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  Amazon.co.uk: Confessions on a Dance Floor: Music: Madonna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Destined to be one of the records of the year, Confessions On A Dance Floor is the eagerly anticipated new album from Madonna.
Overall, Confessions is one hell of a journey that just can't be missed and as Madonna would say, "You can like it or not but I'm never gonna stop!" Don't miss out on this masterpiece of musical perfection which is sure to fill any dancefloor, any time, any place.
It is full of songs you can dance and even sing along too, it has a great poppy feel to most of the songs as well as a different asian influenced edge to some of the later tracks in the album.
www.amazon.co.uk /Confessions-Dance-Floor-Madonna/dp/B000B8QEZG   (2228 words)

  
  Confessions on a Dance Floor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Confessions on a Dance Floor is the tenth studio album and eighteenth recording by singer Madonna.
Callers were instructed to call in with their confessions, and, as they came in, some were selected to be part of a Podcast released on iTunes for approximately six weeks before the album was released.
Confessions called in included cheating lovers, defecating on dead insects, and a few love triangles.
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 Rolling Stone : Confessions On A Dancefloor : Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The only time the tempo drops is on Confession's centerpiece, "Isaac." The song was reportedly inspired by the sixteenth-century mystic Yitzhak Luria, which Madonna denies; whatever the case, with its Hebrew chanting and Rabbinic, spoken-word commentary, it's the disc's most explicit nod to her spiritual practices.
Confessions on a Dance Floor won't stand the test of time like her glorious early club hits, but it proves its point.
Confessions plays perfectly alongside the very best disco albums of the 70's it is retro, but also futuristic and many of todays best electronic/dance albums dim in comparison.
www.rollingstone.com /reviews/album/8732592/confessions_on_a_dancefloor   (1578 words)

  
 Confessions on a Dance Floor
Madonna's 'Confessions On A Dancefloor', is, quite simply, a little of both, with a larger focus on the now-highly-developed style of music that you could call "Madonna Dance".
She has a knack for making dance music memorable and be "timeless" like more anchored genres of music in a way that probably no other dance-singer can.
On Confessions of a Dance Floor, Madonna, the most popular and significant female artist in pop music, returns unapologetically to her roots.
www.wencd.com /gB000B8QEZG/Confessions_on_a_Dance_Floor.html   (1476 words)

  
 Madonna / Confessions On A Dance Floor - Пурпурный Легион   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Madonna / Confessions On A Dance Floor - Пурпурный Легион
And no matter how she may disguise it beneath glistening layers of synths, or by sequencing the album as a non-stop party, Confessions on a Dance Floor is the first album where Madonna seems like a veteran musician.
But Confessions wasn't intended to be pop music -- as the title makes clear, it was made for the dance clubs or, in other words, Madonna's core audience, who will surely be pleased by this sleek slice of style.
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 scenepointblank: Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor
Confessions on a Dance Floor begins with the first single, "Hung Up." If you can avoid picturing the music video (put that ass away, grandma) this is a fantastic pop song.
While the vast majority of it leans on classic disco and 80's dance for its inspiration, there are equally moments of “euphoric dance” ala Daft Punk circa Discovery on "Forbidden Love" and an overtly cringe worthy far eastern tinge to "Issac," which is probably some sort of affirmation of her devotion to Kabbalah.
Confessions on a Dance Floor is that follow up and while there are glimpses of the old Madonna it just doesn't seem that she is the power she used to be.
www.scenepointblank.com /reviews/displayreview.php?id=659   (1013 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Confessions on a Dance Floor [Special Edition]: Music: Madonna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
And if Confessions is anything to go by, she shows the world that she still can dance as well as inspire.
Confessions is a true return to form for the Queen of Pop, something all fans have been eagerly waiting for.
"Confessions on a Dance Floor" is saturated with synthesizer technology and pulsing beats; all you need is the disco ball and strobe lights in your living room.
www.amazon.com /Confessions-Dance-Floor-Special-Madonna/dp/B000BJS4BM   (2398 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: Arts :: Confessions on a Dance Floor
In 2003, she changed her musical inspiration to Kabbalah, the study of Jewish mysticism, on “American Life.” Now, on “Confessions On A Dance Floor,” 48-year-old Madge brings another, deeper religion to the forefront: Disco.
“Confessions” is a sweaty journey through a packed dancehall, with nary a ballad to be found.
“Confessions on a Dance Floor” is an hour-long, non-stop ride that, like a mystical night at a club, ends with nothing fundamentally learned or gained, just a lot of sweat and euphoria.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=510227   (611 words)

