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madonna confessions on a dance floor album vs music album
which album is better?
these two are the only albums to have had success for madonna in the last decade. i was also thinking if music was gonna be ray of light part 2. music of course is her best selling album for her in the 2000's selling 15 million. confessions on a dance floor sold 12 million as it was released 5 years later. music only had the title track and dont tell me as big successes. confessions only had hung up as the big success really no other single success really. but the song is her biggest international commercial success she's ever experienced in her career internationally. |
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Confessions on a Dance Floor every time. It can be easy listening or thought-provoking depending on which mood you are in and songs like Sorry and Future Lovers never fail to get me moving.
I love Music too, but it just doesn't have the non-stop pacing that Confessions has. I love upbeat songs more than slower ones.
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confessions only had hung up as the big success really no other single success really. but the song is her biggest international commercial success she's ever experienced in her career internationally.
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Actually sorry was a massive hit aswell as it topped the uk charts in 2005
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so far the music album in america sold 3 million in america.
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Lol huh?
For me Confessions is my fave album of the last decade...but i love Music to death as well very underrated album. But American Life and Hard Candy were massive successes too....both sold over 4 million each and had hit singles. And HC continued COnfessions trend being number 1 in every lead music market and spawned the most successful tour by a solo artist too so all her albums have been successes really. Just in comparison Music and COnfessions are the bigger sellers. But between the two albums Confessions On A Dance Floor. Also she spawned 4 top 10 hits in the UK and Hung Up and Sorry were massive sellers globally too.....Stateside doesnt matter tbh...the album shipped 2 million and sold 1.7 million copies Stateside. And Music sold 4 million Stateside and had two massive hits globally. Confessions i feel has a broader concept and lyrically can be percieved on many different levels. It is such a masterstroke body of work. Music continues the vibe of ROL and mixed intense Trance beats and Underground sounds with Acoustic styles...again a fantastic album overall. |
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Both great albums! I'd say both are in my top 5 Madonna albums, but Confessions is definitely better, its an absolute masterpiece and one of my favourite albums of the decade, if not my favourite.
But Music is also excellent, and it contains Impressive Instant, which is probably my favourite Madonna song never to be released as a single.
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well in the u.s. it wasnt as it was hung up failed to go no.1 in the u.s. which it should've. hung up went to no.7. confessions only sold 1.7 million in america.
Considering a Madonna album better than another - and any album in that respect - just based on its (US) sales is utterly ridiculous and pointless...If we follow your logic, Op, then Bedtime Stories is better than Erotica & American Life because it has outsold both albums at the time...If you want to properly debate on which album is better between Music and Confessions, let's be fair and put it back into (US) context - When Music was released Madonna hadn't 'betrayed' America yet with her AL video. She was riding high on the success of ROL and the world went totally crazy for Music - The single & The album. She was trendy again! Post AL, She was still suffering the huge backlash in the States her AL video provoked (as I'm sure you know), to the extent Radios banned her from their playlist. When Confessions was released, her position on the Iraq's war/AL was still fresh in the radio's memories and still didn't get much or no airplay for The Confessions singles - ironically though AL, Hollywood & Hung Up went number 1 sales wise - so her US sales for this era reflected her non Grata persona's position in the States...In that sense, Confessions was an important album for her and the success that went with it after the s*** she got with AL - she did say in interviews she cried when she found out Confessions went number 1. To me, Both albums stand on their own for different reasons and being from 2 different periods of her life and career. Confessions is very straightforward and unilateral as an album with a simple concept. It's a brilliant album in the way it recaptures the electro-disco sound of the 70's to re-invent it, and how from being a camp, fun high-energy set of songs it goes to deeper, introspective and somehow 'pessimistic' grounds as the album draws to a close. In that respect, Confessions has some similarities with Music. But Music is way more complex, I feel. On the surface, it sounds like the Hyper sister of ROL but despite having a few Orbit productions which recall the ROL sound, it's already a departure from it and announces what she'd do with AL. Theme-wise, I also feel Music is deceiving, it has a dark, melancholic tone which goes the total opposite way to ROL, probably because the album relates directly to what she's going through at the time being pregnant with Rocco and in a long-distant relationship with Guy. Confessions has, on my player, much more longevity than Music but it's down to the moods I'm in more than anything. If you like Mirwais's productions, you'll think Music is much more superior but you prefer Stuart's take on the 70's disco, then Confessions is by far a winner. Ultimately, both are great pieces of work in their own right
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They're both great albums but I prefer Music. Just my personal taste. Confessions is more of a straight up dance club record, whereas music is more eclectic musically with acoustic elements. I like some dance but not always straight up club music so for that reason I like Music more. I agree Music is darker and more melancholy. I just happen to be drawn to that more.
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Despite u.s. sales its still a success a much bigger improvement from her american life album
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I tried but could never warm to music only tracks I liked were the 3 singles & impressive instant.
Confessions had some filler but overall is a good album. |
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Overall I'd say Confessions, but some of the tracks on Music are better than some of Confessions', like Music and Impressive Instant.
