Rebel Heart - Album Thread [Happy 1st Birthday!]

[MattyMads 5,496]

I think if two steps behind doesnt leak maybe Madonna and her people need to look towards gagas people, if they are leaking stuff maybe they wont want people hearing the track as they don't want the lyrics to be associated with her? Just my sceptical view.

[cindy_ve 800]

and what about these songs?

 

art of freedom

eye wide open

never let you go

[groovyguy 63,856]

https://twitter.com/BBCRadio2/status/547333371526135808

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#nowplaying brand new music from @Madonna 'Living For Love'

[groovyguy 63,856]

What Everyone Said About Madonna's New Songs This Weekend

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/22/madonna-new-songs_n_6366422.html

Madonna's new music sprung a leak last week, before she'd even had the chance to make an official announcement about her forthcoming album. The singer handled the situation in the most Madonna way possible: She shirked her critics and dropped six songs on our iTunes doorstop early Saturday morning with no precedent. (The Guardian called it a "partial Beyoncé.")

 

Within hours, #RebelHeart -- the name of her 13th album, now set for release on March 10 -- became a trending topic on Twitter and Facebook. Each track became an iTunes best-seller, and as of Monday morning, all six are among the service's current 20 most-downloaded songs.

 

Three ("Illuminati," "Unapologetic Bitch" and "Bitch I'm Madonna," which marks Madonna's third collaboration with Nicki Minaj after "Give Me All Your Luvin'" and "I Don't Give A") are infused with EDM and dance-groove sensibilities, thanks in part to production work by the likes of Kanye West and Diplo. Jim Farber of the New York Daily News said the trio is "less dignified" than the other three songs. Many have noted that "Living for Love," the album's first single, is anthemic in a way that's reminiscent of "Express Yourself" and "Like a Prayer." Farber also praised the other two tracks, "Ghosttown" and "Devil Pray," which are folksy by comparison. "The best of the new songs present the 56-year-old Madonna in a way that’s finely tailored to her essential style," he wrote.

 

Billboard's Jason Lipshutz echoed Farber's ovation in his review of "Living for Love," also comparing the song to her earlier hits. "When the song weaves its way toward a throbbing drop, Madonna continues crooning, refusing to be relegated to the background," he wrote.

 

Therein lies the weekend's consensus: Madonna has bridged the contemporary dance-pop trends she feverishly chased on 2012's "MDNA" while evoking the more traditional dance palate for which she is known. (The country-tinged "Devil Pray," for example, recalls the 2000 hit "Don't Tell Me.")

 

"For a start, that was always her calling card, her ability to be on or just ahead of a musical or fashion style that might have been breaking in the clubs or alternative/underground scenes but had yet to transfer to the mainstream," Bernard Zuel wrote for the Sydney Morning Herald. "That and a great ear for the right producers and co-writers to help her transfer the trend into marketable music."

 

Over on Twitter and Instagram, a score of fans, critics and A-listers joined the chorus, incorporating hashtags that Madonna has used on Instagram throughout much of 2014: #unapologeticbitch, #rebelheart, #livingforlove. On Saturday, Madonna posted a collage of fans who'd re-created her album artwork.

 

Minaj, Diplo, Pharrell Williams, Diddy, longtime friend and "A League of Their Own" co-star Rosie O'Donnell and "Glee" star Kevin McHale all expressed their support, but it was Ariana Grande who walked away with the splashiest shoutout from the queen of pop.

 

Madonna will have a busy few months leading up to the release of "Rebel Heart," which contains 19 tracks, according to its current iTunes page. She revealed in a Q&A with Billboard that she will "possibly" perform "Living for Love" with a cabal of other singers at the Grammy Awards on Feb. 8, right around the time she is planning to unveil another set of songs.

[RebelMe 3,132]

LEAKED: 

Rebel Heart (Acoustic Version)

Wash All Over Me (Acoustic Version)

[RebelHeart 750]

She must release it in January. I can't believe the March date is still possible in this case.

[milotjuh 975]

I sort of don't want her to push up the release date--a January release would be a rush job, and she actually has good material; she may as well take the time to polish it until March.

