Music : Hard Candy

Rating: - A SELL OUT!!
I have been a fan of madonna since 1983 and have bought every album and single she has made. I can honestly say this collection of songs is utter rubbish! The worst thing madonna has ever done. Madonna is trying far to hard to be young and "down with the kids!!" in an R'n'B hip hop stylee and really does not pull it off! She aint 25 years old anymore and should try to make more mature music to express her ability as a serious artist and not waste her talet on this kind of rubbish!

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Rating: - An easy exit??
Looks like the Queen of Pop decided to get ready for retirement :-( Pitty, but that's what hearing this album makes you feel like. A bit out of date, out of sparkle, out of re-invention :-( Strong message on 4 minutes(ok, we all get it - we screw the planet) If i had to name the best track on the album - it would be 'Far Away' - smooth, catchy and melodic

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Rating: - The Empress' New Clothes # 137
Who buys this bland,gimmicky & totally set-up rubbish? Wow, how original -Madonna's learnt that trying (really trying)to be sexy and swearing loads (how naughty!) sells albums. She shows even less musical originality in that she keeps choosing producer of the month to make her forgettable anodyne muzak. Get off the stage woman and let someone with some real musical talent and something useful to say to sell some tunes! Rip offs all round!

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Rating: - WARNING!!! Only listen to this CD on your own!
Embaressment! That's how I felt as I popped this latest media hyped cd into my jukebox at a recent house party. Some of the lyrics are soo cringe worthy you want to leave the room whilst she blurts the most dire lyrics she's ever wrote!

However, I will give it 2 stars as when I'm on my own I love Incredible and Dance 2Night :-)

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Rating: - Very disappointing
It's been well documented that this was Madonna's last album for Warner before her new flashy live-download-multimedia record deal and that the Confessions album didn't set the US market alight like it did elsewhere.

So businesswoman Madonna (and all her advisors) decide to produce a quick release using all the top R'n'B producers with an album worth of tracks and enough material to do a whistle stop tour before the end of the year.

Good business sense and it makes perfect sense from Madge's point of view.

Musically? The album is poor in my opinion. And I've loved and stood by almost all the albums she's produced in the last 20 years. Except for Bedtime Stories, which was saved by the Bjork track and a few other side balls.

I didn't find Hard Candy had many catchy tunes (except for Miles Away and maybe Heartbeat). And she seems to have produced some incredibly horrendous bridges (see Give it to me, Heartbeat and a few other songs). I'm quite surprised to now say in hindsight that 4 minutes probably is actually a good song compared to some of the other stuff on here.

First album by her which doesn't appear to be hers and there is little personality behind it. A shame.

Hopefully, she'll make something better next year...