Thursday at 22:172 days 👏Confessions II out TOMORROW!!!! very grateful to be a little part of this. can’t wait for you guys to hear "Bizarre" with Madonna and hope you enjoy it (and the full album its crazy!!) ❤️❤️
Friday at 00:102 days There’s so much to take In for this album and I’m still not even finished yet!! This is gonna take so many listens to fully absorb and take in but I’m genuinely blown away by how intricate and produced it is and how it’s genuinely nothing like Confessions 1.0!Still reinventing and pushing boundaries this is a real return to form that’s all I can say for now.
Friday at 04:412 days 2 minutes ago, smirnoff_ice said:Slant 4.5 stars, pitchfork 8.1 out of 10, Rolling Stones 80%Mick Jagger must be a fan.
Friday at 05:392 days 13 hours ago, Sour Candy said:I have a feeling that the pre-album singles will be the worst songs on the album (IFSF aside) which would be so typical from her since Hard Candy days.And after one listen, this is exactly what happened!But the album is great, her most vivid body of work in years. I find it interesting that this is perhaps the first time when she has addressed her history and career in such poignant way. It feels like a victory lap of a sort? I could argue that none of the songs are career highs but they don't have to be, it's still a strong effort.
Friday at 06:582 days "If CONFESSIONS II has a contemporary analogue, it’s Róisín Machine, a moment of pre-transphobia brilliance by Róisín Murphy on which she told a fragmented, fantastical version of her life story atop crunchy, vintage-toned club music."This comment in Pitchfork made me scream (with excitement and at the deserved Róisín drag) Feeling very vindicated for seeing the vision from the beginning. Time to dive in x
Friday at 07:072 days This thread is so long but it's the first time I'm here and I ain't gon' read the other pages xoListening to this on a Friday morning, as you do 😀 Very fun so far, she clearly sees the dancefloor as a spiritual construct! Bonus points for the lyric 'Venus in Taurus' in 'Good For The Soul' as I have Venus in Taurus!!! ♀️♉
Friday at 08:212 days Oh my gosh, shes BACK!!! I love this albumTop 5:DanceteriaOne step awaySchoolL.E.S Girl Love SensationSurprisingly Bring Your Love is one of my least favourites on the album!
Friday at 08:422 days At work so I can’t give a full review but this feels like a triumph of a project.Nostalgic but not dated. Referential to the original and plucks from the same brain but is no way copying or repeating just for a cheap win. Varied, lyrically superb and the pacing of the album allows everything to breathe wonderfully.The slow start that SMASHES into Bring Your Love and then keeps you in dancefloor heaven with Danceteria? 10/10 x
Friday at 08:432 days It’s a really strong album, I think it will grow over time - especially some of the songs I’ve ranked/rated lower at this early stage.It’s the most experimental she’s been since Ray of Light, lots of really interesting twists and turns in most songs. In that respect it’s a quintessential Madonna album, never giving people what they expect, making an album completely on her own terms and somehow giving us what we didn’t know we wanted or needed. Mother knows best etc etc. I’m a pop queen at heart, so for the most part the strongest moments for me are where she leans into the pure joy and immersion of all out pop. However, I also really appreciated the more introspective final third including the Erotica coded pair (My Sins and Betrayal) are sublime - the spoken word sections are so sumptuous and divine. Rank 01 Love Sensation - pure distilled pop joy 02 Danceteria - would have loved a 5+ minute sprawl on this one 03 Bizarre - if there’s a hit to be had here, this is it 04 Fragile - just gorgeous05 I Feel So Free - the necessary link between Confessions 1 and 2 but also such a statement of intent 06 Betrayal - could be ripped straight from Erotica07 My Sins Are My Saviour - another perfect example of updated classic Madonna 08 Bring Your Love - enjoying the new mix and slightly more natural vocals 09 Read My Lips - what Hard Candy wanted to be but wasn’t because she took her eye off the ball10 L.E.S Girl - the sun coming up on the club night 11 The Test - a gorgeous bookend to Little Star 12 One Step Away - gorgeous vocal, but there’s not really much to it as a song 13 Good For The Soul - slightly flat vocal on this one and it doesn’t really go anywhere 14 Love Without Words - 15 School - interesting but feels like a tour interlude 16 Everything - same as above
Friday at 09:052 days It's so good i wanna cry - what a stunning, stunning album, might prefer some songs more than the others but genuinely no skips for me. The production, melodies, transitions, emotions, top notch. Even Read My Lips which i was less keen on in the film is so glorious. Hope she achieves the commercial success she deserves with this.
Friday at 09:122 days Well she certainly picked the best tracks for the singles on this with Bring Your Love & Danceteria & Love Sensation
Friday at 10:352 days Love the album, loads of references back to previous albums but all weaved together so well. The last third doesn’t hit that well so far but will enjoy running with this in my ears the next few weeks!!!
Friday at 11:322 days Excellent album. One of those I can’t distinguish firm favourites just yet as I have only listened once as the intended listening experience (start to finish) and it all flows so well.One song I don’t see get much love that stood out for me is ‘Everything’. Love that one.‘Fragile’ is magnificent. Really, really beautiful! I feel like this is exactly how sequel albums should be. I’m really excited to listen to them back to back as I think it’s going to be an incredible experience.
Friday at 11:402 days I’m on holiday at the moment but I streamed it earlier and I thought it was definitely coherent as an album. I didn’t have anything on first listen that made me think I needed to add it to my Madonna playlist but there’s time yet for individual tracks to grow more. I think that my faves on first listen were Good For the Soul, One Step Away, Danceteria, Read My Lips and Everything. A couple of the ballads at the end were really nice as well.
