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Generally favorable reviews- based on 700 Ratings
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Positive: 418 out of 700
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Mixed: 150 out of 700
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Negative: 132 out of 700
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 26, 2012Best since Ray of Light! Madonna manages to be her classic self, while still being modern and current. Best songs are Gang Bang, Falling Free, I'm Addicted,....
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Mar 27, 2012
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Apr 5, 2012Is it a masterpiece on the level of Like a Prayer, Erotica, or Ray of Light? No, not really. But it's also leagues better than Like a Virgin and Hard Candy. More personal than Confessions, more varied than American Life, it's certainly the strongest pop album of 2012 so far.
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Apr 9, 2012Full of bass, synthesized to the maximum, dark and personal. MDNA is an irresistible piece of eletropop that keeps you excited during the whole journey. Best tracks: Gang Bang, Love Spent, I'm Addicted, Some Girls, Best Friend and Girl Gone Wild. Don't hesitate skipping: B-Day Song.
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Apr 14, 2012Very good album, her best since Confessions on a Dance floor and much better than Hard Candy, not as great as Confessions, obviously, but I like it. Madge did it again.
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Mar 26, 2012The queen of pop is always at her best when people try to write her off. On MDNA Madonna successfully returns to what she does best: high-energy disco mixed with soulful ballads.
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Mar 26, 2012The Queen of Pop is back! And MDNA is a brilliant album full of great songs that are pure Madonna, It's like she has cherry picked all of the best elements from her previous 11 albums and blended it up in to something new and fresh! This is without a doubt one of her best albums!
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 26, 2012Personally, I think we are dealing here with a grade A album. It beats by far all other albums that were released last year, and yet, other stars get higher grades because of they are young. MDNA is original, electronic, emotional, dark and a bit angry album, Turn up the Radio will be the next dance club anthem and Masterpiece is a heart-breaking ballad, a real work of art.
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Mar 26, 2012Madonna returns to top form with the help of William Orbit, I love this record, some of the reviews below say that she is been too generic, yes it's a dance album but it's nothing like anything else out there at the moment, it's a perfect record to accompany you summer 2012, god bless the queen!
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Mar 26, 2012Refreshing! MDNA is a great rebound from Hard Candy, which was disappointing to say the least. This album, which was produced by Benassi, Solveig, and Orbit, is similar to her 2005 album Confessions. However, it's a bit more varied and fast paced. Key tracks are Gang Bang, I'm Addicted, Turn Up The Radio, I Don't Give A, Love Spent, Masterpiece, and Falling Free.
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Mar 26, 2012This is what one expects from madonna, dance, pop, confessions, and simple but meaningful lyrics. much better than the previous hard candy. The album goes from angry and violent to overly happy. From hyper energy dance music to some of her first ballads in 10 years. And yet the album is dividing, if you never liked madonna, you wont like this one.
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Mar 26, 2012The best album she has done since Erotica for me, she's not afraid to get dark on this record. At the same time, there is plenty of light that goes around. It really is on of her best, and that's saying a lot!
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Mar 27, 2012To be quite honest, as teen that listens to mostly modern music, this is only the second album by Madonna I've listened to, the other being "Confessions on a Dance Floor". I'm truly blown away. It somehow manages to be modern, yet unique. Gang Bang is my favourite from this album. Can't stop listening to it! Madonna truly is the one, and only, irreplaceable Queen of Pop.
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012After her last album it's great to hear Madonna sounding like Madonna. MDNA is a great combination of all the Madonnas we fell in love - bit of religious controversy, bit of sexiness, lots of attitude and killer pop/dance tracks with hooks that are impossible to get out of your head after a couple of listens and thoughtful ballads. Highly recommended!
