Confessions II - Your Ranking

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Two plays in, and I'm really struggling to decide, because so much of it is so good. But, with the thought that it's likely to change a LOT:

1. Danceteria
2. Fragile
3. Love Without Words
4. Love Sensation
5. Bring Your Love
6. Betrayal
7. L.E.S. Girl
8. Read My Lips
9. Bizarre
10.My Sins Are My Savior
11.I Feel So Free
12.School
13.One Step Away
14.The Test
15.Everything
16.Good For The Soul

But I would say the top 15 are all fantastic and I'm struggling to put some things that low. 16 is probably the obvious weak spot, but I don't dislike it- I'm just struggling to remember it after two plays.
 
Based off the first listen. This is really hard because this turned out to be a stellar album. I’m sure this will change in the coming days as I wear this out but I figured it would be fun to check back and see what has changed later on.

1. Love Sensation
2. Danceteria
3. Good For The Soul
4. Bring Your Love
5. One Step Away
6. Fragile
7. Love Without Words
8. Everything
9. I Feel So Free
10. L.E.S Girl
11. Bizarre
12. School
13. Read My Lips
14. The Test
15. School
16. My Sins Are My Savior
17. Hot Sauce
 
1. Everything
2. Danceteria
3. School
4. Bizarre
...
5. I Feel So Free
6. Fragile
7. Read My Lips
8. Love Without Words
...
9. The Test
10. My Sins Are My Saviour
11. Betrayal
12. Love Sensation
13. Bring Your Love
14. One Step Away
15. L.E.S. Girl
...
16. Good for the Soul
 
1. Danceteria A
2. Bring Your Love B+
3. Love Without Words A-
4. One Step Away A-
5. My Sins Are My Savior A-
6. L.E.S. Girl B+
7. Fragile B
8. Bizarre B
9. Betrayal B
10. Love Sensation B
11.I Feel So Free B
12. Everything B
13. School B
14. Read My Lips B
15. Good For The Soul B
16. The Test B
17. Hot Sauce C-
 
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Two plays in, and I'm really struggling to decide, because so much of it is so good. But, with the thought that it's likely to change a LOT:

1. Danceteria
2. Fragile
3. Love Without Words
4. Love Sensation
5. Bring Your Love
6. Betrayal
7. L.E.S. Girl
8. Read My Lips
9. Bizarre
10.My Sins Are My Savior
11.I Feel So Free
12.School
13.One Step Away
14.The Test
15.Everything
16.Good For The Soul

But I would say the top 15 are all fantastic and I'm struggling to put some things that low. 16 is probably the obvious weak spot, but I don't dislike it- I'm just struggling to remember it after two plays.
Love Without Words hive lets rise
 
Based on 2 full listens

01 Love Sensation
02 Danceteria
03 Bizarre
04 Fragile
05 I Feel So Free
06 Betrayal
07 My Sins Are My Saviour
08 Bring Your Love
09 Read My Lips
10 L.E.S Girl
11 The Test
12 One Step Away
13 Good For The Soul
14 Love Without Words
15 School
16 Everything
 
OK I've not really slept much and this is very much out of the gate and loon-fuelled. I suspect it will change. Here we go:

1. Danceteria
2. Love Without Words
3. Bring Your Love
4. Bizarre
5. Fragile
6. Love Sensation
7. One Step Away
8. My Sins Are My Savior
9. I Feel So Free
10. Betrayal
11. Read My Lips
12. Good For the Soul
13. L.E.S. Girl
14. School
15. Everything
16. The Test

17. Hot Sauce

Honestly though I love the 16 album tracks and wouldn't kick any of them out of bed.
 
One Step Away 11
I Feel So Free 10
Danceteria 9
L.E.S Girl 9
Good For The Soul 8

It is way better than it has any need or right to be and I am delighted - I hope she gets the recognition she deserves.
 
Preliminary ranking. Only Danceteria and The Test are fixed at the moment.

  1. Danceteria
  2. School
  3. I Feel So Free
  4. Bizarre
  5. Bring Your Love
  6. Love Without Words
  7. L.E.S. Girl
  8. Betrayal
  9. Read My Lips
  10. Everything
  11. One Step Away
  12. Good for the Soul
  13. Love Sensation
  14. My Sins are My Saviour
  15. Fragile
  16. The Test
 
I don’t know how to rank some of the songs yet, I’m still torn - tracks like Everything and School are not my lane but the former has a wonderfully bonkers structure and the latter is wonderfully bonkers with stunning production. I need a few more listens to know what might grow from appreciation into actual love

In the meantime, my top 5

My Sins Are My Saviour
One Step Away
Love Without Words
Danceteria
Betrayal
 
Every time I listen to Danceteria and it gets to THAT bit I just see Benedict Cumberbatch in my mind doing his funky chicken bad boy dance.
 
Every time I listen to Danceteria and it gets to THAT bit I just see Benedict Cumberbatch in my mind doing his funky chicken bad boy dance.

I have to say when I listened last night, it was annoying me that that and Gwendoline Christie LOOMING about were all that was in my head, but I think it’s passed.
 
I have to say when I listened last night, it was annoying me that that and Gwendoline Christie LOOMING about were all that was in my head, but I think it’s passed.
Yeah we need an alternate Danceteria video without the cameos for the basic straights

I SAID WHAT I SAID
 
I'll do an initial TOP 5

01 Danceteria
02 One Step Away
03 Fragile
04 Love Sensation
05 Bizarre
 
Love Without Words hits different with premium headphones

It might move up my list

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Yes for the One Step Away stans

It could still be my overall fave, let see. I was blown away with the album version away from the video when I played it at work earlier. Less so with One Step Away but sublime vocal takes some beating. I think I love the imagery of her on the mini-film for that track too. Its how I see an older Madonna could have been and done more of since MDNA era. So these are my top two at the moment, with the surprise being Fragile which just stood out immediately.
 
1. Love Without Words
2. The Test
3. Good For The Soul
4. Fragile
5. Love Sensation
6. My Sins Are My Savior
7. One Step Away
8. Everything
9. I Feel So Free
10. Danceteria
11. Bring Your Love
12. Betrayal
13. Bizarre
14. School
15. L.E.S. Girl
16. Read My Lips
 
After 3 listens

Danceteria
I Feel So Free
School
Bring Your Love
L.E.S. Girl
Everything
One Step Away
Love Without Words
Love Sensation
My Sins Are My Saviour
Bizarre
Fragile
Read My Lips
Betrayal
The Test
Good For The Soul
 
Surprised that so many people dislike The Test. I think it's great.
 
I'm not ready to rank yet. All I know is that Everything remains at the bottom.
 
I don't dislike The Test. I just don't think it's as strong as the rest of the album.
 
Presenting my first ranking after three listens:

  1. Read My Lips
  2. Danceteria
  3. Fragile
  4. Betrayal
  5. Bring Your Love
  6. Bizarre
  7. School
  8. Love Without Words
  9. Good For The Soul
  10. The Test
  11. My Sins Are My Savior
  12. I Feel So Free
  13. One Step Away
  14. L.E.S. Girl
  15. Love Sensation
  16. Everything
 
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now you have The Test twice! :D I can't work out which one is missing though
 
Good for the Soul being so far down most peeps ranking is a bit of a shame given its TRACK TWO. Does this cloud the ALBAM at all?
 

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