Confessions On A Dance Floor
by Madonna
User Score
8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 900 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 822 out of 900
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 900
  3. Negative: 54 out of 900

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  1. TristanC.
    Nov 15, 2005
    9
    Although I do not like every song on the album, I am completely amazed by the transformation Madonna has gone through since her last album. The beats, the lyrics, everything about this album screams "fun" and I'm happy to say that this is the first album from Madonna in several years that I can actually say I listen to on a regular basis. Awesome~
  2. Robbiq
    Nov 15, 2005
    10
    Futuristic. Amazing. Full of fun and authentic joy of dancing and singing. Love it!
  3. PennyW
    Nov 15, 2005
    6
    Yes, I'm outside the norm in saying this album is okay, not great. Having heard albums such as Kerrier District's Kerrier District and Kelley Polar's Love Songs of the Hanging Gardens, I know there are better disco-sounding records out there that capture the spirit of disco moreso than Confessions on a Dance Floor.
  4. ArchwayJack
    Nov 15, 2005
    3
    Confessions is rather disappointing. It's formulaic and dull. The much hated American Life album had some edge to it. This is euro-dance-pop-cheece by numbers.
  5. BrianSS
    Nov 15, 2005
    6
    Some great dance tracks in here. But you have to wonder how much credit Madonnas producers get. Should this album not be Madonnas and Stuart Prices. The music and the beats are the best thing about it. Similar to previous tracks like "dont tell me", the genius was in the production, not the lyrics or singing. Madonnas greatest talent seems to be picking the flavour of the month to produce Some great dance tracks in here. But you have to wonder how much credit Madonnas producers get. Should this album not be Madonnas and Stuart Prices. The music and the beats are the best thing about it. Similar to previous tracks like "dont tell me", the genius was in the production, not the lyrics or singing. Madonnas greatest talent seems to be picking the flavour of the month to produce her albums eg. Mirwais, William Orbit, Price.… Expand
  6. AndrewG
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Yup... I hate to admit it... But this is good.
  7. GrantT
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Incessantly catchy to the point of brilliance. It's Madonna at her very best: Confessions is meat-n-potatoes with a candy coating.
  8. EmmaD
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    So catchy and fun - I understand the hype
  9. MarkC
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    The groove is unstoppable!!! Madonna - you just don't stop, do you???
  10. ratko.r
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This album is brilliant. As amazing as Hung Up is, it does not represent this album...Because it is based on heavy, dark dance beats, with confessional and revealing lyrics - about fame, fortune, love and family...But without any cynicism. Madonna has outdone herself. 12 perfect dance cuts.
  11. MarvinO
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    One of my favorite albums of the year. For a dance album it's extremely consistant in terms of how each song is different from the other and there are no weak tracks in the album. I'd only say that Push, Isaac and Sorry are my least favorite songs, but they aren't even half-bad. Favorite tracks include: Jump Get Together Future Lovers I Love New York Forbidden Love
  12. WilliamP
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This is Madonna mixing fun with intelligence. Pure escapism. Love it!
  13. earlr
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    this cd will get everybody into the groove.listen to it several times and you will get hooked to it.addicted even.
  14. jayp
    Nov 14, 2005
    8
    this album is really great, until the last 3 songs which in my opinion are no better than fillers. best album since Ray of Light for sure.
  15. BrandenC
    Nov 14, 2005
    9
    great all around dance/pop album
  16. RyanK
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Brilliant! (with a British accent)
  17. LisaA
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    I'm Going to say it: This is the defining work of madonna's career. This album is perfection, in every sense, and madonna deserves all the positive recognition she is getting for it. It is superior to any dance record i have ever heard, and is without a doubt, the best record of 2005.
  18. AlexB
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This is by far Madonna's greatest album since Ray of Light. An amazing swirl of dance, techno and daft Punk, this album is one throb of a ride. Anyone who can resist the temptation to dance while listening to this, must be made of wood.