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Nov 5, 2012
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Mar 27, 2012don't judge this album on its mediocre singles! this is a proper madonna album that makes you wanna sing along and dance. Best tracks on the album are gang bang, superstar, i don't give a, masterpiece and the magnificent falling free (plus beautiful killer from the deluxe album). Madonna back to Ray of Light standard here :D
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Mar 27, 2012
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Mar 28, 2012A flawless record that of course is only being sniffed at by the constipated Pitchfork clique. With so much attention being paid to what Madonna SHOULD be doing or how she should be doing it, you wonder if anyone goes into a Madonna album anymore with an open mind. Luckily I was able to and I'm glad she's still making such intersting, innovative music at this stage of her career.
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Mar 29, 2012I was a bit skeptical when I first heard Girl Gone Wild but after hearing MDNA, in its entirety, I have to say that I
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Mar 29, 2012
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Mar 29, 2012
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Mar 29, 2012Itâ
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Mar 29, 2012You can tell this woman is in lot of pain from divorce, in my opinion the reason this album will be a huge success. Gang Bang, Some Girls, Love Spent, Masterpiece, even GGW, all amazing songs.
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Mar 30, 2012
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Mar 30, 2012Although it's not as gr8 as ROL and LAP, I'm glad to see Madge getting back to her roots where she's most comfortable at; electronica and dance. It's my favorite album since Confessions, and like Dr. Drew said it's addictive!
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Apr 1, 2012I love MDNA, much better than Hard Candy.
Best songs are "Love Spent" "Gang Bang" "Im Addicted" "Masterpiece" "Falling Free" "Im a Sinner" "Turn up the Radio" "I **** Up" and "Beautiful Killer"
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Apr 2, 2012it's the greatest album she's ever done: some girls, i'm addicted, turn up the radio, gang bang, fallin free, love spent, .... and it's gonna be BIG
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Apr 3, 2012After the lackluster Hard Candy album Madonna is back doing what she does best. dark and dirty dance music. LOVE LOVE LOVE this album! Little monsters and haters can try to bring her down but never will. She's better at 53 than any of the other pop **** in their 20's. Eat It.
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Apr 6, 2012
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Apr 6, 2012
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Apr 8, 2012Perfect album!!! THIS ALBUM IS SURPRISINGLY GOOOOOOOOD!!!! after Hard candy i thought madonna was over, but after hearing this album she still manages to shine in the businnes. The thing is, you might have a bad first impression on the album but after hearing the lyrics well you'll see that Madonna gave warmth to this cold genre of music which is house music.
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Apr 9, 2012This is perfect! I'm the biggest Madonna fan, but I must confess I wasn't expecting a album this amazing after the mess Hard Candy was... Definitely the album of the year till now! I would even say this is her best album since Music!
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Apr 9, 2012I love this album. Many songs are great, Love Spent, Gang Bang, I'm Addicted, I'm a Sinner, Turn up the Radio, Masterpiece, Falling Free, Beautiful Killer. Nicki Minaj on "I Do not Give A" is fabulous. Great album!
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Apr 9, 2012
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May 9, 2012Fantástico! Lógicamente tiene mejores y peores canciones, pero ninguna mala. "Love spent", "Gang Bang", "Turn up the radio", "Beautiful Killer", "Masterpiece", "Girl gone wild" "Falling free" las mejores. El resto muy, pero que muy pegadizas, y a destacar el coro final de "I don't give a" ...espectacular.
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May 14, 2012Ok I really do not believe in the negative reviews. Almost every song had a spark on its own. Madonna did more than making up for the dissapointment in Hard Candy. For my music taste, the music playing in songs matter alot. It was there! The pop queen still made her return in a pleasant manner.
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Nov 7, 2012Madonna makes history once again. After the terrific success of Celebration and Confessions on a Dance Floor, she continues to surprise us with giggly, dancey, tracks like Girl Gone Wild and Give Me All Your Lovin' and with the amazing dubstep record Gang Bang and also I'm Addicted, the two main highlights of this historical Dance record. Hats Off To You.
