Yeah tbh i would replace a couple that made TB with these 4 songs....criminal that you can only get em on the soundtrack but at the same time it is a slick soundtrack and its one of my favourite movies ever too
I will come back tomorrow to complete this as i have other stuff to do but I wholeheartedly agree about True Blue, iconic cover pic and my most favourite Madonna look of all time, and great great classic pop songs.
Madonna never appeared on any of the 'Now' albums as far as I remember, something to do with copyright i think.
LIB appeared on one of the 'Hits' series of albums but i can't recall which one it was.
I'm back and have more time today.
Here goes!
ALBUMS
True Blue - Littlegreen said it all so I don't have to!
It's also her best selling album, the one that turned her into a global superstar and contains 3 uk number one singles.
Ray Of Light - For me, her best album vocally and it contains Power Of Goodbye.
Erotica - A very under rated Madonna album, I wasn't a big fan of it at it's time of release because of all the furore with the book but it has become one of my faves over the years.
also
Like A Virgin
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Music
Bedtime Stories
I'm Breathless
Hard Candy
MDNA
American Life
Confessions
HITS
Immaculate Collection
Holiday Collection
Something To Remember
Celebration
GHV2
1) - Bedtime Stories, I still don't understand the lack of interest in this album. Granted, there are no 'massive' singles on the album, but taken as a whole, I think it's fantastic.
2) - Like a Prayer - A well deserved 'Classic'.
3) - Ray of Light - as above
4) - Erotica - Dark, sexy & brilliant.
5) - Confessions
6) - Madonna
7) - American Life
8) - Music
9) - True Blue - Fantastic album, but IMO it hasn't dated well.
10) - Like A Virgin
11) - MDNA - Not a lover of this album at all. Very underwhelming.
12) - Hard Candy - Just awful (IMO).
If we're allowed 'I'm Breathless', it would be number 2 or 3 on this list.
1. Confessions On A Dance Floor
2. American Life
3. MDNA
4. Hard Candy
5. Like A Virgin
6. Madonna
7. Like A Prayer
8. True Blue
9. Ray Of Light
10. Erotica
11. Bedtime Stories
12. Music
1. Ray Of Light.
2. Like A Prayer.
3. Confessions on a Dance Floor.
4. Erotica.
5. Like A Virgin.
6. MDNA.
7. Madonna.
8. Music.
9. American Life.
10. True Blue.
11. Bedtime Stories.
12. Hard Candy.
1) - Bedtime Stories, I still don't understand the lack of interest in this album. Granted, there are no 'massive' singles on the album, but taken as a whole, I think it's fantastic.
2) - Like a Prayer - A well deserved 'Classic'.
3) - Ray of Light - as above
4) - Erotica - Dark, sexy & brilliant.
5) - Confessions
6) - Madonna
7) - American Life
8) - Music
9) - True Blue - Fantastic album, but IMO it hasn't dated well.
10) - Like A Virgin
11) - MDNA - Not a lover of this album at all. Very underwhelming.
12) - Hard Candy - Just awful (IMO).
If we're allowed 'I'm Breathless', it would be number 2 or 3 on this list.
It is interesting you have Bedtime Stories at poll position there....nothing against it of course it just shows how diverse the fanbase is...and i LOVE it
For me Bedtime Stories is greater when divided into sections rather than a whole piece overall....but i find it brilliant how kinda divided the fanbase is yet we all can come together and discuss...brilliant
It is interesting you have Bedtime Stories at poll position there....nothing against it of course it just shows how diverse the fanbase is...and i LOVE it
For me Bedtime Stories is greater when divided into sections rather than a whole piece overall....but i find it brilliant how kinda divided the fanbase is yet we all can come together and discuss...brilliant
BS form me is like KM94 great individual tracks and as a whole works as a strong piece but overall when in consideration with the rest no real solid identity or force behind it
1 Confessions
2 Ray of light
3 Like a prayer
4 Bedtime stories
5 The first album
6 Erotica
7 Music
8 True Blue
9 Im breathless
10 Like a virgin
11 Hard candy
12 American life
13 MDNA ( absolutly awful IMO,didn't bother buying it)
BS form me is like KM94 great individual tracks and as a whole works as a strong piece but overall when in consideration with the rest no real solid identity or force behind it
Ironically i heard it today for the very first time in full was just about to post lol...and i do see what you mean...for me Kylie94 has some variation and obviously marked an end to hew S/A/W years but bar a few songs nothing truly punched out and some areas reminded me a lot of what was typical about the early 90s you know? like M People being prominent, i got those sounds, that kinda R&B/House combi that was further ventures in 1994/5 at a peak you know? but overall like you say it is pretty solid.
But again it is mainly down to taste....Kylie for me at her peak is Light Years, Fever, Body Language Trinity really dig that trio of albums.
