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Album Description:
On Confessions of a Dance Floor, Madonna, the most popular and significant female artist in pop music, returns unapologetically to her roots. A stunning blend of musical styles with one foot in early disco and the other pointed toward the future, Confessions On A Dance Floor "is all about having a good time straight through and non-stop," says the Material Mom, who co-wrote and co-produced every track. For Madonna and music fans everywhere, the all-dance, no-ballad Confessions on a Dance Floor is a welcome guilty pleasure. Amazon.com:
Apparently there's nothing in Kabbalah that disallows sweaty, head-spinningly good dance music, because here comes a flame-haired Madonna hawking a dozen songs' worth: Confessions on a Dance Floor darts seamlessly from Madge's early days, when she emerged as the genre's enduring darling, through the political, kiddie, and acoustic pap that drove a wedge between her and early adopters of the fingerless glove look. Songs like the pop-leaning "Jump" and first single "Hung Up"--an adrenaline drip on high that, like many of these tracks, will inspire mild shame among those who've thrilled to the much thinner disco-dusted outpourings of younger divas recently--represent both a return to form and an unmistakable march into the future. "Get Together" is a sonic freak-out in the best sense; "Push" traffics in gut-level futuristic trance; and "Forbidden Love" loops in '80s blips and bleeps for a follow-me-into-the-past effect that's both neo and retro. For all the image-affirming innovations here, though, these confessions find Madonna framed in her share of reflective moments too. "Was it all worth it/How did I earn it?" she asks on "How High," a song featuring vocoder. "Nobody's perfect/I guess I deserve it," comes the answer. A later lyrical inquiry is left for the listener to judge: "Does this get any better?" Madonna wants to know. But that opens the door to a dizzying proposition. Few of us would have guessed, after all, that it got this good. --Tammy La Gorce | | | | |
Average Rating : 
Rating :  - I'm going to tell you about this album: IT ROCKS!
If you've read my other Madonna reviews you know where I stand.
In my humble opinion, M's last greatest album was ROL. Music was-decent/okay, American Life was -er, uh, not so good. But here on Confessions, she kicks it once again into high gear, Madonna style.
There are only a couple fillers on this album and the rest is awesome. This album does not get as much rotation as other M albums, but I do have repeat listens. Perfect for working out or driving through the park or just to chill out with. Confessions does deliver.
M put her heart and soul into this one and it shows, even if some of that heart and soul is borrowed: Donna Summer, ABBA, Pet Shop Boys. Doesn't matter, it jams.
I wish I could say the same about her latest release Hard Candy, but I can't.
The tour for this album is just as awesome as the album, if not more so. This is a must have for Madonna fans, especially if you dig old skool dance and disco sounds.
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