[Andymad 10,343]

Even RuPaul approves!!

OH NO SHE BETTA DON'T!! I love this. Fucking RuPaul... That bitch is my fav. Love RusieQ

[RebelMe 3,132]

LEAKED:  S.E.X

[milotjuh 975]

LEAKED:  S.E.X

I feel like saying "oh.my.god" would be in poor taste now :1f614:

[RebelMe 3,132]

I feel like saying "oh.my.god" would be in poor taste now :1f614:

 

Yes.  :1f614:

[ITG 3,321]

LEAKED: Rebel Heart (Acoustic Version)Wash All Over Me (Acoustic Version)

I think they could be fan made using the stems.Not only were demos leaked, but they also have the demo stems!!! You have to ask yourself HOW??!!

[milotjuh 975]

I think they could be fan made using the stems.Not only were demos leaked, but they also have the demo stems!!! You have to ask yourself HOW??!!

Stems also? Damn this goes way deep  :1f614:

[RebelMe 3,132]

I think they could be fan made using the stems.Not only were demos leaked, but they also have the demo stems!!! You have to ask yourself HOW??!!

 

 

"There are also 5 versions of Rebel Heart. Demo 1 is acoustic with some claps in it, Demos 2,3 and 4 sound pretty much the same and Demo 5 is what I believe to be the final version. Demo 5 sounds also much different from the one you've all heard and I believe it was either produced by Rayn Tedder or the guys that reworked Devil Pray. I can't confirm that though. The Avicii drop is mising completely and there is no auto-tuned Reeebbeeelll Heeaaaarttt in it anymore." MN Forum

[Drum Dub 1,883]

I think they could be fan made using the stems.Not only were demos leaked, but they also have the demo stems!!! You have to ask yourself HOW??!!

WTF??? The stems?? Now is totally evident that the responsible of all this mess is someone that has been in the same room with Madonna during recordings...

[ITG 3,321]

Yeah, it's really insane. If I'm to be corrected, it's actually Multitracks, not Stems. Not a great deal of difference except Multitracks has a bigger breakdown of the song.

[ITG 3,321]

"There are also 5 versions of Rebel Heart. Demo 1 is acoustic with some claps in it, Demos 2,3 and 4 sound pretty much the same and Demo 5 is what I believe to be the final version. Demo 5 sounds also much different from the one you've all heard and I believe it was either produced by Rayn Tedder or the guys that reworked Devil Pray. I can't confirm that though. The Avicii drop is mising completely and there is no auto-tuned Reeebbeeelll Heeaaaarttt in it anymore." MN Forum

Doesn't mean it's not fake

[RebelMe 3,132]

Doesn't mean it's not fake

Sorry, im just add information here.  :wink:

[Nick 2,360]

Ok seriously? When will these stop? It was bad enough when the inital 13 leaked, but they just keep coming. I'm so mad.

[Juan of Arc 69]

S.E.X IS AMAZINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

[Fighter 28,798]

Honestly I don't care anymore. All the demos are going to leak and we just have to deal with it.  No point in getting upset anymore..

[RebelMe 3,132]

Leaked more demos than all the full Rebel Heart album. And will leak more. This is insane!

[Fighter 28,798]

Leaked more demos than all the full Rebel Heart album. And will leak more. This is insane!

 

Thankfully it's all shitty early versions...

[groovyguy 63,856]

^ Exactly. Thankfully, it's not the final album versions that's leaking but demo tracks, most of which are very early versions that need a lot of polishing and proper mixing. That said, there's great potential in the songs save  for a couple which I don't really care for. Overall, the songs are very very good and they sound like an homage to her entire career. At least that's how it sounds to me - a little bit from every phase she's been through.

[ITG 3,321]

I hope Tragic Girl is on the album, I love it lyrically & vocally, so emotional.Freedom has to be partnered with Living For Love. Both positive & uplifting.Hold Tight & the 'bangin' Grafitti Heart, great dance songs....sooo hoping they'll be on the album.Aaaaaaaaaarrrrgh!!!!!!So many great songs!!!!!!!!