- pop, electronic, dance-pop, electropop
- 75 min
- 16 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Hard Candy is the eleventh studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna. It was released on April 18, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records. Hard Candy was her last album with the company after a 25-year history until Confessions II (2026). Madonna began working on Hard Candy in early 2007, and collaborated with Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, the Neptunes, and Nate "Danja" Hills to produce a dance-pop album incorporating hip hop, electropop, disco, electro, funk, and R&B.
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Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- warmbleak
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Metacritic 65/100
- AllMusic2.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB+
- The Guardian4/5 ★
- NME(5/10)
- PopMatters(5/10)
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Slant Magazine3.5/5 ★
- The Times3/5 ★
- Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ()
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Tracks
- 1Candy Shop4:15
- 24 Minutes4:03
- 3Give It 2 Me4:48
- 4Heartbeat4:04
- 5Miles Away4:49
- 6She's Not Me6:05
- 7Incredible6:20
- 8Beat Goes On4:26
- 9Dance 2night5:03
- 10Spanish Lesson3:38
- 11Devil Wouldn't Recognize You5:09
- 12Voices3:39
- 134 Minutes (Peter Saves New York edit)5:00
- 144 Minutes (Junkie XL remix edit)4:38
- 15Give It 2 Me (Paul Oakenfold edit)4:59
- 16Ring My Bell3:58
16 tracks, 75 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Madonna
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Released
- 2008
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- US
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