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. SantixR.
    Jun 11, 2010
    10
    I must say that I never really paid attention to Madonna until this album. I became a fan when i heard Confessions on a Dance floor. It's great for parties and for just a person dancing in the room. For me, it's the best Madonna album to date.
  2. Lennylu
    Dec 4, 2005
    10
    Yet another masterpiece from the unstoppable Madonna!
  3. RuanH
    Feb 5, 2009
    10
    The album Madonna fans have been waiting for!
  4. JensO
    Aug 1, 2009
    10
    This album is dance music par excellence.
  5. catacombA
    Dec 3, 2005
    10
    Album Of the Year!!!
  6. RIProo
    Mar 26, 2012
    10
    This is my favourite album!!! It's simply great! Best dance album ever!!!! The sounds are incredible, the lyrics are fantastic, her voice is great!!! Love this album and love "Hung Up" and "Jump" my favourite songs! The album start with "Hung Up", probably the best track. When you hear this song your body starts to dance! Then there are "Get Together" and "Sorry" that are really good. TheThis is my favourite album!!! It's simply great! Best dance album ever!!!! The sounds are incredible, the lyrics are fantastic, her voice is great!!! Love this album and love "Hung Up" and "Jump" my favourite songs! The album start with "Hung Up", probably the best track. When you hear this song your body starts to dance! Then there are "Get Together" and "Sorry" that are really good. The CD continues with "Future Lovers", "I Love New York", "Let It Will Be" and "Forbidden Love" that are excellent dance songs!!! And then there are "Jump" ( for me the second best track, then Hung Up ) "How High", "Isaac" ( great! ) "Push" and "Like it or not". All great tracks! "Confessions" is one of Madonna greatest CDs with "True Blue" and "Like a Prayer". I Love this!!!!!! ( sorry for my English )… Expand
  7. BrianB.
    Jan 11, 2008
    9
    The songs are amazing! The album is best enjoyed in its entirety. And the lyrics, if paid attention to, is really good.
  8. andrewc
    Nov 16, 2005
    10
    This is the madonna i love!!!!
  9. laislaw
    Nov 18, 2005
    10
    amazing
  10. riot
    Dec 20, 2005
    10
    very goooooood
  11. SimonB
    May 14, 2008
    7
    Madonna's an artist I've discovered in the recent years. I'd heard her in Snatch's soundtrack. Also saw her older hits on TV every now and then. I found she had a very lively spirit. I don't like her much nowadays, because she acts way too much like she's meant to be treated like a royalty. True reflexion of what celebrity does to you. Except yeah, the Madonna's an artist I've discovered in the recent years. I'd heard her in Snatch's soundtrack. Also saw her older hits on TV every now and then. I found she had a very lively spirit. I don't like her much nowadays, because she acts way too much like she's meant to be treated like a royalty. True reflexion of what celebrity does to you. Except yeah, the album's solid! I found a good bunch of songs actually good to listen to, for an artist such as Madonna. Letdowns were the Americanisation song such as New York. As smart as Madonna claims to be, that song just reeked idiocy. Overall, the songs have really good melodies and Madonna shows political tolerance by using many different styles of harmonies in her songs. I think Mirwais probably helped her out on this CD, but Mirwais is a good artist anyways, so props. Buy it, it's worth it. Especially if you like to dance.… Expand
  12. Hugop
    Dec 3, 2005
    10
    A rcih sounding album amzim tracks and diverse will please anyone!!!!
  13. PranavD
    Jan 22, 2006
    10
    One of her best works till date. As each song segues into the next and grows on you, you just cannot stop listening to the whole album once you sit down with Hung Up. Each track is amazing, from the 80's love beats in Forbidden Love to the hyperactive Jump. Brilliant stuff!
  14. sivamkk
    Jan 6, 2006
    9
    Pros: - Great and extremely dancable music! - Music is consistently good Cons: - Some samples sound suspiciously similar to stuff from recent popular dance hits!
  15. MarciaL
    Jan 6, 2006
    10
    I would like to give 12!
  16. GlennS
    Nov 24, 2005
    10
    One of Madonna's best albums in years...
  17. RyanK
    Nov 14, 2005
    10
    Brilliant! (with a British accent)
  18. JrAgujaIsAGleek
    Dec 2, 2013
    9
    Retrospective Review:
    It's hard to imagine Madonna topping up her best album, Ray of Light, but Confessions on the Dancefloor is the BEST album from Madonna since her Ray of Light era with its interesting concept and catchy disco-electronica tracks that are been overlooked by most people.
    Highlights: Hung Up, I Love New York, Forbidden Love, Jump, Issac and Push. Personal Favorties:    Retrospective Review:
    It's hard to imagine Madonna topping up her best album, Ray of Light, but Confessions on the Dancefloor is the BEST album from Madonna since her Ray of Light era with its interesting concept and catchy disco-electronica tracks that are been overlooked by most people.

