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Madonna Confessions on a Dance Floor
02/24/2006
Madge is back and once again, reinvented. On American Life, she flexed
her rapping muscles and thankfully for us, she has now moved onto disco
which is somewhat less disturbing than listening to her rhyme
"Minnie-Cooper" with "super duper."
That being said, Confessions on a Dance Floor is nothing special. It isn't
the lyrical wasteland that her last album was, nor does it deliver the solid
songs that 2000's Music gave us. It is a mediocre dance album at best.. Like
the refrain on the album's second track, "Sorry," says: "I've heard it all
before."
"Hung up" is the first single off of Confessions. It's catchy and fun even
if it does sound like one of those Crazy Frog Ringtones commercials. It's a
throwback to Madonna's early years and her frustrations with a crush who
refuses to call. The song marks a decent start and doesn't claim to be
anything more than it is: a dance floor request. However, the next two songs
are lackluster at best, and the spoken lyrics of "Future Lovers" are
awkward. The tempo picks up with "I Love New York," which is faster-paced
and more intense than the others. Its lyrics are nothing to blog about but
the song is fun and hopefully will be the next single off of the album.
The rest of the album jumps around from themes of love to life as a world
famous pop star. Two or three of the more indistinct songs sound like every
other gloomy techno song coming out of Europe right now. "Jump" comes later
in the album and sounds promising. It has the attitude to replace "Since U
Been Gone" as every girl's liberating song of the year.
In all honesty, Madonna disappoints. This album seems to be more of what she
wants. A dancer and club-girl at heart, it seems that Madonna has taken
control over the twilight of her career and marched very much to her own
beat. Whether or not that beat is embraced by the wider public is yet to be
seen, but Madonna has pulled it off before and I wouldn't put it past her
not to do it again.
Credit to jhunewsletter