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Madonna´s Hard Candy has already sold gold in some countries and tomorrow it´s out in the USA. Reviews in general are good, but not excellent as with Confessions.

Rolling Stone gives Hard Candy 4 stars out of 5
Rolling Stone review is written around the theme of dominance. Rolling Stone review suggests that even though Madonna lets top-shelf producers make her their plaything, the master in the end after all, is Madonna. "Even when she wrestles with Pharrell’s abrupt stylistic changes or lets herself get absorbed in a Timberlake melody, Madonna still finds her way back on top. The atmospheric closing track, "Voices," poses the question "Who is the master, who is the slave?" before its operatic wind-down ends in a dramatic bell toll. The answer to both questions is still Madonna."

http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/20255940/review/20256148/hard_candy


The Observer gives Hard Candy 4 out of 5
Ben Thompson from The Observer writes an interesting intertextual review, where he, for example, finds the cover shot to be the picture of Dorian Gray in reverse. Thompson thinks that three songs collaborated with Pharrell Williams (She’s Not Me, Incredible, Spanish Lessons) leave the rest of the album in the shade. "Listening to these three fantastic songs and then looking at the gynaecological cover shot, which - for all the self-consciously modern trappings of Hard Candy’s coming into the world (pre-portioned up into Silvikrin adverts, mobile phone perks and Japanese TV theme tunes) - leaves people no choice but to describe this album as Madonna’s ‘latest waxing’, the fulcrum of the delicate balance between her public and private selves is suddenly discernible. That photo’s not a gross miscalculation; it’s the picture of Dorian Gray in reverse."

http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/reviews/story/0,,2273969,00.html


The Guardian gives Hard Candy 3 stars out of 5
Alexis Petridis writes about and gets stuck with Madonnas´s lyrics. "Perhaps Timberlake et al were just frozen into inaction, as overawed as our style-mag chum by the star’s sheer celebrity and cultural impact: however famous and successful you may be, you’re not as famous and successful as Madonna. She has claimed her collaborators weren’t above cracking jokes at her expense, but their boldness evidently didn’t extend to suggesting she do something about her lyrics, which are appalling."

http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0,,2275787,00.html

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