Confessions On A Dance Floor
by Madonna
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8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 900 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 24 out of 900
  3. Negative: 54 out of 900

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  1. EliasD
    Nov 25, 2005
    9
    Rereading some of the criticisms of this album...most seem more a dislike (or attack) of madonna vers her music this time around. This is an album of dance and yes there's silly lyrics but it's called Confessions on a Dancefloor......shouldn't that say what's she's doing....on purpose!!! I love the album except for two songs: Hung Up Amazing hook and more catchy Rereading some of the criticisms of this album...most seem more a dislike (or attack) of madonna vers her music this time around. This is an album of dance and yes there's silly lyrics but it's called Confessions on a Dancefloor......shouldn't that say what's she's doing....on purpose!!! I love the album except for two songs: Hung Up Amazing hook and more catchy after more listens and played loud in a dancefloor it's even better. Get Together Bit flat and not as many hooks and catches to it, but good song otherwise. Sorry Amazing hook and great song but by end lacks that extra level to make it a classic, but good. However, played LOUD it's better, and played in Nightclub 6am in London last weekend and club went MENTAL for it...so it will be a smash. Future Lovers Better after repeated listens....however, I've never been a fan of Mirwais's gimmicks...but the 70 influence and mood saves this. I Love New York Totally bizarre song but odd lyrics but it works somehow! Let It Will Be Not crazy about this song. Flat and uninspired but ok. Forbidden Love Interesting with touching mood. Jump LOVE LOVE LOVE the intro and mid of this song but falls a little flat by the end......just doesn't creap to the next level to make it a classic..but still good enough for a number 1. How High Good song but not great. Bit flat. Isaac Very odd song and reminds me of Secret of year's ago, and too similar to that but she's trying something different with the voices. Push HATE this song...it's like JLo rip off. Flat and goes nowhere, but has good hook and that's it. Like It Or Not The only other song I hate on this album.....if I was in a club and ended on this note I'd be furious..this is a dancefloor album and she should have ended on a high!!! Wild and crazy song...not this moody introspective song. Sorry would have been a better ending..or a song with a heavy base and loud crash of an ending.... Overall, Madonna is back and this is one of my fav albums in years....only 2 songs out of 12 which I dislike...and apparently she has a number of songs which didn't make this album..and with it's success I await Confession on a Dancefloor PART 2.… Expand
  2. LindaA
    Nov 25, 2005
    10
    All hail the Queen of Pop for the throne will be hers forever and EVER! Bloody amazing record! And cut the crap about the lyrics..you want lyrics go buy a Coldplay album or something! But while you still got this record..I dare you not to dance your ass off just listening to it! Go Madonna!!!
  3. GlennS
    Nov 24, 2005
    10
    One of Madonna's best albums in years...
  4. JB
    Nov 24, 2005
    10
    This album is so addictive... perfect.
  5. EmW
    Nov 24, 2005
    10
    If people don't like this album or Madonna for that matter then why, oh why are they wasting their time and ours by posting their views???? Get over it, Madonna rules, she can't be trash if she is NO 1 in the album and music charts RIGHT NOW!!! Just please. . .get. . .a. . .life!!!! Team Lamb can SHOVE IT!!!! Madonna is the queen of pop, always has always will be. . .FACT!!!! Bye! :)
  6. ChrisR
    Nov 23, 2005
    10
    Great dance album, might be the best mainstream pop album this year
  7. LWalter
    Nov 22, 2005
    9
    Repeated listenings reveal even greater pleasures in the lush songs. Lyrics are average, but when was dance music ever about the words? The beats are what count, and they deeply rock on this album.
  8. CraigB
    Nov 22, 2005
    9
    How can people still try to bring her down? Hasn't she proved herself by now? My God, 20-some years later and people are still trying to write her obit. Ridiculous! Just shut up, listen and shake your lame ass to her brilliant new disc, and you'll eventually admit it's fantastic. Long live the true queen of pop! Bite me Mariah!
