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| Artist: Madonna
Label: Warner
Category: Music
List Price: £23.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  133 reviews
Sales Rank: 32188
Format: Special Edition
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.8 x 1.6
MPN: 440444
UPC: 093624987680
EAN: 0093624987680
ASIN: B00169XU8I
Release Date: May 12, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Candy Store | | • | 4 Minutes | | • | Give It 2 Me | | • | Heartbeat | | • | Miles Away | | • | She's Not Me | | • | Incredible | | • | Beat Goes On | | • | Dance Tonight | | • | Spanish Lesson | | • | Devil | | • | Voices | | • | 4 Minutes Remix | | • | 4 Minutes Remix |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 128 more reviews...
 I'd have given it no stars if I could. September 1, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
She is grim, her tunes are awful, she can't dance, can't sing and she does insist on cavorting around in leotards, corsets etc and it's just horrible. I've been a Madonna fan since I was a little girl, but it's time she stopped acting like a teenager and just made decent music (if at all possible). It's not about her not being sexaul at her age (as one reviewer tried to insinuate that another had said), it's about her making music and being an entertainer. I personally think she needs to hang it up now, she has never been a good singer but good material and the ability to be a spoilt exibitionist has got her to where she is today, fair play to her, but this album is weak and almost embarassing.
If she is as great as she likes to think she is, then why does she need to keep getting her gear off in every video etc. Those bingo wings will be the death or her one day.
Thought she was great, but this is the worst of Madonna yet!
 Madonna's back. August 6, 2008
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I'm not really a fan of Madonna - I like the odd song. I fell in love with '4 Minutes' and decided to get the album. It definitely has a dance/techno feel to it, but don't let that put you off. Here's my mini review of the songs:
1. Candy Shop - Starts off good, but gets very repetitive.
2. 4 Minutes - Fantastic, as most of you know.
3. Give It 2 Me - Brilliant.
4. Heartbeat - Very addictive. I liked it.
5. Miles Away - Funky, and fun throughout.
6. She's Not Me - Upbeat, funky, fresh and a great beat.
7. Incredible - It's... incredible.
8. Beat Goes On - Hm... really good. Kanye West wasn't too bad, but he got a bit repetitive.
9. Dance 2night - Great. A solid beat, with great vocals and lyrics.
10. Spanish Lesson - Very different, but great. Very rhythmic.
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognise You - Great beat, with Madonna sounding great. Lots of variation.
12. Voices - Great end to the album.
Overall, a great return to form from Madonna. This album proves that she's still got some magic left in her. Definitely buy this.
Give this candy a try... July 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When the rumours started to fly that Madonna was doing another hip-hop/r n b album, after the success of Confessions on a Dance Floor, most people probably scratched their heads and wondered whether she would pull another reinvention just as successfully... and once again I think she has with a mixed bag of sweet treats this time round.
The whole album is divided into Pharrell / Timbaland-Timberlake productions and despite Madonna's insistence that you can't tell the difference, I can. Maybe I've been paying too much attention to the Timbaland production line of late...
Having just listened to Boys by Britney Spears; "Candy Shop" sounds very dated considering that Pharrell was panting over a beat for Britney about 7-8 years ago.
4 Minutes is the album's first single, so by now you will have heard the new Timbo/Timba sound. One to be loved or loathed.
Give It 2 Me is a great track (an instant love the first time I played the CD) and I've grown to like "Heartbeat" too.
"Miles Away" is a wonderful dedication to Guy and long distance relationships.
"She's Not Me" is another grower, is it about another woman in her relationship or about one of the contenders for Madonna's pop crown?
The main disappointment of the album is "Incredible" clocking up an impressive six minutes. The end section sounds like part of that Soulja Boy track , with the hollering - and I hated that.
"Beat Goes On" is a success, I can see it being a future hit single with the additional rapping of Kanye West - to the extent that it sounds like a Kanye West song more than anything else.
"Dance 2night" has a lot of Prince influences, both in terms of sound, song title and lyrics ("...Don't need no diamonds and pearls"). If it were released as a single, I get the feeling Timberlake may pop up in the video due to his backing vocals. Funky stuff.
"Spanish Lesson" is one of the messier productions here, due to M's inability to speak Spanish, but non Spanish speakers would know no different. Its inclusion is gimmicky but it's supposedly about a new dance craze called The Percolator, so it'll be on The Sticky and Sweet Tour I'm sure in the same way that "Jump" was a great visual element on The Confessions Tour: +DVD.
"Devil Wouldn't Recognise You" and "Voices" provide the slower numbers on the album, in the same way that "How High" and "Like it or Not" were on Confessions on a Dance Floor
Try this album and see what happens. It's grown on me in the same way that American Life has. What saves this album so far is that it is a Madonna album so therefore the diehard fans will pick this up, the major downer is that if it weren't a Madonna album this probably would have sunk a long while ago, considering that the following list have worked with Pharrell / Timbaland over the last few years:
Gwen Stefani, Britney Spears, Nelly Furtado, Justin Timberlake etc etc
Stale Candy! July 26, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
over the years i have enjoyed listening to madonna and have several of her cd`s, but this is the worst release from her ever, trite ,boring lyrics that a primary school child could have written, forced dull tunes, its appaling on every level.
One for the trash bin - Get 'Bring ya to the brink' instead July 14, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Brought this album, managed to listen to it once and now ive had to sell it on. Its truly awful and the worst album of the year so far.
I would recommnend getting bring ya to the brink by cyndi lauper. Its the best thing ive heard since 'confessions'.
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