  
 Confessions on a Turkish-Greek dance floor - Turkish Daily News Mar 08, 2007
Although we've heard that some participants continued to deliver their deliberations during bouzouki night confessions not on a dance floor but rather on the roof of the Titania hotel overlooking the spectacular view of the Acropolis.
She did provide some guidelines, which were nothing the audience did not know: verify; try just as hard to prove your story wrong; identify the source; don't let your views affect your reporting; and talk to and report the other side.
Then it was the turn of a Turkish Cypriot journalist to confess that, listening to Potter made him recall his university years when he was an idealist young reporter to be, dedicated to fulfilling all the principles of fair and just reporting.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=67732   (988 words)

  
 Cool Hunting: Review: Madonna's Confessions=***1/2
On Confessions on a Dance Floor, the Queen Chameleon did what she should have done years ago –- create a non-stop, no-breaks-between-songs dance remix album.
And Confessions will likely have the same result, but the big difference here is that the DJs have a dance mix to work off of –- and hopefully take to another, more infectious level.
After an angry set that was American Life, Madonna has once again let her hair down and wants to flip, shake and twirl it on the dance floor, where she spent much of her time coming up in the ‘80s.
www.coolhunting.com /archives/2005/11/review_madonnas.php   (1154 words)

  
 Barnes & Noble.com - Music: Confessions on a Dance Floor, Madonna, CD, Bonus Tracks / Special Edition
If the title 'Confessions on a dance floor' (a formulaic moniker plagued in the chick-lit genre) splashed on a book cover with a red-based primary colour - and trust me, it would be in sparkles and glitter - it would of been another piece of candy in the gumball machine.
Loosely speaking, the entirety of the 'Confessions' album and what it invokes in the listener relying on what he/she brings to it, together, Madonna redeems her music and maybe even herself.
Because in order to turn the dance floor into a vehicle to her disposal, Madge makes amends with the institution that encapsulated her star before its release.
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 Confessions On A Dance Floor by Madonna CD
Madonna has always been one of the reigning queens of postmodern alchemy, and this record is a perfect example of her magic.
YOU can't plan a party or a long trip without this album COTDF is MADONNA at her best a riminder of why she is still the undisputable queen of pop, form hung up tu like it or not it is pure fun.
the music is not a return to her earlier fluffy dance confections of the early 80's but have a darker and more electronic tone to them.
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 Amazon.com: Confessions on a Dance Floor: Music: Madonna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
On Confessions of a Dance Floor, Madonna, the most popular and significant female artist in pop music, returns unapologetically to her roots.
As a huge fan of `70s music, this collection of a dozen dance songs brings back many happy memories, and though disco may not be here to stay, this updated tribute will have you doing the hustle and bus stop for quite a while.
A clever mix of disco-fied R&B, Pop, Euro and trance beats, "Confessions" is one of her better albums (though certainly not the best) and a must buy for any Madonna fan or party animal of the `70s and `80s.
www.amazon.com /Confessions-Dance-Floor-Madonna/dp/B000B8QEZG   (2997 words)

  
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In 2005, she released her 10th studio album Confessions on a Dance Floor which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 350,606 copies in its first week.
Confessions was produced by Madonna, Stuart Price, and a host of others including Mirwais Ahmadzai and Bloodshy and Avant.
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 Madonna Album :: Confessions On A Dance Floor
Destined to be one of the albums of the year, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' is the eagerly anticipated new album from Madonna.
Recorded in London, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' was primarily written and produced by Madonna and Stuart Price - the British musical director behind 2002's 'Drowned World' tour and last summer's 'Reinvention' tour.
While Madonna's music is often both ethereal and political, 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' is sheer, absolute discotheque.
www.lerenti.com /music/album.php?id=1691&artist=Madonna   (247 words)

