http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 13 May 2008 20:37:21 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/26/072020.php#comment-717765 yes the album is pretty boring... i hated the first listen. thought it grew on me on second listen but i haven't had even the slightest desire to listen to it after that - something very unusual with me and a Madonna record. what a way to end her contract with Warners! and the saddest part is reading her interviews where she talks about the songwriting process on this album - i don't think it is worth talking about and this is coming from a 25-year-long fan. Music and American Life were great and Confessions had some gems. this is just so NOT her. big disappointment even if it ends up selling 10 million - the music on it will still sound the same. and she better get her moves going cause if the 40 minutes show she's been pulling is anything remotely similar to what she plans for her next tour then it's gonna be a major disappointment in that area too. still, i think she's gonna bounce back with something so unbelievable and unexpected with her next album. till then - sorry... 717765@blogcritics.org Tue, 13 May 2008 20:37:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/26/072020.php#comment-717540 I'm sorry but i dont share your point of view. I think working with timbaland/williams was a mistake. Those guys have talent but they are music factories that produce over and over the same music for years. Take the songs, replace madonna by another singer the result will sound the same. There's nothing original in this album. Too much noise not enough music. Take 4mn as an example, vocals are way behind the "music" and madonna is just featuring Timberlake. It wont be reminded, in 6 months it will be over im pretty sure. Too bad, i've always been a fan of madonna because she knew how to evolve. Well at least, it's not her last album, let's hope the next one will be better 717540@blogcritics.org Mon, 12 May 2008 19:11:56 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/04/26/072020.php#comment-714957 Outstanding disc, easily the best of her career. It's a little early to say probably but it seems obvious enough for me to say it. "Heartbeat" is the only track I don't care for (she looses me with the ridiculous cliche 'booty get down')and it's still a decent enough song. All the other 11 tracks are remarkable - they all stand out. I read somewhere recently someone alluding to Madonna being "pop music's greatest showoff." Hard Candy is exactly that - Madonna showing off in spades why she is the greatest pop star of her generation and why she still commands the attention of a substantial segment of teenagers who find room for her new record on their shelves alongside Beyonce and Rihanna. They know, as Madonna proclaims on "She's Not Me" that she "can do it better." 714957@blogcritics.org Thu, 1 May 2008 23:23:53 EDT