confessions dance floor confessions dance floor tenth studio album american singer songwriter madonna released november complete departure previous studio album album includes influences 1970s 1980s disco modern day club music initially began working album later felt collaboration going direction desired madonna took collaboration documentary going tell secret album mainly recorded price home studio madonna spent time recordings musically album structured like set songs blended played continuously gaps title arrived fact album track listing consists light hearted happy songs beginning progresses darker melodies lyrics describing personal feelings commitments songs album use samples references music dance oriented artists like pet shop boys madonna earlier work 1980s madonna promoted album live performances promotional tour embarked highest grossing tour female artist time singles released album hung lead single topped charts total countries according billboard successful dance song decade followed sorry madonna twelfth number single united_kingdom jump released fourth singles respectively hits countries critics lauded album calling return form madonna ranking alongside best albums madonna honored grammy award best electronic dance album international female solo artist brit awards commercially album peaked number countries earning place book world records topping record charts countries sold estimated million copies worldwide confessions dance floor ranked greatest dance albums time vice magazine development confessions merged elements 1970s disco 1980s electropop modern day club music madonna decided incorporate elements disco songs trying remake music past instead choosing pay tribute artists like songs reflected madonna thoughts love fame religion title confessions dance floor complete opposite direction previous studio effort songs album form directed american society madonna decided different direction album development madonna commented wrote american life agitated going world angry lot chest lot political statements feel want fun want dance want feel want people feeling lot madness world want people happy started work previously developed eighth album music collaboration suit madonna musical direction according madonna producer political seriously cerebral intellectual sit talking politics time couldn help find way music think angry aspect music directly reflects feelings time recording tracks madonna decided stop project start fresh turned stuart price served musical director previous concert tours wrote song release madonna began working different musicals tentatively called previously directed music video single love portray woman deathbed looking life madonna collaborated price write new songs assigned pen disco songs sounding like drugs madonna found dissatisfied script written scrapped madonna price decided use compositions album instead according madonna easy shift previous album sentiments included political views documentary going tell secret elaborated running forth literally editing room documentary director working stuart mixing music film non stop cutting hours film hours lot aspects movie needed release stuart like honey want dance wanted happy silly wanted lift record yes new album reaction stuff nature hope doesn imply wanted superficial record want people smile hear record wanted smile face recording songs written album hung sorry future lovers interview billboard madonna commented recording process situation according price stay night working songs helped fact staying awake night gave madonna chance work aspects compositions noted fact price opposite characteristics helped collaboration songs mainly recorded price home madonna said lot recording house come morning stuart answer door feet night bring cup coffee stuart house mess food house bring food work day odd couple elaborated fact toured madonna madonna reflected relationship price brother sister kind formal collaborations accustomed recording process music lyrics confessions dance floor dance electronic disco record structured like nightly set composed music starts light happy progresses intense lyrics dealing personal feelings confessions according madonna direction record intended record play party car don skip past ballad nonstop madonna samples references music disco artists album song hung sampled hit man midnight wrote personal letter songwriters gave madonna permission use track references disco influenced acts including pet shop boys album disco hits album song called forbidden love different titled song madonna sixth studio album sampling song names madonna commented purpose mean going somebody right feel like earned right rip talent genius steals let clichés throw exactly early tell like like attention things tell rhythm present song regarded song close ballad album song criticised heavily group israeli commented madonna committing religion said song sixteenth century scholar reality song named featured vocalist sang portions poem track initially madonna idea calling song fear flying idea composition let end decided english version song development condemnation madonna said appreciate group israel claiming haven heard record right media runs truth little weird song sic claim named singing track couldn think title song called english translation interesting minds work naughty saying doors generous peoples homes closed gates heaven open words years old old friend record comes generations beautiful singers stuart asked come studio day said going record don know going flawless bad notes doesn need microphone took songs said stuart let sample bits create chorus write lyrics constructed lyrics songs album incorporate bits madonna musical history written form confessions hung contains lyrics madonna duet prince called love song like prayer album high refers songs madonna eighth studio album music perfect deserve lyrics push thank person challenged expand limits incorporate elements police song breath tracks like sorry include title word different languages love new york depicts madonna praising city person madonna sings success fame let crossroads past present future like promotion november madonna opened performance hung emerged ball perform sing song wearing purple matching leather boots days madonna performed hung shows germany france children need london order promote album release madonna appeared played number songs album london united_states japan germany france promo tour support album performances saw madonna emerge ball wearing purple jacket velvet pedal knee high boots songs performed included hung sorry love new york ray light let everybody december madonna travelled japan hung performed concert february madonna opened grammy awards pairing fictional animated band band appeared stage dimensional technique projected stage performed song feel good inc rappers guest appearance madonna appeared stage started performing song places figures band later joined group dancers performance finished main stage virtual screen performance hung came april california remix album titled released limited vinyl editions japan confessions dance