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Madonna, Radio 1 Big Weekend - The Independent Review

14 May 2008 19:58:42 PDT

Written by Pera
Her new album Hard Candy is getting the hard sell - most of the songs are drawn from there. However, few of the new tracks are particularly memorable - although one stand-out moment is a striking image of Madonna and her highly stylised male dancers moving in tandem across the stage during th...

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Madonna, Radio 1 Big Weekend - Times Online Review

11 May 2008 09:41:08 PDT

Written by Pera
New York, Paris, Maidstone. For the last of three, short shows to plug her current album, Hard Candy, Madonna arrived by helicopter in the Kent countryside to headline Radio 1's Big Weekend. Clearly, the plan was to prove that a pop star about to turn 50 in August can remain relevant to the kid...

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Dotmusic review of H.C., 8/10

02 May 2008 17:29:17 PDT

Written by Jade
Many have commented on how obvious Madonna’s choice of producers is on “Hard Candy”, but far too little has been written about how she has made them raise their game. When was the last time Pharrell Williams delivered a slice of disco as Chic sleek as “She’s Not Me”, let alone seen it invested...

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"Hard Candy" - Yahoo Music Review

02 May 2008 14:42:15 PDT

Written by Pera
Which would be a dubious legacy, were it not for the fact she's released so many life-affirming, radio-dazzling, zeitgeist-riding songs along the way, from "Holiday" to "Hung Up", via "Virgin" and "Vogue". And yet she's never got the credit she deserves. Twenty five years after finding f...

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Madonna at Roseland - Rolling Stone Review

01 May 2008 18:14:17 PDT

Written by Pera
A crowd far larger than the 2,200 capacity of New York club Roseland camped out overnight on the streets of midtown Manhattan awaiting the chance to see Madonna debut tracks from her new album Hard Candy on Wednesday. The audience of celebs and die-hard fans who actually made it through the...

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Madonna at Roseland - The Advocate Review

01 May 2008 16:23:45 PDT

Gay boys, rejoice: The Material Girl a.k.a. Madge a.k.a. M-Dolla, (as she is currently known) has returned to save us from the Miley Cyruses of the world. The diva's latest album, Hard Candy (her last for Warner Records), dropped April 29 to rabid fan anticipation and generally positive reviews....

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Madonna news and blogs - July 06, 2008

06 Jul 2008 00:00:01 PDT

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• Opinion: Hard Candy: Madonna's New CD Delivers a Few Workout Tunes -- from Mixx: Health
• Madonna's "Hard Candy" Receives Terrible Reviews -- by aishamusic from kabbalah « WordPress.com Tag Feed
• Opinion: Madonna - Hard Candy - TheCelebrityCafe.com -- from Madonna "4 Minutes" OR "Ray of Light" OR Retrieved OR "Hard Candy" OR "ref ref" OR "Like a Prayer" OR "Like a Virgin" OR "Confessions on a Dance Floor" OR "husband Guy Ritchie" OR "Queen of Pop" OR Malawi OR "Material Girl" OR "new album Hard Candy" OR "ref name" OR Biography OR Kabbalah OR Timbaland OR Ringtones OR ref OR "Justify My Love" OR babblicious OR "5 May" OR Evita OR "album Hard Candy" OR "Hung Up" OR "Bot generated title ref" OR "Something to Remember" OR "Who's That Girl" OR "The Immaculate Collection" OR "Open Your Heart" OR "Sire Records" OR "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" - Google News
• Opinion: Madonna shocks Radio 1 crowd with swear words and demands -- from Melbourne Herald Sun
• Madonna, Radio 1 Big Weekend - Guardian Review -- by Pera from all about Madonna
• Music Review: Hard Candy -- by Rusty from Rusty's Balcony
• Review: Madonna Hard Candy -- by Marzouq from Z District
• Opinion: Madonna claims double at top of charts - Reuters UK -- from Madonna "4 Minutes" OR "Ray of Light" OR Retrieved OR "Hard Candy" OR "ref ref" OR "Like a Prayer" OR "Like a Virgin" OR "Confessions on a Dance Floor" OR "husband Guy Ritchie" OR "Queen of Pop" OR Malawi OR "Material Girl" OR "new album Hard Candy" OR "ref name" OR Biography OR Kabbalah OR Timbaland OR Ringtones OR ref OR "Justify My Love" OR babblicious OR "5 May" OR Evita OR "album Hard Candy" OR "Hung Up" OR "Bot generated title ref" OR "Something to Remember" OR "Who's That Girl" OR "The Immaculate Collection" OR "Open Your Heart" OR "Sire Records" OR "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" - Google News
• Review: Madonna, Hard Candy - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com -- from Madonna "4 Minutes" OR "Ray of Light" OR Retrieved OR "Hard Candy" OR "ref ref" OR "Like a Prayer" OR "Like a Virgin" OR "Confessions on a Dance Floor" OR "husband Guy Ritchie" OR "Queen of Pop" OR Malawi OR "Material Girl" OR "new album Hard Candy" OR "ref name" OR Biography OR Kabbalah OR Timbaland OR Ringtones OR ref OR "Justify My Love" OR babblicious OR "5 May" OR Evita OR "album Hard Candy" OR "Hung Up" OR "Bot generated title ref" OR "Something to Remember" OR "Who's That Girl" OR "The Immaculate Collection" OR "Open Your Heart" OR "Sire Records" OR "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" - Google News
• Opinion: Madonna Hard Candy live on your mobile - LetsGoMobile (press release) -- from Madonna "4 Minutes" OR "Ray of Light" OR Retrieved OR "Hard Candy" OR "ref ref" OR "Like a Prayer" OR "Like a Virgin" OR "Confessions on a Dance Floor" OR "husband Guy Ritchie" OR "Queen of Pop" OR Malawi OR "Material Girl" OR "new album Hard Candy" OR "ref name" OR Biography OR Kabbalah OR Timbaland OR Ringtones OR ref OR "Justify My Love" OR babblicious OR "5 May" OR Evita OR "album Hard Candy" OR "Hung Up" OR "Bot generated title ref" OR "Something to Remember" OR "Who's That Girl" OR "The Immaculate Collection" OR "Open Your Heart" OR "Sire Records" OR "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" - Google News

