Madame X
by Madonna
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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 1805 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,561 out of 1805
  2. Mixed: 72 out of 1805
  3. Negative: 172 out of 1805
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  1. AlexDaruma
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Visionary pop álbum. Presentes diverse elementos of World Music with a personal and Brave look.… Expand
  2. Amandadomingues
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Uma nova Madonna com a mais alta qualidade, um cd que faz refletir, dançar muito e que traz uma sonoridade muito original. Lindo álbum!!
  3. ClaudioBuna
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Just a New Vision of how pop music can go, and It comes from an artist who made It too many times. At the end of the day, she still can deliver, as always. Madame X is Strong, Scary and Really Impressive. A Genius Artist made A Genius Record.
  4. Elias96
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    I love this new work of Queen Madonna... the songs are taking a little bit of each culture of the World, and it sounds increíble. There are some songs that maybe must not be on the álbum, but it is a part of the worlwide songs. Fav songs: Crave, Faz Gostoso, God Control, Looking for Mercy, Crazy and **** Im Loca... maybe we Can put Im Alive and Medellín too.
  5. Deivamleite
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Álbum intimista e encorajador sob uma visão autruista e de encorajamento. Inspirado a em suas novas experiências, Madame X reconstruiu seu Pop utilizando diversos elementos da World Music
  6. filipex
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    Madonna has changed her country, immersed in her culture and in the cultures that permeate Portugal, whether Brazilian or Cabo Verde music, not forgetting what is going on, Latin music, which she has always loved and has always been present in her tours. Madame X looks different, but it's just Madonna putting on the music what she's experiencing and enjoying, not forgetting Mirwais'sMadonna has changed her country, immersed in her culture and in the cultures that permeate Portugal, whether Brazilian or Cabo Verde music, not forgetting what is going on, Latin music, which she has always loved and has always been present in her tours. Madame X looks different, but it's just Madonna putting on the music what she's experiencing and enjoying, not forgetting Mirwais's always '' modern '' touch and her political lyrics and needed in a world that looks so conservative!… Expand
  7. dandalbosco
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    A masterpiece! An amazing, bizarre, magic and experimental album! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ It’s brilliant!
  8. MadammeX
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Increrable songs mix, the adventure of Madame X is amazing. Best album since Confessions.
  9. Ebie1977
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Not for the faint hearted or those who like to conform to the norm. This is brilliant! An artist that continues to defy what is mainstream and plays by her own rules! That’s something very difficult to swallow for the average Joe! 10/10
  10. AshleyObssk
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Such a MASTERPIECE! The album is so multi cultural, political, meaningful, a piece of art.
    Madonna reinvented herself like the Ray Of Light days. I'M SPEECHLESS!
  11. lipegh
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    One of her best works in a decade! Bizarre, intense wtih beautiful lyrics and a strong political message. Madonna is and always will be the Queen of Pop for her capacity of reivention. Madame X proves it.

    Best tracks: God Control, Looking For Mercy, Extreme Ocident and Dark Ballet
  12. Pietroanthony
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    It's a incredible and experimental piece of arte. "Batuka" is something really unique. Extreme Occident and Killers Who Are Partying are unbelieveblie tracks. Even the median tracks that were released before the album, become great in the contest of Madame X.
  13. dorgeduarte
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Global, refresh and iconic album! A different way of Madonna presented to the World!
  14. portadarq
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    Me parece una mezcla de ritmos muy brillante, canciones con poco común, con un mensaje interesante, un mundo con miles de posibilidades en un disco, es maravilloso el atrevimiento que tiene y la seguridad con la que transmite sus ideas.
    God Control es algo que nadie puede hacer en esta época, simplemente de otro nivel.
  15. Julianokochake
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    Brilliant! Different from "plastic" pop we've been listening recently. Lyrics, rhythm and songs in a prefect connection that allow us to travel into different worlds and thoughts.
  16. JshPer
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    When was the last time you listen to an acordeon in a song? This is her best album since COAF. Experimental full of capes. Loving the change of rithms.
