Madame X
by Madonna
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8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 1805 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 172 out of 1805
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  1. Sam_KM70
    Jun 24, 2019
    0
    Listen, I respect that madonna has been in the game for 4 decades and has set a tone but come on....how do people listen to this auto tuned crap? I'm not saying the whole album is horrible but it definitely isn't innovative and it certainly isn't good. No thank you.
  2. marcmyworks
    Jun 14, 2019
    7
    This review will seem like it comes from someone who is not a Madonna fan simply due to the fact I will not give an automatic 10. I am a huge Madonna fan, and more to the point a fan of music progression. Madonna is the Queen of pop-music and the Queen of re-invention. I applaud her ability to change her style and experiment as much as she does with her fashion. My criticism is with theThis review will seem like it comes from someone who is not a Madonna fan simply due to the fact I will not give an automatic 10. I am a huge Madonna fan, and more to the point a fan of music progression. Madonna is the Queen of pop-music and the Queen of re-invention. I applaud her ability to change her style and experiment as much as she does with her fashion. My criticism is with the treatment of her voice on the album, as she vocodes her way (to a Kanye ‘808 and Heartbreaks’ point) through 15 tracks.

    Madame X itself is a solid effort, and more importantly harkens not only to her ‘Ray of Light’ era (through the exploration of world music), but also opens the door for Latin artists Maluma and Anitta to the mainstream. I also appreciate the raw and personal lyrics found in tracks such as ‘Killers Who Are Partying’ and ‘God Control’. What is missing is an element of engagement with the listener as Madonna tries, and only somewhat succeeds, to create depth in modern production tactics.

    Listen to: God Control, Dark Ballet, Crazy    … Expand
  3. simsprite
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Her best since Confessions. Love the atmosphere surrounding the album. That’s the Madonna I love.
  4. behzatgoren
    Sep 3, 2019
    0
    Medellín 4/10
    Dark Ballet 4/10
    God Control 2/10
    Future 2/10
    Batuka 6/10
    Killers Who Are Partying 2/10
    Crave 4/10
    Crazy 3/10
    Come Alive 3/10
    Extreme Occident 4/10
    Faz Gostoso 10/10
    **** I'm Loca 4/10
    I Don't Search I Find 2/10
    Looking For Mercy 8,5/10
    I Rise 5/10

