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^ Just start at Track 2. That's what I do with HC - I start at Track 3 and avoid the shit-stains that are CS and 4M. Without those two, HC is pretty good.

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I really strongly feel that MDNA is a classic Madonna album with that classic Madonna sound. It just feels like a Madonna album and it was so refreshing to hear her actually sing and stretch her vocal chords after HC and Confessions where the vocals just didn't seem like a priority. HC just feels like it's all sung in the one key and that is my only critique of it. As good as Confessions is (and it is) some of the vocals are slightly disappointing too.

MDNA just has so much variety in sound, theme, lyrics and vocals. Some of the songs are simply up there with her best, GGW, Gang Bang, I'm Addicted, Some Girls, I'm A Sinner, Falling Free and LoveSpent (which is one of the best songs she has ever recorded). That's over half the album listed and I just can't say that about HC. Even the best songs on HC like Give It 2 Me, Beat Goes On and She's Not Me are absolutely slaughtered by the best songs off MDNA.

To me she really smashed it out of the ball park with MDNA and it deserved to be a lot more successful than it was, even in today's music climate. I was floored by MDNA, absolutely floored.

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Candy Shop v. Girl Gone Wild:


4 Minutes v. Gang Bang:

Give It 2 Me v. I'm Addicted:

Heartbeat v. Turn Up the Radio:

Miles Away v. Give Me All Your Luvin':

She's Not Me v. Some Girls:

Incredible v. Superstar:

Beat Goes On v. I Don't Give A:

Dance 2Night v. I'm a Sinner:

Spanish Lesson v. Love Spent:

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You v. Masterpiece:

Voices v. Falling Free:

HARD CANDY = 6

MDNA = 6

Makes sense as I feel more or less the same about both albums.

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THERE NO COMPARISON WHATSOEVER

:lol:

Anyway, let me try:

Candy Shop v. Girl Gone Wild - close fight though. But my sugar is raw!

4 Minutes v. Gang Bang

GI2M v. I'm Addicted - This is hard. It's a draw.

Heartbeat v. Turn Up The Radio

Miles Away v. Give Me All Your Luvin

Shes Not Me v. Some Girls

Incredible v. Superstar

Beat Goes On v. IDGA

Dance 2Nite v. I'm A Sinner

Spanish Lesson v. Love Spent

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You v. Masterpiece

Voices v. Falling Free

HC - 7

MDNA - 3

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Both have their pros and cons, Hard Candy is more cohesive but she sounds as if she were a guest star on her own album. While MDNA suffers from too many producers, it's best songs are amongst the best she's recorded in years, in my opinion.

I pick MDNA because I listen to it more.

I will say this though, there is a trend of people who always dislike whatever Madonna's latest album is (Hard Candy was trashed by many before MDNA was released), so I'm sure in a few years MDNA will be appreciated more. MDNA's reception was pretty good when it was first released; only when it started to "underperform" many fans, unsurprisingly, began to dislike it and now prefer Hard Candy.

I was one of the few who loved Hard Candy even when some here was disappointed with it. With MDNA, it's perfect for the iTunes era where you can just pick songs apart and not play the entire album. With HC I feel like it's a vinyl that you must listen to from start to finish, and that's why I love it. Like Beyonce's BEYONCE.

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Candy Shop v. Girl Gone Wild

4 Minutes v. Gang Bang
GI2M v. I'm Addicted - I pick both, sorry.
Heartbeat v. Turn Up The Radio
Miles Away v. Give Me All Your Luvin - I can't believe I'm in the minority with GMAYL
She's Not Me v. Some Girls
Incredible v. Superstar
Beat Goes On v. IDGA - I pick both again, sorry.
Dance 2Nite v. I'm A Sinner
Spanish Lesson v. Love Spent
Devil Wouldn't Recognize You v. Masterpiece
Voices v. Falling Free

HC - 8

MDNA - 6

Totals include a point to each tie.

