The Confessions Tour (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = The Confessions Tour CD+DVD
Type = Live album
Artist = Madonna


Released = flagicon|Europe January 26, 2007
flagicon|World January 29, 2007
flagicon|US January 30, 2007
flagicon|Australia February 3, 2007
flagicon|South Korea February 5, 2007
flagicon|Japan March 7, 2007
Recorded = August 15, 2006
August 16, 2006
Genre = Live, Pop, Dance, Electronica
Length = DVD 121:00
CD 73:14
Label = Warner Bros.
Warner Music Vision
Semtex Films
Director = Jonas Åkerlund
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wxfexqurldke link]
* BBC Music [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/wjn8/ link]
* Pitchfork Media (4.2/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/41321-the-confessions-tour link]
Last album = "I'm Going to Tell You a Secret"
(2006)
This album = "The Confessions Tour"
(2007)
Next album = "Hard Candy"
(2008)Singles
Name = The Confessions Tour
Type = live
single 1 = Future Lovers/I Feel Love
single 1 date = January 26, 2007 (promo single)
single 2 = Music Inferno
single 2 date = January 26, 2007 (promo single)
single 3 = Jump (Live)
single 3 date = February 2, 2007 (Japan promo single)

"The Confessions Tour" is the Grammy Award winning second live album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on January 26, 2007 by Warner Bros. Records. It was recorded during the London dates of her hugely successful 2006 Confessions Tour and contains a double disc CD+DVD format. The DVD disc contains the show shot at Wembley Arena, London, directed by Jonas Åkerlund and the CD contains highlights from the concert. In some countries a DVD only version was also released. The album was banned in Singapore and Malaysia. [ [http://www.esmas.com/musica/pop/noticias/679055.html Confessions Banned in Singapore (in Spanish)] ] [http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=17668 Drowned Madonna - The Confessions Tour DVD banned in Malaysia ] ] . The mock-crucifixiton scene during Live to Tell is the reason of the ban in both countries respectively.

It won for Best Long Form Music Video at the 50th Grammy Awards. This is Madonna's second Grammy for Best Long Form Music Video and her seventh Grammy Award overall. The album has sold an estimated 1.2 million copies worldwide [ [http://www.absolutemadonna.com/charts/albumstats.shtml AbsoluteMadonna.com - Album Charts & Stats ] ] [ [http://www.drownedmadonna.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=18802 Drowned Madonna - It's Official: Madonna joins Live Nations ] ]

Album history

Recorded during the 2006 Confessions Tour, the album was a bonus to the DVD release of Madonna's "Confessions Tour - Live from London" special, directed by Jonas Åkerlund and originally aired on NBC in the United States. The concert was recorded during the concert in Wembley Arena in London, England on August 15 and 16, 2006, the latter being Madonna's forty-eighth birthday.

The album features 13 live tracks taken from the tour, with a majority of the songs coming from Madonna's 2005 "Confessions on a Dance Floor" album. The album also features a number of classic Madonna songs, including "Like a Virgin", "Lucky Star", and the first appearance of the "You Thrill Me" version of "Erotica" on a Madonna album.

The DVD is available in 2 formats; CD+DVD (2-Disc CD Digipack), DVD (1-disc DVD only [Amaray Standard Case] . - outside US and Canada) and Digital Download format (with bonus live tracks "Ray of Light" and "Get Together"). It is the third Madonna album to have a Parental Advisory feature, after 1992's "Erotica" and 2003's "American Life".

Recognition

In February 10, 2008, the Confessions Tour DVD won the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video at the 50th Grammy Awards.

CD Track listing

Certifications

ee also

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References

[http://www.madonnacentral.co.nr Madonna Central] [http://madonnacentral.mypodcast.com/index.html Madonna Podcast]