    Mademe X:40/100
  5. jchrobson4
    Jun 27, 2019
    2
    Are all the exceptionally high scores some kind of joke I'm not in on? Or are they just Madonna fan girls or basing their scores off some nostalgia that I don't understand because I'm only 19? Genuinely confused cause this not a good album at all.
  6. RenatoGabriel27
    Jul 24, 2019
    10
    Madame X é sempre duvidas o melhor álbum do mundo.
    Madonna é a morte artista viva e pronto. Bjs
  7. rodolpho_h
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    The album is M back at her root as a risk taker in Pop Music where everything was manufactured by co-operations and song writing camps. The album is sonically innovative and surprisingly a cohesive one despite working with multiple producers, multiple genres and themes. There’s no potential hits that might appeal to Billboard Hot 100 but that’s the beauty of this album . It’s not aThe album is M back at her root as a risk taker in Pop Music where everything was manufactured by co-operations and song writing camps. The album is sonically innovative and surprisingly a cohesive one despite working with multiple producers, multiple genres and themes. There’s no potential hits that might appeal to Billboard Hot 100 but that’s the beauty of this album . It’s not a desperate attempts to gain chart records like Rebel Heart or MDNA and M works best when she went back to trusted producers like Mirwais or perhaps, living in Europe has helped her to gain fresher ideas which resulted in a more organic sound. Critics failed to recognize the beauty of the bizarre and they cannot separate her alter ego Madame X from the real life Madonna which resulted in misleading judgements. To all those fans who complained that she should make another LAP or ROL or COADF, you should know that M only made music if she wants to and if you cannot move forward with these innovative and fresh sound then go home and play The Immaculate Collection then. Not everybody is coming to the future is it ?… Expand
  8. Newreligion
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Thanks for making new music. If new generations compare the old music with theirs then they will realize that new music comes from the old and has lost its meaning just for reaching the charts. Anyways only a couple has more than her 12 number ones and no female artist has sold more than Madonna.
    This album is an elegant snap in the face not searching charts but by exploring new horizons    Thanks for making new music. If new generations compare the old music with theirs then they will realize that new music comes from the old and has lost its meaning just for reaching the charts. Anyways only a couple has more than her 12 number ones and no female artist has sold more than Madonna.
    This album is an elegant snap in the face not searching charts but by exploring new horizons that anyways younger people will follow because her legacy is beyonda name.love it    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. HerosX
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    It's Madonna at its most provocative essence since American Life. An album that did not come to follow trends or play streamings, because she sings away from the comfort zone and with her feet on the ground, when she says in Portuguese that the world is wild and the road is lonely. Lonely because they are few artists with their visibility giving voice to causes that need to be heard.It's Madonna at its most provocative essence since American Life. An album that did not come to follow trends or play streamings, because she sings away from the comfort zone and with her feet on the ground, when she says in Portuguese that the world is wild and the road is lonely. Lonely because they are few artists with their visibility giving voice to causes that need to be heard. The scenario she describes in God Control is frighteningly the picture of a global politics we live here in Brazil or the USA. Madonna proves in Madame X how much is needed and once again unites pop and art under the eyes of an artist who has seen a lot and feels privileged to be able to continue being heard. Madame X enters the Hall of her great albums and best of all is when she says that it will not stop just because you want. Long life the queen… Expand
  11. MrX1998
    Jun 23, 2019
    10
    One word: MASTERPIECE. thx Madame ❌ is a genius,
    an artist,
    an art...
    Not everybody can understand this...
  12. Dacian96
    Jun 24, 2019
    1
    Horrible. One of the worst albums of this year. She really lost it and thats sad
  13. musicamor
    Jun 19, 2019
    10
    This is Madonna's best album since "Confessions on a dancefloor" and her most experimental since "American Life" Yes the reviews are right, this is a bizarre, odd, weird album but it is also a work of art. The different sounds, rhythms, themes in this album are just crazy! Definitely a SOLID album!!
  14. Pollution
    Jun 20, 2019
    1
    Doesn’t sound coherent this album of hers. She seems to be trying to be innovative, but fails in her attempt, undoubtedly disappointing
  15. fabinhu
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    It's a mature album with a unique sound in her career. One of the best of Madonna and the best album of the decade. Certainly Portugal did very well to the Queen of Pop.
  16. Kungfrederik90
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    After a worst Hard Candy, a mediocre MDNA and a quite good Rebel Heart she made a Masterpiece.
  17. imaginetruIy
    Jun 14, 2019
    6
    An album with impeccable production in most of the songs left something to be desired in terms of the cohesion of both the Tracklist and some of the songs themselves, I thought there were some very unnecessary tracks on the album that could also be taken to create something better to hear , Madame X have very strong tracks with magnificent lyrics, the production of god control isAn album with impeccable production in most of the songs left something to be desired in terms of the cohesion of both the Tracklist and some of the songs themselves, I thought there were some very unnecessary tracks on the album that could also be taken to create something better to hear , Madame X have very strong tracks with magnificent lyrics, the production of god control is impeccable, "Faz Gostoso" and **** I'm Loca" probably the most different songs of the album, are great highlights inside him that in the succession track generates a break of expectation and the album returns to warm stage, Madame X is a good job but could be much better.… Expand
  18. Carloscritica
    Jun 14, 2019
    4
    O álbum todo é incrível mas infelizmente a faixa Faz Gostoso estraga todo o álbum, deixou o álbum uma bomba
  19. superstella