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Candy Shop v. Girl Gone Wild

4 Minutes v. Gang Bang
GI2M v. I'm Addicted
Heartbeat v. Turn Up The Radio
Miles Away v. Give Me All Your Luvin
Shes Not Me v. Some Girls
Incredible v. Superstar
Beat Goes On v. IDGA
Dance 2Nite v. I'm A Sinner
Spanish Lesson v. Love Spent
Devil Wouldn't Recognize You v. Masterpiece
Voices v. Falling Free

HC: 4

MDNA: 8

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Candy Shop v. Girl Gone Wild

4 Minutes v. Gang Bang
GI2M v. I'm Addicted
Heartbeat v. Turn Up The Radio
Miles Away v. Give Me All Your Luvin
Shes Not Me v. Some Girls
Incredible v. Superstar
Beat Goes On v. IDGA
Dance 2Nite v. I'm A Sinner
Spanish Lesson v. Love Spent
Devil Wouldn't Recognize You v. Masterpiece
Voices v. Falling Free

MDNA: 7

Hard Candy: 5

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Candy Shop vs. Girl Gone Wild

4 Minutes v. Gang Bang

Give It 2 Me v. I'm Addicted

Heartbeat v. Turn Up The Radio

Miles Away v. Give Me All Your Luvin

She's Not Me v. Some Girls

Incredible v. Superstar

Beat Goes On v. I Don't Give A

Dance 2Night v. I'm a Sinner

Spanish Lesson v. Love Spent

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You vs. Masterpiece

Voices v. Falling Free


HC: 2

MDNA: 10

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Candy Shop vs. Girl Gone Wild

4 Minutes vs. Gang Bang

Give It 2 Me vs. I'm Addicted (both are great)

Heartbeat vs. Turn Up The Radio

Miles Away vs. Give Me All Your Luvin

She's Not Me vs. Some Girls

Incredible vs. Superstar (N/A - these two are among my least favourite Madonna songs)

Beat Goes On vs. I Don't Give A

Dance 2Night vs. I'm a Sinner

Spanish Lesson vs. Love Spent

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You vs. Masterpiece

Voices vs. Falling Free

Grand Total: Hard Candy = 5 / MDNA = 7

While we're on the subject, does anyone else think RuPaul's 'Lick It Lollipop' track would have been a perfect fit for the Hard Candy album? Always thought the lyrics and the beats were very fitting for HC. Just saying...

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Hard Candy, without a

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THERE NO COMPARISON WHATSOEVER

Love this. Hard Candy, without a shadow of a doubt. I wish people would stop trying to make MDNA happen.

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Candy Shop

4 Minutes

Give It 2 Me

Turn Up The Radio

Give Me All Your Luvin

She's Not Me

Superstar

Beat Goes On

Dance 2Night

Love Spent

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You

Voices

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THERE NO COMPARISON WHATSOEVER

Yeah I really don't get when fans do this bullshit. It's like saying 'Peanut butter on toast versus penicillin'. Stupid.

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Candy Shop v. Girl Gone Wild (just now, a tie really)

4 Minutes v. Gang Bang

Give It 2 Me v. I'm Addicted

Heartbeat v. Turn Up The Radio

Miles Away v. Give Me All Your Luvin

She's Not Me v. Some Girls

Incredible v. Superstar

Beat Goes On v. I Don't Give A

Dance 2Night v. I'm a Sinner

Spanish Lesson v. Love Spent

Devil Wouldn't Recognize You vs. Masterpiece

Voices v. Falling Free

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Guest bluejean

Girl Gone Wild

Gang Bang

Give It 2 Me

Turn Up The Radio

Miles Away

She's Not Me

Incredible

I Don't Give A

I'm a sinner

Love Spent

Masterpiece

Falling Free

MDNA 8

Hard Candy 4

Although oddly I think Hard Candy is the better album overall. MDNA really slumps in the middle whereas Hard Candy is more consistent across the board.

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Guest Peter1984

CS < GGW

4 M < GB

GI2M < IA

H < TUTR

MA > GMAYL

SNM > SG

I > S

BGO > IDGA

D2N > IS

SL > LS

DWRY > M

V > FF

HC 8 - 4 MDNA

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