1. Candy Shop 6/10
2. 4 Minutes 9/10
3. Give It 2 Me 10/10
4. Heartbeat 7/10
5. Miles Away 9/10
6. She's Not Me 8/10
7. Incredible 4/10
8. Beat Goes On 8/10
9. Dance 2night 7/10
10. Spanish Lesson 7/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 8/10
12. Voices 9/10

All in all, I'd give it 8/10. It's not as good as COADF and some of the Timbaland tracks, especially Devil, sounds more like something from a Justin Timberlake than a Madonna album. But it's good. It'll probably grow on me as well!

1. Candy Shop 4/10
2. 4 Minutes 9/10
3. Give It 2 Me 8/10
4. Heartbeat 7/10
5. Miles Away 7/10
6. She's Not Me 8/10
7. Incredible 5/10
8. Beat Goes On 8/10
9. Dance 2night 6/10
10. Spanish Lesson 6/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 8/10
12. Voices 10/10

Nowhere near her best album, but it's still a very enjoyable listen! This could have been a *disaster*, but it's very, very far from that. A great wee bunch of tunes. Some miss, but most hit!

1. Candy Shop 6/10
2. 4 Minutes 9/10
3. Give It 2 Me 10/10
4. Heartbeat 8/10
5. Miles Away 9/10
6. She's Not Me 10/10
7. Incredible 7/10
8. Beat Goes On 8/10
9. Dance 2night 7/10
10. Spanish Lesson 8/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 8/10
12. Voices 10/10

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best songs: 'Give It 2 Me', 'Voices', 'She's Not Me', and 'Devil.'

1. Candy Shop 3/10
2. 4 Minutes 6/10
3. Give It 2 Me 7/10
4. Heartbeat 6/10
5. Miles Away 10/10
6. She's Not Me 9/10
7. Incredible 7/10
8. Beat Goes On 9/10
9. Dance 2night 8/10
10. Spanish Lesson 7/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 10/10
12. Voices 10/10

I'm so over 4 Minutes already :( and unlike most her I think GI2M is a nice track but no more than that. My favourite track is Miles Away, followed by Voices.

Updated ratings

1. Candy Shop 4/10
2. 4 Minutes 9/10
3. Give It 2 Me 8/10
4. Heartbeat 7/10
5. Miles Away 7/10 8/10
6. She's Not Me 8/10
7. Incredible 5/10
8. Beat Goes On 8/10
9. Dance 2night 6/10 7/10
10. Spanish Lesson 6/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 8/10 9/10
12. Voices 10/10

1. Candy Shop 3/10
2. 4 Minutes 7.5/10
3. Give It 2 Me 9/10
4. Heartbeat 9/10
5. Miles Away 8/10
6. She's Not Me 8.5/10
7. Incredible 5/10
8. Beat Goes On 9/10
9. Dance 2night 6/10
10. Spanish Lesson 5/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 9/10
12. Voices 9/10

average rating : 7.3333333
not bad

Classic Riv :lol2:

:chuckle: "Classic Riv" is when I absolutely SLATE something and then 3 days later profess my undying love for it! :lol2:

You're too much :lmao:

The last time I did that was for Britney's "Gimme More". :shy:

really? was that the last time?

and not with pretty much every song that got released after you got born?

:srkisrle1:

1. Candy Shop 9/10 (I kinda like this now :chuckle: *slits wrists*)
2. 4 Minutes 10/10
3. Give It 2 Me 9/10
4. Heartbeat 7/10
5. Miles Away 9/10
6. She's Not Me 7.5/10
7. Incredible 7.5/10
8. Beat Goes On 8/10
9. Dance 2night 7/10
10. Spanish Lesson 5/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 9/10
12. Voices 8/10

1. Candy Shop 7/10
2. 4 Minutes 7/10
3. Give It 2 Me 9/10
4. Heartbeat 6/10
5. Miles Away 9/10
6. She's Not Me 8/10
7. Incredible 5/10
8. Beat Goes On 4/10
9. Dance 2night 6/10
10. Spanish Lesson 3/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 6/10
12. Voices 7/10


Overall it's ok.... I can imagine not listening to it often in a few weeks, but who knows. Better than I thought it was going to be after all my doomsdaying but... it's alright, could have been worse

^ So you think Candyshop is better than Devil Wouldn't Recognize You? :shock:

For now yes.

