Before you start belting out Bow Wow's "I Want Candy", popularized in the late 1980s, and stomping your feet in a childish sugar-charged fit for Madonna's Hard Candy album, you first need to know that this album is hopelessly short of anything sweet, candy-flossed or French vanilla.
It's Madonna's much anticipated eleventh studio album and to suddenly take her whole image 360 is something even the most controversy-seeking 'goddess' of pop knows better than that not to do. No, Madonna has not ditched her ultra tight bondage stance and neither has she toned down on her crazy sexed up lyrics. But this time, she does it with more poise, taking literary metaphors to a whole new level. So what gives you the same rush that candy does? Think about it. Madonna's never been an angel.
That said, yes we get all the raw badness and horrid after-effects that Hard Candy has to offer. Which is just perfectly how we like our good ole' "cup of tea", Madonna.
From titles such as "4 Minutes", "Beat Goes On", "Dance 2Night" that take you straight to club mode right through to urban delights such as "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" and "Miles Away". Tunes of the latter were somewhat similar to that of her album Music. It really is one of those albums that keeps you entertained without wanting to switch tracks. Now something like this, only a timeless artist can achieve.
A bone that I have to pick on is why did Madonna choose to release "4 Minutes" as her first single? Did she really need the deadly combo of Justin Timberlake and Timbaland to perform successfully on the charts? Was she too afraid to come out with one of her own singles? I'm pretty sure if she hadn't jumped onto the JT cum Timbaland bandwagon, she would have garnered up a lot more critical acclaim with her album.
Nevertheless, this Hard Candy will definitely do well in stores!
Official website: http://www.madonna.com
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