Madonna- NEW ALBUM news, Let the countdown begin..... Options

[mad4rooney]

the thing is she doesn't need to compete because she wipes the floor with all the others when she's on top form. Ditch the 'trendy' producers and do what she's always done - lead the way by being different, fun and exciting.

[Madfan99]

I'm certainly looking forward to new Madonna material, even though some of the recent leaked demos are certainly being played to death on my ipod at the moment.

For me she can't really do wrong, love the likes of Crazy For You, Look Of Love, You'll See, Power Of Goodbye just as much as Express Yourself, Vogue, Music, Hung Up and 4 Minutes - whatever style she has for the next album, my ears will be open and my body will be ready to move !!!

[designer_label]

Confessions was amazing and Hard Candy was great, she definately has albums left in her yet.

I liked "Miles away" that is a good song.

[spike]

Hard Candy wasn't as strong or coherent as its predecessor, Confessions, but it certainly had its moments of brilliance such as Miles Away, Give It 2 Me, She's Not Me, Beat Goes On & Devil. I think the cold / ugly artwork and poor videos associated with this album, have made it difficult for people to warm to the album and look for the gems amongst some pretty mundane R&P/pop songs...

i would agree here that 'hard candy' has to go down as the most unaatractively marketed madonna album to date ( and that's before i even stumbled across the un-airbrushed photoshoot for the cover)
despite classing myself as a 'lifelong' madonna fan i would question the somewhat "desperate" feel to most of the songs on it too .......

favourite albums are always gonna be a contentious choice but i am afrain that hard candy, for me, sits bottom of the pile alongside 'erotica' ..............as for what's on top, i guess 'true blue' and 'confessions' ........

oh, and i make absolutely NO apologies for the above choices !

[poland74]

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I think it just proves how great Madonna has been. Each of her albums are loved by someone, some more than others.

[mj_monrose]

Madonna put the following message out via her Facebook page....

"It's official! I need to move. I need to sweat. I need to make new music! Music I can dance to. I'm on the look out for the maddest, sickest, most bad ass people to collaborate with. I'm just saying......" - Madonna


Thoughts?????


As much as I love her music and admire Madonna, I really hope that if she sticks with the dance genre, it's dance with soul and depth in the same vein as ROL, not just another 'escape all your troubles on the dancefloor' type album and lyric.

I was kind of hoping she might go completely the opposite, and go down the organic, accoustic road, and really show off the beauty of her voice in its raw form, with heartfelt lyrics. For example, watch this accoustic version of Mother & Father, which IMO is one of the best live performances I've ever seen her do; honest, heartfelt, raw, moving, human and vulnerable- a side of Madonna we never, ever see normally. If she did an album in this vein, I think she would really surprise people and I think she would re-connect with fans and the wider public, who've kind of turned on Madonna in recent years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZMPPqDtI6g

[poland74]

As much as I love her music and admire Madonna, I really hope that if she sticks with the dance genre, it's dance with soul and depth in the same vein as ROL, not just another 'escape all your troubles on the dancefloor' type album and lyric.

I was kind of hoping she might go completely the opposite, and go down the organic, accoustic road, and really show off the beauty of her voice in its raw form, with heartfelt lyrics. For example, watch this accoustic version of Mother & Father, which IMO is one of the best live performances I've ever seen her do; honest, heartfelt, raw, moving, human and vulnerable- a side of Madonna we never, ever see normally. If she did an album in this vein, I think she would really surprise people and I think she would re-connect with fans and the wider public, who've kind of turned on Madonna in recent years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZMPPqDtI6g

Firstly, what a great find that video is. I never knew Madonna had done anything like that and had it released to the public. Plus it was a bonus with it being really quite good and shows to doubters that Madonna can sing.

On your point on Madonna doing a whole album of that kind of sound, I agree it would be good to hear something really different from her however I don't think it would sell in any large numbers. Madonna has tried recording a song along those lines before, remember "One More Chance" from Something to Remember? I happened to like that song but it got slated by all critics and even a lot of Madonna fans would probably name it her worst single ever.

