''An american dance masterpiece!'' - About.com 5/5
''Pop record of the year!'' - Attitude Magazine 5/5
''Party album of the year!'' - 4/4 People
''Madonna is bringing sexy back!'' - Blender 4/5
''Madonna finds her way back to top!'' - 4/5 Rolling Stone
''Madonna can still scoff at wanna-be's half her age!'' - 4/5 Rolling Stone
''Hard Candy is a mouthwatering proposition.'' - Daily Mirror 4/5
''Hard Candy crackles with confident creativity!'' - Metro 4/5
''The shameless idol still has much to give!'' - The Observer 4/5
''A tough, nuggety confection offering plenty for listeners to get their teeth into!'' - 4/5 The Observer
''As long as Madonna keeps releasing albums as vivid, relevant, distinctive and modern as this, we will live for some time yet.'' - DOTmusic 8/10
''Madonna is keeping it sticky & sweet!'' - Pop Journalism 7/10
''A more fully realized, forward-thinking sequel to 2005's Confessions on a Dance Floor.'' - USA Today 3.5/4
''A sweet soft centre in a crisp hardbody shell!'' - 3/5 The Independent
''Recalls her dance floor glory days!'' - 3/4 US Weekly
''Coldly effective show of prowess!'' - LA Times 3/4
''This is a 2008 take on an old-fashioned dance album.'' - Bloomberg 3/4
''Madonna offers delicious beats galore.'' - TIME Magazine B+
''Madonna gets back into the groove with an old-school dance CD!'' - Entertainment Weekly B+
''The pop diva makes good on her promise!'' - People Magazine
''Immediately excellent!'' - The Times
''A Madonna pop album for 2008!'' - Capital Radio
''Her most lyrically revealing collection ever!'' - The Sun
''Fierce!'' - QX Magazine
''One Of Madonna's most perfect works of art!'' - Berlingske Tidende
''The Material Girl has proven once again that she’s at the top of her game!'' - blogcritics.org
''The beats boom out loud and clear - Madonna still belongs on that forever shimmering dance floor!'' - Associated Press
''Her most unpretentious and consistently enjoyable pop record since Like A Virgin.'' - Uncut Magazine
''Blasts the competition with a disco funk!'' - MTV
''Madonna's sweet return to her roots.'' - Reuters
''“Hard Candy” has all the earmarks of an instant classic.''- Metromix
''12 Tracks Filled With Artistic Tension'' - About.com
''Her strongest and most enjoyable album since the heavy-breathing "Erotica"'' - Chicago Sun Times
''Of-the-moment and radio-ready, some of her best work yet!'' - Billboard
''Instant gratification of a musical sweet tooth!'' - New York Times
''A tasty pop confection! What a wonderful surprise!'' - HX Magazine
''It may be the best album of Madonna's career!'' - New York Daily News
''Madonna's most engaging, edgy and contemporary disc in ages!'' - JAM! Music
''Ranks among her best and most entertaining albums!'' - Jyllands-Posten
''Still into the groove, Madonna shakes it old school!'' - New York Post
''Hard Candy" feels perfectly concerted, without a whiff of desperation.'' - The Boston Globe
''Pushing 50 and Madonna's still in vogue!'' - Miami Herald
''Madonna shows she still can make an album heavy with hits.'' - HeraldNet
''A heady, frisky sugar rush of urban dance-pop that sounds vital and relevant!'' - Washington Post
''A treat that's genuinely sour and sweet!'' - The Advocate
''The pop queen gets into a serious groove!'' - Houston Chronicle
''Fun album with a hint of mystery, a pop party where the hottest hip-hop stars are invited!'' - The Boston Herald B+
''The legend sounds stronger and more confident than ever (if that's even possible)'' - Pop Matters
''A saucy slice of urban electronica, the album cements Madonna's reign over all things pop!'' - Maryland Diamondback 4/5
''She has given us an album that is both deeply intellectual and mindlessly enjoyable!'' - Globe And Mail
''Every 49-year-old should have this much fun experimenting in public!'' - New York Sun
''Hard Candy" might be the friendliest Madonna record since her debut.'' - Salon
''Madonna's finest album in donkeys!'' - Daily Star
''Madonna can still show everyone how it’s done.'' - ABC News
''Hard Candy is an artistic triumph!'' - Metro Weekly
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