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which album is better?
these two are the only albums to have had success for madonna in the last decade. i was also thinking if music was gonna be ray of light part 2. music of course is her best selling album for her in the 2000's selling 15 million. confessions on a dance floor sold 12 million as it was released 5 years later. music only had the title track and dont tell me as big successes. confessions only had hung up as the big success really no other single success really. but the song is her biggest international commercial success she's ever experienced in her career internationally. Now I am not sure how that can be seen as unsuccessful. The myths around Hard Candy get even more absurd by the day. It might not have matched the sales of Confessions but it was no flop. |
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Hard Candy was a success. It hit number 1 in 37 countries and has sold just under five million. For an artist who had been going 27 years by that point it was incredible for her to still be able to do this. The tour off the back of the album is also the highest grossing tour for a solo artist in history. That alone overshadows any of the albums so called failings.
Now I am not sure how that can be seen as unsuccessful. The myths around Hard Candy get even more absurd by the day. It might not have matched the sales of Confessions but it was no flop. |
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the tour saved the album from flopping.
She hat a massive lead single with 4 Minutes which had airplay and promo. The album continued the first week suces similar to Confessions and sold well when a second single was released and then she went on tour and Hard Candy ended up one of the top 10 best selling albums of 2008. The Tour set new records but it didnt stop HC from becoming a "flop" because it already was a success in its release week alone in comaprison to other Pop records of the time. In comparison to Madonnas previous album overall sales it was tied lowest with AMerican Life...but at the same point it was a success because in the end it had a number 1 record and in the end with minimal promo sold over 4 million copies....which in itself is quite rare. |
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can it outsell erotica and american life
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Confessions did what it was meant to do - equal Kylie's success. I really thought it was Madonna reinveinting herself as Kylie in a lot of ways - compare the songs Future Lovers with Light Years. It disappointed me as I thought she was following rather than leading. But undoubtedly there are some good songs on there.
But Music is a better album in my opinion. Certainly the one I prefer of the two. |
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HC outsold easily AL & Erotica at the time of their release. As Josh said it started at number 1 in 37 countries on the back of a number 1 Hit (nbr 3 in the States); it also sold 100,000 copies in the US on its first day of release and sold over 4 millions by the end of the year. AL painfully passed the 3 millions by the end of 2003 and despite its massive success, The Re-invention Tour didn't change the fate of the album. Nor did S+S in HC's case but still, by the end of 2008, HC was 11th album of the year while in 2003, AL was out the top 30 on the end-year chart.
The thing is HC was a successful album considering it had much less promotion than Confessions for instance and albums sales that year were quite low in general - the best-selling album of that year only reached 5 or 6 millions copies!? Think It was Coldplay or Duffy - so I don't get why it's seen as a flop...It might have been received with mixed feelings with both the public and critics but that's nothing compared to AL which was clearly unloved and even ignored. |
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Confessions did what it was meant to do - equal Kylie's success. I really thought it was Madonna reinveinting herself as Kylie in a lot of ways - compare the songs Future Lovers with Light Years. It disappointed me as I thought she was following rather than leading. But undoubtedly there are some good songs on there.
But Music is a better album in my opinion. Certainly the one I prefer of the two. - Both albums are totally different - Light Years is a dance-pop album while Confessions go back to the 70's sound of disco. Future Lovers is a prime example as it playfully refers to Donna Summer's I Feel love & Gorgio Moroder. Light Years is a great song - don't get me wrong - but has techno & trance influences rather than 70's disco.
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Confessions did what it was meant to do - equal Kylie's success. I really thought it was Madonna reinveinting herself as Kylie in a lot of ways - compare the songs Future Lovers with Light Years. It disappointed me as I thought she was following rather than leading. But undoubtedly there are some good songs on there.
But Music is a better album in my opinion. Certainly the one I prefer of the two. And Future Lovers basline was based on Donna Summers I Feel Love which she referred to in live performances. And "equal Kylies success" ???? what! Lol. |
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How was Confessions meant to equal Kylie's success??
- Both albums are totally different - Light Years is a dance-pop album while Confessions go back to the 70's sound of disco. Future Lovers is a prime example as it playfully refers to Donna Summer's I Feel love & Gorgio Moroder. Light Years is a great song - don't get me wrong - but has techno & trance influences rather than 70's disco. ...who was erm...kinda busy in 2009 and 2010..if you catch my drift ![]() Also Confessions was and is very much a leader album too...i loved how very much it took loads of elements of her growing up in her early adulthood in NYC, those grainy dance/disco vibes are eprsonal...not homage and that evoked a lot in the underground scene. Confessions is a journey....progressive and emotional but also vibrant, neon, eccentric and brash very much a statement album...like the album cover itself, colourful, dark, fun but has something to say
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do you mean when kylie had the cant get you out of my head song be a success.
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How was Confessions meant to equal Kylie's success??
- Both albums are totally different - Light Years is a dance-pop album while Confessions go back to the 70's sound of disco. Future Lovers is a prime example as it playfully refers to Donna Summer's I Feel love & Gorgio Moroder. Light Years is a great song - don't get me wrong - but has techno & trance influences rather than 70's disco.And yes there were creative overlaps between what Kylie had done and what Madonna was doing. Madonna even lets a 'better the devil (that) you know' in the song Like It Or Not Future Lovers is a far better song than Light Years but they sort of occupy the same pop dimensions - that's why it's been used as a 'mash up' on YTube. |
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Can I vote for Confessions live album? I never tire of listening to that.
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Can I vote for Confessions live album? I never tire of listening to that.
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- Both albums are totally different - Light Years is a dance-pop album while Confessions go back to the 70's sound of disco. Future Lovers is a prime example as it playfully refers to Donna Summer's I Feel love & Gorgio Moroder. Light Years is a great song - don't get me wrong - but has techno & trance influences rather than 70's disco.