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    What an amazing return to form Madame X is! God Control, Looking For Mercy & Faz Gostozo are amongst Madonna’s best work ever and the album, as a whole, sounds fresh, exciting, shiny and new. The truly bizarre element is that it manages to instantly sound current and progressive, organic and futuristic, filled with many possible singles while being a musical beast with a characterWhat an amazing return to form Madame X is! God Control, Looking For Mercy & Faz Gostozo are amongst Madonna’s best work ever and the album, as a whole, sounds fresh, exciting, shiny and new. The truly bizarre element is that it manages to instantly sound current and progressive, organic and futuristic, filled with many possible singles while being a musical beast with a character completely of its own. A genuine artistic achievement on Madonna’s behalf that will have you feel connected with it in ways utterly unseen since 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor. In doing so this far in Madonna’s career, it manages to surpass even that iconic album in terms of bravery, authenticity and impact. Thus, sit back and enjoy. After years of uncertainty, Madonna just released her new masterpiece.… Expand
  20. Joao_Peps
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    That's her best album since Confessions and easily on the Top 5 of her career. It's brave, intelligent, innovative. Only Madonna could make a Pop album like that.
  21. JUANCHO0202
    Jun 15, 2019
    10
    Art Art Art Art aghwjwjwjwjqjqjjqnqbwbwbwbbwbwbsbsbwbjwbwjsbwbwbwbhsbsbwvwvwvwvvsvsvsvsvsbbsbshshhsjshshshsbbwbwbsbwbwbwbnwbwbwjwjwbwhwhwhshhshwhshwhwhwhgwhwhwvwvvwvwvebbdbdbdbdbbdbdbdbebebejjejejejejjejhw
  22. Matheusjose
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Uma artista que nunca teve medo de se expressar, uma artista que nunca teve medo de se renovar e provar o quanto é possível atingir e quebrar barreiras com a arte que por muitas vezes, foi atacada e alvo de boicotes. Madonna agora lança um álbum que soa como um trabalho experimental, mas choca por trazer conceito e unificar ritmos tão distintos. Madame X é uma mistura genuína de tudo que éUma artista que nunca teve medo de se expressar, uma artista que nunca teve medo de se renovar e provar o quanto é possível atingir e quebrar barreiras com a arte que por muitas vezes, foi atacada e alvo de boicotes. Madonna agora lança um álbum que soa como um trabalho experimental, mas choca por trazer conceito e unificar ritmos tão distintos. Madame X é uma mistura genuína de tudo que é oferecido nesse mundo, tanto nos ritmos latinos e africanos, quanto o mau que nele aflora cada dia mais. Sem medo de atingir as feridas sociais, o álbum com canções poéticas traz uma mensagem que só Madonna consegue trazer, de maneira aceitável e única. Sem pretensões de figurar as paradas musicais, Madonna apenas se mostra como sempre uma artista de verdade, ao valorizar sua arte e fazer história. Madame X ultrapassa os limites da arte, gerando um enredo extremamente emocionante e social, abrangendo questões técnicas que no futuro, serão influência para muitos artistas, que como sempre a frente de seu tempo Madonna fez.… Expand
  23. powerpop8970
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Undoubtedly, one of the best works that Madonna has done. Madame X gives a different view about pop music, the aesthetic is dark, the lyrics quite shocking but the sounds complement everything, they are like opposites that attract.
  24. Fightin_spirit
    Jun 15, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. More than just a return to form, Madame X marks a return to Madonna marching to her own drum. Madame X sounds like nothing else in the market place at the moment or in recent memory. Inventive, bizarre, baffling at times yet totally compelling and for the most part quite epic and engaging at a level her work hasn’t been in at least a decade. Sprawling, experimental and quite brilliant. A real body of work, not a group of singles but a fairly coherent and fluid album. Contender for Album of the Year in my opinion.… Expand
  25. Luiz13
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Sem palavras para este álbum maravilhoso. É o melhor trabalho da Madonna em anos! Looking For Mercy, I Rise, Dark Ballet são de longe as melhores do álbum, pois se tratam de empoderamento e Madonna sabe muito bem usar isso. Nota 9/10, de 0 a 10.… Expand
  26. FlaviuDreptate
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s incredible. Bizzare, experimental and nonetheless, brilliant
    I can’t tell you how much this album speaks to me. It covers areas never covered before by artist in a joyful way. It talks about politics and gun control but it doesn’t set you off, it’s not angry, it might be the calm before the storm, because it adresses these issues in a way as calm as possible    … Expand
  27. heitorlopees
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    O álbum mais experimental da carreira da Rainha do Pop. Madonna conecta as diferentes sonoridades pelos efeitos na voz e pelas frases tristes que ela diz na língua portuguesa. Uma bíblia do pop para ser aclamada e apreciada. Parabéns Madonna, você conseguiu!
  28. ramos607
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Madame X is a redefining moment in Madonna’s pop career. She breaks boundaries! She yet again changed pop music. Thank you. Queen of pop. Period. And always will be.… Expand
  29. LucasSommer
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    I am very proud of her. She keep proving that she can revolutionize the music industry. As a fan and also as a Latin-American, I can say that this album represents me and make me so happy.
  30. Blazes
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    Search&Find, Faz Gostoso and Looking 4 Mercy are best of the best. Crave and God control awesome as well
  31. etienne19
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    Perfect album suchki !!! Amazing work! Sosite Tvari - Queen is back I gotova vseh unizit bleat!!
  32. RayanMacedo
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    It's such a great album. One of her bests. She finally takes a chance on being herself again. The hability of reinvent herself. Now she brings us new cultures. "Faz gostoso" it's really good!!
  33. DenerMelo
    Jun 20, 2019
    10
    This is the best album for 2019 yet. Very Very brillant. Congratulations for Madonna. Her best album in years
  34. crichard
    Jun 22, 2019
    10
    An amazing album,a true masterpiece that take you in a journey of light and reflection.Pure art
  35. pleao
    Jun 23, 2019
    10
    Surprising, vulnerable and haunting album, quite dense with many layers, its a record one has to listen over and over to discover sounds from places like Lisbon, Cap Vert, Morocco or Colombia. Makes you wonder and long for the future with Madonna going on these directions.

