Does anybody know which versions are included on this compilation? I'm trying to tag some MP3 files correctly, and there's nothing in the album artwork which gives any clues.

Would this be right?

DISC ONE

01. Hung Up
02. Music
03. Vogue (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
04. 4 Minutes (2009 Edit)
05. Holiday
06. Everybody (2009 Edit)
07. Like a Virgin (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
08. Into the Groove (Original 12" Mix)
09. Like a Prayer
10. Ray of Light (2009 Edit)
11. Sorry (2009 Edit)
12. Express Yourself (Video Version Edit)
13. Open Your Heart (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
14. Borderline (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
15. Secret (2009 Edit)
16. Erotica (2009 Edit)
17. Justify My Love
18. Revolver

DISC TWO

01. Dress You Up (Alternate Mix)
02. Material Girl
03. La Isla Bonita
04. Papa Don't Preach
05. Lucky Star (2009 Q-Sound Mix Edit)
06. Burning Up
07. Crazy for You (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
08. Who's That Girl?
09. Frozen
10. Miles Away (2009 Edit)
11. Take a Bow
12. Live to Tell
13. Beautiful Stranger
14. Hollywood (2009 Edit)
15. Die Another Day
16. Don't Tell Me (2009 Edit)
17. Cherish (2009 Edit)
18. Celebration

Not even Wikipedia has any info.

Off the top of my head
DISC ONE

01. Hung Up
02. Music
03. Vogue (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
04. 4 Minutes (2009 Edit)
05. Holiday
06. Everybody (2009 Edit)
07. Like a Virgin (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
08. Into the Groove (Original Single Mix)
09. Like a Prayer
10. Ray of Light (GVH2 edit)
11. Sorry (2009 Edit)
12. Express Yourself (Video Version Edit)
13. Open Your Heart (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
14. Borderline (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
15. Secret (2009 Edit)
16. Erotica (GVH2 edit)
17. Justify My Love
18. Revolver

DISC TWO

01. Dress You Up (Alternate Mix...cuts the first one or two beats...sounds awkward)
02. Material Girl
03. La Isla Bonita
04. Papa Don't Preach
05. Lucky Star (2009 Q-Sound Mix Edit....not sure about Q-sound, but seems new, and has an odd edit that I dectect right before vocal)
06. Burning Up
07. Crazy for You (1990 Q-Sound Mix)
08. Who's That Girl?
09. Frozen
10. Miles Away (2009 Edit....odd, pointless edit just like "4 Minutes")
11. Take a Bow
12. Live to Tell
13. Beautiful Stranger (Could be GVH2 edit)
14. Hollywood (2009 Edit)
15. Die Another Day
16. Don't Tell Me (GVH2 if edit)
17. Cherish (thinking 1990 Q-Sound)
18. Celebration

Ones not marked should be album cuts, which is cool for a song like "Frozen" that is great when it runs long (even though it takes away from others and seems out of place with the edits).

VinnyM27 said:

Weren't most of the GHV2 versions existing radio or 7" edits? It's beyond confusing.

This is how I have those songs on GHV2 tagged:

11. Ray Of Light (Radio Edit)
02. Erotica (Radio Edit)
08. Beautiful Stranger (William Orbit Radio Edit)
12. Don't Tell Me

There's a comment at Amazon, noting that the string outro at the end of 'Don't Tell Me' has been removed, making it a new 2009 edit of the original album version:

http://www.amazon.com/rev...hisHelpful

I can't believe all the Madge-Hags in the world haven't updated Wikipedia with the details. They're usually quite... competitive, when it comes to stuff like this.

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[Edited 12/15/09 2:48am]

GirlBrother said:

I think people got brunt out on the album before it came out, fans including. Hell, I doubt it really sold to anyone other than the hardcore in the states.

Miles Away is the 2008 radio version. I remember I heard it on the Top 40 on BFBS when it charted and it was the same version without the outro (unless the radio presenter just cut it but it would be weird because they usually play the new entries until the end)

I'm just a casual fan of hers, her music plastered all over the radio has been enough for me, but this might be my first Madonna cd i will actually buy, great list of songs on one package.
having said that, i have absolutely no idea what has been on her previous greatest hits collections.

violetblues said:

Immaculate Collection (1990)
1.Holiday*
2.Lucky Star
3.Borderline
4.Like A Virgin
5.Material Girl
6.Crazy For You
7.Into The Groove*
8.Live To Tell
9.Papa Don't Preach
10.Open Your Heart
11.La Isla Bonita
12.Like A Prayer*
13.Express Yourself*
14.Cherish
15.Vogue
16.Justify My Love
17.Rescue Me
*noticeably different versions than the album/radio versions

GHV2 (2001)
1.Erotica
2.Deeper And Deeper
3.Secret
4.Take A Bow
5.Bedtime Story
6.Human Nature
7.Don't Cry For Me Argentina
8.Frozen
9.Ray Of Light
10.Drowned World/Substitute For Love
11.The Power Of Goodbye
12.Beautiful Stranger
13.Music
14.Don't Tell Me
15.What It Feels Like For A Girl

Something To Remember (1995)
1.Love Don't Live Here Anymore
2.Crazy For You
3.Live To Tell
4.Oh Father
5.Something To Remember
6.This Used To Be My Playground
7.Rain
8.I'll Remember
9.Take A Bow
10.Forbidden Love
11.I Want You* (with Massive Attack)
12.You'll See
13.One More Chance
* present in two versions

The songs on GHV2 and Something To Remember are not in chronological order
[Edited 12/15/09 17:27pm]

jiorjios said:

ok, i like the music on this new set much better. updated up to date set.

