Madonna , Hard Candy
MADONNAHard Confect (Warners)Hail Rating: * * * *VERDICT: The Female monarch of Pop continues her golden reign of the charts with this pop-tastic offeringThere was a moment, about days ago, when it seemed Madonna in truth mightiness deliver doomed her hang. The 2003 album American Life offered aught fresh from the kept woman of reinvention and many questioned whether the King of Pop's reign was finally approach to a close. Clocking up to a lesser extent than four-spot million sales, the record was the lowest merchandising album of her career.Three years subsequently, determined to prove her detractors wrong, Blessed Virgin unleashed the forward-thinking discotheque pop of Confessions on a Dancefloor. Fans were relieved and critics impressed, merely an airwave of precariousness continued to surround Madge. Could she do it once more? Would she sting with the tried and true pattern of Confessions or variety tack completely? And if she did, but where would she go on her next musical comedy venture?It is amidst this myriad of questions, Madonna drops her freshly track record Firmly Candy, obliterating the doubt and continuing her golden reign of the charts. An record album of pure pop up glamor, Hard Candy is Madonna's about fun record album since the definitive pop classic Like a Supplicant.
The outset unity 4 Minutes , featuring this century's Queen of Pop, Justin Timberlake, is already dominating international charts. JT and Timbaland collaborated on basketball team tracks, though surprisingly, almost are the weaker offerings of the record album.Instead, it is Pharrell Williams' production kit The Neptunes that truly wee this album whistle. From the funk-heavy She's Non Me to the upbeat Cherish-esque track Incredible, Pharrell pushes Madge to fresh places without losing her distinct sound and flavor.Timberlake and Timbaland's offerings, though doubtless catchy and polished, could easily have been written for and performed by any of today's leadership pop artists. On She's Non Me, Madonna sings, "She's not me. She doesn't have my name. She'll never birth what I take in. It won't be the same." Ironically, when these 2 are at the helm, Madge runs dangerously fill up to losing that individuation. Pharrell doesn't ever take it right though. Spanish people Object lesson is a in particular trite example in electro-pop matched by overtly asinine lyrics, still by Madonna's standards. Overall though, the criminal record provides an soft and enjoyable hearing go through guided by strong basslines, discotheque beats and synthesised flourishes.Madonna may have turned to fellow music royal family to aid create her 11th studio album but she is still in control. On the closing racetrack Voices, Madge purrs, "WHO is the master copy and world Health Organization is the slave?" As a tolling gong ends the record, capping away an orchestral finale, on that point can buoy be no enquiry that Madonna will invariably be the master.
