Madonna Recording New Music With “Confessions” Producer Stuart Price
After releasing four of her worst albums back-to-back-to-back-to-back (“Hard Candy,” “MDNA,” “Rebel Heart,” and “Madame X”), it’s a relief to see that Madonna is recording new music with Stuart Price, the producer behind her last great album, 2005’s “Confessions On A Dance Floor.” Madonna shared the news in a series of Instagram photos, as seen above and below, writing “Back in the Stu with Stuart Price”:
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In terms of how they crafted the excellent “Confessions,” Price explained:
The real eye-opener was about how focused she was on avoiding the kind of over-the-top, excessive, entourage-in-the-studio environment that I had expected. It was the total opposite, really. She helped to create an environment where we were like two kids working together in a studio. […] She’s really instinctive in understanding that dance music comes from a very minimal way of working. It doesn’t come from throwing lots of money on a lavish production.
We spent five or six weeks in my apartment; the studio used to be upstairs in the loft. I would work on a track overnight, then she would come in and we’d start messing around. She would do vocal melodies and I would come up with a few ideas, and then she’d go, “Okay, I’m gonna go home and think about it.” Then she’d come back the next day and have the hook for “Hung Up” or the chorus for “Sorry.” Then I would carry on working on more tracks to keep us going. It was more of a really fluid and almost childlike environment than anything that seemed too serious.
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If all goes well, the new album will be out next year.
For fun, and not including soundtrack, tour, or greatest hits albums, my definitive ranking of Madonna’s studio albums, from worst to best (note that she’s only really released two “bad” albums, MDNA and Hard Candy, and even those have a few good songs):
14- MDNA
13- Hard Candy
12- Rebel Heart
11- Madame X
10- Like A Virgin
9- True Blue
8- Madonna
7- Music
6- Ray Of Light
5- Like A Prayer
4- Erotica
3- Confessions On A Dance Floor
2- American Life
1- Bedtime Stories