  9. CraigS
    Nov 22, 2005
    10
    Incredibly catchy record. Yes, she didn't break any pencils writing lyrics, but who gives a rat's ass. Pop it on your Ipod, and have a great rainbow-tastic gay workout. Pump those muscles bitches!
  10. ClintM.
    Nov 22, 2005
    9
    there's not much more to add to all the great reviews ... simply stated, the album's awesome!
  11. marioj
    Nov 22, 2005
    1
    Crappy copy-paste music. Madonna discovered a PC. Get Goldfrapp, its the original.
  12. MuhammadK
    Nov 21, 2005
    10
    This album is truly an amazing dancing trip for Madonna fans. Madonna has surely proved herself and her music once again with fabulous numbers like push hung up get together forbidden love .... Madonna Rocks for real.....
  13. rayy
    Nov 21, 2005
    10
    Terribly fantastic , i couldn't drive my car withour her tunes now!
  14. SeanF
    Nov 21, 2005
    10
    Cheers to Madonna for this stunning return to the party! Almost entirely eschewing any sort of messages she storms back into the club scene with this non-stop dance tour de force! What a shame several people who either hate pop/dance music or hate Madonna feel the need to post negative comments on here, most likely without even giving the disc a listen... Maybe they should visit a few Cheers to Madonna for this stunning return to the party! Almost entirely eschewing any sort of messages she storms back into the club scene with this non-stop dance tour de force! What a shame several people who either hate pop/dance music or hate Madonna feel the need to post negative comments on here, most likely without even giving the disc a listen... Maybe they should visit a few more nightclubs and find something better to do with their free time.… Expand
  15. CoreyC
    Nov 21, 2005
    10
    11 out of the twelve songs are simply amazing to me..
  16. SeanT
    Nov 21, 2005
    0
    This is sad. It's just sad. This is an obvious, pathetic attempt for Madonna to jump onto the latest bandwagon (in this case "neo-80s" or whatever they may be calling it -- wasn't that trend about 2 years ago, anyway?). She should have learned her lesson after her laughable obligitory Bush-bashing album. Frankly, this album would be pathetic coming from anyone, but from a woman This is sad. It's just sad. This is an obvious, pathetic attempt for Madonna to jump onto the latest bandwagon (in this case "neo-80s" or whatever they may be calling it -- wasn't that trend about 2 years ago, anyway?). She should have learned her lesson after her laughable obligitory Bush-bashing album. Frankly, this album would be pathetic coming from anyone, but from a woman who's a mother multiple times, it's even more sad and depressing. It's like watching an old drunk think that young guys are hitting on her in a bar, when in fact they're making fun of her. Madonna, please quit music (and writing, and acting, and what ever other garbage you may be planning on force-feeding brainwashed MTV viewers).… Expand
  17. HarvardB
    Nov 21, 2005
    0
    Her pseudo English accent continues to remove whatever flimsy credibility she ever had as a singer. Oops, did I say she "sings"? More like whining. At least if she's making records I don't have to be assaulted by her acting.
  18. MarkA
    Nov 21, 2005
    8
    It's good. Doesn't really have enough up-beat songs but it's great anyways.
  19. BitBurn
    Nov 21, 2005
    8
    Well, for sure, it is definitely her best album she put out in years! Especially compare to the dreadful 2003 release "American Life". Still, her voice gets a bit lost in all those multi layers of techno synths and progressive beats. But mostly, the lyrics are a little cheesy if not dumb sometimes. But overall, it's great to see Madonna back to stir this boring world of pop music Well, for sure, it is definitely her best album she put out in years! Especially compare to the dreadful 2003 release "American Life". Still, her voice gets a bit lost in all those multi layers of techno synths and progressive beats. But mostly, the lyrics are a little cheesy if not dumb sometimes. But overall, it's great to see Madonna back to stir this boring world of pop music dominated by hip-hop.… Expand
  20. matp
    Nov 20, 2005
    10
    Wow is the best descriptive word for "Confessions..", Madonna takes us by the jugular and doesn't let go for an hour. In turn sweet, sexy, spiritual, but always thumping and groovy. Standout tracks are Hung Up, Sorry, Jump, How High, Isaac, Push. This woman is so rightfully tagged Queen of Pop, there's a trail of pretenders in her wake, long may she reign!