  17. iconicmessiah
    Jun 18, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sensationelles Album einer Künstlerin die endlich wieder Risiken eingeht und zeigt das Popmusik nicht eindimensional sein muss.… Expand
  18. mansieurx
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    She has absorbed all kinds of music throughout her career and she is giving us her best moments on this album unpredictable songs...absolutely brilliant production and wise words.Super super album a must buy
  19. PeteRocha
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    Excelente, coeso, melhor trabalho de Madonna dessa década. Muito esmero faixas experimentais e introspectivas ao mesmo tempo.
  20. gbaleixo
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unique and beautiful artwork. Madonna back to being innovative. She relinquish the need to create hits and created an album that is thoroughly a hit.… Expand
  21. Roderick7
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    This experimental album is amazing. There are turns that you might not expect but are great
  22. Musicsavedme
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    Brazen,vunerable,political global manifesto. What a ride. Madonna back to what she does best; music made from the heart and gut.
  23. AmmaBe
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    And. I am literally stunned. 
    I was puzzled by the main singles, I liked Medellin and Crave. No opinion on Future, which is good but maybe to futuristic for me.
    Then, the album. I am running after time, but overall, Madame X deserve at least a 8/10. It's, by far, her most accomplished album in decades. More risky, far more, than Confession. It's good as well, but more adventurous. So, to    And. I am literally stunned. 
    I was puzzled by the main singles, I liked Medellin and Crave. No opinion on Future, which is good but maybe to futuristic for me.
    Then, the album.
    I am running after time, but overall, Madame X deserve at least a 8/10. It's, by far, her most accomplished album in decades. More risky, far more, than Confession. It's good as well, but more adventurous. So, to me, it's a piece of art I haven't heard since AL. Each songs are very rich in tricks, sounds, effects I was missing in pasts albums.
    Just BRAVO, and hope she will receive acclaim and success for this hard and powerful work.    … Expand
  24. HugoTou
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    An obsession. A rock in Pop music history. This album is as disconcerting as genuinely intriguing and, by far, excellent.
    The first listening will set the decor. Then, the second, will immerse you plainly in a non-stop travelling, music culture entre-choc.
    The thing that disappointed me the most is when I discovered Side-B on the Deluxe Edition and the title Ciao Bella. This track is, in    An obsession. A rock in Pop music history. This album is as disconcerting as genuinely intriguing and, by far, excellent.
    The first listening will set the decor. Then, the second, will immerse you plainly in a non-stop travelling, music culture entre-choc.
    The thing that disappointed me the most is when I discovered Side-B on the Deluxe Edition and the title Ciao Bella. This track is, in itself, a impressive dance-african melting pot with a stunning production, Mirwais was on it. It's a must discover track.    … Expand
  25. CaroT
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    Avant-garde. Even Futuristic. Political. Defensive. Multi-cultural. Intelligent. Outspoken. This masterpiece is far more than music. It's a manifesto. A memoir of a decade. Surely one of the most accomplished album of Madonna, and in contemporary Pop music - culture. It's embracing tough topics on stunning sounds, making subjects even more powerful and listened. On the other hand, thisAvant-garde. Even Futuristic. Political. Defensive. Multi-cultural. Intelligent. Outspoken. This masterpiece is far more than music. It's a manifesto. A memoir of a decade. Surely one of the most accomplished album of Madonna, and in contemporary Pop music - culture. It's embracing tough topics on stunning sounds, making subjects even more powerful and listened. On the other hand, this album abounds with excellent dance music we were waiting Madonna to bring back. One of the best, Bella Ciao, on the B-Tracks side. Marvelous.… Expand
  26. Jolu89
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    This is one of her most honest and well done albums, consistent music and lyrics. Hope she can work in the future with this kind of vision.
  27. DenerMelo
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    This is the best album for 2019 yet. Very Very brillant. Congratulations for Madonna. Her best album in years
  28. RayanCMacedo
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    My favorite Madonna's album of this decade. I love all the cultural elements in the album. It's defenitely a 10000!
  29. Lusconde
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    One her best albuns, great musics, she were incredible singing in portuguese.
  30. ricishard
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    It's an incredible experimental album. Our queen stop follow trends to re-create them again. Long life to her!!
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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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