    Stand out tracks - God Control, Extreme Occident, and Killers who are partying
    minor tracks - **** Im loca
  36. Luigy_Isobel
    Jul 24, 2019
    10
    Just an amazing album, a really peace of art ♥️♥️♥️♥️ everybody must heard it
  37. ATRLIsTrash
    Jul 28, 2019
    0
    Flop. This album might be even worse than Stars Dance. Imagine creating something worse than Selena's album... R.I.P.
  38. PabloRivie
    Apr 19, 2020
    0
    Le doy crédito por los visuales y estar ya mayorcita y seguir complaciendo a los fans pero el disco es un desastre de principio a fin! Y la colaboración con Maluma? Dios mío los peores 4 minutos de mi vida.
  39. Panchogul
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    El nuevo álbum de Madonna suena como si fuera de otro planeta, una vuelta en una montaña rusa, probablemente dividirá a sus fans pero a mi me encantó y me tiene bastante satisfecho.
  40. marcosalvsh
    Jun 14, 2019
    5
    álbum enjoativo, musicas com boas letras porém mal colocadas com ritmo, você termina sem vontade de ouvir novamente
  41. andrewstokes
    Jun 20, 2019
    1
    An interesting concept, executed poorly. Lyrically patchy, questionable collaborations, and so much vocal processing that you feel like you are not hearing Madonna, but hearing her computer. Madonna has done vastly better. This album will not go down in history as one of her finest.
  42. 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
  43. Nippi
    Jun 15, 2019
    1
    Madonna's worst album. I didn't enjoy the features, the excessive autotune, or the overly experimental sound. This doesn't live up to Madonna's previous albums.
  44. Miguel_mIgs
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Madonna’s most daring and challenging album to date. Will be regarded as a masterpiece… Expand
  45. MaxDavid
    Jun 22, 2019
    1
    The worst of her albums, perhaps very close to “American Life”: just judge by the art cover and the name of the album. Madame X is just a mix of a desperate “artist” trying so hard to be relevant with her well known and repulsive controversy manners. She has become really disgusting. Just grow up woman, remove those grills and that ridiculous eye patch
  46. tozot3
    Jun 16, 2019
    3
    Does she sing at all? Yes but with all the autotune you don't get to hear it... Madonna has changed for this record and not in a good way: in my opinion, this is one to avoid at all costs...
  47. ConnorLamb
    Jun 17, 2019
    3
    Undoubtedly one of Madonna's worst albuns, but it has 3/4 songs that are worth listening to. I was disappointed with the exaggerated use of autotune.
  48. Otrolucas
    Jun 16, 2019
    3
    I get the experimental thing, but this album is a mess full of auto tune and with no memorable songs.
  49. Tyronefgv
    Jun 17, 2019
    1
    Nothing more than terrible, the lack of talent is becoming more and more evident in Madonna, she sounds terrible, she lost her mind, it's the same she has always did, a bunch of young artists trying to get streams and using religion to promote herself
  50. degaspaaark
    Jun 15, 2019
    0
    Unfortunately, it's not good. Production on some songs are pretty neat but the lyrics just ooze fake-woke messages and never dig deeper. Genre choice was obviously going for the Latin pop trend and it's just so heavy handed.
  51. 12mahalu
    Jun 14, 2019
    0
    The album is trash from top to bottom. Madonna has always been one to set trends rather than set them, and the songs are all overdone with autotune
  52. lucas_sarkisian
    Jun 16, 2019
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible like always, Madonna has no voice anymore, a bunch of young artists trying to make her more relevant but it's all trash… Expand
  53. CXXX
    Jun 22, 2019
    0
    asco la Viejonna, saltos diera por volver hacer un álbum tan artisimo como Like a Diosa o Ray of biblia.
  54. hendecam
    Jun 14, 2019
    0
    With Madame X, Madonna has reinvented what a pop record can be - it's a risky record that's quite possibly the most experimental thing she's ever done. Overall, Madonna sounds newly inspired throughout the record. Medellin, the cool, breezy lead single featuring Maluma, serves as a great introduction for what's to come.
    Dark Ballet might be the most bonkers song Madonna has ever    With Madame X, Madonna has reinvented what a pop record can be - it's a risky record that's quite possibly the most experimental thing she's ever done. Overall, Madonna sounds newly inspired throughout the record. Medellin, the cool, breezy lead single featuring Maluma, serves as a great introduction for what's to come.
    Dark Ballet might be the most bonkers song Madonna has ever recorded - and it works!
    Killers Who are Partying is another highlight. It's not at all what I was expecting, and that's a good thing.
    Crazy is perhaps the most straight-forward pop song on the album - if someone like Taylor Swift or Ariana Grande put this out, it'd be a #1 hit.
    Looking for Mercy is one of the best ballads Madonna's done in a long time. The great thing about Madame X is the variety of styles present - yet, somehow, the entire record works as a whole.    … Expand
  55. Hendralm
    Jun 14, 2019
    1
    One of worst album of the year.
    This album full of autotune, wheres art?
    Lol
  56. Juhhsous
    Jun 16, 2019
    1
    The songs is not very structure, the lyrics is not captivating, the autotune is too much and her voice it's like never existed, she sounds terrible even with autotune
  57. owenrw89
    Jun 14, 2019
    4
    What on earth are all these 10/10 reviewers hearing? Ray of Light? Confessions?

