Confessions On A Dance Floor
by Madonna
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8.9

Universal acclaim- based on 900 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 822 out of 900
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 900
  3. Negative: 54 out of 900

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  1. madsl
    Nov 29, 2005
    8
    This is a pleasant surprise! Madonna is back doing what she is supposed to do: entertain! American Life was an ill-judged attempt to educate rather than entertain and madonna has apparently learned that if she wants to maintain her relevance she should make us dance instead of think! Clever choice...and up goes the record sales!
  2. NickAlliNick
    Nov 30, 2005
    10
    Madonna simply the best!
  3. MrNihilism
    Dec 2, 2005
    9
    Great music.
  4. hagop
    Dec 3, 2005
    10
    BEst album of year
  5. AntonioB
    Dec 5, 2005
    10
    After a dismal attempt in American Life, Confessions brings us back to who Madonna is, the maker of great music. I have listened to his album over a hundred times and still cannot get bored. Each time I listen I hear something new. The music is magical and gets me moving. She proves that she can once again defy the odds by making a great album.
  6. AlfreoE
    Dec 6, 2005
    10
    I needed an album like this for christmas!
  7. zhasan
    Dec 7, 2005
    10
    Simply Amazing. A feast for the ears!
  8. SeanC
    Jan 14, 2006
    1
    Madonna just put out one of the worst albums of her career. I really not feeling anything she does. I wish she would just go away!!!!
  9. BelovedB
    Jan 15, 2006
    10
    Nomatter what she did, she always a leader not follower!
  10. Tada-maddyman
    Jan 21, 2006
    10
    Confessions made another surprise when it debuted at No.1 in nearly 40 various country. Album managed to a massive improvement fro latest album effort American Life. So we oughta wish Madonna this huge success because when U R 47 year-old this is amazing´.
  11. georgie
    Jan 21, 2006
    10
    this album is amazing! i highly highly recommend it
  12. EliasA
    Dec 7, 2006
    10
    The best pop - dance album of the latest years and definitely one of her best. (I am a fan since 1983) I had many years to enjoy a pop - dance album so much. It can be heard for months!
  13. jaycenter
    Oct 29, 2006
    10
    with Jump as single and Confessions Tour this summer, I can say that this album is my all time favorite! can not have enough of it
  14. MonicaL
    Jan 5, 2006
    4
    There are only a few good things on this album, and it's nothing she or anyone else hasn't done before. Formulaic, but sometimes fun in spite of it. This should be the last we hear from this woman, ever. Please!
  15. robertor
    Jan 8, 2006
    9
    Exciting cd from Madonna My favourite songs are Get together and Forbidden lovers. I do not know why many people do not like I love new York: the lyrics can be horrible but the music is absolutely wonderful
  16. JGarrett
    Feb 11, 2006
    9
    I can listen to this album over and over again. Our favorite 70s disco songs with an electronica overlay and lyrics. If you like Disco or even club music, this is a must have.
  17. ToddR
    Feb 7, 2006
    7
    Aside from the brilliant lead single and a few other tracks, the album is pretty generic, icy dance pop.
  18. JKaltz
    Mar 3, 2006
    9
    This is one of madonna"s best albums ever
  19. migueld
    May 10, 2006
    9
    absolutly her best cd in almost a decade since ray of light, a pop album in its maximum expresion, with a twist of techno and disco. Enjoyable and give the old fans a new vibe to put their attention back to madonna and to the yonger crowds to follow her.
  20. BorisZ
    Aug 13, 2006
    9
    It is ok but not her best work,sometimes cold and distenced
  21. BrianB
    Aug 20, 2006
    9
    Tracks 11 and 12 aren't so good, but everything else is excellent. "Jump" and "Sorry" are superb, just about as good as anything she's ever done. Much better than the overrated Ray of Light. Actually as good as any disc she's ever put out.
  22. nicka
    Sep 16, 2006
    9
    This is such a fun album and a long way from the introspection of Ray of Light and American Life. Okay not everything works but still she manages to teach the younger wanabees a thing or two. Still going strong after over twenty years, will we ever see another like her, IMO definitely not. I absolutely love madonna not because I've loved everythings shes done but because of her This is such a fun album and a long way from the introspection of Ray of Light and American Life. Okay not everything works but still she manages to teach the younger wanabees a thing or two. Still going strong after over twenty years, will we ever see another like her, IMO definitely not. I absolutely love madonna not because I've loved everythings shes done but because of her continual re-invention and change of musical styles. This album is one long disco night, full of fun, at times cheesy, at times a bit euro trash but just such an enjoyable ride.This makes you want to get up and dance and so delivers big time.… Expand
  23. PP
    Sep 23, 2006
    10
    One of the best of her 13 so far!! Cannot stop listening to it!!
  24. SyaremanA
    Sep 8, 2006
    9
    I really enjoy this album. I can repeat it many time which mean this album is not boring. Madonna, just released second album......i will be waiting.
  25. nazg
    Mar 26, 2007
    10
    AMAZING!!! This album had me dancing from the minute I put it on until it was finished.Lets not even get into what an amazing artist and entertainer she is. MADONNA is the greatest and anything she creates is a masterpiece.
  26. kaiwens
    Apr 28, 2007
    10
    Best album of her's yet. COADF simply grooves!!!
  27. BenK
    May 11, 2007
    7
    It seems like a strong effort on Madonna's part at fisrt, but the album gradually gets really old. It's decent and the songs are fun to dance to but that's about it. After a while, it's just kind of boring and dull.
  28. AhmedR.
    Jun 29, 2007
    10
    Madonna never ceases to amaze me. Ever since 1983, I have thought that the day of Madonna was past, that her next album wouldn't sell, that the next tour would be boring, that she is too old and too rich to be able to reach out to listeners, has tried too many different fads, has pushed every button possible...and every single time, I am wrong. When I listen to her new single, or see Madonna never ceases to amaze me. Ever since 1983, I have thought that the day of Madonna was past, that her next album wouldn't sell, that the next tour would be boring, that she is too old and too rich to be able to reach out to listeners, has tried too many different fads, has pushed every button possible...and every single time, I am wrong. When I listen to her new single, or see her new video, I am speechless at her ability to change and present different personas successfully. After 17 official album releases, Madonna is still going stronger than ever with her latest release, Confessions on a Dance Floor.… Expand
  29. RuanH.
    Aug 12, 2007
    10
    Madonna returns to form with "Confessions". Next to "Ray of Light" this is her best work.
  30. MikD.
    Mar 13, 2009
    10
    One's of the best album the last 10 years!
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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 28 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 28
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 28
  3. Negative: 0 out of 28
  1. Slant Magazine
    80
    One of the few pop singers whose albums are best appreciated in their entirety and not lopped off into "hit singles," Madonna... has succeeded at creating a dance-pop odyssey with an emotional, if not necessarily narrative, arc.
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  2. The Guardian
    80
    It may be a return to core values, but there's still a bravery about Confessions on a Dancefloor. It revels in the delights of wilfully plastic dance pop in an era when lesser dance-pop artists - from Rachel Stevens to Price's protege Juliet - are having a desperately thin time of it.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    75
    Disco with a vengeance, a whomping, unapologetically airheaded engine of stroboscopic beats and succulent textures that exhumes dance music's time-honored values of celebration and affirmation. [13 Nov 2005]
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