From Drowned Madonna : WB Listening Party

 

The room was decked out in a candy theme, champagne was being served, candy everywhere you look for everyone. The conference room it was held in was totally transformed.

 

There were red and white stripes & stools as the theme plus like colored bricks and lots of candy all over.

 

There were all Re-Invention Tour stage shots in the room including a big poster that may be the cover of the Lisbon DVD. No other photos of anything else, just RIT.

 

Madonna came at 5:30pm with Ingrid Casares and Guy Oseary, wearing all black - blouse, skirt, and boots. Liz Rosenberg was there of course, she is the one who organized the party and set up the theme.

 

Madonna sat on a couch with Liz Rosenberg and Ingrid Casares as the tracks played.

 

Madonna dictated what tracks would be played and specifically said they were not being played in any order.

 

She said she had just finished mixing the album a few days ago.

 

Madonna played "Candyshop," then "4 Minutes To Save The World" first. She then had a vote on which one would be the first single. She said many times throughout the session that the first single has yet ot be decided.

 

She is all about "Candy Shop" and looked upset and surprised there was a better reaction to "4 Minutes To Save The World".

 

"4 Minutes To Save The World" is like a dancey "Hey You". It goes something like "Hey girl, save the world...".

 

 

"The Beat Goes On" sounds NOTHING like the demo we heard. As we told you, it features Kanyes West. Madonna said it's not a single. Madonna made the song out to seem like a joke.

 

"Miles Away" and "The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" has then been played.

 

Many times she would not announce the names of songs before playing them but there were songs with the following main hooks:

 

"She's Not Me" , "Feel It In My Heartbeat" and "Dance Tonight" .

 

There is also a song which Madonna called a "psychological mind f*ck" which questioned who was the master or slave, if youre walking the dog or the dogs walking you.

 

Finally, Madonna said there are thirteen tracks, but she only played 10 songs.

 

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:D

GAH its all happening !! YAY :D

Its worrying to hear Candy Shop could be first single! Surely theres better songs on the cd!

wasn't candyshop completely different then the version we got?

I'm not sure, i hope so! :(

Madonna unveils new album title

NME.com

'Licorice' will be released in April

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Madonna has called her new album 'Licorice' and it will be released in late April.

 

The record will be the superstar's eleventh studio album, and is the follow up to 2005's 'Confessions On A Dancefloor'.

 

Reports suggest that the album will be a dance record with a hip-hop edge, reflected by Madonna's collaborations with Kanye West and Pharrell Williams which will appear on the album.

 

Two songs entitled 'Candy Shop' and 'The Beat Goes On' were leaked online earlier this year.

 

The album is her last record to be released with current label Warner Brothers. She recently sealed a deal with Live Nation offshoot Artist Nation

 

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December 06, 2007, 3:50 PM ET Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.

 

Madonna has christened her final Warner Bros. studio album "Licorice," and will release the set in late April. The news was broken today (Dec. 6) on former Billboard editor Larry Flick's Sirius Satellite Radio show "OutQ."

 

On the broadcast, Flick also aired two songs from the album, "Candy Shop" and "The Beat Goes On" featuring Pharrell. Both cuts leaked online earlier this year.

 

Unconfirmed reports say Madonna previewed the album in recent days for Warner Bros. staff members in New York. Kanye West is said to guest on "The Beat Goes On," while an older unreleased tune, "The Devil Wouldn't Recognize You," appears in a new version.

 

As previously reported, following "Licorice" and a greatest hits collection, Madonna will record for Artist Nation, a new initiative launched by concert promoter Live Nation.

 

 

The 10-year deal encompasses all of Madonna's future music and music-related businesses, including the exploitation of the Madonna brand, new studio albums, touring, merchandising, fan clubs/Web sites, DVDs, music-related television and film projects and associated sponsorship agreements.

^^ :o :o :o Licorice???

 

I know some people are gonna hate that title but I like it a lot better than "Give It To Me".

is it even a word?*

Edited December 7, 200717 yr by Shaun

thanks baby boy, just moved it into this thread

I know some parts of the world spell it as liquorice!

 

Licorice/liquorice - a black candy flavored with the dried root of the licorice plant.

 

Yup, she's trying to drive the point home that the album has got black roots & all about r&b music!

 

 

OH WOW! i thought it was liquorice but i wasnt sure. :P

thanks!

interesting name.. better then give it to me

I have a 30 second teaser demo of the "The Devil Wouldn't Recognise You". :o I heard its from the re-invention tour. I hope the new version sounds better.

 

If anyone wants it I'll PM it to you.