  19. daves
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    I hope people who review this cd give a at least a weeks worth of listens. It is an amazing cd. Everytime I listen to it I am blown away at the incredible talent madonna has. Thanks for making such a top notch CD!!!!!!! To the CNN anchor who said American Life was a waste of 15.00, I just have to ask her, were you in the room when you listened to it???? Thanks Madonna, you indeed do rule I hope people who review this cd give a at least a weeks worth of listens. It is an amazing cd. Everytime I listen to it I am blown away at the incredible talent madonna has. Thanks for making such a top notch CD!!!!!!! To the CNN anchor who said American Life was a waste of 15.00, I just have to ask her, were you in the room when you listened to it???? Thanks Madonna, you indeed do rule the world!!!!!… Expand
  20. BenT
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    As a whole, the best album of her career
  21. EdwinR
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Madonna gives us a new perspective on tracks on a cd, a almost never ending storie from begining to end, it's like you almost can't tell when one storie ends and the next one begins, it's perfect!!!!!!
  22. EricJ
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This Album is amazing! Madonna at her very best!! The Dancing queen is back!
  23. MarkM
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Her best in a long time!!!
  24. GMCQ
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Not a single mis-Fire WOW! Impressed by her all over again!
  25. SarkesY
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Some of her BEST work ever!!!
  26. JoeSchmo
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Very good, i absoutly love this album, and that its a continous mix, WOW! I could listen to this or dance to it for hours!
  27. OwenM
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Best yet
  28. catacombA
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Album Of the Year!!!
  29. MichaelC
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This is a flawless album. Not a dud in the bunch. Her best in years.
  30. PhilippeG
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Her best EVER !!!
  31. LukaszS
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Critics shut the hell up... you always critisize Ms. Madonna... and she still keeps on selling records, having number ones.. instead of analizing her music and breaking it into piecese.. enjoy it... it's perfect to go out, to dance, to listen when you're at work... she's not a poet she tells you how it is... so back off... becaue she will sell at least a mil within two Critics shut the hell up... you always critisize Ms. Madonna... and she still keeps on selling records, having number ones.. instead of analizing her music and breaking it into piecese.. enjoy it... it's perfect to go out, to dance, to listen when you're at work... she's not a poet she tells you how it is... so back off... becaue she will sell at least a mil within two weeks.. I guarantee it...… Expand
  32. KevinM
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This album is AMAZING, Madonna is back at what she does best. WAY TOO GO
  33. AndrewW
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    It's simply a return to form. A return to her dancing roots and it's fun. Thank God for fun albums.
  34. CadeS
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Best Madonna album in the last decade.
  35. seanw
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    awesome album
  36. JC
    Nov 14, 2005
    1
    Madonna needs to trade in her Cha Cha Heels for a wheelchair. How many times must she inflict her bad singing on the American public??? Give it up girl your minutes of fame are FINALLY dissapearing. And by the way maybe someone should turn her daughters on to the filthy media scandal she created in the past to keep her name in the media. Madonna, stay abroad we have enough bad pop music Madonna needs to trade in her Cha Cha Heels for a wheelchair. How many times must she inflict her bad singing on the American public??? Give it up girl your minutes of fame are FINALLY dissapearing. And by the way maybe someone should turn her daughters on to the filthy media scandal she created in the past to keep her name in the media. Madonna, stay abroad we have enough bad pop music living right here in the US.… Expand
  37. CarlosA
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    This is a wonderful dance album. Every song is superb and the flow between each track is perfect. Highly recommended!
  38. MaryannW
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Great, I love it so much.I can't belive it's Madonna.
  39. stephanies
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    purrfect
  40. WilliamS
    Nov 13, 2005
    10
    Certainly one of the best. Non-stop catchy dance tunes that have heart to satisfy all fans - new and old
  41. EugenP
    Nov 13, 2005
    9
    Words cannot describe!
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Slant Magazine
    80
    One of the few pop singers whose albums are best appreciated in their entirety and not lopped off into "hit singles," Madonna... has succeeded at creating a dance-pop odyssey with an emotional, if not necessarily narrative, arc.
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  2. The Guardian
    80
    It may be a return to core values, but there's still a bravery about Confessions on a Dancefloor. It revels in the delights of wilfully plastic dance pop in an era when lesser dance-pop artists - from Rachel Stevens to Price's protege Juliet - are having a desperately thin time of it.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    75
    Disco with a vengeance, a whomping, unapologetically airheaded engine of stroboscopic beats and succulent textures that exhumes dance music's time-honored values of celebration and affirmation. [13 Nov 2005]
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