[Sam Hain]

I can't say I "dislike" any of her albums because I can find something special on every single one of them. Secret from Bedtime Stories is one of my favourite tracks.
I'm always interested in her music.

[Chocobo]

If she ever cunjoures up something cool in the vein of "Frozen" then I think she'd huge again. I don't rate anything she's done since that era at all.

EVERYONE, including RnB singers are heading in a more dance music-orientated direction, I don't think she should risk looking like she's trying to be on trend. Although I know my flatmate thinks a duet with Lady Gaga would be incredible

[mad4rooney]

I don't want her to sound like her but I rather like what Robyn has been doing and would like Madonna to be more innovative again. I just feel she has almost lost her identity and would love for her to return with something really new and out there. When she came back with Like A Prayer (album) it was new and nothing like what we'd heard from her before and more importantly is wasn't anything like anything else was doing at the time. The same for Ray Of Light and even American Life.

[manlove]

she's going back into the studio in July to begin album number 12

[boogie_artist]

If she does some dance songs it could be golden, but of course her latest effort will be compared to Lady Gaga no doubt.

[RugbyPeach]

She's had her day and just won't be able to compete against the likes of Beyonce, Rhianna and the act that has finally taken her throne who does not even need to be named.

Her output has been patchy over the years with a few good songs amongst the countless duds. The best she can hope for is a big hit single to raise her profile enough to see a few concert tickets to her stanbase.

[poland74]

she's going back into the studio in July to begin album number 12

I'm happy to hear this but also a bit miffed that she hasn't already been in the studio. If she hasn't started work on the album yet then we have to wait even longer.

Rugbypeach, your comment prior to mine is mostly opinion based. I personally love all her songs and just think one or two are a bit so-so. I fully accept she will probably never sell bucketloads of music nowadays for reasons I've stated in other threads but also because apart from a select few who are selling well at the moment, nobody sells huges amounts.

The success of her next album commercially will almost certainly have no bearing on whether her concerts sell as Madonna has enough loyal long term fans that will pay to see her whatever her current music is like.

[manlove]

the 'she's over' / 'she'll never compete with todays artists' / 'she's had her day' stuff always makes me chuckle: i remember telling a mate of mine "i've just heard Madonna's got a new album out in a few months", and all the 'has been' type comments were his response. the album was 'Like A Prayer'.

[tonybecks]

...a few good songs amongst the countless duds...

LOL. That's a little harsh - every single she released between 1984 and 2008 hit the top 20 and even then only two didn't make it into the top 10! The general public might disagree with the 'countless duds'. (Although that will no doubt have me labelled as a 'stan' )

Sadly - some of the best (in my opinion) songs from the Hard Candy era were left off the album. If you like the more upbeat give this a listen:

http://youtu.be/sLOF6MQMSDA

...and if you liked Miles Away - give this a go:

http://youtu.be/WHLuZ6wfsj0

[mad4rooney]

why Across The Sky was left off the album I'll never know and the same for Animal (whilst it does remind me of Furtado's Maneater) it's a fun song and could have been a B-Side.

[poland74]

We really need an album of previously unreleased songs from Madonna.

[manlove]

A collection of 'rarities / b-sides / unreleased etc' would be amazing, but not likely to see light of day (officially) as long as Madonna still has breath in her body. If it did happen, i'd like a chronological journey of the tracks that failed to make the final cut of some of the best albums of our time. A remastered collection of early recordings would also be good. The vaults will no doubt start being plundered if for any reason Madonna decides to call it quits (like that's ever gonna happen!), meantime, we have a brand new album to look forward to! Yay!

[eitan]

No doubt the walking cum rag that is Perez Hilton is already sharpening his pencil to slate Madonna’s new album & accuse her of copying CaCa! Why nobody has removed that cunt from this planet yet is beyond me!