Madame X
by Madonna
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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 1805 Ratings

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  1. PedroH5523
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Madonna's music wasn't the same since "Music", Madonna made some BAD MISTAKES in many of her most recent albums(American Life, MDNA, Rebel Heart and Hard Candy), when she announced "Madame X", I was expecting some concept album, like her best albums, when I ended listening to the album, I was REALLY surprised with the work as a whole!!! "Madame X" is her best album since "Confessions OnMadonna's music wasn't the same since "Music", Madonna made some BAD MISTAKES in many of her most recent albums(American Life, MDNA, Rebel Heart and Hard Candy), when she announced "Madame X", I was expecting some concept album, like her best albums, when I ended listening to the album, I was REALLY surprised with the work as a whole!!! "Madame X" is her best album since "Confessions On The Dance Floor"(not counting American Life), Madonna made it with her most original concept in MANY DECADES!!, The Latin America/African music/concept helps not just her career, but MANY artist careers, if the album peak in the #1 position in the Billboard 200, it could start a HUGE REVOLUTION in pop music!! Madonna made the right movement at the right time!!… Expand
  2. bcu3u3u3
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    Her best album in twenty years. The production and vocals are richly layered, and the album’s vision—a world-music polemic that imagines a freer, fairer world—is her most compelling since Like a Prayer. Standout tracks: “God Control,” “Crave,” “Come Alive,” “I Don’t Search, I Find.”
  3. hobi
    Jun 14, 2019
    7
    It is very interesting to see an artist who has been in the music scene for a long time to be able to reinvent herself. The album is full of strange and thought-provoking tracks and usually delivers a new Madonna face that we have not seen yet.
  4. jacobtylamb
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    Amazing how Madonna continues to push the boundaries of pop. In a time when every song on the radio sounds the same, Madonna manages to bring something new and fresh and innovative. This album deserves absolute recognition for its creative approach and fresh sound.
  5. leostarboy
    Sep 9, 2020
    8
    Madame X not only amply rewards such close listening, but its daring embrace of the world outside the U.S. underscores how Madonna has been an advocate and ally for left-of-mainstream sounds and ideas throughout her career.
  6. ryanmartin
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Amazing. Crazy is my favourite. I love the Portuguese influences all over this album. Funana shouldn't have been relegated to bonus track status!
  7. TiagoLibra
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is the kind of album I've been expected from Madonna. So different from everything has been done. Highlight for: 'Dark Ballet', so weird and interesting at the same time; 'God Control', whose lyrics and the 70's vibes sounds so fresh; 'Future', one of the best dancing track and with a powerful message; 'Batuka', the most experimental song from Madonna so far; 'Crave'; 'Crazy', perfect ballads; 'Faz Gostoso', one of the best track in this masterpiece with brazillian rhythm; 'I Don't Search I Find', so retro and still so fresh and; 'Looking For Mercy', so beauiful and deep; 'I Rise', a necessary anthem nowadays. Madonna is back and she still relevant after all this time and she still has some to say and to give, in this case: f**king good music.… Expand
  8. santana_jonas
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    Her best album since Confessions on a Dancefloor. in Madame X, Madonna keeps not being afraid of trying the new.
  9. gabrielcipriano
    Jan 27, 2020
    9
    Madonna has brought a pop that is of the past, but it fit the current pop. That's a surprising detail, she took every inch of the world and saw something amazing she got along with all the parts. The album is certainly one of her best.
  10. rebeljordi
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is so fantastic and magic. Maybe this is the best of the century… Expand
  11. HookerCarls
    Jul 14, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a magic album where Madonna combines tropical sounds, for me her best album since Confession on the Dance Floor (2005)… Expand
  12. dany9805
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Madonna se reinventa de nuevo y nos muestra toda esa musica unica que solo ella puede hacer.
  13. lemosmatheus
    Jun 18, 2019
    8
    Madonna está especialmente em seu 14° álbum. Ela trás novamente uma inovação e sem medo (oque já é de se esperar da Queen of Pop). Feats. bons, ótima qualidade, porém em alguns aspectos deixa a desejar se tratando de Madonna.
  14. Gabripeixoto15
    Jun 15, 2019
    8
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  15. madomatt
    Jun 14, 2019
    8
    Tal vez no sea su mejor trabajo, pero si si el mejor de sus últimas producciones
  16. RoyRunt
    Jun 15, 2019
    10
    Madonna once again unleashes the roaring phoenix in her with "Madame X." She subliminally shades each and everyone of us while at the same time, reminds us to unite, love and live out the best life. As she is the queen of reinvention, she somehow finds herself mixing in international vibes and influences perfectly in a modern day production. Heavy messages in songs like "God Control,"Madonna once again unleashes the roaring phoenix in her with "Madame X." She subliminally shades each and everyone of us while at the same time, reminds us to unite, love and live out the best life. As she is the queen of reinvention, she somehow finds herself mixing in international vibes and influences perfectly in a modern day production. Heavy messages in songs like "God Control," "Future," and "Killers Who Are Partying" are balanced with fun, upbeat and thumping songs like "Medillin," "Faz Gostoso," and **** I'm Loca." Madonna has once again proved to us that at 60, she can still be the ultimate creamy smooth pop icon goddess she is known to be, constantly relaying a message to make this world a better place for the new generation to settle in without danger, harm or fear.

