Confessions on a Dance Floor [Limited] by Madonna

Pros: State of the art dance music that occasionally recalls Madonna's excellent early work.
Cons: Some songs blend together, Madonna's lyrical deficiencies are exposed often.

Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone Ritchie is the patron saint of dance music. She arrived in New York City from Michigan at the height of the anything-goes dance music era. The early Eighties was a time where the dance kids mingled with the funk kids, the ...

Pros: ...Madonna remade her debut...today. And it's better than good.
Cons: I don't even know you can call one song out of TWELVE a con.

I'm going to tell you...About love.Would you like to try?--Whatever. It's Madonna. She's the Queen of Pop, the top Chameleon, the not-quite-a-Virgin, and the second coming of Eva Peron. She's one of ...

Pros: Super cool production at times. ABBA sample rocks.
Cons: Lyrics, lack of intimacy, sterile

It’s extremely hard to think of my life and times and not make a soundtrack that includes Madonna. I remember being in third grade and getting in trouble at North Florida Christian School for singing “Like A Virgin”. I remember when she was on the MTV ...

Pros: It's really good
Cons: Few and far between

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 tartlet’s aspire to be. I could ramble aimlessly about her faux British accent, her Kabbalah fetish and her poor ...

Pros: It's a Dance Party!
Cons: Oh no, she's still bellyaching over why she's so famous

Even with her newfound religion and soft-focus image, Madonna still finds it hard to apologize. After her politically slanted and serious minded 2003 flop, A merican Life, her latest release, Confessions on a ...

Pros: Big, solid disco beats; the glorious second coming of ABBA's "Gimme Gimme Gimme"
Cons: Madonna can't stop singing about what it's like to be famous.

There's a moment in the movie Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? where we see Bette Davis all dressed up as the Baby Jane persona that had made her a child star on the Vaudeville circuit (she's planning a comeback); in her pretty little school dress ...

Pros: engaging and catchy dance music
Cons: weak lyrics, some dreadful songs, it feels shallow

I've grown up with Madonna. My first concert was the Blond Ambition Tour. I have enjoyed her music over the course of my life, even when I didn't really like her personal antics or newest stage persona. I bought Confessions on a Dance ...

Pros: Pure, unadulterated dance music; Madonna at her finest
Cons: Not as seamless as she'd like you to think

I think the reason why Madonna’s 14th album, 2003’s American Life, was panned overall by critics and fans alike was because she did the unthinkable. She had mastered the art of versatility down to a science and she was the undisputed Queen ...

Pros: Thrilling production, soaring vocals, seemingly effortless songwriting
Cons: Some may find all the sampling a bit exhaustive

I've often been of the mindset that, for an artist to retrace his or her steps and revert to their old ways is a bit of a waste of their talent. I mean, isn't it better for them to mature and grow as an artist, instead of just rehashing "the good ol' ...

Pros: The idea to return to dance-pop was sound
Cons: The pop-hooks were WEAK

(Disclaimer: Those looking for a brief description of the album will find what they’re looking for in the "Review Body" section. The section titled "Track Reviews" is meant only for those who want to read detailed descriptions of the songs, and ...

Pros: When the songs work, they work! "Hung Up" / "Jump"
Cons: Half of the tracks here are not really dancable, Somewhat dull lyrics, No hooks

Madonna's legion of a gay fan base is, possibly and most likely, unmatched. Heck, none of us know why. Was it her work with AIDS during the 90s? Her unusual and unique sexiness? The fact that she's not afraid to take it to the extreme? The point she made ...

Pros: Great ear candy. Some of the songs rank up with Madonna's classics.
Cons: Not enough variation. She's STILL complaining about fame.

It’s Madonna’s best album since Bedtime Stories, and I guess I could say it's a return to form. That's somewhat true, but while this CD does mark a return to the dance-pop that got Madge started (and shockingly given the rest of her 00s output, a few of ...

Pros: Fun, catchy, unabashed pop songs
Cons: Introspective songs and bad lyrics weigh the album down

Some of us were worried about you Madonna(musically at least). After 2003's American Life, a heavy handed mixed bag of folktronica, Pro Tools auto-tune abuse(a la Cher's Believe) and somewhat self absorbed self psychoanalysis, many a critic thought you ...

Pros: Half the record
Cons: The remainder

Once upon a time (during the last quarter of 20th century), MADONNA Louise Ciccione was known as a remarkable trendsetter. There were no limits for her rotating self-role-gender-casting. Suddenly the next millenia crashed into her, as well as ...

Pros: Stewart Price, awesome dance tracks, unique songs, Madonna still sounds great
Cons: No guitar ballads this time around, some songs may be too introspective for some fans...

When I heard that Madonna was going to be releasing a new album in 2005 I was very excited...because I liked American Life very much.*dodges bullets* A few months before the release of Confessions, I discovered that the entire ...