  
 Slant Magazine - Music Review: Madonna: Confessions On A Dance Floor
But now that the rest of the country has caught up, Madonna is making like all of the pre-Reagan dancing queens who took to Studio 54 during similar economic turmoil back when the aspiring dancer from Michigan first arrived in the Big City in the late '70s.
One of Madonna's greatest latter-day paeans to the dance floor, 2000's "Music," was retro in practice, not essence, a meta throwback to the Material Girl's own post-disco origins.
Confessions is American Life repackaged for the masses—or, rather, her masses: recurrent topics include materialism ("Let It Will Be" and "How High") and, of course, spirituality.
www.slantmagazine.com /music/music_review.asp?id=685   (547 words)

  
 village voice > music > Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor by Joan Morgan
Easily dance record of the year, Confessions is an almost seamless tribute to the strobe-lit sensuality of the '80s New York club scene that gave Madge her roots, which she explores with compelling aplomb.
Less an invitation to dance than a command, it is clear indication that at 47 Madonna has every intention of asserting her generational claim as one of the genre's prime progenitors.
And once again, COADF is not soulful, meaning the "Chil'ren" from uptown won't be banging to this tiredness.
www.villagevoice.com /music/0550,morgan,70912,22.html   (845 words)

  
 Madonna - Confessions on a Dance Floor - Review - Stylus Magazine
Ritchie’s recently been reminded of how much she loves dance music, reportedly thanks to the remixes she commissions with each single release.
Confessions on a Dance Floor is Madonna’s most purely beat-driven album since her self-titled 1983 debut.
This is one Dance Floor whose pull is irresistible.
www.stylusmagazine.com /review.php?ID=3570   (635 words)

  
 Madonna, Confessions on a dance floor
Musicalia >> Madonna >> Confessions on a dance floor
Confessions on a dance floor: Confesiones en una pista de baile, de Madonna.
Madonna ha vuelto a demostrar que le queda mucha cuerda con este Confessions on a dance floor, posiblemente el mejor disco de una artista femenina publicado durante 2005.
www.lahiguera.net /musicalia/artistas/madonna/disco/1956   (598 words)

  
 User Comments for Confessions On A Dance Floor by Madonna
This album had me dancing from the minute I put it on until it was finished.Lets not even get into what an amazing artist and entertainer she is. MADONNA is the greatest and anything she creates is a masterpiece.
Confessions on a Dance Floor is being billed by mainstream critics as a fluffy, care-free, exuberant disc, which to an extent, is true.
Confessions fails to break any new creative ground, but it will please her die-hard legions of loyal fans.
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 Confessions on a Dance Floor :: EDGE Boston
What could have been a sad attempt at recapturing past dance splendor is instead a glorious return to fine form.
She’s allowed us to dance with her for the past two decades, and though it’s had its ups and downs, it’s never been less than thrilling.
“Confessions on a Dance Floor” reminds us of why we fell in love with her in the first place.
www.edgeboston.com /index.php?ci=108&ch=entertainment&sc=music&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=3462   (1512 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE "Confessions On A Dance Floor": New Madonna Album Re-Invents Dance Music for a New Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
It's a mesmerizing sound that evokes and embellishes all the excitement, energy and innovation that first set her apart as a dance music pioneer over two decades ago.
While Madonna's recent music has explored her thoughts and feelings on everything from spirituality to politics, "Confessions On A Dance Floor" is, in the artist's own words, "about having a good time straight through and non-stop.
Recorded earlier this year in London, "Confessions On A Dance Floor" was primarily co-produced and co-written by Madonna and Stuart Price.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=97678   (621 words)

  
 Confessions on a Dance Floor Music at Shop Ireland
For all the image-affirming innovations here, though, these confessions find Madonna framed in her share of reflective moments too.
She is a living goddess, and I am a true and faithful subject.
Having heard Hung Up and reading rave reviews of Confessions, I hoped, as a fan ever since she sang Holiday on TOTP eons of years ago, that finally another solid set was in the works.
shopireland.ie /music/detail/B000B8QEZG/Confessions-on-a-Dance-Floor   (965 words)

  
 Confessions on a Dance Floor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
I confess that Madonna is boring and stupid, but "Material Girl" was kinda enjoyable...
Confessions on a Dance Floor is a song full of dance songs like her eponymous debut album.
However, with the presence of a few good dance songs that keep themselves reserved makes this an album that is about equal in quality to most other Madonna albums.
donignacio.com /madonna/confessionsonadancefloor.html   (1108 words)

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