so did I miss something? I mean, I thought those new mixes (frozen/material girl) would be on this set. are they part of a different set yet to come? or are they just one off releases?

LILpoundCAKE said:

I listened through the whole release this weekend. I never heard most of the dance remixes before, so i am really glad to have them now. Perhaps the biggest surprise to me is how well th cuts from the albums released after her commercial peak (e.g., her post Music albums). These occupy the latter half of the release, and there is absolutely no decline in overall quality. I think many of her releases during that later period were either already dance songs or easilty translated to a dance song. For me, the newer songs, unlike the dance remixes of the older songs, don't compete with the iconic singles versions of the song.

gandorb said:

I listened through the whole release this weekend. I never heard most of the dance remixes before, so i am really glad to have them now. Perhaps the biggest surprise to me is how well th cuts from the albums released after her commercial peak (e.g., her post Music albums). These occupy the latter half of the release, and there is absolutely no decline in overall quality. I think many of her releases during that later period were either already dance songs or easilty translated to a dance song. For me, the newer songs, unlike the dance remixes of the older songs, don't compete with the iconic singles versions of the song.

Although I agree with you on the earlier iconic songs, at least on the 2 LP release, I still enjoy the remixes of classics and think the 2 LP release sounds solid as a whole and I'm pleasantly suprised at the newer songs. I'm finally now able to give a proper listen to it in it's entirety now that I'm finally work-free. LOL Listening for the second proper listening experience now...with a beer in hand.

purplethunder3121 said:

gandorb said:

I listened through the whole release this weekend. I never heard most of the dance remixes before, so i am really glad to have them now. Perhaps the biggest surprise to me is how well th cuts from the albums released after her commercial peak (e.g., her post Music albums). These occupy the latter half of the release, and there is absolutely no decline in overall quality. I think many of her releases during that later period were either already dance songs or easilty translated to a dance song. For me, the newer songs, unlike the dance remixes of the older songs, don't compete with the iconic singles versions of the song.

Although I agree with you on the earlier iconic songs, at least on the 2 LP release, I still enjoy the remixes of classics and think the 2 LP release sounds solid as a whole and I'm pleasantly suprised at the newer songs. I'm finally now able to give a proper listen to it in it's entirety now that I'm finally work-free. LOL Listening for the second proper listening experience now...with a beer in hand.

Enjoy! I wonder if your beer will last for the whole 3+ hours

gandorb said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Although I agree with you on the earlier iconic songs, at least on the 2 LP release, I still enjoy the remixes of classics and think the 2 LP release sounds solid as a whole and I'm pleasantly suprised at the newer songs. I'm finally now able to give a proper listen to it in it's entirety now that I'm finally work-free. LOL Listening for the second proper listening experience now...with a beer in hand.

Enjoy! I wonder if your beer will last for the whole 3+ hours

Yeah, well I do take breaks. Dancing the hell off to the new re-mix album. Yet another livingroom concert. LOL I enjoyed the two LP set so much I actually ordered Madonna's "Like A Prayer" on vinyl LP for the first time (even though I have it on CD). Just because I want to hear it as a worm ear on vinyl to get me stoked up for life again. After getting a (now) clean bill of health after skin cancer surgery. Got all my new bucket hats and tons of sun block lotion ready for the one and only Iron Maiden show next month. But, tonight I'm enjoying Madonna's new album and looking forward to hearing her "Like A Prayer' on vinyl for the first time.

SoulAlive said:

LILpoundCAKE said:

so did I miss something? I mean, I thought those new mixes (frozen/material girl) would be on this set. are they part of a different set yet to come? or are they just one off releases?

Those are one-off releases that were never intended for this set.

And thank God for it, because when she started with the "Frozen" thing, and did all that bullshit, I got nervous. I thought, is this heifer going to remix 50 fucking songs like this? Thank God she didn't.

"Material Girl" isn't even the same song, not by a long shot. It's trash.

