Both albums with production by Pharrell Williams. Which do you prefer?

Hard candy 

ummmmm this is hard one. 

singles are cool on both albums 

but i guess hard candy takes the cake because of the lead single.

Hard Candy. That album is overdue a remaster. With better mastering and equalizing, it would sound absolutely amazing.

Hard Candy. In my opinion, Pharrell started to lose his magic touch, in a big way, by the time Sweetener came around.

His modern beats are very minimalistic, and almost sound underproduced, by today's standards. 

Edited January 9, 20233 yr by Reginald

both very similar albums , fueled by it's non Pharrell singles (4 minutes, NTLTC, GIAW..) but the weighted down by full of forgettable Pharrell tracks

6 minutes ago, MaxMartin said:

both very similar albums 

Choose one 

 

18 minutes ago, .Odyssey. said:

Hard Candy. That album is overdue a remaster. With better mastering and equalizing, it would sound absolutely amazing.

Sounds amazing as it is tbh Production so clean and fresh

Sweetener. 

15 minutes ago, Janet said:

Choose one 

 

Sounds amazing as it is tbh Production so clean and fresh

sweetener because of its stellar singles

Sweetener is literally Ariana's version of Hard Candy. They all want to be ha! 

tf is a Hard Candy?

 

OT: Sweetener

Madonna worked better with Pharrell than Ariana. Hard Candy is at least enjoyable. Sweetener is a chore to get through.

3 minutes ago, magazine said:

tf is a Sweetener?

Is what I asked when Ariana announced her album.

 

Edited January 9, 20233 yr by smoore95GAGA

Hard Candy. 

Hard Grammy

Hard Grammy is a masterpiece 

 

@Alongoria13 right? 

Sweetener, sweetie...

 

But Hard Candy feels particularly underrated. Give It to Me especially is kinda top-tier Madge.

1 hour ago, Oktober Knight said:

Hard Grammy is a masterpiece 

 

@Alongoria13 right? 

Totally, Sweetener is such a chore to listen through

Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You >>>

2 hours ago, magazine said:

tf is a Hard Candy?

 

OT: Sweetener

You should ask your fave, since she attended the mega successful Sticky and Sweet tour.

 

 

Hard Grammy

 

Hard Candy is iconic. I miss when Madonna made good music.

Hard Candy.

38 minutes ago, GlamSlam said:

You should ask your fave, since she attended the mega successful Sticky and Sweet tour.

 

 

Hard Grammy

 

It seems like Gaga is more your fave than mine 

Sweetener sweetie..

Loving the retrospective praise for Hard Candy 

 

yes there are trend hopping songs here, but she also brought out some new sounds out of Pharrell and Timbaland— correct me if I’m wrong, but I think this is the first time both used disco influenced production? 
 

it’s also not as shallow as some of y’all think. Many songs hint at her impending divorce. Many songs also discuss finding drive/motivation whilst living your best life, something she was probably feeling as she was about to turn 50

Edited August 7, 20233 yr by Jump