    God save the queen.    … Expand
  17. Dsros96
    Jun 3, 2020
    4
    This album is a wreck. Latino collaborations, disco, Portuguese fados... not cohesive at all. There are some good songs but this album should have been shorter.
  18. BGV
    Jun 24, 2019
    10
    The most experimental yet underrated Madonna album since “Music” and “American Life”.
  19. Luis96
    Jun 24, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So many fillers mg...this has to be her worst album in centuries....what in God's name is this… Expand
  20. Magic14
    Aug 31, 2019
    10
    This is the most brilliant album of 2019. Experimental, multicultural and personal.
    And one of the best albums by Madonna
  21. mariahsemotions
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    Madame X is one of her best albums of all time... she has such a variation of types of songs in this album and continues to make unique music. The songs are catchy and infectious. She incorporates strong messages at the same time as not allowing it to distract from the song in God Control and the controversial Killers Who Are Partying. A great album. PERIODT!
  22. piscesloverboy
    Jun 20, 2019
    4
    Its okay! I like the fact that she is not following current trends to a t. But this album seems sonically all over the place, not cohesive and her voice does not sound good with all the effects...
  23. Shaaheen88
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    I'm a madonna fan but i should confess i wasn't expecting a masterpiece. Madame X is a brand new Madonna that rejoin all of her lovers again. She's the most powerful artist ever ❤️
  24. All_ButTrU4
    Aug 24, 2022
    0
    Tired,cringe and pointlessly overblown. Madame X is a beyond terrible pop latin record that in repect to Madonna's legacy,should've been shelved.
  25. Nazario
    Jun 18, 2019
    8
    É praticamente um hino atrás do outro. As músicas celebram a vida e o recomeço, onde Madonna consegue dar a volta por cima e mostrar que seu título de percussora ainda está vivo e nunca morrerá. E podem anotar: EXISTIRÃO MUITOS OUTROS ÁLBUNS COMO “MADAME X”!
    Blog Saga Das Músicas
    Os únicos pontos onde eu notei que precisavam de uma melhoria são o tratamento da voz, pois seus vocais, em    É praticamente um hino atrás do outro. As músicas celebram a vida e o recomeço, onde Madonna consegue dar a volta por cima e mostrar que seu título de percussora ainda está vivo e nunca morrerá. E podem anotar: EXISTIRÃO MUITOS OUTROS ÁLBUNS COMO “MADAME X”!
    Blog Saga Das Músicas
    Os únicos pontos onde eu notei que precisavam de uma melhoria são o tratamento da voz, pois seus vocais, em grande maioria, soam muito robóticos. Os refrões também são muito repetitivos, e isso aumenta o tempo das músicas, que poderiam ter em média uns 3 minutos cada, mas há faixas com 6 minutos só de refrão.    … Expand
  26. MrFrench
    Aug 3, 2019
    9
    While not vocally the best, the album does indeed make several statements and is effective in fusing global sounds with Madonna's baseline sound.

    Top tracks: "Dark Ballet" is a definite highlight with its invocation of Joan of Arc, the fact that life can be painful, the culture's obsession with fame and the wrong things, and that the storm is within us, and we have to do something    While not vocally the best, the album does indeed make several statements and is effective in fusing global sounds with Madonna's baseline sound.

    Top tracks:

    "Dark Ballet" is a definite highlight with its invocation of Joan of Arc, the fact that life can be painful, the culture's obsession with fame and the wrong things, and that the storm is within us, and we have to do something about it.

    "God Control" points out the loss of respect for our nation, the lack of opportunities, the fact that we need more that what we have been given in terms of reform.

    "Crave" is about the addiction to love and the dangers that can happen because of it.

    Other good songs: "Crazy," "Come Alive," and "Extreme Occident."    … Expand
  27. louis_
    Jun 16, 2019
    7
    After two disastrous attempts in this decade, the queen of pop seems to be able to rebuild and make a cohesive album full of identity artifices that made her reach the peak that today is
  28. ivanhugo
    Sep 4, 2019
    7
    Mistura ritmos legais e traz uma sonoridade diferente pra Madonna. “God Control” e “Faz Gostoso” donas do álbum!!!
  29. omarivanfq
    Jun 15, 2019
    10
    So fresh, so good, so **** Madonna. Crazy, Come Alive, God Control, I Don't Search I Find are just masterpieces.
  30. Lunon
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    Amazing album! Certamente é um dos melhores álbuns pop desta década! Está altura de um grammy!
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70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Mojo
    Jun 25, 2019
    80
    The pace plods on some mid-tempo tracks, but overall this is a personal, politically-charged mix of dark thoughts and good vibes. [Aug 2019, p.88]
  2. The Quietus
    Jun 21, 2019
    40
    Overall, Madonna’s fourteenth album Madame X feels as if Mirwais had mostly completed a decent run-of-the-mill modern pop record, albeit with a cool hotch-potch global feel; hip nods in place to fado, dub and other micro-genres dunked amongst the trap and retro disco. But then just before sign-off, Herself went through the top-lines with a sharpie. ... None of these carefully curated flourishes feel as if they truly live inside the ‘whole’ of this music. Instead it all feels plonked on top of a template.
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  3. Consequence
    Jun 19, 2019
    58
    Madonna has created this music for an audience of one: Herself. Often it works. Sometimes it doesn’t.
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