cletta1201's Full Review: Confessions on a Dance Floor [Limited] by Madonna
I could go on and on about how Madonna is always reinventing herself. I could talk for days about how she is the pop icon that tiny pop tartlets aspire to be. I could ramble aimlessly about her faux British accent, her Kabbalah fetish and her poor acting skills. I could babble feverishly about the fact that with the release of her new album Confessions On A Dance Floor, shes taken to wearing the color purple and leotards and it scares me but all of that would really be superfluous.
More than a dance/pop megastar, Madonna is really a musical institution and she is fully aware of this. This heightened awareness allows Madonna to seemingly do whatever it is musically that she very well pleases and she always seems to have her finger on the musical pulse of the world. With big dance/pop music a la Gwen Stefani making such great headway this year and her last album American Life not having been received so well (and in hindsight it really wasnt bad at all, just (as in many instances with Madonna) ahead of the curve), it was inevitable that Madonna would find herself right back where she started from on the dancefloor.
Love or hate her Madonna is no dummy. Confessions first single is the hypnotically disco Hung Up which feels like colored strobe lights and roller skates but still manages to put a really fresh spin on that aesthetic. Get Together and Sorry are equally infectious as their track predecessor. Get Together with its pulsing bass line and electronic thump feels a bit like it could have been equally at home on Ray Of Light in terms of its vibrancy and synthesized sound. Sorry complete with its title uttered in several languages is ridiculously entrancing and an early album highlight.
One of the things that make dance music so easy to love is that its often so mindless. Madonna certainly has a few of those tracks within Confessions. I Love New York and Jump are perfectly fluffy. The former will either make you smile and shake your booty or quickly pass over its seemingly silly arrangement and lyrics like Other places make me feel like a dork / Los Angeles is for people who sleep / Paris and London / Baby you can keep - its not exactly deep, but it is in some senses, is exactly the kind of cheeky thing youd expect from Madonna.
However, it wouldnt be Madonna if encased in a shiny pop package there was a little message or ten. Let It Will Be is about personal growth and acceptance wrapped up as an almost silky and seductive dance track. Push, with its Middle-Eastern tinge is about, well, being pushed. Vocally, its one of Confessions most interesting moments. Madonnas voice sounds sweet and strong displaying her own growth as not just an artist but a singer. Certainly shes no Mariah Carey, but she holds her own.
- Final Thoughts-
If Madonnas career were to end with Confessions On A Dance Floor, there would be nothing to be ashamed of. Shes had an illustrious career that has, seemingly, served her quite well. Confessions at its heart is a dance album and it serves its purpose as such. Delve a little deeper and youll find that Madonna wouldnt be Madonna without interjecting a bit of her own philosophy into it. However, if thats not your thing musically the album is so good you dont have to care about what shes trying to sell you, you can just get into the groove (ha!) and let the album take control.
On Confessions of a Dance Floor, Madonna, the most popular and significant female artist in pop music, returns unapologetically to her roots. A stunni...More at Buy.com Marketplaces
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