Hard Candy

Madonna's new album Hard Candy will be officially released at the end of this month. Last week, vh-m.com briefly leaked the intros to every track. Yesterday, however, the entire album was leaked via thepiratebay.org.

The cover photo and font look terrible - but don't judge a book by its cover, as they say. There are some extremely catchy tracks, especially She's Not Me, which I've been playing endlessly. Candy Shop (the title track) and Four Minutes (the first single) are great fun, too. The second and third singles (Give It 2 Me and Miles Away, respectively) are less impressive, though. The album as a whole could be described as 'Hip Hop lite'.

Leaks of individual tracks, in various stages of completion, have been trickling out since last year: Four Minutes (leaked from a live performance and an unauthorised radio broadcast), Give It 2 Me (a brief extract), Beat Goes On, and Candy Shop (a demo extract).

The full track-listing is: Candy Shop, Four Minutes, Give It 2 Me, Heartbeat, Miles Away, She's Not Me, Incredible, Beat Goes On, Dance 2night, Spanish Lessons, Devil Wouldn't Recognize You, and Voices.