    Medellin, **** I'm Loca and I Rise are the best tracks of a bizarre bunch. I appreciate any artist that tries new things and goes for the bizarre, but Madame X is basically unlistenable. It's sounds messy, try-too-hard, B-Side esc, and it's just not very likable. It makes Rebel Heart sound like a    What on earth are all these 10/10 reviewers hearing? Ray of Light? Confessions?

    Medellin, **** I'm Loca and I Rise are the best tracks of a bizarre bunch. I appreciate any artist that tries new things and goes for the bizarre, but Madame X is basically unlistenable.
    It's sounds messy, try-too-hard, B-Side esc, and it's just not very likable.
    It makes Rebel Heart sound like a masterpiece...scary.

    Oh, and PLEASE, stop trying to make hip-hop-Madonna work!!!!    … Expand
  58. JorgeTorr
    Jun 16, 2019
    1
    Madonna está envejeciendo musicalmente de una manera horrible, muy mal disco
  59. GarbageX
    Jun 14, 2019
    1
    Absolute trash. I had a very uncomfortable time listening to it. Madonna is a try hard artist that jumps into new trends just to try to stay relevant and still fails. Laughable
  60. rassmenezes
    Jun 16, 2019
    2
    Very confusing. There’re songs very experimental and that’s no good. Best track is crave.
  61. happytree
    Jun 14, 2019
    0
    Madonna's " Madame X " is Really, Really Bad. :( be hackneyed and undeveloped
  62. LouisJossie
    Jun 14, 2019
    1
    No es su mejor trabajo, Medellín es lo peor del disco!!! Me pregunto que sigue después de este álbum
  63. gama
    Jun 14, 2019
    1
    Ella dijo que salvaría el pop y con este material está lejos de hacerlo. ¿Ella piensa salvar el pop colaborando con maluma?.
  64. RickNowells
    Sep 1, 2019
    0
    I was expecting so much more from this album. Her worst project ever created
  65. pikachu614
    Jun 14, 2019
    1
    I love poppy songs with a melody that makes you happy and detest rapping, so you can guess where this is going... Madame X certainly isn't anything of what I like and just one song out of 15 is tolerable, so I guess that makes the score 1 rather than 0.
  66. ravenvenom
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What an incredible album by Madonna! This a groundbreaking, original, slightly quirky and bizarre but well crafted piece of art. This is why Madonna is the most successful female artist! She’s not interesting in making the same generic music that everyone else is making, she’s pushing boundaries and making art.
    God Control and Dark Ballet are so ballsy and exotic and completely bonkers but both are incredible. God Control is an amazing song. There are so many highlights on this album but the dance track I Don’t Search I Find is incredible and a throw back to the 90s. Looking For Mercy is Madonna at her greatest. Come Alive, Crazy, Crave, Medellín, Faz Gostoso, I Rise and Future are amazing tracks. Even **** I’m Loca which I thought was going to be awful, is infectious and addictive. What an excellent album! Madonna has excelled herself!    … Expand
  67. 0987
    Jun 15, 2019
    6
    I'll be honest this time. As a Madonna fan, I must say that this album is completely average album. Not bad to listen, but definitely not among the best. The only song i truly liked was Future.
  68. newyorkcitymale
    Jun 16, 2019
    5
    As a longtime Madonna fan, I was disappointed (and surprised) that there was so little here that I enjoyed (usually, I'll like at least five tracks from a Madonna album). The lyrics are among the weakest of her career (in my opinion) and nothing that she really hasn't said before. They long to be "deep" but they're actually rather shallow and cliched. And then there's the overuse ofAs a longtime Madonna fan, I was disappointed (and surprised) that there was so little here that I enjoyed (usually, I'll like at least five tracks from a Madonna album). The lyrics are among the weakest of her career (in my opinion) and nothing that she really hasn't said before. They long to be "deep" but they're actually rather shallow and cliched. And then there's the overuse of auto-tune. Is this still cool in 2019?

