Madonna Reloaded: Hard Candy (Complete)

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Rank 1-12
Candy Shop
4 Minutes
Give It 2 Me
Heartbeat
Miles Away
She's Not Me
Incredible
Beat Goes On
Dance 2Night
Spanish Lesson
Devil Wouldn't Recognize You
Voices

Hard Candy


I've taken the reins for the Madonna albums rankdowns series so we can finish off the remaining seven and pay proper respects to the Queen! First on my list is 2008's Hard Candy. Her 11th studio album, its production was split between The Neptunes and Timbaland and would go on to produce her 37th top-10 hit on the Hot 100 along with becoming the 11th best-selling album of 2008 (worldwide).

Fun fact: The original album title and artwork concept was to have her portrayed as the Black Madonna.

"I did a photoshoot with Steven Klein for my last album cover, and I painted my face black, except for red lips and white eyes. It was a play on words. Have you ever heard of the Black Madonna? It has layers of meaning and for a minute, I thought it would be a fun title for my record. Then I thought, 'Twenty-five per cent of the world might get this, probably less, it's not worth it.' It happens all the time, because my references are usually off the Richter scale." - Madonna (Rolling Stone, October 2009 interview)

Tagging everyone who did the last Madonna album rankdown along with a few others that expressed interest but everyone is welcome to participate. This is a fairly concise album but, since I have such trouble getting people to do my rankdowns, I'll set a nice two-week deadline to see how things turn out.

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bat1990 CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker @phillippe alexcuse Mirago someguy .indulgecountry Juanca
andrewantonio newpower Butterflies & Hurricanes singingrulebritannia Albie Ty born @trilogy Linnethia Monique Ginger Spice ClevelandRox Zeebz God Ky Wavey✨️ @coolinout Troublemaker The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 Glove Slap Juan Carlos Sambalada aerodynamite die Lotterie mamooshka @dalls Az Paynter fearlessarrow jumpb4uthink spiritboy

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In.

My 1st Madonna concert was for this album in Belgrade, Serbia

[Az Paynter]

Looking forward to being one of the few people to even bother with this xx

[spiritboy]

I'm in.

[Ginger Spice]

I’m, uh, glad she didn’t actually put out an album cover wearing blackface.

[Ty]

A great pop album, although a huge step down from Confessions. I enjoyed quite a lot of songs and disliked a bunch of others. Look forward to tanking some of your favorite cuts <3

[bat1990]

I did not know about her almost use of blackface

I swear she went off the rails after the Confessions era and never made it back on them. Still, I'm going to do all of these rankdowns.

[Albie]

Not "off the Richter scale"!

At any rate /in

[Zeebz]

First Madonna album I listened to, still has some bops. /in

[.indulgecountry]

This album has some classics! 100% /in

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Hard Candy: The Rankdown (12 Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. @phillippe
3. God
4. newpower
5. bat1990
6. Ginger Spice
7. Ty

The struggle is real but looks like we're off to a decent start!

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CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker alexcuse Mirago someguy .indulgecountry Juanca
andrewantonio Butterflies & Hurricanes singingrulebritannia Albie born @trilogy Linnethia Monique ClevelandRox Zeebz God Ky Wavey✨️ @coolinout Troublemaker The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 Glove Slap Juan Carlos Sambalada aerodynamite die Lotterie mamooshka @dalls Az Paynter fearlessarrow jumpb4uthink spiritboy

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

If I had time to do this rankdown, "Spanish Lesson" would have been my #1.

[Deleted]

Man this album still sucks ass
Miles Away is the only song I use and even that song is alright, its just a lot better than the rest of the album by comparison

[spiritboy]

One of my least fave Madonna albums :kii:

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Sept 28, 2020 1:49:12 GMT -5 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 said:

If I had time to do this rankdown, "Spanish Lesson" would have been my #1.

Like you don't know it inside out. But that #1 is a choice so it's probably for the best.

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Hard Candy: The Rankdown (7 Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. @phillippe
3. God
4. newpower
5. bat1990
6. Ginger Spice
7. Ty
8. @mirza
9. spiritboy
10. someguy

Yeah, this one's gonna be interesting! Keep the mess coming though!

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{Sticky and Sweet}
CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker alexcuse Mirago someguy .indulgecountry Juanca andrewantonio Butterflies & Hurricanes singingrulebritannia Albie born @trilogy Linnethia Monique ClevelandRox Zeebz God Ky Wavey✨️ George Troublemaker The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 Glove Slap Juan Carlos Sambalada aerodynamite die Lotterie mamooshka Unhinged Az Paynter fearlessarrow jumpb4uthink spiritboy Linnethia Monique

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Hard Candy: The Rankdown (5 Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. @phillippe
3. God
4. newpower
5. bat1990
6. Ginger Spice
7. Ty
8. @mirza
9. spiritboy
10. someguy
11. George
12. mamooshka
13. .indulgecountry

We have a tie for #1 at the moment so come help break it!

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CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker alexcuse Mirago someguy .indulgecountry Juanca andrewantonio Butterflies & Hurricanes singingrulebritannia Albie born @trilogy Linnethia Monique ClevelandRox Zeebz God Ky Wavey✨️ George Troublemaker The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 Glove Slap Juan Carlos Sambalada aerodynamite die Lotterie mamooshka Unhinged Az Paynter fearlessarrow jumpb4uthink spiritboy Linnethia Monique

[Mirago]

I like 10 of these tracks, Hard Candy has its creative moments.

[🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲]

I wanna participate in this. Hard Candy had some addicting, fun bops! Such a fun album! My fave moment from that era was when she appeared on BET's 106 & Park.

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Hard Candy: The Rankdown (2 Days Left)

1. SHOOTER
2. @phillippe
3. God
4. newpower
5. bat1990
6. Ginger Spice
7. Ty
8. @mirza
9. spiritboy
10. someguy
11. George
12. mamooshka
13. .indulgecountry
14. Albie
15. Mirago
16. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲

Can we get 20?! 

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{Sticky and Sweet}CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker alexcuse Mirago someguy .indulgecountry Juanca andrewantonio Butterflies & Hurricanes singingrulebritannia Albie born @trilogy Linnethia Monique ClevelandRox Zeebz God Ky Wavey✨️ George Troublemaker The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 Glove Slap Juan Carlos Sambalada aerodynamite die Lotterie mamooshka Unhinged Az Paynter fearlessarrow jumpb4uthink spiritboy Linnethia Monique

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Hard Candy: The Rankdown

1. SHOOTER
2. @phillippe
3. God
4. newpower
5. bat1990
6. Ginger Spice
7. Ty
8. @mirza
9. spiritboy
10. someguy
11. George
12. mamooshka
13. .indulgecountry
14. Albie
15. Mirago
16. 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲
17. Zeebz
18. Az Paynter
19. Linnethia Monique
20. Juanca
21. Wavey✨️

Lovely! Results come soon.

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{Sticky and Sweet}CagedJuggalo The Third Tanker alexcuse Mirago someguy .indulgecountry Juanca andrewantonio Butterflies & Hurricanes singingrulebritannia Albie born @trilogy Linnethia Monique ClevelandRox Zeebz God Ky Wavey✨️ George Troublemaker The Brazilian Guy 🇧🇷 Glove Slap Juan Carlos Sambalada aerodynamite die Lotterie mamooshka Unhinged Az Paynter fearlessarrow jumpb4uthink spiritboy Linnethia Monique

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Hard Candy (Pre-Reveals)

I was actually productive and got ALL of my graphics done so, provided I finish my chores/errands at a decent hour today, I'll start reveals this evening. In the meantime, feel free to discuss:

• Which songs do you expect to see leave in the bottom-3?

• Do you think the 3 singles will comprise the top-3?

• Which of the 3 singles (4 Minutes; Give It 2 Me; Miles Away) will perform the best?

• Which songs have the highest and lowest SD?

• Which album cut do you think will go the farthest?

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Albie Az Paynter bat1990 Linnethia Monique George God newpower Ginger Spice .indulgecountry Zeebz Juanca 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 mamooshka @mirza @phillippe someguy spiritboy Mirago Ty Wavey✨️

[.indulgecountry]

• Which songs do you expect to see leave in the bottom-3? "Heartbeat," "Spanish Lesson," and "Beat Goes On" is my guess.

• Do you think the 3 singles will comprise the top-3? Maybe "Miles Away" misses, but I imagine the other two are locks.

• Which of the 3 singles (4 Minutes; Give It 2 Me; Miles Away) will perform the best? "4 Minutes" because hit bias.

• Which songs have the highest and lowest SD? High: "Voices" | Low: "4 Minutes"

• Which album cut do you think will go the farthest? "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" is the ONLY correct choice for this question. Pulse better not have fucked it up!

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Well the day got away from me but y'all are dead in here anyway so I'll just leave the teaser for #12 and knock out the bottom-4 sometime in the next 24.

#12 has the LOWEST SD with no top-5 ranks and only four outside the bottom-3.

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Albie Az Paynter bat1990 Linnethia Monique George God newpower Ginger Spice .indulgecountry Zeebz Juanca 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 mamooshka @mirza @phillippe someguy spiritboy Mirago Ty Wavey✨️

[Juanca]

Spanish lesson?

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'Entiendo' means I get it
'Siempre' means that I won't forget it
Señorita
She just want to fall in love...





spiritboy : 6
God : 9
Ginger Spice : 9
Wavey✨️ : 9

No Bueno
.indulgecountry : 10
Juanca : 10
mamooshka : 10
Az Paynter : 11
George : 11
@mirza : 11
Mirago : 11
Albie : 12
bat1990 : 12
Linnethia Monique : 12
newpower : 12
Zeebz : 12
🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 : 12
SHOOTER : 12
@phillippe : 12
someguy : 12
Ty : 12

One of the Neptunes contributions, the rhythm of Spanish Lesson was inspired by Madonna's love for the Baltimore dance known as the Percolator. No word on the source of the song's lyrical inspiration, however.

[Albie]

Very good. I find no redeeming quality here.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

NOT MY #1!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!

This was a really special song for me, especially the Peter Rauhofer & Alain Jackinsky Remix.

[SHOOTER]

Come through late night audience! Time for mess to commence.

#11 has the 3rd-lowest SD with a total of 11 bottom-3 ranks vs. 3 top-5 ranks, including a top-3!

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{Bésame}
Albie Az Paynter bat1990 Linnethia Monique George God newpower Ginger Spice .indulgecountry Zeebz Juanca 🇯🇲 dollybaby 🇯🇲 mamooshka @mirza @phillippe someguy spiritboy Mirago Ty Wavey✨️

[Albie]

Oct 12, 2020 0:05:23 GMT -5 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 said:

NOT MY #1!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!

This was a really special song for me, especially the Peter Rauhofer & Alain Jackinsky Remix.

Dead at you not participating lmao you're a mess