Madonna - Confessions II OUT NOW (3 Viewers)

[FannyFaudrey]

Is Kylie on it?

Sadly not!

 

[Loufoque]

Everybody get up and ***twirls***

 

[OutSynk]

any thoughts on Fragile?

Is Kylie on it?

Yes and it's gorge!

 

[FannyFaudrey]

One Step Away is giving me 90s PSB track in its vibe. Lots of long instrumental parts to it and gorge piano. Love the way it segues into Bring Your Love.

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Some pix from the deluxe CD edition:

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Betrayal is destroying me right now. Slinky, dark, jazzy number with piano and lots of HORN.

Open the damn, let the water rush in
Let it go, let it go, let it go

 

[Jark]

good god. you're speaking my language. I'm really ready for this now (but won't listen if/when it leaks).

 

[Jark]

INCREDIBLE! this woman has STILL GOT IT. she'll never NOT HAVE IT.

 

[Jark]

a word on Love Without Words? one we've heard nothing about at all up to now

 

[FannyFaudrey]

a word on Love Without Words? one we've heard nothing about at all up to now

Fabulous dance track. Starts off with a pulsing synth.

She intones:
Call it trance
Call it house
Call it love without words

There's a delightfully bright little synth flourish running in the background throughout the start.
A house piano comes in on the second chorus and after that it goes off a bit into some weird instrumental fuckery.

Then lots more spoken word bits.

She sings towards the end:
This is a club
This is a temple of sweat and surrender
Where rhythm replaces reason and movement
When we dance
It makes our heads turn

I've a feeling this one will be a bit of a dark horse. It's verrrry cool. Could easily see this becoming a favourite. Every time I listen to it it sounds better and better.

 

[Eddie]

Shouldn't all this information be in spoilers? Poor Suedey!

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Oh shit! Should I put it all in spoilers?

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Still reeling from the turn the album takes towards the last third. I really didn't see it coming at all. It ends as far away from the dancefloor as you could get.

 

[FannyFaudrey]

The first few seconds of Everything is so Deeper and Deeper. It immediately turns into a VERY different song, but yeah, the opening is so D&D for me.

 

[funky]

Betrayal is destroying me right now. Slinky, dark, jazzy number with piano and lots of HORN.

 

[POP!]

I haven’t tried anything, or even the snippets, beyond I Feel So Free and Bring Your Love so excited with the ROL descriptions *cue massive disappointment*

 

[GNL]

It ends as far away from the dancefloor as you could get.

Not the SMOKING AREA.

 

[Joseph]

 

[Joseph]

 

[Halli]

Still reeling from the turn the album takes towards the last third. I really didn't see it coming at all. It ends as far away from the dancefloor as you could get.

It's Confessions 2; is she stepping away from the dancefloor at the end?

 

[FannyFaudrey]

4/5 from The Guardian

He says it would be better without Love Sensation and School.

 

[FannyFaudrey]

4/5 from NME

They don’t like School either!

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Very positive BBC review

Yet another one that doesn’t like School.

 

[FannyFaudrey]

4/5 from The Independent

The reviewer says that Betrayal is coproduced by Mirwais!

 

[GNL]

It's Confessions 2; is she stepping away from the dancefloor at the end?

The real confession is that she hates dancing

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Also 4/5 from The Telegraph(paywalled).

 

[FannyFaudrey]

4/5 from Financial Times

 

[jyxz]

Some pix from the deluxe CD edition:

They put her in a turban?!

 

[FannyFaudrey]

The standard 12-track vinyl is really a bit pointless, isn't it? No Love Sensation mainly, but Betrayal, The Test and L.E.S. Girl are also indispensable!

 

[Jark]

are the 3 bonus tracks at the end continuously mixed like the main album?

 

[Jark]

apparently Betrayal is co-produced by Mirwais. I wonder if that's an older song or if she had a session with him for this record.

 

[FannyFaudrey]

are the 3 bonus tracks at the end continuously mixed like the main album?

Continuously mixed!

 

[ZenGiraffe]

WHERE'S MY BILLIE EILISH EMOJI?

