throbs to your very core. Then it becomes a bit suggestive when only the first half of "Get off my street," is echoed over and over again. This is true hardcore dancefloor dance music.
With LET IT WILL BE (not a favorite), 'Confessions. . .' begins to loose steam. LIWB is another homage to herself and, like everyone else says, it has strings sampled from 'Papa Don't Preach'.
FORBIDDEN LOVE Am I blue? Blah dah dah dah. Probably my absolute least favorite track on the entire CD. Very cheesy Euro House. It will probably be a hit on Ibiza. The 'Popcorn-esque' rhythms are more pronounced throughout this track than with JUMP, which only uses them for the beginning of the track.
Besides the familiar 'Popcorn'-esque rhythm that starts off JUMP, there's a little bit of the melody from Pet Shop Boy's 'West End Girls' thrown in for good measure. Then the Rolls Royce 'Car Wash' hand claps kick in and you have this liberating retro futuristic plustating dance track. One can only hope this is the next single.
HOW HIGH is what I would say is Madonna's homage to Brittany Spears. Incredible bass heavy
beats with bubble gum pop vocals. Gurrrrrl . . .
The hummed chorus of ISAAC is identical to the hummed chorus of 'Secret'. It's pretty much house Hassadic or something like that. It's fine, but a bit cheesy . . . okay, it's very cheesy. It's the most contrived track on the disc.
PUSH is Madonna pushing into nu-school r 'n' b territory with Madonna singing "Keep on pushing . . .", in the same vocal style of Tom Tom Club's 'Genius of Love' with a rhythmic, synthesized chorus that harkens back to 'Like A Prayer'.
LIKE IT OR NOT has a few Soft Cell stylized synthesized hand claps but outside of that it's a mediocre track with Madonna threatening to never stop making music. It may possibly tie for being the worst track and an anti-climatic closer.
Perhaps this is Madonna's swansong. After all, she is a mother of two and her shenanigans of yesteryear are literally a lifetime ago not only for her but also for a lot of fans as well. Or perhaps this is the new beginning of the next chapter in Madonna's musicial career. Who knows, but 'Confessions On A Dancefloor' is an enjoyable gem for all of us to ponder.