Supernova said:

MADONNA

'nuff said!

MADONNA

'nuff said!

It should be law that everyone must worship Madonna, im seriously ill in the head...

jayaredee said:

minneapolisgenius said:

Put your tongue away, Miss.

I can't stop masturbating to Madonna's music.

'Like A Prayer' is Madonna's first real masterpiece.With this album,she proved that she is a serious artist capable of writing and singing serious songs.It's a very personal,confessional album with strong,introspective songs that are miles away from the bubblegum pop hits that she was doing just a few years earlier.The highlights are plentiful....there's the ecstatic,gospel-flavored title track,which is one of the best pop songs of the 80s,period.There's "Til Death Do Us Part",which is just perfect.There's the undeniably catchy,upbeat "Cherish".There's a couple of top-notch dance tracks ("Express Yourself" and "Keep It Together"),both of which are well-written.There's the psychedelic,eclectic "Dear Jessie",which has become a fan favorite.There's even a duet with Prince on "Love Song".Although this track is annoyingly repetitive,it has a certain charm to it and their voices blend well together.

It's a shame that the Grammy voters didn't give Madonna the awards she deserved for this album.The title track should have been nominated for "Song of the Year" and the album should have at least received a nod for "Album Of the Year".By the time they finally awarded her with four Grammys for 'Ray Of Light' in 1999,she had already established herself as a highly creative,serious artist ten years earlier.

This is THE madonna album.
People rave about Ray of Light and as much as i like it, it's nothing on Like a Prayer.

This is the most confessional Madonna album dealing with issues of prayer, women's rights, her divorce, mother's death, family, child abuse etc.

Promise to Try gives me chills to this day, the lyrics are so honest and deep.

I don't mind Love Song but it's too repetitive for my tastes.

I still don't get "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S NOT IN THE COMPUTER" on the last track.....

I still believe that Prince wrote the title track. I don't have any proof, but I believed it before finding out that Prince had recorded his own version.

sabaisabai said:

So he took credit for co-writing "Love Song" but not writing (or co-writing) "Like A Prayer". The opening guitar does sound like Prince though.

Erotica was a great one, too. I like those songs, Bad Girl, Deeper & Deeper, & Fever. It was very underrated back in '92, though. If she didn't make the book SEX, it would've been her most progressive release of the 90's, wouldn't you think?

jayaredee said:

Her reservation.

In "Act Of Conformtation", Madonna starts singing the "AOC" (a catholic chant I totally forget) and then starts saying "I reserve, I reserve...I have a reservation, I have a reservation (a little older and with more attitude) and then finally "What do you mean...". It's pretty funny but I didn't get it the first few times either and thought the track was terrible.

silverchild said:

EROTICA is TERRIBLY underrated. The SEX book and that horrible (but great camp film) BODY OF EVIDENCE ruined any possibility of the album REALLY being heard. A stunning piece of work - as is LIKE A PRAYER. I said in another forum that Madonna is seriously underrated as a songwriter. She's written/co-written a long list of classic pop songs. However, I think her constant need for attention has definitely taken away from the fact that she is/was a great songwriter. It will be interesting to see what happens when she becomes eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a few years.

VinnyM27 said:

Okay but what "reservation"
Like a hotel reservation or what?

Ramonachris said:

I'm shocked that Erotica sold only 2 million copies--her worst selling album of the 90's. Her recent album, American Life is a campy favorite of mine. I don't really listen to that one that often because it's too acoustic for me.

jayaredee said:

I assumed a restaurant reservation. I don't think it means anything. It was just kind of a joke.

psykosoul said:

That's two more than I care about.

VinnyM27 said:

according to the Encycolpida Madonnica it's her restervation to heaven that isn't in the computer

Actually i disagree with David, i'd say True Blue was her first masterpiece.

ANd the remasters from warner were crap, although the sound was vastly improved, the extras were just extended remixes of the existing songs.