TrivialPursuit said:

SoulAlive said:

One song I miss not being in this collection is Borderline. I was not a fan of Madonna until her 3rd album, but Borderline was the first song that got my attention. It was her first US top 10 hit, and eventually reached #4 on the dance charts. So, it didn't quite make the cut. It says a lot that she had 50 bigger dance hits than Borderline.

SoulAlive said:

gandorb said:

One song I miss not being in this collection is Borderline. I was not a fan of Madonna until her 3rd album, but Borderline was the first song that got my attention. It was her first US top 10 hit, and eventually reached #4 on the dance charts. So, it didn't quite make the cut. It says a lot that she had 50 bigger dance hits than Borderline.

Hmmm, that is curious that it's missing. Of all things.

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If you guys have 20 minutes to kill, Madonna and Stuart Price are on the new episode of the podcast "Song Exploder" talking about Hung Up. Its nice to hear her just talk music.

A couple of comments:

Although it was good to here in chronocological order in that it gave a picture of the evolution of her dance music, I have been enjoying it much more on random play, as it seems to prevent monotony from sinking in: Every song is a surprise!

I can't imagine a mix that could destroy the celestial feel to Ray of Light any more than this one. Especially the early part, you might as well mix the song by adding dump truck noises.

I always thought Love Profusion should have been a big radio hit, so great to have it here.

Thank you, Amazon for fucking up my delivery of Madonna's "Like A Prayer" 180 gram LP by sending it in a big fucking box with no padding, denting the corners of the cover, and having three ripped sides on the sleeve... And then issuing a full refund and letting me keep the album. First time I've heard this on vinyl--terrific remaster IMO. The Prince duet sounds more like a dampened down Prince song, of course. But, I still like it. And, of course, the title song is a classic.

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SoulAlive said:

The red vinyl Walmart exclusive has been “delayed” oh well…at least my 3-CD version arrives today….nearly a week after the release date! Thank God for Spotify.I’ve been able to stream it and enjoy it these past few days.But it sucks when the physical copies you pre-ordered take forever to arrive really,there’s no point in pre-ordering anything anymore.

A week or longer... is that forever to you?

lol

Impatient fans it seems.

Why not demand to be in the recording studio while it is created?

Just joking of course.

Madonna's FINALLY ENOUGH ...de | Rhino

Madonna’s career spanning compilation album FINALLY ENOUGH LOVE: 50 NUMBER ONES is now dominating album charts around the world following its release on August 19. The album debuts at #1 on both the Billboard Top Album Sales and Top Current Album Sales charts, and #8 on the Billboard Top 200. Madonna is now the first female artist with Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 in each of the last five decades, adding another landmark achievement to her long list of accolades. The album also debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Album and Vinyl Albums charts. FINALLY ENOUGH LOVE can also be found at the top of the charts in countries around the world, with Top 3 debuts in Australia (#1), Belgium (#1), Holland (#1), France (#2), Germany (#2), Italy (#3), Ireland (#2), and the UK (#3). The album also hit #1 on the iTunes albums chart in 35 countries.

hopefully,the success of this project will convince Madonna (and Warners) to stay focused on her legacy and go all out with the upcoming expanded remasters of the individual albums.Fans are starving for this stuff! Imagine a multi-disc Ray Of Light super deluxe edition! Or a 3-disc Like A Prayer Super Deluxe Edition!! take my money,lol

I read on Twitter that the QUEENS REMIX of BREAK MY SOUL is Madonna's 184th song to break 3 Million on Spotify.

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[Edited 8/31/22 10:25am]

SoulAlive said:

hopefully,the success of this project will convince Madonna (and Warners) to stay focused on her legacy and go all out with the upcoming expanded remasters of the individual albums.Fans are starving for this stuff! Imagine a multi-disc Ray Of Light super deluxe edition! Or a 3-disc Like A Prayer Super Deluxe Edition!! take my money,lol

With maybe some extra Prince input on it.