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| Hard Candy | 
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| Artist: Madonna
Label: WEA/Reprise
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
Buy Used: $4.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  477 reviews
Sales Rank: 209
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 093624988496
UPC: 093624988496
EAN: 0093624988496
ASIN: B0015D3Z4O
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Complete with original disc(s), case, and manual. In stock and ships right now! Case has some minor damage.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Dreadfully boring May 12, 2008
19 out of 31 found this review helpful
This may be a "musical exclamation point", as the blurb for the album claims, but it is also an album with lyrics which sound like they were written by a third-grader -- repetitive, simplistic and just plain dull. The album is expertly produced, but you cannot expect anything else from someone with Madonna's experience and moolah. The content is instantly forgettable, and that is too bad for a woman who has produced such brilliant music in the past. Perhaps it's time for Madonna to hang it up and focus on her new film production career instead. The aforementioned moolah should at least mean that she can do whatever she wants there.
 Hardy Candy April 29, 2008
18 out of 24 found this review helpful
It's tough to be a pop star when you are Madonna, possibly the most hardworking woman in the world. The recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee returns for her swan song with Warner Bros., Hard Candy. While Confessions on the Dance Floor was decidedly electronic disco, Hard Candy is what Madonna does best - a dance record without all the preaching and profundity.
Candy Shop, the opener, is outright campy with a hypnotic beat and tongue-in-cheek lyrics like "Come on in to my store, I've got candy galore. Don't pretend you're not hungry, I've seen it before." Give It To Me may have been co-written by Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes but reeks of early Madonna circa 1983(think Everybody). 4 Minutes might be the crowd-pleaser but is not the best on Candy. On Heartbeat, Madonna goes basal, singing about dancing and being so free on the dance floor, all to a hard rocking beat. It's so glorious that you'd immediately imagine yourself working out a sweat to it.
Elsewhere, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake work their magic through tracks like Miles Away, a glowing electronic track about long distance love; She's Not There with its funky trademark interlude/bridge; and Incredible, Madonna's ode to hubby, Guy Ritchie's powerful bed thrusts. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You, the stylish ballad about a cheating lover, is set to grace Madonna's live tracklist in years to come. The album closes with the most lyrically introspective song about breaking free, Voices.
Hard Candy is what happens when FutureSex/Lovesounds meet Confessions on a Dance Floor. Despite of what everyone else does on Candy, at every point, it's hard not to notice Madonna's presence. It's been a long while since Madonna just wants to have fun and get into the groove. Like a song from her last album, like it or not, our grand lady of pop is here to stay.
rock and roll hall of fame should be very proud May 5, 2008
17 out of 33 found this review helpful
This comes from the latest inductee to the rock and roll hall of fame...Madonna, and it really is the worst album she`s ever released. A very uninspired disc with awful lyrics, and a cover photo that is beyond ugly. It's time for this "lady" to grow up. My advise, save your money Madonna fans.
Oooooh............The Irony! April 30, 2008
16 out of 30 found this review helpful
Isn't it interesting that Madonna's latest "Hard Candy" and Duran Duran's latest "Red Carpet Massacre" both feature contributions from the likes of Justin Timberlake and producer Timbaland, yet Duran Duran's album is light years better: as a dance record, as a pop album, lyrically, vocally, you name it. And this is not the first time we've been subjected to Madonna's "gansta bitch Barbie" persona ["Music", anyone?] It didn't work so hot then, it still aint working now. Worse, she really does come off like some 'past it' veteran riding the coattails of Furtado, Stefani, etal. Sad, very sad. The song structures are awkward and contrived, her vocals sound pretty tame, and those lyrics would embarrass Hannah Montana, for Chirssakes! Of course, the Madonna fanbase of cultist proportions will not approach this CD with even an ounce of objectivity, and dismiss any honest criticism as mere 'hating', but when you consider Miss Thing just got inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame [over older musicians who've actually recorded rock music for three decades,] giving her a free pass with this mess of urban contemporary iPod fodder would be really inexcusable. And let's not even discuss the abysmal duet with Justin "4 Minutes." It felt way, way longer listening to it - less Kabbalah, more songwriting classes, please.
Completely out of place May 4, 2008
16 out of 34 found this review helpful
This CD is completely crapp musically, melodically, vocally and lyrically...the unpleasant cover photo is also one of the factors that contributes to somebody hesitating to buy the album. As for Justin Timberlake, he is the overrated/lousiest song writer/producer/artist ever in the music industry...and Madonna teaming up with him is nothing but a big joke. I would have given a zero star review if only I could. I own all her previous albums and singles but will definitely skip this one as this is not a Madonna album to me. For those who provided a five star review, it is time for an ear treatment and be truthful...please don't mislead other potential buyers.
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