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- Summary: The queen of pop's latest and last release on the Warner Brothers label was produced in part by Nate "Danja" Hills, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams.
- Record Label: Warner Bros.
- Genre(s): Rock, Dance, Pop
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 24
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Mixed: 14 out of 24
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Negative: 0 out of 24
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Candy finds her dropping her Kabbalah string on the dance floor and readopting an American accent to offer up an unpretentious, nonstop dance party.
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All in all, Hard Candy could be the greatest swan song to a pop career this side of Let It Be, if you wanna get all hyperbolic about it.
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Even when she wrestles with Pharrell's abrupt stylistic changes or lets herself get absorbed in a Timberlake melody, Madonna still finds her way back on top.
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Overall, Hard Candy sounds a bit too much like Madonna’s trying to catch up with the American R&B princesses. Having said that, she holds her own for the most part, and when her own voice shines through, she reminds us why she’s outlasted so many.
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Hard Candy is a serviceable and sometimes very good pop album that also happens to be a confusing and even dismal Madonna album.
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So yes, a solid enough album by the standards of most pop tarts, but from the mistress of innovation? Pretty mediocre.
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Hard Candy sounds bloody expensive, but has precious little to declare except an infatuation with its own reflection in a nightclub mirror.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 128 out of 187
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Mixed: 30 out of 187
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Negative: 29 out of 187
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KevinSApr 30, 2008
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AngeloB.May 2, 2008I love it.
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SeanFDec 5, 2008Fantastic considering the worst song on the album was a number 1 Hit!
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Nov 17, 2015
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JustinApr 29, 2008
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