Drowned Madonna is adamant saying that Licorice is not the title of the album! :blink: Oh well, we'll find out in April I guess.

From MADONNATRIBE :

 

MadonnaTribe sources can bring more exclusive news about the title track of Madonna's new album. Give It To Me is a song produced by Pharrell Williams, and it's a very catchy uptempo track that reminds of early Madonna tracks from the "pre-Madonna era" such as "Love on the run". The fans who were worried that this album would be too hip-hop would be happy to know that it's very 80's in its structure and it's pure Madonna. A person who apparently heard the song said it sounds quite "cartoonish".

 

The "Give It To Me" phrase has nothing to do with a supposed "sexual content" as rumoured on a few Madonna forums, but it's said in the sense of "I'll handle the situation for you".

 

A male voice is also singing backing vocals on part of the second verse and Madonna reprises a couple of lyrics from "The Beat Goes On" on this one.

 

The break is very strange, the song basically stops suddenly while Madonna says "Don't Stop It" the male voice, probably Pharell himself says "to the left, to the right".

 

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MadonnaTribe has heard, and can finally report, some concrete exclusive info about the photoshoot Madonna will be doing for the cover of her new album. The Queen of Pop will be shooting the album cover on December 22nd in the United Kingdom.

 

She will be following again tradition, as the photographer is again Steven Klein. The album design will be once again in charge of designer Giovanni Bianco.

 

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MadonnaTribe has received more info about one of the songs on Madonna's new album. One of the Five Songs we first reported on November 18 from the Timberlake/Timbaland session is a nice, mid-tempo love song with classic "Madonna lyrics" and a theme concept that loosely reminds of the idea behind the song "Like a Virgin".

 

Across The Sky, tells the story of a woman who is quite disenchanted by love, a woman who knows deception, a woman who lied and has been lied to quite a lot in her life. A woman who admits she is not a saint but that finally fells like a new person now that she has found a new love in her life and she is ready to travel "across the sky" with her man, poetically holding his hands in hers.

 

Musically the songs contains a lot of acustic guitars and has a very catchy chorus. Justin Timberlake is "oooing" on backing vocals. Apparently the song would be perfect for a third single release from the album.

Fans who might be worried that Madonna has been looking for much new musical directions with this album must be reassured that she has re-invented and adapted that genre to her own unique style.

 

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:wub: :wub: :wub:

Reading stuff like this drives me up the wall...i can't wait til April!!! This is beyond crule! :(

ARGH sounds awesome

:wub: Sounding good.

But April?

Recap of Song Titles from MADGETRIBE :

 

Candy Shop

Very sinister, electronic, very club and retro at the same time. More ahead of the music, very uptempo and demanding.

Produced by: Pharrell Williams

 

The Beat Goes On

Featuring Kayne West, completely reworked (compared to the demo), very umptempo.

Produced by: Pharrell Williams

 

4 Minutes To Save The World

Upbeat and very catchy hip-hop Madonna/Justin Timberlake duet (the only one from the album). The song has and catchy vibe, with percussion layershypnotic synthetized strings.

Produced by: Timbaland, Timberlake, Danja

 

Give It To Me

Very catchy, uptempo track with an interesting break.

Produced by: Pharrell Williams

 

Across The Sky

Nice, mid-tempo love song that contains a lot of acoustic guitars and has a very catchy chorus. Madonna is hitting really high notes, JT is on back vocals.

Produced by: Timbaland, Timberlake, Danja

 

La La - The Coffee Song!

The hook is no words. It's saying stuff named after coffee.

Produced by: Timbaland, Danja

 

Miles Away

A hit written all over it. Full of acoustic guitars, beautiful uptempo song ad Justin on back vocals again. Dance and acoustic at the same time. Madonna has a lot of harmonies on it. Her voice sounds great.

Produced by: Timbaland, Timberlake, Danja

 

Even The Devil Wouldn't Recognise You

Amazing ballad.

Produced by: Timbaland, Timberlake, Danja

 

Dance Tonight

Dance track. It has a captivating late 70's - early 80's disco sound - fingered bass, claps, triangle

 

Unconfirmed titles:

She's Not Me

Feel It In My Heartbeat

 

+ 1 yet unknown track - I wonder if this unknown track is the one that M describes as a "psychological mind fukc". :blink:

Edited December 14, 200717 yr by McFess

OMG im peeing my pants!!! im SO excited! SOUNDS AMAZING :D

 

I love the title 'Even The Devil Wouldn't Recognise You' :wub:

 

 

thanks Mcfess!