People.com previews Hard Candy

'Workin' up a sweat/ that's what music's for,' Madonna sings on 'Heartbeat,' the pumped-up fourth song on Hard Candy, her latest album, due April 29. Indeed, the pop diva makes good on her promise - singing her way through an hour of Euro-flavored dance tracks infused with retro, house beats. PEOPLE.com took an advanced listen - and can reveal five fast facts about Madonna's latest.

• On 'Spanish Lesson,' produced by the Neptunes, Madonna does, in fact, go bilingual, offering liberal translations of phrases like, 'Entiendo,' which she says means, 'I get it,' over a funked-up flemenco guitar riff. (Literal translation: 'I understand.')


• Kanye West offers a fast-paced rap on 'Beat Goes On,' the eighth track, breathlessly rapping, 'I think I'm going to try something new.'


• The singer indulges her choral side on the album-closer 'Voices,' which features production by Justin Timberlake, Timbaland and Nate 'Danjahandz' Hills. The song builds to a dark, cinematic crescendo, as the album closes with one lone tone.


• Madonna sings, 'You always have the biggest heart/ though we're 6,000 miles apart,' on 'Miles Away,' a direct allusion to living and working far away from hubby Guy Richie.


• Madonna really wants you to dance: Two songs - opening track 'Candy Store' and 'Beat Goes On' - feature overt calls to action. 'Gotta get up off your seat,' she sings on the latter, bolstered by the Neptunes's production and West's rapping.

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