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"Hard Candy" - The Washington Post Review

29 Apr 2008 00:24:56 PDT

Written by Pera
It is not yet time to stick a fork in Madonna. The grande dame of pop isn't done just yet. Pop music is supposed to be a young person's game, but Madonna, as she's done so often throughout her quarter-century... DOWNLOAD THESE:"4 Minutes," "Incredible," "Give It 2 Me"

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"Hard Candy" - The Advocate Review

29 Apr 2008 00:24:56 PDT

Written by Pera
Candy's sugar solidifies by album's end: "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" is no hit, but it's intriguing lyrics and easy-on-the-ears refrain are good enough to compensate for the fact that it sounds like a rip-off of "Cry Me a River" or "What Goes Around, Comes Around." Candy closer "Voice...

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"Hard Candy" - Pitchfork Review

28 Apr 2008 05:05:06 PDT

Written by Pera
Madonna is coming home: Having spent a decade working with producers drawn from European club culture, Hard Candy is her link-up with the American men who've come to define global pop. Five songs with Timbaland and Justin Timberlake, six with...

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"Hard Candy" - New York Daily News Review

27 Apr 2008 11:57:24 PDT

Written by Pera
Anyone disappointed by that album should take a lick of "Hard Candy," out Tuesday. It's everything "Confessions" professed to be - and more: a disc that gorges on catchy choruses, nagging beats and insouciant vocals. It may be the best album of Madonna's career. Certainly it's the most cons...

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"Hard Candy" - JAM! Music Review

26 Apr 2008 23:09:36 PDT

Mrs. Ritchie dishes on long-distance relationships -- "You always have the biggest heart when we're 6,000 miles apart" -- over a Spanish guitar and a Latin-flecked rhythm. Ah, jess. La musica de los Madonna. While Pharrell blends flamenco guitars, a Latin rhythm and some faux toreador horn...

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Opinion: The JAM! Madonna interview

26 Apr 2008 23:07:49 PDT

In the latest ELLE magazine, on which she graces the cover, The Queen of Pop describes Timberlake -- who inducted her into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame last month -- as "a gentleman," -- and Williams as "a smooth operator." Timbaland? "A Cheshire Cat."

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"Hard Candy" - All Music Guide Review

26 Apr 2008 06:27:09 PDT

All through her career, it has been impossible to divorce Madonna's music from her image, as they feed off each other to the point where it's hard to tell which came first, the concept or the songs. Glancing at the aggressively ugly cover to Hard Candy -- its blistering pinks and assaultive l...