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Credits:

Good For The Soul

Assistant Engineer: Jagger Price
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price

One Step Away

Assistant Engineer: Gloria Colston
Assistant Mix Engineer: Jagger Price
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Strings Arranger: Stuart Price
Bass, Keyboards, Programmer: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price

Read My Lips

Vocals: Feid
Assistant Engineer: Henry Elkind
Assistant Engineer: Jeremy Brown
Assistant Engineer: Luke Volkert
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Strings Arranger: Stuart Price
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Drum Programmer: Stuart Price
Bass: Tainy
Producer: Tainy
Drum Programmer: Tainy
Assistant Engineer: Theo Rogers
Assistant Engineer: Varun Jhunjhunwalla
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price
Writer: Marco Masis
Writer: Salomón Villada Hoyos

Danceteria

Bass, Guitar, Keyboards: Andrew Watt
Producer: Andrew Watt
Keyboards, Programmer: Cirkut
Producer: Cirkut
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Additional Keyboards: Stuart Price
Producer: Stuart Price
Additional Programmer: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna; Andrew Watt; Henry Walter; Stuart Price; Lou Reed

Everything

Drums, Programmer: Giampaolo Parisi
Assistant Engineer: Gloria Colston
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Bass, Synthesizer: Marco Parisi
Additional Production: PARISI
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Bass, Drums, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price

Love Without Words

Drums, Programmer: Giampaolo Parisi
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Bass, Keyboards: Marco Parisi
Additional Production: PARISI
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Programmer: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price

Bizarre

Unknown: Lauren D’elia
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Keyboards: Martin Garrix
Producer: Martin Garrix
Drum Programmer: Martin Garrix
Vocals: Martin Garrix
Producer: Osrin
Mixing Engineer: Pepe
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Bass, Keyboards: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Producer: Stuart Price
Drum Programmer: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Martijn Garritsen
Writer: Oskar Rindborg
Writer: Wilhelm Börjesson
Writer: Taylor Upsahl
Writer: Stuart Price

School

Unknown: Lanita Smith
Producer: Lanita Smith
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Keyboards: Mustapha LeBeau
Producer: Mustapha LeBeau
Unknown: Robot Scott Carter
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Bass, Keyboards: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer: Stuart Price
Drum Programmer: Stuart Price
Producer: Triangle Park
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price
Writer: Lanita LaShonda Smith
Writer: Scott M. Carter
Writer: Mustapha M. Mbiakop
Writer: Matthew Fonson
Writer: Jessica Ashley Karpov

Fragile

Vocals: Estere
Assistant Engineer: Gloria Colston
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Vocals: Stella
Strings Arranger: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Guitar, Keyboards: Stuart Price
Producer: Stuart Price
Drum Programmer: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price

My Sins Are My Savior

Vocals: Stromae
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Strings Arranger: Stuart Price
Bass, Keyboards: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Drum Programmer: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price
Writer: Paul Van Haver
Writer: Magnus Baard
Writer: Lars Hakansson
Writer: Anders Hansson
Writer: Tim Norell
Writer: Per Thyren

Betrayal

Additional Programmer: Giampaolo Parisi
Sound Effects ( Sfx): Giampaolo Parisi
Piano: Kamilla Arku
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Keyboards, Trumpet: Marco Parisi
Keyboards: Mirwais
Producer: Mirwais
Drum Programmer: Mirwais
Additional Production: PARISI
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Strings Arranger: Stuart Price
Bass, Keyboards: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Drum Programmer: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price
Writer: Mirwais
Writer: Erik Satie

The Test

Additional Production: Arca
Programmer: Arca
Assistant Engineer: Gloria Colston
Vocals: Lola Leon
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Bass, Guitar, Keyboards: Stuart Price
Mixing Engineer: Stuart Price
Unknown: Stuart Price
Producer, Recorded By: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Stuart Price
Writer: Lourdes Leon

L.E.S. Girl

Drums, Guitar, Keyboards: Andrew Watt
Producer: Andrew Watt
Drums, Keyboards: Cirkut
Mixing Engineer: Cirkut
Producer: Cirkut
Drum Programmer: Cirkut
Producer: Madonna
Vocals: Madonna
Mastering Engineer: Ruairi O’Flaherty
Producer: Stuart Price
Additional Programmer: Stuart Price
Writer: Madonna
Writer: Andrew Watt
Writer: Henry Walter
Writer: Stuart Price

 

[FannyFaudrey]

4/5 from Mojo

 

[FannyFaudrey]

Nice interview with Stuart here: Attitude

 

[FannyFaudrey]

5/5 from The Mirror

 

[FannyFaudrey]

For the London event later. Subtle!

 

[Halli]

Geru wearing all white totally still AGOG.

 

[Joseph]