onenitealone said:

Same here. Part of me hopes that they've slighly altered the cover to make it look like that.

VinnyM27 said:

I think we all fall into the category one of my mates puts me in, music-wise: 'gullible consumers'.

The artwork for the single disc has been revealed


The artwork for the 2-disc set now features additional text print in the background

Could this be the back cover of the single disc?

The Sticky and Sweet Tour comes to an end----video from the final moments (Israel).Lola joins her mother onstage!

Well,it looks like the Sticky and Sweet era is officially over.I'm happy to say that I saw the show twice.Thank you,Madonna!! I just woke up from a fuzzy dream.....

Sticky & Sweet Tour second highest grossing of all time

Madonna's Sticky & Sweet tour wrapped yesterday, putting the lid on what looks to be the second-highest grossing tour of all time.
With a gross of $408 million, Sticky & Sweet is the top-grossing tour by a solo artist of all time, and second only to the Rolling Stones' $558 million Bigger Bang tour of 2005-2007. 'She is absolutely one of the great performers of all time,' says Arthur Fogel, Chairman of Global Music and CEO of Global Touring for Live Nation, producer of Madonna's tours. 'That this tour will take its place as the second highest grossing tour in the history of our business says it all.'
Since its launch in August 2008, Sticky & Sweet has moved more than 3.5 million fans to 85 shows in 32 countries, according to Live Nation. Madonna set an attendance record for the biggest crowds in history in Zurich, Switzerland, where she drew the largest audience ever for a concert in that country (72,000). According to Live Nation stats, her Gothenburg, Sweden show, seen by 119,000 fans, broke the record for highest grossing multiple shows in the country's history.
In Helsinki, Finland, Sticky & Sweet sold more than 85,000 tickets, making it the biggest single show by an artist in history for all of Scandinavia. Other highlights on the tour included stops in Buenos Aires, Argentina (256,000), Santiago, Chile (146,000), Sao Paolo, Brazil (203,000), Tallinn, Estonia (72,000), Warsaw, Poland (79,000), Bucharest, Romania (69,000), and Sofia, Bulgaria (54,000).
Sticky & Sweet broke Madonna's previous record for top solo tour ever with her Confessions tour, which grossed $194 million in 2006, according to Billboard Boxscore. The 2008-2009 tour was the first under Madonna's $120 million, 10-year multi-rights deal with Live Nation.
From Billboard.com

CHIC0 said:

This lady is unstoppable! I always laugh when people say that she is "over".Janet and Mariah could never pull this off.



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SoulAlive said:

So the artwork for the single version is ten times better than the second? Perfect! Three cheers for Warners and Madonna!

VinnyM27 said:

i like both. But there are plenty M album covers I dislike. Erotica, BS, AL, I'm Breathless.

The only good ones are LAP, TB, STT, Music and maybe ROL.

Hard Candy / Sticky and Sweet era:

loved it. just wish "Beat Goes On" would've been a single. and could've had more promotional adverts or push to it. and a better videos. "4 Minutes" was cool. (except timberlake being a part of it.)

bring on the "Celebration" set already. and being that it's a hits compilation; we can only wonder what the next era is going to be.

SoulAlive said:

i don't care much for the cover. why bother mixing two pics to get one? especially with all the iconic images she has. i get the style and genre they were trying to achive; but i think it falls flat.

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The only ones I dislike are R&R & COTD, IGTTYAS, CF and the worst of all HC (basically her last 5 lol). I still think the 2-disc artwork is better than the other one

Best Madonna album covers

Like a Prayer
Like a Virgin
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what's so great about the LAP cover? everyone keeps mentioning it as a favorite. it's the first (of many) bad ones, i think.
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Erotica gets the vote.

I like the album cover for Like a Prayer. Behind a couple of others.