    Overall, it's a rather subdued affair. There are a couple of dance songs, but they never elevate you to rhapsody or rapture, like Madonna's classics always did. Nearly every songs feels like "filler" from one of her previous albums. They're decent, but not great.    … Expand
  69. Aaron99
    Jun 21, 2019
    10
    I always worry when I see so many collaborations on a Madonna album, especially rappers, as for the last decade she's been featuring them on her albums and going the wrong way about it. She did it right here. Really right. Faz Gostoso is probably her best song in recent history.
  70. saulorotciv
    Jul 18, 2019
    10
    This is one of her best albums to date. It’s strange, epic, emotional and has an important message to all of us. It’s a different pop perfection crafted by one of the most influential artists of all time. Hail Madame X!!!
  71. milosz
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    MadameX is a surprise, very good, interesting album, completely different from her previous work. Madonna is going her own direction, creating album she really feels. Most listen to: Dark Ballet, God Control, Crave, Batuka.
  72. trymcnl
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    After Hard Candy, MDNA, and Rebel Heart, Madonna has released an album that I genuinely love and doesn't make me feel like I should force myself to like it. It's brazen and weird and polarizing. She should have Mirwais by her side at all times.
  73. ric1978
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    looking for mercy is the stand out track ...a trip and a half when listened to fully on headphones ..well pleased with this album ...
  74. SirFaulty
    Oct 10, 2019
    5
    Granny Ciccone, I believe it is now time to hang up the microphone, put away those dancing shoes and purchase that chalet in the retirement village. Madge, you used to be a trend-setter but over the last few albums all you have done is chase trends instead of setting them.

    I can only imagine our once glorious trend-setting Loca turned on the radio one day and heard Luis Fonsi's hit    Granny Ciccone, I believe it is now time to hang up the microphone, put away those dancing shoes and purchase that chalet in the retirement village. Madge, you used to be a trend-setter but over the last few albums all you have done is chase trends instead of setting them.

    I can only imagine our once glorious trend-setting Loca turned on the radio one day and heard Luis Fonsi's hit Despatico blowing up all over the airwaves and immediately rushed into a studio so she could chase that Latin pop.

    I tolerated Hard Candy, MDMA was, quite frankly, her worst album to date, and for me Rebel Heart was another half-arsed attempt but seriously give it up now if this is all that you have got left in you. I used to relish the thought of a new Madonna album releasing but now I will rather give my attention to someone else. While I will always love eighties and nineties Madonna (Erotica, Ray of Light and her earlier works are just gems), this new 2010-2019 stuff is just dreadful.

    The people rating this one anything higher than a 5 are delusional fans who haven't, or can't accept, that Madge is no longer the Queen of Pop but rather a caricature of her once former brilliant self.