Updated ratings!

1. Candy Shop 5/10 (-1)
2. 4 Minutes 9/10
3. Give It 2 Me 10/10
4. Heartbeat 8/10 (+1)
5. Miles Away 9/10
6. She's Not Me 8/10
7. Incredible 5/10 (+1)
8. Beat Goes On 9/10 (+1)
9. Dance 2night 8/10 (+1)
10. Spanish Lesson 7/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 10/10 (+2)
12. Voices 9/10

:shock:

I can recommend a good shrink... :huh:

It truly is shocking. It's just...wrong.

Well he did give Beat Goes On 4/10 as well. I'd say something is seriously wrong.

Holy shit, so he did!

Oh well!

It's all the fresh air and sheep shagging up in Lancashire - rots your brain!

No. It's just what I think. And as I've said already, things can change. Not sure they will, especially where Beat Goes On is concerned.

But it's a great song!

It's so good it actually should have been the second single. It would be huge worldwide. It pretty much has everything a great single should have.

Oh ok :)

Agreed. I am actually a bit staggered that this one isn't next up. It pisses all over "Give it 2 Me".

9. Dance 2night - changed to 5/10
12. Voices - changed to 6/10


Average score - 6.7/10 About right for my overall

01.Candy Shop 5/10
02.4 Minutes 7/10
03.Give It 2 Me 10/10
04.Heartbeat 8/10
05.Miles Away 10/10
06.Shes Not Me 10/10
07.Incredible 7/10
08.Beat Goes On 10/10
09.Dance 2night 8/10
10.Spanish Lesson 10/10
11.Devil Wouldnt Recognize You 10/10
12.Voices 10/10

8,75/10

Updated ratings

1. Candy Shop 4/10 5/10
2. 4 Minutes 9/10
3. Give It 2 Me 8/10
4. Heartbeat 7/10
5. Miles Away 8/10
6. She's Not Me 8/10
7. Incredible 5/10
8. Beat Goes On 8/10
9. Dance 2night 6/10 7/10 8/10
10. Spanish Lesson 6/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 9/10
12. Voices 10/10

Update!

1. Candy Shop 5/10
2. 4 Minutes 9/10
3. Give It 2 Me 10/10
4. Heartbeat 8/10
5. Miles Away 9/10
6. She's Not Me 8/10
7. Incredible 6/10 (+1 again)
8. Beat Goes On 9/10
9. Dance 2night 8/10
10. Spanish Lesson 7.5/10 (+0.5)
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You 10/10
12. Voices 8/10 (-1)

Here's my ratings after several days of listening at home, work, in the car and a considerable amount of singing in the bath(it's where I do my best work!)

01.Candy Shop 4/10 :stuartg:
02.4 Minutes 9/10 :alexz:
03.Give It 2 Me 7/10 :spank:
04.Heartbeat 8/10 See my :arse: get down!
05.Miles Away 10/10 :hail:
06.Shes Not Me 9/10 :uberfag:
07.Incredible 6/10 :popcorn:
08.Beat Goes On 9/10 :headbang:
09.Dance 2night 8/10 :dance:
10.Spanish Lesson 6/10 :files:
11.Devil Wouldnt Recognize You 10/10 :hail:
12.Voices 10/10 :violin:

I like this album a hell of a lot more than I thought I would so well done Madge!

:lol2: Loving the visual accompaniments!

You know me and my smilies! :wink:

So here's my official rating of the album:

1. Candy Shop - 4/10
2. 4 Minutes (feat. Justin Timberlake) - 6/10
3. Give It 2 Me - 7/10
4. Heartbeat - 6/10
5. Miles Away - 6/10
6. She's Not Me - 7/10
7. Incredible - 7/10
8. Beat Goes On (feat. Kanye West) - 8/10
9. Dance 2night - 5/10
10. Spanish Lesson - 4/10
11. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You - 6/10
12. Voices - 8/10
13. Ring My Bell - 4/10

Total: 78/100

Pretty harsh ratings there.

Yes, my attempts of loving this album have failed.
I'm underwhelmed ;)

I'm with you, you're not alone :)

OH WELL!

We can't all adore everything she does. That'd be weird.

You're right. It would be very ICON of one to be like that.

Um ok

It seems if it wasn't for me downloading Riv's new reviews... I still would have had the demo of The Beat Goes On thinking it was the album version :blink:

And I like it.