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"Hard Candy" - MusicOMH.com Review

25 Apr 2008 13:30:14 PDT

Written by Pera
After Confessions On A Dance Floor, where she revived disco and brought legwarmers back in style, we thought there was no musical stone left unturned by Madge. And yet we were sure she would surprise us once again. But at almost 50, the inspiration well seems to have run dry. The solution is a go...

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"Hard Candy" - New York Times Review

25 Apr 2008 13:30:14 PDT

Written by Pera
When in doubt, take Madonna at face value. Since the beginning of her career, she has telegraphed her intentions and labelled herself more efficiently than any observer. She has titled albums Music, Erotica and, in 2005, Confessions On A Dance Floor for a collection that mingled personal...

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Opinion: Ray of Light - New York Mag Interview

20 Apr 2008 22:41:23 PDT

Written by Pera
Madonna on Her Directorial Debut and Mission to Save Malawi Madonna recently claimed that she was over New York; she still liked to stick her finger in our socket from time to time, but there were no longer so many... Madonna on Her Directorial Debut and Mission to Save Malawi

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Opinion: Music - Singles of the Week - Monday, April 21

20 Apr 2008 09:18:28 PDT

Written by Rob
SINGLE OF THE WEEK: MADONNA feat JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE – 4 MINUTES: Madonna continues to impress with her latest single, 4 Minutes, featuring a collaboration with Justin Timberlake (who really is getting about a bit). Featuring an urgent, funky and utterly pulsating beat, some tick tock ch...

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The Observer's review of Madonna' Hard Candy

20 Apr 2008 06:59:00 PDT

Written by Sylar
At around the same time that she was penning this blueprint for the next phase of her career, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams were bandmates in their impeccably named high-school ensemble Surrounded by Idiots. Source: Madonna Tribe

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"Hard Candy" - Capital Radio Review

08 Apr 2008 09:04:38 PDT

Written by Pera
3. Give It To me: Not a Furtado/Timbo cover but a Pharrell track that's going to be the 2nd single. Let us tell you now - it's mindblowingly amazing. There's cowbells, twinkles and a funny vocoder you might have heard on 'Music'. Think old school pop Madonna but fired up at 300 mph. There's a funky b...

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"Hard Candy" - Times Online Review

07 Apr 2008 14:18:23 PDT

Written by Pera
All of which is worth dwelling on, because how will The Madonna Effect play out when Hard Candy is released? It's tempting even to theorise that Madonna has made it so that there won't be much of an Effect. Hard Candy is no disaster, but a little more of that wouldn't have gone amiss.

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Hard Candy - The Sun Review

10 Mar 2008 12:09:38 PDT

Written by Pera
In this up-tempo number, previously called 4 Minutes To Save The World, she exchanges dialogue with Timberlake and Timbaland for, as the title suggests, exactly 240 seconds. Devil is a reworked mid-tempo outtake from her last album, Confessions On A Dance Floor.

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Hard Candy - News Of The World Review

09 Mar 2008 06:59:41 PDT

Madonna has long been known as the Material Girl..But we're crowning the Queen of Pop the queen of new material judging by her forthcoming album Hard Candy. Her last album Confessions On A Dance Floor in 2005 was filled with great disco classics such as Hung Up.

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'Filth and Wisdom' - Variety Review

24 Feb 2008 00:42:45 PST

Written by Pera
Having contributed to arguably the worst films of some other big-name helmers (i.e. Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy," John Schlesinger's "The Next Best Thing" and Abel Ferrara's "Dangerous Game"), Madonna seems to have learned little about directing from her experiences in filmmaking. He...

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Music Review: Madonna - "Hey You"

17 May 2007 15:12:12 PDT

Written by Daryl D
Now, Madonna enters the Charity Hall of Fame (or Shame) with “Hey You” and when this record arrived in my email box, I really didn’t want to listen to it. Madonna’s last album, Confessions on a Dancefloor, sold over ten million copies worldwide. Her tour in support of the album was the most suc...

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Music DVD Review: The Confessions Tour - Live From London (DVD/CD)

29 Jan 2007 08:47:39 PST

Written by Daryl D
In the past year, Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor broke chart records by becoming the first album to ever top 41 music charts throughout the world. Her single, “Hung Up” became her most successful international single ever, topping the charts in a record breaking 41 countries as we...

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