    Top tracks: God Control, I Don't Search I Find.    … Expand
  75. CarlosZ96
    Jun 26, 2019
    10
    Just listen God Control, Crazy, Dark Ballet and I dont search and you will know why is the best record of Madonna from the last 10 years
  76. Trigueiro
    Jun 14, 2019
    8
    4 years of fasting was the time that Madonna left her fans to release her 14th studio album. Madame X is like a trip to the beach, however, with a day of strong storm that prevents you from enjoying this in 100%. Madame x is a multifaceted work, with very experimental moments with musical styles that make head in the present time. Crossing through reggaeton, funk, fado, African music,4 years of fasting was the time that Madonna left her fans to release her 14th studio album. Madame X is like a trip to the beach, however, with a day of strong storm that prevents you from enjoying this in 100%. Madame x is a multifaceted work, with very experimental moments with musical styles that make head in the present time. Crossing through reggaeton, funk, fado, African music, electronic and disco, Madonna exalts her passion for Portugal in several moments singing in Portuguese

    With more hits Madame X fulfills her role well and serves to show that Madonna still commands very well her 4 decades of career practically without pauses. Track the Track with notes just below.

    Madame X Track to Strip
    Medellín 8/10
    Dark Ballet 8/10
    God Control 10/10
    Future 6/10
    Batuka 9/10
    Killers Who Are Partying 9/10
    Crave 7/10
    Crazy 10/10
    Come Alive 6/10
    Extreme Occident 9/10
    About Me
    **** I'm Loca 5/10
    I Do not Search I Find 10/10
    Looking For Mercy 10/10
    I Rise 7/10    … Expand
  77. gexxx
    May 30, 2020
    0
    Noioso, brutto, mediocre. Uno scempio considerato avanguardia. Madonna pur di tornare rilevante ha scelto di duettare con il peggio del peggio nel campo del reggaetton, non una volta, DUE. Risultato? Uno schifo. ONE TWO CHA CHA CHA AHAHAH
  78. martebas
    Jun 25, 2019
    9
    Madonna comes back with her ninth number one album in her career, and shows us why she's still the queen of pop.
  79. oxmarxrey
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    This album is amazing! The experimental production and the vocal distortions like in Dark Ballet brings such a new age form of music. The blend of other cultures such as Brazil in the song Faz Gostoso is magnificent.
  80. TiagoKades
    Sep 28, 2019
    10
    Fantástico, empolgante, diferente, empoderador, político... Madonna mesmo depois de 37 anos de carreira, nos mostra por que reina absoluta no mundo da música. O álbum é uma obra de arte audiovisual incrível!
  81. 914761
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    The albun of the year. I was wainting so long to ear Madonna like this! Mirwais is a good and Madonna is still the Queen of pop
  82. MaurcioArellano
    Jun 16, 2019
    6
    Tiene canciones buenas, pero tristemente la mayoria de las canciones son burdas, con excesivo autotune, monotonas y repetitivas, no es bueno, tampoco tan malo, solo pues, uno mas del montón.
  83. Depeche
    Jul 9, 2019
    10
    Her most awesome, original, brave, extravagant, inspiring, eclectic and organic album ever. Really love this Madonna face, outside the Industry rules and trends. An album that marks a step further in his amazing artistic career.