  21. RogerC
    Nov 20, 2005
    10
    Easily the best Madonna album I've ever heard. If 'Jump', 'Sorry', and 'Push' are released as singles they will surely become number 1's.
  22. GiacomoS
    Nov 20, 2005
    0
    Another derivitave attempt at reviving a moribund career from this long in the tooth bandwagon jumper, who burns through dance production "collaborators" (read: creators) the way Angelina Jolie burns through male co-stars. Perhaps old Esther should work at perfecting her English accent and recycling her Kaballah cult's ideas into kiddie books instead, because the music ain't Another derivitave attempt at reviving a moribund career from this long in the tooth bandwagon jumper, who burns through dance production "collaborators" (read: creators) the way Angelina Jolie burns through male co-stars. Perhaps old Esther should work at perfecting her English accent and recycling her Kaballah cult's ideas into kiddie books instead, because the music ain't happening. Pathetic.… Expand
  23. RimasM
    Nov 20, 2005
    10
    I trully enjoyed this album:) It's the best of Madonna to date:)
  24. DarranA
    Nov 19, 2005
    10
    All hail the queen, A massive return to form
  25. christianv
    Nov 19, 2005
    0
    well, let me tell you that her album is stupid pop, well, let me tell you that this cd has 80's mixed songs with dumb-gay lyrics, it isn't any new shit, it really sucks
  26. MatthewC
    Nov 19, 2005
    10
    Her best since Like A Prayer!
  27. KentinKentucky
    Nov 19, 2005
    9
    This is Madonna's best release since "Ray of Light". Every song is highly stylized and VERY danceable and upbeat. It's nice to have "fun" Madonna back.
  28. jackier
    Nov 19, 2005
    9
    not really a madonna fan only ever enjoyed one or two songs from each of her previous alblums, but this is really great. Possibly her best yet
  29. MatthewS
    Nov 18, 2005
    10
    Ignore Ray Of Light, Music and the underrated American Life. This is the return to form for Madonna we've wanted since Bedtime Stories/Like A Prayer. She successfully melds the spirit and candor of Into The Groove with sounds from the future yet, decades old as well. Take Forbiddlen Love, which slyly incorporates the backbeat to 'Holiday'. On 'I Love N.Y', She Ignore Ray Of Light, Music and the underrated American Life. This is the return to form for Madonna we've wanted since Bedtime Stories/Like A Prayer. She successfully melds the spirit and candor of Into The Groove with sounds from the future yet, decades old as well. Take Forbiddlen Love, which slyly incorporates the backbeat to 'Holiday'. On 'I Love N.Y', She sounds as happy to be in the music and in the light as she was when she launched her sound with 'Everybody' over 2 decades ago. The within COADF sound is 'every' Madonna era, rolled into all things. Yet, for all it's bravado, it works; and it works magically. Her best release in years. Screw modern Madonna, if you've wanted the spirit of old, here's your chance. Now get into the groove!… Expand
  30. AronS
    Nov 18, 2005
    10
    Every Song is at least good!
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Slant Magazine
    80
    One of the few pop singers whose albums are best appreciated in their entirety and not lopped off into "hit singles," Madonna... has succeeded at creating a dance-pop odyssey with an emotional, if not necessarily narrative, arc.
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  2. The Guardian
    80
    It may be a return to core values, but there's still a bravery about Confessions on a Dancefloor. It revels in the delights of wilfully plastic dance pop in an era when lesser dance-pop artists - from Rachel Stevens to Price's protege Juliet - are having a desperately thin time of it.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    75
    Disco with a vengeance, a whomping, unapologetically airheaded engine of stroboscopic beats and succulent textures that exhumes dance music's time-honored values of celebration and affirmation. [13 Nov 2005]
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