I listened to the first half on my way into work and I am liking what I've heard so far, second half on the way home! 😊

THIS IS NOT AN DRILL

UK Apple Music

#53 (NE) Danceteria

#60 (+113) Bring Your Love

#66 (Re) I Feel So Free np

#90 (NE) Good For The Soul

#94 (NE) One Step Away

#136 (NE) Love Sensation

#137 (NE) Read My Lips

#172 (NE) Everything

Pop

#125 Bizarre

#140 Love Without Words

#164 School

#192 Fragile

ISSA SMASH UPDATE

Madonna thought she could just put on some funky house and acid bass and I would be able to keep listening to the rest of the album?

Call it trance



Call it house



Call it love without words

1 hour ago, Spiceboy said:

I listened to the first half on my way into work and I am liking what I've heard so far, second half on the way home! 😊

I did/am doing the exact same thing - got as far as Love Without Words this morning.

It's pretty awesome so far and will comment more later, but I will say that right now

DANCETERIA!!!

OMFG! This has to be one of the best songs she's ever done.

Not usually a madonna fan but thought id check it out after really enjoying bring me love and really pleasantly suprised so far, can see myself going back to it a lot

12 minutes ago, ChrisJK said:

I did/am doing the exact same thing - got as far as Love Without Words this morning.

It's pretty awesome so far and will comment more later, but I will say that right now

DANCETERIA!!!

OMFG! This has to be one of the best songs she's ever done.

I agree about Danceteria (well not her best ever lol) it's great.

"CONFESSIONS II" has reached #1 in 56 countries on iTunes.

CONFESSIONS II" is the #1 Best-Selling Album on Amazon UK!!!

#1 CD Standard & #8 CD Premium

Album: CONFESSIONS II

No Small Countries

Apple Music (6x #1):

#1 Brazil (+4)

#1 France (+110)

#1 Italy (+22)

#1 Netherlands (+13)

#1 Spain (+23)

#2 Australia (+37)

#2 Germany (+60)

#2 Mexico (+48)

#2 New Zealand (+55)

#2 United Kingdom (+34)

#14 Canada (+156)

#16 Ireland (+4)

#18 United States (NE)

#31 Turkey (+19)

#43 Belgium (+9)

#43 Switzerland (+16)

#57 Japan (NE)

#63 Colombia (+11)

#134 Hong Kong (-8)

Edited Friday at 13:282 days by javier78

On my first listenthrough of this now and some true standouts already (besides IFSF and BYL):

Everything

Danceteria

Love Sensation

Read My Lips

Bizarre

Insane production and pacing. No real complaints so far other than not being so fussed on tracks 2 and 3.

Really enjoying this, Fragile is the absolute one for me

My fav. Good For The Soul, One Step Away, Danceteria and Bizarre

I'm not really feeling this on first listen, I really hope it grows with more listens. The production is great but I wanted more melodies and less spoken parts.

'Bizarre' and 'Read My Lips' however are both brilliant, easily my two standout tracks!

Drops to 83 (from 84) from 9 critics on Metacritic so far.

https://www.metacritic.com/music/confessions-ii/madonna

LOVING the album.

It is classic, self-referencing, a perfect natural continuation of the first album, fresh-sounding, lyrically on point, beautifully sung, sublime production and timeless sounding.

There are so many moments I am loving (Fragile appreciation please!)

1 hour ago, Mangø said:

I'm not really feeling this on first listen, I really hope it grows with more listens. The production is great but I wanted more melodies and less spoken parts.

Agree with this to some extent. Considering how great the execution is, the material (individual songs) could be stronger.

Edited Friday at 15:222 days by Sour Candy

What I am loving most is that this feels like what Madonna was great at for about 2.5 decades: an album. A shared collective vision and statement told from start to end with a consistent theme and vibe running through it. Hard Candy was perhaps her last album to even attempt this, whereas MDNA, Rebel Heart and Madame X (to a lesser extent), felt very disjointed and more "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks". Madame X tried to have a vision but I don't think it was executed well in retrospect.

What makes Madonna great is her ability to craft an entire era through an album. It is what so many popstars try to do (but can't execute it to her standard).

This feels like it belongs with her back catalogue firmly and proves what makes Madonna, Madonna.

#1 Apple Music UK

I’m actually blown away…. It’s as good as Confessions for me, with a little ROL thrown in too. Easily one of my top 5 M albums of all time.

Just so many magical moments on the album…

And L.E.S Girls is beyond lovely. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I definitely get RoL vibes from some moments too! In fact I can hear references from so much of her back catalogue.

#1 on the UK Apple Music STREAMING chart!!

This is a great sign this is actually getting streams?!?! 🤩

EDIT: Seen I was beaten to it but still wow at this. I honestly thought this might show up at like #10 maybe on first day hype but not #1!

Edited Friday at 17:212 days by Jordanlee1402