The Confessions Tour (album)

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The Confessions Tour CD+DVD
Live album by Madonna
Released	January 26, 2007 January 29, 2007 January 30, 2007 February 3, 2007 February 5, 2007 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
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link BBC Music link Pitchfork Media (4.2/10) link
Madonna chronology
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2006) The Confessions Tour (2007) Hard Candy (2008) Singles from The Confessions Tour "Future Lovers/I Feel Love" Released: January 26, 2007 (promo single) "Music Inferno" Released: January 26, 2007 (promo single) "Jump (Live)" Released: 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, 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.^[1]

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 worldwide^[2][3]

Contents 1 Album history 2 Recognition 3 Track listing 4 DVD tracklisting 5 Bonus material 6 Info 7 Vinyl sampler tracklisting 8 Promo singles and music videos 9 Charts 10 Certifications 11 See also 12 References

[edit] 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"). The album was banned in Singapore.^[4] It is the third Madonna album to have a Parental Advisory feature, after 1992's Erotica and 2003's American Life.

[edit] Recognition

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

[edit] Track listing

#	Title	Composers	Time
1.	"Future Lovers/I Feel Love"	Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Donna Summer, Peter Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder	8:00
2.	"Like a Virgin"	Tom Kelly, Bill Steinberg	4:13
3.	"Jump"	Madonna, Stuart Price, Joe Henry	4:53
4.	"Confessions"	Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Daniel "Cloud" Campos, Sofia Boutella, Leroy "Hypnosis" Barnes	3:53
5.	"Isaac"	Madonna, Stuart Price	6:45
6.	"Sorry"	Madonna, Stuart Price	5:03
7.	"Sorry" (Remix)	Madonna, Stuart Price	3:44
8.	"I Love New York"	Madonna, Stuart Price	5:36
9.	"Let It Will Be"	Madonna, Stuart Price, Mirwais Ahmadzaï	4:45
10.	"Music Inferno"	Madonna, Mirwais Ahmadzaï, Leroy Green, Tyrone Kersey	7:41
11.	"Erotica"	Madonna, Shep Pettibone, Anthony Shimkin	4:55
12.	"Lucky Star"	Madonna	3:50
13.	"Hung Up"	Madonna, Stuart Price, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus contains a sample of "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" performed by ABBA	9:50
iTunes bonus tracks
14.	"Get Together"	Madonna, Stuart Price, Anders Bagge, Peer Astrom	5:22
15.	"Ray of Light"	Madonna, William Orbit, Clive Muldoon, Dave Curtis, Christine Leach	6:12

[edit] DVD tracklisting

1. "Future Lovers/I Feel Love"
2. "Get Together"⁴
3. "Like a Virgin"
4. "Jump"
5. "Confessions"
6. "Live to Tell"^{1 3}
7. "Forbidden Love"¹
8. "Isaac"
9. "Sorry"
10. "Like It or Not"¹
11. "Sorry Remix"²
12. "I Love New York"
13. "Ray of Light"⁴
14. "Let It Will Be"
15. "Drowned World/Substitute for Love"^{1 2}
16. "Paradise (Not For Me)"^{1 2}
17. "Music Inferno"
18. "Erotica"
19. "La Isla Bonita"¹
20. "Lucky Star"²
21. "Hung Up"

¹ Not included on the live CD.
² Was not broadcast on television.
³ The "Live to Tell" performance on the DVD is uncensored, showing Madonna on the crucifix.
⁴ Digital download bonus tracks.

[edit] Bonus material

• Je Suis L'Art
• They're Naughty Children
• Rollerskating
• Photo Gallery

[edit] Info

• Concert DVD Running Time: 2:01:00
• Bonus rehearsal footage Running Time: 0:12:19
• Photo gallery: 15 photos
• Total Running Time: 2:13:19
• Picture Format: 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
• Audio Content: PCM Stereo & DTS 5.1 Surround
• Subtitles (Not for US released): Traditional Chinese, English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese & Swedish

[edit] Vinyl sampler tracklisting

Side A:

1. "Future Lovers/I Feel Love"
2. "Erotica"

Side B:

1. "Music Inferno"
2. "Lucky Star"

[edit] Promo singles and music videos

From the CD+DVD, Warner Bros. Records released three promotional singles and two music videos:

#	Title	Date
1.	"Music Inferno" (Radio only)	January 26, 2007
2.	"Future Lovers/I Feel Love" (Radio only)	January 26, 2007
3.	"Jump (Live)" (Japan promo only)	March 7, 2007
4.	"Jump (Live)" (Music video only)	January 22, 2007
5.	"Ray of Light (Live)" (Music video only)	February 2, 2007

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007) Peak Position Belgium (W) 1[5] Brazil 1[6] Chile 1[7] Czech Republic 1[8] El Salvador (W) 1[9] Greece 1[10] Hong Kong 1 Hungary 1[11] Italy 1[12] Japan 1 Mexico 1[13][14] Peru 1 Portugal 1[15] Russia 1[16] Spain 1[17] Israel 1 Argentina 2[18]

Chart (2007) Peak Position Canada 2[19] France 2[20] Germany 2 Netherlands 2 Switzerland 2[21] Taiwan 2 United World Chart 2[22] Belgium (F) 3[23] Estonia 3[24] Finland 5[25] Poland 5[26] Uruguay 5 UK 7[27] Sweden 8[28] Ireland 10[29] U.S. Billboard 200 15[30] Norway 21

DVD Chart (2007)	Peak Position
Austria	1[31]
Germany	1
Czech Republic	1[32]
France	1[33]
Australia	1[34]
Hungary	1[35]
Italy	1[36]
Portugal	1[37]
Spain	1[38]
Sweden	1[39]
USA	1[40]
Belgium	2[41]
Estonia	3[42]
Greece	3[43]
Finland	3[44]

[edit] Certifications

Country	Certification	Sales
Australia	Platinum	+15,000
Belgium	Gold	+35,000
Brazil	Gold (DVD)[45]	25,000
Czech Republic	3x Platinum	+6,000
France	Gold (CD)	100,000
France	2x Platinum (DVD)	+80,000
Germany	3x Gold (CD+DVD)	+300,000[46]
Greece	Gold(CD)	+10,000
Hong Kong	2x Platinum	+40,000
Italy	Platinum	+80,000
Japan		+55,000
Mexico	Gold (CD)[47]	+50,000
Portugal	Gold (CD)	+10,000
Portugal	Platinum (DVD)	+8,000
Poland	Platinum (DVD)	+10,000
United World Chart (Worldwide Sales)		1,238,400

[edit] See also

• Madonna: Music Video International Releases

[edit] References

Madonna Central Madonna Podcast