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Generally favorable reviews- based on 562 Ratings
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Positive: 398 out of 562
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Mixed: 89 out of 562
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Negative: 75 out of 562
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SeanFDec 5, 2008Fantastic considering the worst song on the album was a number 1 Hit!
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GillesB.Apr 30, 2008
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kirkorkirkellaApr 30, 2008
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CavitDApr 30, 2008I'm in love with this album, it's one of her best. Funky!
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Mar 27, 2020This album is too cohisive. Some songs (like "Heartbeat" and "Miles Away") could be even better if someone other than The Neptunes would handle those tracks production.
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IanRMay 25, 2008As a huge Madonna fan, I'm disappointed. Never has she sounded more bored and more like a guest on her own songs. Enlisting the help of Timbaland and Timberlake reeks of desperation, and this half-baked effort contains no Madonna classics and only a handful of tolerable songs. Her worst studio effort without question.
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RezJApr 28, 2010I think Madonna lost her way in music with this album. she wamted to try something new but it didn't work. i think R&B beats don't fit on her. the only songs u can bear in this album are "Miles Away" and "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You". they sounds like real Madonna. we all expected more from her after her huge success in "Confessions on a Dancefloor".
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JoshPJan 3, 2009
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SantixRdeChJun 11, 2010Great album. i didn't like 4 minutes at first, but i was only a matter of time so I could like it. My favs: Spanish Lesson, She's not me, Heartbeat, Give it to me, Candy Shop, Beat goes on.
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JustinApr 29, 2008She's now old enough to be a grandma, which is why her childish need for attention and shock is so pathetic... and thanks again for ruining Guy Richie's career.
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Jun 29, 2014People seem to have forgotten that this is the maker of Like A Prayer, Ray of Light, Music...
I appreciate Madonna likes to change styles with each album she does.. but I simply cannot see anything as stunning and emotionally charged as the mentioned work she has previously done in this album... -
DaveR.Apr 30, 2008wow Hard candy is just the best madonna album ever!!!!!
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MichaelKOct 6, 2008Creativity is a word out of madonna's vocabulary. The album is irritating, futile, hypocritically innocent and all in one: show of. Is the worst of a
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MaxApr 30, 2008It's not her best album but it is good!
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Anti-KApr 30, 2008
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JosiMApr 30, 2008Though same tracks are pretty weak, there are a lot of gems here. They jsn't need some time to shine. It's not an album you'll love on the first listen. I wouldn't even call it a grower. You just need to feel the music, 'cause above all this is a straightforward dance album...
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RobertM.May 10, 2008There is more single material rather than a great album full of strong songs Best Songs-4 Minutes,Give It To Me,Heartbeat,Beat Goes On
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GabrielC.May 2, 2008Excellent!
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KennyCJul 1, 2009
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SmartsApr 30, 2008Best pop album so far this year.
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SarkesY.Apr 30, 2008NO WAY NEAR AS BAD AS SOME ARE MAKING IT, not better than confessions was but i think the pre-buzz is trying to kill it, really fun party/dance album more 80's vibe than anything she's done recently: CANDY SHOP, GIVE IT 2 ME, MILES AWAY, INCREDIBLE amd DEVIL are my FavEs!!!!!!
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mathewd.Apr 30, 2008There are only about 3 or 4 good songs thanks to her team of producers. Nothing original here. It all sounds what's been on the radio for the past few years. What would Madonna have done through her career without the great record producers she's hired.
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J.D.Apr 30, 2008Atrocious by anyone's standards. Is incredibly sad to hear her get down to this kind of mess she has been able to avoid for so long.
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[Anonymous]Apr 30, 2008Fantastic.
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JohnSApr 30, 2008Not great. The songs are all generic. She's too old to be singing these kinds of songs.
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PhilipG.Apr 30, 2008Excellent! I'm so relieved.
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mugul16Apr 30, 2008I love it....!!!! Madonna have done a great job again!!!
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KevinSApr 30, 2008Don't listen to anyone that says this is not a good album. This is one of Madonna's BEST albums. The majority of the tracks are just awesome, and this album deserves to be listened to with the volume up and the bass pumping! A real crowd pleaser of an album. Fun, exciting, and very danceable.
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EABApr 30, 2008She hasn't had this fun on an album since Like A Prayer and hasn't gotten as artistic as Ray Of Light.
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Awards & Rankings
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It's fun to hear here negotiate the contours of Top 40 pop for the first time since "Like A Prayer," without any European house music hose-head gumming up the pleasure and catharsis with mediative schmaltz. [May 2008, p.73]
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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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Whenever Hard Candy threatens to get boring, something always happens to recapture your interest, but the three songs in which Madonna actually seems to forge a genuine connection with her musical helpmeet leave the rest of the album in the shade.