Confessions II

Madonna

Confessions II

Fifteenth studio album and first in seven years from the singer is a sequel to Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005)

ADM rating[?]

7.6

Label
Warner Records
UK Release date
03/07/2026
US Release date
03/07/2026
  1. 9.0 |   Slant Magazine

    We weren't sure if Madonna could surprise us anymore. Until she did
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  2. 8.3 |   Paste Magazine

    After a string of creative misfires, the pop iconoclast crafts a spry, muscular sequel to her 2005 disco-pop record. Not only does it mark a return to form for her, but it’s also the most alive and present she’s sounded in ages
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  3. 8.1 |   Pitchfork

    Madonna’s back in peak form with a fresh and honest dance record that’s not only her best in 20 years, but a genuinely vital addition to her canon
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  4. 8.0 |   Clash

    A punchy ode to the dancefloor, it’s yet another groundbreaking moment in one of pop’s defining careers
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  5. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    On Confessions II, pop's queen of queens shows how dramatic and ecstatic a dance floor can be
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  6. 8.0 |   The Independent

    A celebration of the dance floor that incorporates tributes to her earliest days on New York’s club scene, the queen of pop’s new music is engineered to make you move, or indeed, sweat
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  7. 8.0 |   The Guardian

    After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back? nicely into? old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York
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  8. 8.0 |   NME

    On her most vital album in over two decades, pop music’s grande dame proves she still knows how to make us move
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  9. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Filtering the intervening years, experiences, emotions, and life lessons through the sounds that made her – Chicago house, Detroit techno, and beyond – it’s also a timely reminder of why Madonna was crowned the Queen Of Pop in the first place, and continues to be a vital musical force
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  10. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Boldly reasserts Madonna’s belief that the dance floor is where you go to forget yourself and discover who you really are
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  11. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    The Queen of Pop returns with a sequel to 2005's Confessions On A Dance Floor. Never has looking back felt so exhilarating
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  12. 8.0 |   Exclaim

    It's yet another unprecedented return to form from an artist who is forced to keep reminding us why she deserves to be taken seriously, time and time again
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  13. 7.7 |   Northern Transmissions

    Madonna clearly knows there’s more music to soundtrack her eternal life on the dancefloor, and we should be thankful she’s still up to the task
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  14. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    Madonna spends too much time describing transcendence instead of actually delivering it
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  15. 6.0 |   Far Out

    While the vignettes of influence feel like a blazing return to 1990s glory, there’s something optimistic about it
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  16. 6.0 |   The Arts Desk

    An unexpected aspect is the high quality slowies
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