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Artist: Madonna
Label: WEA/Reprise
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy New: $6.89
You Save: $12.09 (64%)
New (60) Used (22) from $6.69
Avg. Customer Rating:  445 reviews
Sales Rank: 94
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 093624988496
UPC: 093624988496
EAN: 0093624988496
ASIN: B0015D3Z4O
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: BRANB NEW - FACTORY SEALED - ORIGINAL PRODUCT
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"Say which flavour you like, and she'll have it for you..." August 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When i first starting hearing the then rumours that Madonna was to go in a more mainstream route with her latest offering, HARD CANDY, I was a little disappointed. Her last outing, the sugary , glistening CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR had me spoiled. It was THE MADONNA ALBUM that I had waited my entire span as a Madonna fan for (were talking nearly 25 years here). I never listen to mainstream radio, the only way I do top 40 is if it has been remixed for the clubs into a foot stomper of a house mix. So naturally when I heard that she had been able to recruit Timbaland, Timberlake, Pharrell, etc, I was less than enthusiastic.
Needless to say, 4 months after it's initial release, I am COMPLETELY IMPRESSED. Yes the lead off single "4 Minutes" was mainstream at its best, it's still catchy. My favorite track is actually the opener, "Candy Shop." The other cuts on this album are alot of fun too. Give It 2 Me, Dance 2 Night, Beat Goes On, She's Not Me, are all glittery, funky disco tracks that remind you of her very first debut cd simply titled "Madonna." (You remember.. the one with Holiday, Borderline, Lucky Star?) Others such as Heartbeat and Miles Away (supposedly the third single slated for release) are really good as well. This cd , I can honestly say, has no political agenda - natrually, this will change when she revamps some of the numbers for her upcoming "Sticky and Sweet" tour. Alot of people will think 4 Minutes, is about literally saving the world, but my interpretation of the song is that you have 4 Minutes to make your mark on the dance floor while "your song" is on, to prove to everyone else around you what YOU are all about. All in all, not a bad outing for her final cut of original material under the Warner lable that she has been with for the past 25 years. It gets several spins on my ipod. I even picked up the limited edition boxed set and special triple vinyl edition. The album sounds it's best on vinyl...the warmth of the beats are really captured there. I will say that as far as the cd single/remix packages for this album, they BLOW AWAY the ones for Confessions. The remixes for 4 Minutes were a good start, but it's the remix package for Give It 2 ME that prove that Madonna is still, and will ALWAYS be the queen of the dance floor. For all of you house lovers out there, the first two singles from this album boast remixes from the likes of Bob Sinclar, Tracy Young, Junkie XL, Peter Rauhofer, Rebirth, Fedde Le Grande (a fav of mine), Eddie Amador, Jody den Broeder (a fav of mine), Tong and Spoon and Paul Oakenfold. They are HOT! Check em out..
 Hard Candy August 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
She's 50
She's Sexy
again has delivered a mainstream dance floor album
8/10
This was a present for my Wife
I really liked it after several times
It grow's on you.........
Madonna - Hard Candy 8/10 August 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's hard to take this record seriously after seeing the cover, which features the 49-year-old pop queen in a BDSM costume in a "seductive" pose, something no one really wants to see anymore except maybe A-Rod. The album starts off as if we're back in the `80s, with Madonna trying to convince me that "you'll be begging for more / don't pretend you are not hungry, there's plenty to eat / come in my store `cause my sugar is sweet" on "Candy Shop." Evidently her sugar is also sticky and raw, something I'm not sure I want.
Despite the inane lyrics and relentless sex-you-up attitude of Madonna's latest, it does benefit from fantastic production, as befits the lady who spawned a thousand Britneys and Christinas. "4 Minutes" with Justin Timberlake rides an ascending horn line and Timberlake and Madonna's harmonizing and explodes into pure throwaway pop bliss in the chorus.
Everyone from Pharrell Williams to Timbaland to Kanye West make Madonna their pop slave, using her tried-and-true voice and bondage lyrics to propel their obscenely good beats.
It doesn't take a musicologist to divine the meanings behind songs like "Give It 2 Me," but one has to forgive her lyrics; after all, this is a dance record to soon be blasted in a club near you, and in that aspect, it succeeds brilliantly.
 This album is like an old Candy from Grandma ! August 10, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After her best album ( Confession on a dance floor ) I thought that Madonna will continue with the same style but she completly made a 180 degrees and return to a bad hip-hop music..... Sorry this music is not for me..
Hard Candy August 9, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just love this C.D. At first, I just put on one or two songs. As I kept listening to it, I thought "Madonna" is a genius. She gets you going and the beat is so great. The songs are really really good I already know all the words to it. I just love it. Madonna, you did it again. I give this five stars.
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