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Oct 13, 2012
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Dec 7, 2012in my opinion this is Madonna's best album ever, it has great producers, and every song has it own style, it doesn't sound repetitive (like Confessions) i love it ♥
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Dec 20, 2012
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Jul 4, 2013MDNA is one of the best albums of 2012 every song is different to another and all songs are amazingly catchy this is one of madonna's best the Queen of pop has released another mind blowing dance album
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Jul 5, 2013One of the best albums i've heard in a long time it has so many amazing songs hard to choose one song thanks to madonna for this amazing album it's one of her best
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Nov 11, 2013
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Nov 13, 2013Good lyrics and crazy beats. I need to play it loud, dance and sing, get up and do my thing. The queen of pop will never release a bad album. She's still amazing.
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Oct 3, 2017
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Mar 27, 2020IT'S THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY FOR THIS EDM MASTERPIECE!!!
So dancing, so catchy, so new, so refreshing and so like MDMA!
Madonna really knows how to do it again in dance!
You really are going to be dancing all night long with this Girl Gone Wild ;)
ANOTHER PERFECTION AT HER CAREER, this and Madame X are their last real masterpieces.
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Oct 22, 2017I love this album, its not for everyone but there are so many great songs on this album that its a masterpiece... fans will love it, its sad that lady gaga little monsters try to bring it down cause this album os really amazing
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Jan 4, 2022wow i didnt listen to this album when it came out in 2012... its a real masterpiece and songs like gang bang are perfect... shes really the queen of pop
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Mar 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 15, 2019This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Nov 25, 2021Madonna's revenge album. At 54, she sold 2.5 million copies of album, topping the charts around the world, and smashed the MDNA TOUR grossing more than 300 million. Like it or not, she can do whatever she wants.
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Apr 18, 2020Superstar literally chef's kisses. it's one of her best sounding albums and dats on queen of pop
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May 23, 2020This is pure dance perfection. Maybe her best since Ray Of Light or Music. I Love How she did a great job with Orbit and Martin Souveig here.
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Nov 23, 2021
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Jul 2, 2022
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Mar 27, 2012This is one of the best albums of Madona since long time.
The song Gang Bang left me with no words. It's amazing, like a movie-song.
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 29, 2012
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Mar 26, 2012Really great album, I like ''Girl Gone Wild'', beautiful song called ''Masterpiece'' and ''I F**ked Up''. Standard version is short, but Deluxe Edition (17 tracks) is just fantastic! Who own's the throne?! Quinn of Pop is back!
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Apr 1, 2012Absolute cracker of a record! Some of the best songs of her career here. Not your average POP album. An eclectic mix of music genres with a Madonna flavour. Sadly the user average is brought down by "reviewers" rating it 0, but then gave Gagas very mediocre Born this Way a 10...suss much?
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Mar 27, 2012is far from being one of the best albums of them, but stands out in the current pop scene. Madonna is still establishing himself as the queen of pop. Highlight the beautiful ballads.
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Apr 3, 2012
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Mar 29, 2012There's only one problem in MDNA: It's not a hole new thing. Instead, she did use her talent as nobody can do and did a perfect work with all the trending kinds of music we hear now. And, for me, that's enough. The album sounds GREAT.
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Apr 1, 2012There are some brilliant songs: Love spent, Beautiful killer, Falling Free. This album is much better than Hard Candy, but it isn't so amazing as Confessions on the dance floor
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Apr 3, 2012I don't need to say much the album speaks for itself. but I gotta say, since it was released I can't stop listening to it! MDNA is highly addictive!!! my fav: GANG BANG!!
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Apr 7, 2012
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Apr 15, 2012Another strong effort from Her Madgesty- improves upon 2008's Hard Candy. It doesn't look like she'll be relinquishing her crown anytime soon. The return of collaborator William Orbit is welcome- as are the live strings used on several of the tracks. Madonna and strings= magic.