What do Madonna fans think of it?

violetblues said:


Yes it is the most complete collection although 'Hollywood' and 'Miles Away' shouldn't be there even though I love them both. The two new songs are pretty weak too and so is the artwork. Otherwise yes it is the best compilation

I guess I'm just going to have to cue each copy of each track into Winamp, and listen to them all manually. It's gonna take a day. Ugh!

violetblues said:

As "complete" as it pretends to be, there are still a lot of songs missing, and they put it together in such a careless way that I've only listened to it once.

VinnyM27 said:

Couple of corrections, most of what you call as "2009 edit" are regular single versions that were released at the time:

4 Minutes (Edit)
Ray Of Light (Radio Edit)
Sorry (Single Edit)
Express Yourself (Edit of the combination of the Video Version and the Remix/Edit, but as a result it's indeed an Edit of the Remix Video Version)
Secret (Edit)
Erotica (Radio Edit with one rushed edit at a point than on the single/GHV2)
Dress You Up (Album Version with shorter intro)
Lucky Star (not clear either, seems like the 1990 Q-Sound Mix but possibly an alternate mix from TIC that got remastered, or Album Version edited to 1990 Q-Sound Mix)
Frozen (Album Version with longer outro)
Miles Away (Radio Edit)
Beautiful Stranger (Austin Powers OST Version - GHV2 had William Orbit Radio Edit)
Hollywood (Album Version)
Don't Tell Me (Radio Edit - GHV2 had Album Version)
Cherish (2009 Edit of Album Version but essentially 1990 Q-Sound Mix)
[Edited 12/16/09 3:08am]

DAMN! I bought this on vinyl, NICE! I'm stoked....

GirlBrother said:

jiorjios said:

Celebrations version of Justify My love is from the Immaculate Collection.

The single version for some reason does not have her whispering something strange in the fade out after Lenny Kravitz says "justify my love...." for the last time. I think Im the only one in the world that notices that

Moonbeam said:

It's something that's nice to listen to in the car but when I put it on my Ipod, I did a lot of heavy editing (putting some of my favorite hits in, changing some versions of songs, putting one CD reverse chronological order and the other in chronological, which is actually something one of the leaked tracklists did and that looked pretty cool). Maybe I'll post it later. The CD is probably good for causal fans, but I'm not sure that it was promoted very well so that they would know it's out there. It's on the shelves, but little is being said about it. Madonna appeared on Lettermen, but certainly on the wrong date (the day before the sex scandal broke), and she said nothing about the album although Lettermen gave it a decent plug before she came on.

paisleypark4 said:

Confusingly, all the tracks on The Immaculate Collection were mixed with Q-Sound - bar 'Justify My Love' and 'Rescue Me'. I think the Q-Sound mix of 'Justify My Love' is on the Maxi Single.

I wish there was a similar Madonna site to this Kylie site:

http://www.mixkylie.co.uk...ailable=on

It lists every single version of every single Kylie track - and which releases each differing mix appears on.

jiorjios said:

spot on
the art is whack!
hollywood and miles away though big international hits, def don't deserve to be on there
should be deeper and deeper and rain
cept - i LOVE revolver!!!

badujunkie said:

yep!

unless it's a complete singles collection, there's always going to be someone disappointed with the tracklisting because of a song or two. i actually think they did a good job with the tracks. i DO wish they had included "Rain" and "Gambler" though. see what i mean? i, however, do love both new tracks. i just wish her vocals weren't so muted in "Revolver".

the cover is . i think it was Vinny that made a cover that was much better and SoulAlive posted a few fan ones that were far superior to the final project. but i love the inside artwork.

GirlBrother said:

I believe that's a misunderstanding among fans. There's absolutely no sign anywhere in the credits that the last 2 songs are not Q-Sound mixed on TIC. Other than the difference paisleypark4 noted, the single version is the same as on TIC, I think it was called "Q-Sound Mix" for the sake of promo.

Now, I wonder if some of the Celebration remasters were done using the Q-Sound mixes just like that? Along with JML.

CHIC0 said:

Yeah Gambler is the long lost classic isn't it? By the way 'Rain' is not a personal favourite of mine. It is one of a bunch of Madonna songs that actually don't impress me at all. I don't really hate it it just bores me.
[Edited 12/17/09 16:48pm]

If i had it my way i would get rid of:

-beautiful stranger
-hollywood
-die another day
-miles away (although i do like this song - it wasn't a hit)

and add...

-true blue
-causing a commotion
-rain or bad girl
- Angel (I love that song)
[Edited 12/17/09 16:56pm]

jiorjios said:

really? i could play that song over and over. i prefer the album version over the single mix though. i think it's beautiful. to me it's one of the standout tracks from the album. i also love rainy weather so that may play a part in it as well. lol.

yes. GAMBLER should get more credit. even from Madonna herself. one of the 1st and few rock styled songs she's done. just a great song in general. i wouldn't mind her doing an album with songs like that. rock out just a little bit Madonna. please...

CHIC0 said:

I completely agree on everything you said on your Gambler paragraph and on one thing on the Rain paragraph: That rainy weather is great. Other than that I think the song is really dull (georgeous video though). Everything u said about 'Rain', apply to me for 'Bad Girl'. I think that was the stand-out track from 'Erotica'... that and the title track... everything else had to grow on me, all eventually did and some I am already tired of ('Rain' among them) but 'Bad Girl' still remains cool
[Edited 12/18/09 15:05pm]

jiorjios said:

I'm with you on "Bad Girl" being that album's standout (and one of my favorites of Madonna's period). "Deeper and Deeper" would be my runner-up.