Confessions On A Dance Floor
by Madonna

Confessions On A Dance Floor by Madonna
Year: 2005
Release date: 2005-11-11
Overall rank: 2,065th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 271 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2005 (45th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (339th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,065th)

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Madonna bestography

Confessions On A Dance Floor is ranked 6th best out of 29 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 622 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,717.

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Overall rank: 2,065th | 2000s rank: 339th | 2005 rank: 45th  Overall chart history
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Definitely Madonna's greatest album of the 2000's - very soulful, deep, charming.....'Sorry' is my favorite song here but I think 'Push' should've been released as a single. This one differs from other tracks on this album and could have been a hit
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90/100
One of Madonna's better albums, this is a dance record from start to finish with no gaps. This so far is her last really good album, although Rebel Heart isn't bad and was an improvement on MDNA & Hard Candy . What next for the "Queen of Pop" as she approaches 60.
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90/100
Very good dance/disco/electronic album. Best 10 songs average is 87,8/100 and the album can get very good 90/100. Best song is "Hung up" 95/100, followed by "Sorry" and "Jump" both 90/100. All other songs good 80-85/100. Favourite!
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60/100
Madonna is brave, but becoming desperate and sadly mediocre on this album.
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I hate to be the devil's advocate here, but this falls flat on its face in comparison to 2003's very underrated "american life" which actually bothered to take a risk or two unlike the slick, sanitized dance-pop record "confessions on a dancefloor". don't get me wrong, the singles are great, catchy and fun, but other than those there's really not much here to recommend at all. sure it brought her commercial success after the relative commercial flop of "american life", but to this day post 2003 she never took artistic risks again and her music has suffered for it. it's a real shame. so overall a decent album, but it's just not that rewarding and honestly sounds more dated than "ray of light", "music" and "american life"
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