What is your favorite Madonna era?

Ambitious Novice (Madonna)

Skeptically Virginal (Like A Virgin)

In Love and Ever-Growing (True Blue)

Religiously Liberated (Like A Prayer)

Unabashingly Raunchy (Erotica)

A Return To Rhythm & Blues (Bedtime Stories)

Spiritually Sophisticated (Ray Of Light)

The Millennium Cowgirl (Music)

Bold Critic of the 'American Dream' (American Life)

The NightClub Queen (Confessions on a Dancefloor)

Hip to the Hip-Hop Urban Music Scene (Hard Candy)

Erotica/Bedtime Stories

89-94

In this order:

True Blue
Like A Prayer
Like A Virgin

prolly the one wit the cones. she seemed like fun in that era.

(Madonna)
(Like A Virgin)

borderline is some deep deep.

Easy: Ray of Light followed by Confessions.

I love her entire career up untill 2002, all of it is just CLASSIC. I still follow her after that but shes now a novelty act for me, just checking in on her and seeing if she will reignite the spark she had, which I'm thinking she probably will now that shes divorced Guy Ritchie. Look wise my favourite was the Evita period. I loved how curvey she became when she had Lourdes and the way her hair was. Its the most beautiful she ever looked. And my fave album is Ray of Light so I guess the reinvention of 1996-1999 period is my favourite.

like a prayer!

like a virgin/like a prayer

all except Erotica.

the Erotica era

in this order:

ray of light era
like a prayer era
bedtime stories era

i only like her first album

the production quality is on point

The erotica era is the one i admire her most for. But i kind of agree that she was at he peak from 89-94. I did enjoy ray of light, it was nice to see her re-launch her career so well, but Erotica always seems to be the album i go back to.

True Blue, Like a Prayer, and Bedtime Stories
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This is a very timely thread.In the past few days,I've been watching her Celebration DVD,with all her of her music videos,and it's alot of fun revisiting all of her different eras.

ehuffnsd said:

Now wait a minute,guys I thought an "era" could only be one album.Some of you are listing several albums which were released througout several years,lol.

SoulAlive said:

Something to Remember doesn't count though does it? I most times include the Evita period as part of the Ray Of Light era as it's part of the overall reinvention she had for Ray of Light. It's the same with 1990 and 1991 that most people class as a different time calling it the Blonde Ambition era whereas I just think of it as part of Lika A Prayer.
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Arnotts said:

yeah,I see your point.Different eras often overlap.The Erotica era is my favorite,but I suppose it could also include Truth Or Dare/The Sex Book/Erotica (the album/The Girlie Show.....so roughly,1991-1994.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, Sex and The Girlie Show I definitley see as being Erotica. But I tend to lump Truth or Dare with Like A Prayer mainly due to the look she had going. Otherwise there are just waaay too many Madonna eras.

Arnotts said:

indeed

Arnotts said:

When she divorced Sean Penn,it was the beginning of her most exciting era of all In the Ryan Seacrest interview from last week,she admitted that the past year was really "stressful" for her,but said that she's much happier now and that it would be reflected in her new music.I think the "divorce" from Warners has made her much happier,too.She seems really liberated and fun in her recent interviews.I think being married causes her to hold back alot of her 'real' personality.When she's single and free,she's truly herself.It'll be interesting to see how her next album/era will be.


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Vogue/Erotica

vainandy said:

Yeah,I figured that would be your favorite era I bet you have a copy of the Sex book,too.

Give it up,do as I say
Give it up and let me have my way
I'll give you love,I'll hit you like a truck
I'll give you love,I'll teach you how to (uhhhh...uhhhhh...uhhhhh)

No, when I heard there were no dicks in it, I left it alone. But even if it did have dicks in it, $50 was too damn expensive.

vainandy said:

In favourite order:

True blue
Like a virgin
Like a prayer
Bedtime stories

musicjunky318 said:

This was probably my favorite era...the Immaculate Collection / Truth Or Dare / Erotica era. It seemed like she was finding herself and going through the mid life crisis of 'about to hit thirty' stage. She didnt care what anyone thought and she was strong and confused at the same time. The pictures..the songs the film. It was all a young woman, on her rollercoaster ride to find herself. A very chaotic era but a part that is aslo fufilling as she wouldnt almost BE who she is without this era of time.