    Highlights: Hung Up, I Love New York, Forbidden Love, Jump, Issac and Push.
    Personal Favorties: Everything in this album.    … Expand
  19. michaelmadonna
    Aug 8, 2013
    10
    AMAZING !!!

    this albums is a huge success!
    one of the best albums and the best dance album of the 00's

    Madonna went back to her roots and once again returned to the top!

    what i love about this album is the 70's disco vibes from The pet shop boys, Donna summer, John Travolta etc. etc.

    QUEEN OF MUSIC
  20. sakislv
    Nov 4, 2013
    10
    Confessions on a dance floor is the definition of madonna. Groovy beats and some of her best vocals (get together). Each song could be a single and it's a non stop dance journey. The ultimate pop album for me.
  21. DarkBates
    Nov 6, 2013
    9
    Love it. Explosive and classic. Madonna is a true genius! I was expecting a huge chorus like "Hung Up" and "Sorry" in the others songs of the album, but they just was almost there... PS: Loved "Isaac". Perfect song.
  22. nicolasmaria
    Aug 26, 2016
    10
    the best and the first pop dance album, any artist will make something like this, ever. the enitire album is such a masterpiece, my favorite ever, she changed the game with this
  23. FrankDiaz
    Jul 2, 2017
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Quiza el mejor disco de Madonna despues de True Blue, esa combinacion de musica dance europea con el pop americano dio como resultado uno de los mejores discos de la decada, Como artista con este disco demostro una vez ser una de las artistas mas revolucionarias de la industria. Es una fiesta llena de emociones que te hace olvidar de tus problemas. Larga vida a la reina.… Expand
  24. infsai
    Mar 27, 2020
    10
    The best album by Madonna in this century (and in her career, at least in my mind)! Any of songs are dance jams, that you can dance til today! "Sorry" is just an adictive piece of song btw.
    Also title of this album is very good, since it's lyrical content are actually confessions or problems, while musically album is very very dancey.
  25. grechen
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    This album seems ethereal among other Madonna releases. It has an excellent production and the released singles are top tier.
  26. GiacomoS
    Nov 20, 2005
    0
    Another derivitave attempt at reviving a moribund career from this long in the tooth bandwagon jumper, who burns through dance production "collaborators" (read: creators) the way Angelina Jolie burns through male co-stars. Perhaps old Esther should work at perfecting her English accent and recycling her Kaballah cult's ideas into kiddie books instead, because the music ain't Another derivitave attempt at reviving a moribund career from this long in the tooth bandwagon jumper, who burns through dance production "collaborators" (read: creators) the way Angelina Jolie burns through male co-stars. Perhaps old Esther should work at perfecting her English accent and recycling her Kaballah cult's ideas into kiddie books instead, because the music ain't happening. Pathetic.… Expand
  27. henryt
    Jan 12, 2006
    2
    I'm starting to realise Madonna is a brand that's been overhyped from day one. She's never broken any ground artistically and her vocals and lyrics aren't up too much. A weak album from a weak artist trying very very hard to stay on the scene,
  28. Adamastor
    Feb 10, 2006
    1
    I like artists that never use the music of others,this shows that Madonna can't make her own sound never,she is always changing it to get success,what a pity,it shows also that she dont have creativity and talent for compose.
  29. JoeyK
    Apr 7, 2007
    3
    About as repetitive, unoriginal, nonsensical, repetitive as most of Madonna's songs in recent history. A lot of the lyrics are just dumb, everything is incredibly repetitive, and all the songs sound pretty much the same, only barely reaching distinguishable. Also, it's repetitive.
  30. LeonardoF
    Nov 16, 2005
    3
    i love madonna but i don't like this album. generic inexpressive and faceless music.
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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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