floor japan tour special edition dvd released august reached number oricon weekly albums chart stayed chart weeks album received promotion began tour grossed million highest grossing tour female artist time additionally tour received creative stage production singles hung released album lead single october song received critical appreciation reviewers suggested track restore singer popularity diminished following release album claimed best dance track date compared madonna tracks genre complimented effective sample madonna song hung worldwide commercial success peaking atop charts countries earning place book world records album united_states 36th hit tying elvis_presley corresponding music video tribute movies dancing general directed video featured madonna dancing ballet studio pink left gaming dance backup dancers featured physical discipline sorry released second single album february song received positive reviews contemporary critics declared track strongest song confessions dance floor achieved commercial success topping singles charts italy spain romania united_kingdom madonna 12th number single song hit dozen countries world united_states song commercially successful radio managed reach billboard dance charts released single album june decision spurred fact downloaded song album released coincide start madonna critics complimented madonna ability turn cliché comments pop song song success united_states dance charts failed enter hot reached countries australia canada united_kingdom italy peaked number spain jump released fourth final single album october critics complimented song empowerment theme song peaked inside charts european countries reaching peak position italy hungary united_states jump charted billboard dance charts failed chart hot critical reception confessions received generally positive reviews critics metacritic assigns normalized rating reviews mainstream critics album received average score based reviews billboard commented confessions welcome return form queen pop stephen allmusic commented confessions album madonna sounds like veteran musician created record dance clubs words madonna core audience bbc commented commercial album madonna years magic entertainment_weekly noted spontaneous confessions rarely alexis_petridis guardian said album return core values bravery confessions plastic dance pop era lesser dance pop artists price juliet having desperately thin time declared album ranks alongside madonna albums like true blue like prayer credited producer album noting confessions clearly wouldn exist madonna price steals pitchfork_media noted album madonna appears nearly according music makes appear young felt half album till love new york strong second half loses delicate balance pop spiritual gravity stylus magazine stated album madonna purely beat driven album self titled debut easily finest effort new_york_times called album christian popmatters commented album proved madonna approaching years old vital force expansive landscape popular music village_voice noted confessions dance floor madonna long finds musical easily dance record year confessions seamless tribute lit 80s new_york club scene gave roots explores compelling time magazine commented dance music words exist repeated twisted obscured resurrected sound moment far important mean madonna knows better confessions dance floor minutes energetic moments leave feeling silly right reasons sal_cinquemani slant_magazine impressed album said madonna help price succeeded creating dance pop odyssey emotional necessarily narrative arc big continuously mixed fuck art process compared album australian recording artist studio album light years saying comparisons light years comeback album inevitable rolling_stone declared album illustrated madonna lost faith power beat opined confessions dance floor won stand test time like glorious early club hits proves point like day madonna crowd commercial response despite released late year confessions dance floor ranked sixth biggest selling album worldwide sales million worldwide sales album stand million copies january united_states album debuted number billboard chart selling copies week sixth number album chart consecutive album debut following music date album sold million copies america according nielsen_soundscan december album certified platinum recording_industry_association_of_america riaa shipments million copies album album debuted charts canada week sales present chart total weeks received platinum certification total shipment copies country australia confessions debuted aria albums chart issue dated november present total weeks chart certified times platinum australian_recording_industry_association aria denoting shipments copies debuted number new_zealand albums chart certified platinum shipment copies peak position attained oricon charts japan album certified double platinum shipment copies united_kingdom confessions dance floor debuted albums_chart week sales units highest country madonna ninth number album sold copies november according official_charts_company certified quadruple platinum british_phonographic_industry bpi week single album hung topped singles chart album fifth consecutive madonna album chart album went number european charts september certified quadruple platinum shipping total million copies europe ireland album debuted peaked number france album debuted position albums chart jumping chart week hong_kong album awarded gold disc award biggest selling international album europe album peaked number austria belgium flanders wallonia denmark finland france germany greece hungary norway poland spain sweden switzerland accolades madonna won female solo artist brit awards won world best selling pop artist best selling artist world music awards album nominated awards mtv_video_music_awards music video album single hung madonna got nominated best album year best pop video won grammy award category best dance electronic album ceremony rolling_stone ranked confessions dance floor second album nme placed number magazine list best albums sal_cinquemani slant_magazine ranked album position list albums magazine considered album 38th best 2000s critics writing included confessions dance floor year end lists best albums magazine named record 26th best ranking best albums observer listed album number end 2000s slant_magazine placed album number list best albums confessions dance floor ranked greatest dance albums time vice magazine track listing hung samples man midnight recorded written track listing adapted album liner notes credits personnel madonna lead vocals backing vocals producer producer keyboards synthesizers programming sampling keyboards bass drums harmonica additional vocals guitar programming photography art direction graphic design documents guy mark spike olympic studios los_angeles forbidden love mixed road recording stuart price road high like recorded stockholm road future lovers recorded assistant engineer assistant engineer olympic david second assistant engineer los_angeles brian big bass credits adapted album liner notes charts certifications
Confessions on a Dance Floor