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COADF vs Confessions II


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COADF vs Confessions II  

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  1. 1. Which album do you prefer?

    • COADF
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    • Confessions II
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8 minutes ago, imogen2133 said:

Still much prefer the original COADF, the tracks stand out more individually than Confessions II and I prefer the lyrics as well.

I agree with this assessment. It’s why I think it’s sooo mood dependent bc if I want a sequencing journey I think II is stronger but individual tracks? COADF ofc

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Ladle Ghoulash
11 hours ago, NUTELLA said:

demented hivemind

“Demented hivemind” and it’s just people having a different opinion pls 😭

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Just now, Ladle Ghoulash said:

“Demented hivemind” and it’s just people having a different opinion pls 😭

Maybe that was a bit harsh, but I must admit I am flummoxed by the amount of people who have fallen so madly in love with Confessions II. I'm happy for Madonna's success, but the album is just... okay...

The jaded part of me thinks its just people wanting it to be better than it actually is. More power to them, I guess

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Ladle Ghoulash
Just now, NUTELLA said:

Maybe that was a bit harsh, but I must admit I am flummoxed by the amount of people who have fallen so madly in love with Confessions II. I'm happy for Madonna's success, but the album is just... okay...

The jaded part of me thinks its just people wanting it to be better than it actually is. More power to them, I guess

Eh, the album just resonates with me more than the original 🤷

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14 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Erotica, ROL, Music…

but those were all sooo long ago! I don’t even wanna compare music of 20th century to modern music, because literally everything was better in the analog era :messga:

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Ladle Ghoulash
5 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

"Why?" she asked, without antagonism

More emotionally evocative, more varied, imo more sonically interesting. COADF is decent/good, but is largely emotionally sterile. Well constructed album and great tour, but I, ironically, think the critique you laid out for the sequel absolutely applies to the original: people were praising a decent/good pop record because it was a return to form and I think it’s been largely overrated in hindsight and that probably at least partially colors my fatigue surrounding the album. I also think Hung Up is insanely overrated. 

But ramblings aside: the new album just feels more emotionally relevant to where I am in my life and the OG has just never really clicked with me emotionally in spite of it being an objectively well constructed pop record. 

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2 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

I also think Hung Up is insanely overrated.

I was going to "like/thanks" react to your reply because it was thoughtful & analytical

but I cannot in good conscious like a comment that says this ^

I hope you understand, ghoulfriend

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8 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

I was going to "like/thanks" react to your reply because it was thoughtful & analytical

but I cannot in good conscious like a comment that says this ^

I hope you understand, ghoulfriend

Hung Up uses the ABBA sample as a crutch. Sorry and Future Lovers clear.

Hope you understand, NUTBUTT

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Just now, Ladle Ghoulash said:

Hung Up uses the ABBA sample as a crutch. Sorry and Future Lovers clear.

Hope you understand, NUTBUTT

It uses the sample to glorious effect, sonically surpassing the original ABBA song & leaving us with one of Madonna's most effortlessly-enjoyable tracks. It reinforces its own hype with each listen.

Sorry is also good... but not as good as Hung Up.

Future Lovers, meanwhile, is unworthy of being mentioned in the same sentence as those other two songs, you grinning crackhead

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3 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

sonically surpassing the original ABBA song

In no way, shape, or form. GGG blows Hung Up out of the water, imo. The instrumental is great, but the whole song is structured around a sample (ABBA) and an interpolation (Love Song) and I don’t really think it elevates either. I think it’s a good pop song, but it probably wouldn’t even make my top 10-15 Madonna singles, much less Madonna songs in general.

 

5 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

Sorry is also good... but not as good as Hung Up.

IMO, Sorry takes the overall formula of HU, but actually does it on its own terms: with a memorable, original melody, genuine emotional stakes, and great production.

6 minutes ago, NUTELLA said:

Future Lovers, meanwhile, is unworthy of being mentioned in the same sentence as those other two songs, you grinning crackhead

The way FL might even be the best of the three songs I mentioned. The “in the eminence of its brilliance” and the way the swirling arpeggiators build towards the climactic end? Better than any single moment in either of the two aforementioned tracks.

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14 minutes ago, Ladle Ghoulash said:

 Sorry and Future Lovers clear. 

 

I agree with this but would put Jump and Forbidden Love over Future Lovers, Future Lovers and Hung Up are good but there are much better songs on the album than it. Also Get Together is very overrated as well.

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