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Happy "Hard Candy" Day Everyone!
IT'S FINALLY HERE!
4.29.08
"It may be the best album of Madonna's career."
- NY Daily News 5/5 Stars
"It's like a greatest hits album. Pop record of the year, for sure."
- Attitude Magazine 5/5 Stars
"An American Dance Masterpiece. Fans will find themselves in an exhilarating listening zone throughout Hard Candy."
- About.com 5/5 Stars
"Madonna still finds her way back on top."
- Rolling Stone 4/5 stars
"On Hard Candy, she's like an aging master theif sneaking into the temple of pop goodies for one last big score."
- Blender Magazine 4/5 stars
"Speechless!"
- Popjustice 8.5/10 stars
"With this crowd-pleaser of a CD, she may be sending a similar message to fans, too."
- Entertainment Weekly (B+)
"The pop diva makes good on her promise – singing her way through an hour of Euro-flavored dance tracks infused with retro, house beats."
- PEOPLE Magazine 4/5 stars
"As its title suggests, Hard Candy is a tough, nuggety confection offering plenty for listeners to get their teeth into. Whenever Hard Candy threatens to get boring, something always happens to recapture your interest."
- The Observer 4/5 stars
"It's is a coldly effective show of prowess that should yield several hit singles beyond the irresistible, nonsensical "4 Minutes," which has already topped charts internationally and inspired a viral video from upstart Miley Cyrus."
- Los Angeles Times 3/5 stars
"Madonna has always been at her best when extolling the virtues of music as a release, and it is on Hard Candy's club-orientated tracks that she excels."
- BBC Music 3/5 stars
"The title is self-congratulatory pun on Madonna herself, a sweet soft centre in a crisp hardbody shell."
- The Independent 3/5 stars
"Far from being a problem, that’s how some of the most exciting pop music is assembled these days."
- The Times 3/5 stars
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Madonna's single "4 Minutes" has become the second single ever to have digital sales exceeding one million (Rihanna was first) units in five weeks. As of today, digital sales are 1,004,482 units. "HARD CANDY" is the follow up CD to Madonna's "CONFESSIONS ON A DANCE FLOOR" which debuted at No. 1 in 30 countries and has sold more than 8 million copies.. The CD has already received Four Stars (****) in Rolling Stone, Blender and People Magazine. "It may be the best album of Madonna's career," raved Jim Farber in his Five Star (*****) review in NY's Daily News. The album has been described as a brilliant up-tempo collection of 12 songs in which Madonna remains ensconced in dance club mode with an urban-hip-hop beat in creative collaboration with musical partners Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams of the Neptunes and Nate "Danja" Hills.
- Warner Brothers
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Let's play Hard Candy all day long and celebrate the release of the year's best album! It's an open day to worship and enjoy this moment in music history! 
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, unlike some other overrated *****.