Madonna - Hard Candy Special Edition [Candy Box]
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Free Music Review: Come Into Her Store, She's Got Candy Galore
Hit: 4 Stars
"When the lights go down and there's no one left I can go on and on and on" chants Madonna three tracks into her new LP "Hard Candy," and with the Queen of Pop staring down her 7th stateside chart-topping album such a claim is more than justified. The living definition of pop music chameleon, she indeed offers a delicious array of confections precision-tooled to hit a listener's sweet tooth. There is some padding, and no obvious follow-up single exists for mega-hit "4 Minutes," but this does the album no disservice. Madonna manages to acknowledge her past and keep things contemporary all the while avoiding pretense or retreads, making for a wholly interesting recording.
Collaborating with the likes of Timbaland and Justin Timberlake has caused some to question whether Madonna is taking the easiest possible route to continued pop success, but the most obvious - and fortunate - thing about "Hard Candy" is that it is wall-to-wall Madonna both in songwriting and atmosphere. Rather than grafting herself on to their winning production values she ingeniusly uses them to amplify her material. The result is an album plum full of dancefloor-ready anthems and a smattering of low-key ballads that manage to be mainstream yet cutting edge.
Sizzling club thumpers like the suave "Dance 2night" and ultra-addictive "Give It 2 Me," for example, recall the awesome, frenetic energy of 2005's "Confessions On a Dancefloor" but would still sound at home on Top 40 radio. Elsewhere, the bittersweet "Miles Away" has one of the most poignant, endearing hooks of any ballad in Madonna's lengthy catalogue.
Opening the floodgates of engrossing, colorful melodies is "Incredible" with its incessant, yearning energy. "Beat Goes On" featuring Kanye West packs similar zest, and "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" percolates with raw sexual energy, icy snyths and a frothy, guitar-laden melody.
The sexy, slinky "Heartbeat" with its mercurial melody and awesome vocals is destined for radio waves, and "She's Not Me," despite being over-long and not quite finding its hook, contains one of Madonna's most intriguingly self-referential lines. Comparing another woman to "the flavor of the month," she makes her declaration:
"She's not me/She doesn't have my name/She'll never have what I have/It won't be the same."
Indeed, pop stars come and go by the dozen, but through it all there is only one Madonna.
Through two and a half decades' worth of trends, fads and fashions Madonna has rarely lost her footing and always come back roaring, and "Hard Candy" reveals her inner lioness in a way that is not only totally late 2000's but totally listenable. She re-defined musical boundaries not only for women but pop artists in general for many reasons, and artistic stagnation is not one of them. This is definitely a "Candy Shop" worth many return visits.
This limited edition is by far her most spiffy to date. Featuring two awesome remixes of "4 Minutes" as bonus tracks on the CD, 30 glossy photos and even a package of Starlite mint candies are included as well. Diehards will find even more to appeal to their asthetic need for all things Queen of Pop.
Free Music Review: The album is fantastic, but the "Special Edition" is not worth it
Hit: 4 Stars
I was worried when I heard that Modonna's latest album would be a collaboration with Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell Williams. Main reason is because these are not exactly the type of artists that I usually listen to. I was afraid that Madonna would make a fool of herself by making this album with them but it actually turned out really good! It is a very enjoyable dance album.
But I was quite disappointed with this Candy Box Special Edition. Unlike Confessions on a Dance Floor's Special Edition which I thought was a great item to own if you are Madonna fan. This Candy Box is just a cardboard box with two extra tracks which you can get easily on iTunes if you want. Of course there's a bag of Starlite Mint candies but I'm really not interested in it. Plus these candies are made in China (no offense..) and I know I'm not going to eat them.
The bag of candies takes more than 50% of the cardboard box space and the color booklet is 16 pages, but not as exciting as the one included in Confessions on a Dance Floor's Special edition.
I enjoy this new album very much but the Special Edition is just not that special. Considering the price, it is not really worth it..
Free Music Review: Amazing!
Hit: 4 Stars
Beeing short... buy it and scape having just the normal version of the album. It's worthy. Why? Well... the artist needs no introductions... she's unique!
The product... it's simply amazing. And I'm telling this not for the candies that came within (they make you think it has a flavor, but when you taste it, there comes a surpise!) but for the iniciative and the quality.
The odds: I just think we could have a better device to really close the box and to support the booklet inside. Besides, a material that attract less fingerprints over the box' cover and the booklet would be better.
The content... it's reaveling itself each day SWEETY and impossible to stop listening, though I didn't like every songs. But as SHE wold say it... Noboby's perfect!
Free Music Review: Candy Box
Hit: 4 Stars
I really like this special edition of Hard Candy. It fits nicely on my bookshelf next to the special edition of Confessions On A Dance Floor. I'd only recommend this if you're a hard-core Madonna fan though! The remixes of 4 minutes on this cd are edits(Tracy Young House Mix Edit & Rebirth Remix Edit) and I think they're actually better than what's on the maxi-single. It would've been nice if this edition would've included the Japan bonus track Ring My Bell. The book for this edition is much bigger but doesn't contain more pictures or any of the lyrics!Free Music Review: Good deal
Hit: 3 Stars
i am an old Madonna fan (before ray of light album)and kind of dis-like the new Madonna because i used to love each song that Madonna sing in one album but since ray of light she became degrading and loosing her power of enjoyment as she reached to some none Madonna to please the audience.
in this album the songs that deserve to be listen too are Voices, Miles away, 4 minutes, & beat goes on with little bit of candy shop but the rest is almost good. and if you are a FAN of Madonna then don't miss this limited edition. it's a black box, tiny booklet of Madonna's photo session, with sweet candy inside. and i guess you'll like it.