Like A Virgin--1984--the album that made Madge a household name:

I love this record. I didn't really listen to it until the mid-90s when I discovered gems like 'Love Don't live here anymore' and 'stay'

meanwhile 'dress you up' is in my top 10 madonna tracks of all time

the only thing that would make it better would be adding 'into the groove' which technically was not on the first print

it also contains the only song Madonna has had sole writing credit on 1984--a ballad i like A LOT 'shoo be doo'

my faves (from best to worst):

1. dress you up
2. angel
3. stay
4. love don't live here anymore
5. shoo-be-doo
6. like a virgin
7. over and over
8. material girl
9. pretender

i don't like ranking MADONNA albums/songs!!! i love them all
but for the sake of this thread i'll do it.




1. stay
2. pretender
3. into the groove*
4. love don't live here anymore
5. dress you up
6. shoo-be-doo
7. angel
8. over and over
9. like a virgin
10.material girl

my top 4 tend to rotate, depending on my mood.

(* i'm including this one because it's on 1 of the 3 versions I have of this album)

Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Stay
Angel
Over And Over
Like A Virgin
Material Girl
Pretender
Dress You Up
Shoo-Bee-Doo (worst ever)

Over and Over
Angel
Stay
Like A Virgin
Love Don't Live Here Anymore
Dress You Up
Pretender
Material Girl
Shoo Bee Doo

Now I want to listen to this album real bad!

1.Material Girl - Tony Thompson killing the drums on this one
2.Like A Virgin - Tony Killing them drums again
3.Dress You Up
4.Angel
5.Stay
6.Over And Over
7.Love Don't Live Here Anymore
8.Pretender
9.Shoo Bee Doo

Couldn't we have picked a better Madonna album?

1.Angel
2.Dress You Up
3.Love Don't Live Here Anymore
4.Like A Virgin
5.Material Girl
6.Into The Groove (the 1985 reissue of the album included "The Groove")
7.Shoo-Bee-Doo
8.Over And Over
9.Stay
10.Pretender

1. Into The Groove
2. Stay
3. Over And Over
4. Dress You Up
5. Shoo-Be-Doo
6. Like A Virgin
7. Material Girl
8. Angel
9. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
10. Pretender

1.Dress You Up
2.Material Girl
3.Like A Virgin
4.Angel
5.Stay
6.Love Don't Live Here Anymore
7.Pretender
8.Over and Over
9.Shoo Bee Doo

some trivia about this album...


***This album was finished MONTHS before it was actually released.Warners were anxious to release it,but there was one problem: Madonna's first album was still selling.Her single "Borderline" was riding high on the charts,and so they decided to hold back 'Like A Virgin' until the hoopla from the first album finally died down.Madonna was pissed about this.

***"Material Girl" was written by Peter Brown.Those of you who were around in the 70s will remember him as the guy who had the huge disco hit "Dance With Me" in 1978.

I don't have the "Into The Groove" verison (I saw it in Europe and should have bought...I don't have anything with the original "Into The Groove" on it!) but if I did, it would be topping my list, no question.

DavidEye said:

Davideye, where is your list!

Why was Madonna pissed about holding the album? It makes sense since the first was still selling. I'm always suprised to hear her debut (I remember it was not as easy to find as the ohter albums and I wanted to buy it really bad) was that popular but with songs like "Lucky Star", it makes sense that it was.

This is one of Madonna's weaker efforts, but here it goes...

1. Over and Over (I play this again...)
2. Material Girl
3. Angel
4. Dress You Up
5. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
6. Like a Virgin
7. Pretender
8. Stay
9. Shoo-Bee-Doo

VinnyM27 said:

They held it back and released Lucky Star.

Warner and MTV wanted Madonna do to Lucky Star on MTV. Madonna did Like A Virgin because she was ready to move on and to show Warner it was time to release it.

ehuffnsd said:

Smart move, Madonna!

I've never seen "Into The Groove" as part of the LAV configuration.


Chico you're cheating!

CinisterCee said:

you've never seen it, because you're not a real MADONNA fan.


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Originally Into The Groove wasn't included in the album. Released from the movie Desperately Seeking Susan it became a huge hit, so it was included in the re-release of the Like A Virgin album in 1985. In 2001 the album was remastered, having the original tracklisting without Into The Groove but including extended dance mixes of Like A Virgin and Material Girl as bonus tracks.

and it appeared on the European version; which is the one I have!
and don't question my authority.



u called me a cheater.



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[Edited 8/24/05 19:34pm]

chico4U said:

My cassette was from 1984. Sorry.

But even the remastered LAV didn't include "Into The Groove"!

CinisterCee said:

i want a proper apology. and you KNOW what i mean.

chico4U said:

I can't rank these joints.

Let's just say I could live without "Over and Over".

i think WB tacked on Into the Groove in 85 to capitalize on it's sucess. However when i bought it on CD in the 90s into the groove was not on it.

I did get the Angel CD single with it on there.

Madonna may have had them take it off thinking that it wasn't supposed to be on there.


[Edited 8/24/05 20:18pm]

ehuffnsd said:

Me too. btw, how do you like that "live" extended version of "Angel"?

CinisterCee said:

i just noticed your signature.

CinisterCee said:

it's cute.

You say you wanna stay the night
But you'll leave me tomorrow, I don't care
All of your moves are right
We can take it anywhere, this

I think it fuckin rocks! Don't act like you don't CHANT along with the in-studio crowd lol

CinisterCee said:

i have an actual live version of it too

1. Shoo-Bee-Doo
2. Pretender
3. Angel
4. Dress You Up
5. Like A Virgin
6. Material Girl
7. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
8. Stay
9. Over And Over

chico4U said:

btw, "Into The Groove" tops a lot of lists, but it seems unfair to make it #1 on an album it's not really from. Feel me?