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Sep 19, 2012
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Dec 1, 2013
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Aug 11, 2014MDNA is 100% Madonna's best album. Although this is a less commercially successful album than her others it's a gem. Sadly this album was brushed aside with most critics and fans. Nearly every track I love on this album. My 4 favorite tracks have to be: Gang Bang, Girl Gone Wild, Superstar & I Don't Give A.
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Sep 29, 2014this album is an electronic paradise coming from the queen of pop, the songs are great, i think this album is an amazing comeback, but what a terrible choice of singles... but well... the album is pretty good
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May 8, 2020The only reason I can't give this album a perfect score is "Give Me All Your Luvin'", which sounds like a ripoff of Nicola Roberts' "Beat of my Drum". The other songs are all great. I had the privilege of attending the Washington, DC show of The MDNA Tour and it was amazing.
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Jun 8, 2016Of course, this is not one of the best Madonna's albums, but, anyway, it's not disappointing. MDNA has a good electronic sound, it's cool, it sounds young and it's a perfect soundtrack for a party, especially with songs like "Girl Gone Wild", "I'm Addicted" and "Beautiful Killer". However, Madonna doesn't break her own limits with this album like she did in the past.
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Mar 28, 2012its great album, easy listening, but I need more inspiring sounds and experimental, my favorite song from album - gang bang..some songs its to childish like Bday song and to club-dance.. and singles did not show what album sounds
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May 3, 2012
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May 5, 2012At first this album sounded to me totally uninteresting, but after giving it a second chance I just fell in love with most of its songs. A very nice mix of disco, soul and party tracks.
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Mar 28, 2012Better than Hard Candy and American Life. I love this record. Gonna be one of fabulous record of 2012. Many dont like Madonna and give her a bad review or lukewarming welcome to MDNA because the fact that she is 53. But as long as she can rock us with her music, why not we support Madonna. There is only one Queen. And that person is Madonna.
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 28, 2012
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May 4, 2012It feels that Madonna is singing about what she's suppose to feel, but not actually feeling it. The music is kind of a summarization of what people are listening nowadays, though it's not unique or different at all.
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Mar 27, 2012Not her best but no her worst. The best track of the bunch is Gang Bang with some other cuts such as I'm addicted, some girls, love spent and the should'vebeenfirstsingle Turn up the radio. Skip the childish Superstar and the embarrassing American Life-esque I Don't give a. Great album though!
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Mar 29, 2012
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Mar 30, 2012Absolutely triumphant return after the good but not great HARD CANDY. Love the melodic "Falling Free," "Love Spent," "Masterpiece." The dance songs are incredible, with wild "Gang Bang" standing out. Only skipping "Superstar" so far. I guess you could say I'm addicted.
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Mar 31, 2012A very honest, catchy and diverse record, with only few 'reductive-ish' moments. 'Gang Bang' , 'I'm Addicted' , 'I'm A Sinner', 'Love Spent' and 'Falling Free' are standout tracks, while first two singles are easily the weakest tracks here.
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Apr 1, 2012Amazing album, not perfect nor her best work, probably on pair with Confessions, some of the songs are already a classic in her career (Gang Bang, I´m Addicted, Love Spent, Falling Free), only a couple of them could be considered fillers, however as I said I really like the album and it´s many styles, the whole album deserves a solid 8.
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Awards & Rankings
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UncutMay 2, 2012Madonna's 12th album has a good title and a nice cover, but that's almost as much as you can say in its favour. [Jun 2012, p.77]
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Apr 17, 2012[The music] is not exactly bad, but has about as much creativity and passion behind it as a spreadsheet.
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Apr 16, 2012No, MDNA can't be hailed as Madge's best ever album, and it may not contain the most thought- provoking lyrics of her career (perhaps an intentional tongue-in-cheek poke at the current state of pop music?), but it is the reigning Queen of Pop's most inspired work since Music, as well as the highly addictive record Madonna celebrants have been craving.