Madonna Wraps Record-Breaking Sticky And Sweet Tour in Israel
Rolling Stone
9/3/09 10:03 am EST


After 85 shows performing songs from 'Hard Candy' and her 26-year catalog,Madonna has wrapped her Sticky And Sweet tour with a pair of gigs at Israel's Yehoshua Gardens.All told,the numbers for the singer's year-long global trek are jaw-dropping: $408 million grossed,more than 3.5 million fans attended and 32 countries hit,according to Live Nation,the tour's producer.The figures make Sticky and Sweet the highest-grossing tour ever by a solo act,and the second-highest trek of all time.Madonna even broke her own record: 2006's Confessions tour held the honor of most successful solo tour with a $194 million gross.Take a bow,indeed.

"Sometimes getting onstage is the easiest thing in the world," Madonna tells Rolling Stone in our new issue."Other times,it's like,'Can someone please hit me with a stun gun?".

Rolling Stone was there when Madonna's tour hit New York on its second U.S. stop last October,and when the Material Girl played an exclusive club show with Justin Timberlake to debut Hard Candy tracks.

Madonna's next project is a greatest-hits set 'Celebration',which is due later this month.Earlier this week,she unleashed a video for one of the collection's two new songs,"Celebration",produced by Paul Oakenfold.

CHIC0 said:

I enjoyed this era tremendously.I still listen to "Miles Away" several times each day I had alot of fun with Hard Candy and the Sticky and Sweet tour.Being a member of ICON,I was able to get great seats to her show (both nights).It was a wonderful experience.On this tour,Madonna was much more 'fun' than on previous tours.She talked to the audience more,was in a silly mood most of the time (lol) and even did the request section,which was alot of fun.Her attitude was wild! I love seeing her like that.Remember the night when Pharrell joined her onstage in New York? That's the crazy,wild Madonna we had not seen in years!



Not sure what the next era will be like,but Guy Oseary talked to fans at a recent show and confirmed that the next studio album and tour will happen in 2011.Looks like she's gonna get some well-deserved rest in 2010.She really needs to take a break.

errant said:

yep. The colours are awful. She looks mean.

SoulAlive said:

and us fans need a break from Madonna.

Her rhythm 2,5 year between albums was excellent. No need to overdo it.

graecophilos said:

huh? the LAP cover is a shof her hips/abdomen. her face isn't even on it

SoulAlive said:

"Miles Away" is a great song..and i think it will age well. it actually had a couple decent remixes too. and though it seems most fans didn't care for "Ring My Bell", i quite enjoy that track. i think this album did a good job of incorporating her early sound. i.e. "Heartbeat", "Beat Goes On".
"Give It To Me" also had some great remixes. i've not been a fan of remixes in a while.

errant said:

i think he is thinking of the back cover shot of her praying.

I'd rank Madonna's album covers this way:

1. True Blue- classic, iconic image
2. Erotica- the blue color and her expression are perfect representations of the album
3. Madonna- our first glimpse of a style icon
4. Like a Virgin- another iconic image
5. Ray of Light- you can see in her face that things were very different
6. The Immaculate Collection- I love the M and the legs
7. Like a Prayer- I like the back image of her praying better than the cover
8. You Can Dance- Nothing great, but decent enough
9. Confessions on a Dancefloor- The color scheme is nice, but this one is going to date.
10. Celebration- The concept is nicer than the finished product
11. I'm Breathless- I always thought Madonna looked like she was letting one rip on this.
12. American Life- yeah, we get it- Che Guevara
13. GHV2- It's a nice image, but I don't think it works as an album cover, much like the album in principle was a nice concept, but it didn't come together well
14. Music- Simply embarrassing! Madonna brandishing that acoustic guitar and cowboy hat makes her look ridiculous!
15. Hard Candy- I suppose a trashy, cheap cover is apropos for such a trashy, cheap album

I just realized that she looks like she's catching the holy ghost mixed with convulsions in the Celebration video...

ehuffnsd said:

Oh, sorry, I got confused: I wanted to write LAV, not LAP.

The LAP-Cover is one of my favorite covers.

article and remix video here