    Best tracks: Crazy, Extreme Occident, God Control, Faz Gostoso and I Dont Find, I Search.
  84. norbertpeti
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    Absolutely fantastic from the opening moments through the end . Works best as a whole piece as moods unfold into one another. Love the Mirwais dark beats, the lush sound, the production.
    Classic Madonna from beginning to end.
  85. olavodeoliveira
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Incrível!
    Diferente, alternativo, ousado e despretensioso. Eu simplesmente amei.
  86. Linna
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Brilliant album, I'm totally obsessed with Crazy, God Control, Come Alive , I don't seach I Find... Thank you Madame X for saving music ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
  87. renanf021
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Madame X is an agent, a fighter, brings light but also is a popstar. Hearing that album is almost an anthropologic experience. It brings elements of the US pop, Portuguese fado, African beats, French techno (Thanks, Mirwais) an even the Brazilian funk and samba. It’s her best album since confessions, thanks god Madonna is back, showing how to play the game, not following tendencies.Madame X is an agent, a fighter, brings light but also is a popstar. Hearing that album is almost an anthropologic experience. It brings elements of the US pop, Portuguese fado, African beats, French techno (Thanks, Mirwais) an even the Brazilian funk and samba. It’s her best album since confessions, thanks god Madonna is back, showing how to play the game, not following tendencies. Madonna still has a lot of things to say and fight, and Madame X proves that.
    Highlight to Dark Ballet, God Control, Faz Gostoso, I Don’t Search I Find and I Rise    … Expand
  88. raphagranucci
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    One of her best work in years, "Madame X" make us travel around the world. The best part of this journey is that we are talking from peripheral places. We are able to experience what is not obvious or mainstream. That's why it is so revolutionary, but optimistic. It sounds bizarre in the beginning, but that's the main reason "Madame X" is up to become one of Madonna's classic.
  89. BrunoBlois
    Jun 17, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Melhor album da década ,Madonna aos 60 se reinventando e chegando ao topo novamente ,lenda que nao precisa seguir modismo e faz um album experimental maravilhoso .
    Parabéns Madonna Parabéns Madame❌❤    … Expand
  90. Leiss
    Jun 14, 2019
    10
    Her best work since Confessions on a Dance Floor. Some may not be able to fully get it, for it is not straightforward pop, but that is what makes this experimental album so special. Also, who else is doing this kind of experimentation with almost 40 years of making music?. She really is the Queen.
  91. nsigkas76
    Jun 15, 2019
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Surely her weirdest and most progressive album of her career! Personally her best body of work since Ray of Light! It puts Music, American Life and Confessions On A Dance Floor into rest! Its a difficult album, you are either gonna love it from the first listening or hate it! There is no middle way! Just like Madonna...… Expand
  92. daniel_rh
    Jun 15, 2019
    10
    It's truly a mix of many genres that brings as an outcome a mix of emotions and rhythms. Overall, an avant-garde album that might surprise to more than one.
  93. hotrobo79
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    An experimental journey of world music. Play from start to finish. Best album since COADF
  94. madboyzer
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Great work Madame X! This awesome new music in history!I love songs : god control,looking for mercy,batuka,faz gostoso… Expand
  95. Liruma
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    amazing album sjshhshshsjjsjsjsjsjjsdbdbdhxjsnnsnzlqlwkudbegxuwnhxuebdjisjjsjd
  96. alik_gerzen
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    Best work since the music album. Deep, artistic and meaningful. A very thought-out concept of the atmosphere. Some of the tracks surpass many of the classic songs of the Madonna.
  97. Madlove
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    Best album in 2019 of Queen!!! Incredible!!! Madame X - This is the work of a genius!
  98. Lmc
    Jun 16, 2019
    5
    Brilliant album love it . My favourite album by Madonna so far. I have been a fan since 1984 . She is an amazing woman and role model and Madame x is a wonderfully written album with a mixture of songs for everyone and strong meanings for each song. Masterpiece
  99. Poncho_feel
    Jun 16, 2019
    2
    Madame X até que tinha uma boa proposta em reunir estilos e gêneros musicas em um único registro, mas errou na execução do projeto, a maioria das musicas tem uma produção chocha e nada excepcional, em “I Don’t Search I Find” que tem a melhor produção do álbum (e bem saudosista) a experiência é arruinada pelo exageros na edição em sua voz. Liricamente é qualquer coisa também, o álbum é malMadame X até que tinha uma boa proposta em reunir estilos e gêneros musicas em um único registro, mas errou na execução do projeto, a maioria das musicas tem uma produção chocha e nada excepcional, em “I Don’t Search I Find” que tem a melhor produção do álbum (e bem saudosista) a experiência é arruinada pelo exageros na edição em sua voz. Liricamente é qualquer coisa também, o álbum é mal organizado, enquanto ela canta sobre sua experiência melancólica de crescer no ocidente, na faixa seguinte ele canta sobre trair seu marido, todas as musicas que ela tenta cantar em português é um grande desastre e fica até cômico, como na faixa Crazy.

    Enquanto nos outros registros por mais desastrosos que fossem ela ainda conseguia oferecer grandes musicas como Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You, Misterpiece e Hold Tight o mesmo não se aplica ao Madame X, o álbum não tem nenhuma musica memorável, marcante ou grandiosa que faça jus ao legado de sua interprete, muito pior que errar tentando com um disco ruim e pretensioso, é errar tentando com um disco inesquecível como esse.    … Expand
  100. almeidaflh
    Jun 16, 2019
    10
    Incrível como ela conseguiu retornar às suas origens. Esse álbum parece uma retrospectiva da longa carreia da cantora. Destaques para God Control que lembra músicas do álbum Confessions on a Dance Floor, I don’t Search I find que parece ser a continuação de Vogue e Ciao Bella que parece ter saído do álbum Ray Of Light.

    Ótimo álbum! Até então o melhor lançamento em anos.
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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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