1) Erotica

2) Like A Prayer

3) Music

AlexdeParis said:

SoulAlive said:

No hate here I love that album.It's a fun,non-stop,unapologetic groovefest."She's Not Me","Heartbeat","Miles Away","Give It To Me" and "Beat Goes On" are some of the best tunes she ever recorded.I think the Pharrell tracks,in particular,are a great fit for Madonna.She should work with him again.

I'm also a Hard Candy fan. I think it's better than most of the albums in her catalog. I certainly find it a more consistent and enjoyable listen than all of her '90s albums outside of her masterpiece ROL.

the weirdest thing is that...I think MDNA is a stronger album than Hard Candy but yet,I find myself listening to Hard Candy much more

badujunkie said:

Cinny said:Like A Virgin Bedtime Stories Like A Prayer True Blue what the hay-all? i know the debut is ur fave

We have this thread every year. This mah 2013 picks.

Nix Like A Prayer. It's not even about that anymore.

1. Like A Virgin

2. Bedtime Stories

3. True Blue

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I totally agree.I would even go so far as to say that Pharrell was one of the best producers/collaborators that she ever worked with.I know she's really pleased with the tracks he came up with,especially "Give It 2 Me".On her most recent tour,she even brought out "Candy Shop".

there's something wrong with the site it's been happeing to me sometimes too

"She's Not Me" and "Beat Goes On" should have been singles.Two strong,infectious,hook-filled songs

Its decided then, Hard Candy is great. And like a Prayer will never age, just pure perfection and the Immaculate collection is still great, even sans Whos that girl.

Hudson said:

I think CoAD is a masterpiece even though I think Future Lovers takes too long to start. It took several listens before I was able to like the songs, but I haven't really liked an album on first listen since I was a teenager.

The Videos were good too except Get Together deserved better.

Hudson said:

Do I dare?

Sorry I can just not agree, You are comparing Justify my love and the louder version of Like a Prayer, Vogue and most of her 80s classics to a few brilliant 90s tracks and quite a bit of filler and lesser tracks. Okay the 90s Madonna is more provocative, but the 80s Madonna is pop perfection.

Plus you think they could have taken off the lamo "Don't Cry for me Argentina" and replace it with "You'll see" then it would be an album close to equalling TIC.

What's this 'Animal' album from 2010 someone sent me all about?

It's very good.

DaveT said:

Hudson said:

I think CoAD is a masterpiece even though I think Future Lovers takes too long to start. It took several listens before I was able to like the songs, but I haven't really liked an album on first listen since I was a teenager.

The Videos were good too except Get Together deserved better.

That's odd....exactly the opposite for me. COAD was the M album that really did it for me from the very first play. I wanted her to get back to good dance music for years and COAD delivered in spades! Still remember when Get Together kicked in, boy did I crank that bad boy up...knew from that point COAD era was gonna be one of her very best

COADF was also the last album that Madonna aggressively promoted.In the weeks leading up to its release,she was *everywhere*,doing a ton of print interviews and live performances.And it paid off,too...selling 12 million copies worldwide.Since then,Madonna has become lazy when it comes to promotion.

Marrk said:

What's this 'Animal' album from 2010 someone sent me all about?

It's very good.

"Animal" is an excellent outtake from Hard Candy,produced by Timbaland.I can't believe that she left this great track off the album

oh,you mentioned the Animal album.I believe it's a collection of the Hard Candy outtakes,plus a few other outtakes from recent years.

SoulAlive said:

oh,you mentioned the Animal album.I believe it's a collection of the Hard Candy outtakes,plus a few other outtakes from recent years.

Essential Albums for anyone who likes music

Like a Virgin

True Blue

Immaculate Collection

Ray of Light

Confessions on a Dancefloor

Very well worth getting for anyone who likes pop music

Madonna

Like a Virgin

True Blue

Immaculate Collection

Music

Hard Candy

Average, necessary for Madonna fans though

Erotica

Bedtime Stories

Meh! only if you really like Madonna

MDNA

I'm Breathless

Nah! You would have to be married to Madonna to get these

American Life, Confessions and Hard Candy outtakes

Essential Hits collection

The Immaculate collection, every music fan and pop culture fan must own this

Less essential hits collections, remixes (Still okay, but not Immaculate)

Celebration (Both 1cd and 2cd versions)

Bedtime Stories

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

oh,you mentioned the Animal album.I believe it's a collection of the Hard Candy outtakes,plus a few other outtakes from recent years.

That's the one. I like it. 'Triggering' is great. 'Ring My Bell' is good poppy fun too. Maybe the Hard Candy era isn't all bad.

SoulAlive said:

SoulAlive said:

oh,you mentioned the Animal album.I believe it's a collection of the Hard Candy outtakes,plus a few other outtakes from recent years.

I never saw this, was it un released? The cover art reminds me a lot of a Lady Gaga derivative thing. I hope she wasn't out there to copy her. She is so much better. Was the rest of the album any good?

^^ It's a fan-made bootleg.A few years ago,a bunch of outtakes surfaced (mostly the Hard Candy stuff) and someone compiled them,creating the Animal CD.

One of the tracks,"Triggering",is an outtake from the 2005 Confessions On A Dancefloor sessions....

One of the most best songs is "Infinity".This track was produced by Timbaland.Madonna later re-worked the track with Pharrell and it became "Give It 2 Me".It's interesting to hear how each of those guys envisioned the song,using Madona's lyrics.She liked to see them compete with each other (creatively) and in the end,Pharrell won

I still think she should have taken Timbaland's rough demo and came up with a different song.That beat is hot.

Moonbeam said:

To me, Hard Candy doesn't feel like a Madonna album. It feels like a Timbaland/Kanye/Timberlake album featuring Madonna. And a half-assed Madonna at that - she's never sounded so distant and removed from the whole process.

It feels like a Timbaland/Kanye/Timberlake album featuring Madonna.

^ Huh. Never thought of it like that, but it makes sense. She sounds more like a "production FEATURING Madonna." I DO LOVE "Heartbeat" tho and wish it might have been the first single over "4 Minutes," which makes very little sense to me lyrically. It's mostly funky noise with a senseless message. There's not much depth to it, but it DOES make u wanna get down!

whitechocolatebrotha said:

It feels like a Timbaland/Kanye/Timberlake album featuring Madonna.

^ Huh. Never thought of it like that, but it makes sense. She sounds more like a "production FEATURING Madonna." I DO LOVE "Heartbeat" tho and wish it might have been the first single over "4 Minutes," which makes very little sense to me lyrically. It's mostly funky noise with a senseless message. There's not much depth to it, but it DOES make u wanna get down!

I think it's simply a case of....Timbaland,Pharrell and Justin are big stars in their own right.Most of Madonna's albums are produced by unknown producers,or at least,producers who aren't on her level of fame/popularity.So,when she did Hard Candy,it was sorta like "their" album too (if that makes any sense,lol).Their sound was always gonna play a big part.Most Madonna fans don't like it when she works with commercial producers.I've seen alot of negative comments from fans about Bedtime Stories,for this same reason.They see it as her "selling out",which I think is ridiculous.

In any case,I like the idea of big,hot-shot producers giving us their vision of what Madonna should sound like.She doesn't do this very often,but it's fun when she does.The Pharrell tracks,in particular,are very intriguing.You can tell that he "gets" her,and came up with tracks that seemed tailor-made for her ("She's Not Me",for example).