Ironically i heard it today for the very first time in full was just about to post lol...and i do see what you mean...for me Kylie94 has some variation and obviously marked an end to hew S/A/W years but bar a few songs nothing truly punched out and some areas reminded me a lot of what was typical about the early 90s you know? like M People being prominent, i got those sounds, that kinda R&B/House combi that was further ventures in 1994/5 at a peak you know? but overall like you say it is pretty solid.
But again it is mainly down to taste....Kylie for me at her peak is Light Years, Fever, Body Language Trinity really dig that trio of albums.
Kudos to Minogue for trying however.
Definitely an oddly JP i have always said the same of BS its that mid 90's R&B, Hip-Hop elements of funk thrown in that makes in blend into the period rather than stand out in the way LAV does of its time but still fresh if you get what i mean. And so true except for me its from IP onwards but the entire parlaphone period kudos like ROL throught to COAD
Definitely an oddly JP i have always said the same of BS its that mid 90's R&B, Hip-Hop elements of funk thrown in that makes in blend into the period rather than stand out in the way LAV does of its time but still fresh if you get what i mean. And so true except for me its from IP onwards but the entire parlaphone period kudos like ROL throught to COAD
Yeah i really think that Madonna with Bedtime Stories kinda made it set in that time period....mainly i feel due to use of then contemporary big named producers...which as you say the previous time she did it with Nile it was very forward thinking as an album and as a conceptualised piece too And i feel Hard Candy may secure a similar fate to Bedtime Stories in that it will remain all round good but in time perhaps it will be cemented as a piece of late 00s Pop music rather than the timeless feel beforehand.
MDNA i am uncertain of its fate...maybe it wil continue to grow with time...i mean tbh she has never done a record of so many different styles since...well..The Immaculate COllection lol so its anyones guess really but its much more solid with its variation than Hard Candy was before it.
But i do sense that fire again in her heart and soul...the MDNA tour is hands down one of her finest so that spark is still there to make a massive conceptualised piece for this decade....its just when and how :cool: cannot wait though
And yeah thats the thing with Impossible Princess i never really got into that either...something about it i am very unease of lol, and X and Aphrodite are all round solid records but i dont know...X feels like an Electropop mish mash without any true personal focus bar Cosmic i feel and APhrodite is better conceptualised...but Stuart Prices co-production i feel is very mellow and watered down and more focused on minor elements than a broader scope....but they did better on that i feel anyhow...i am intrigued as to where she will head next though...i mean at the same age Madonna blew the house down with American Life...so i am ready for Kylie to perhaps hint and breaking down her "Smiley Kylie" persona perhaps :cool: bring it!
Yeah it's no coincidence her second weakest album Hard Candy is only the third time in her career when she used of the time producers and formulated a very pin point sound that of urban electro heavily influenced by the sounds of Timbaland. As for MDNA i think it will follow the same fate a lull before brinign it back im excited for next time i think she has learnt alot from the backlash and the lukewarm response and realised she is better than that record.
And IP i feel was the beginning of her transition look at this way when she came back she didn't do on trend sounds she followed her own path and created a Disco record with one foot in 1970 and another in 2000 without IP i feel she would never have done or created her parlaphone records and Abbey Road is a sign of a new mature Kylie striving forth another reinvention perhaps.
Yeah it's no coincidence her second weakest album Hard Candy is only the third time in her career when she used of the time producers and formulated a very pin point sound that of urban electro heavily influenced by the sounds of Timbaland. As for MDNA i think it will follow the same fate a lull before brinign it back im excited for next time i think she has learnt alot from the backlash and the lukewarm response and realised she is better than that record.
And IP i feel was the beginning of her transition look at this way when she came back she didn't do on trend sounds she followed her own path and created a Disco record with one foot in 1970 and another in 2000 without IP i feel she would never have done or created her parlaphone records and Abbey Road is a sign of a new mature Kylie striving forth another reinvention perhaps.
Yeah and i am surprised that William Orbit on MDNA kinda retread the same ground he did on Music and even ROL really but basically wasnt as impactful as his contributions tbh...while i do adore gang bang of course and i do really like Im A Sinner...i feel live MDNA really does literally come alive if you get me? there are total gems on there but yeah i do feel perhaps it will follow a similar fate...although all round solid and very good we all know what a force Madonna can be even still :cool: So yeah lets hope what with the US lapping her up post-backlash again and what with Pussy Riot, Media bile, and really heading new grounds with her family (Lourdes moving out with friends so i heard) Madonna i feel will be getting a new creative energy which i cannot wait to see and hear
And aint it funny...its like a one trick pony almost Hard Candy and BS couldnt replicate that impact of LAV....but i suppose then Nile was in his first segment of his career and M of course was on her second album so that teamwork worked...plus i feel they pushed each other a lot more than say later contributions.
And isnt it also funny mentioning transitional Kylie kinda did it across the 90s whereas Madonna went through it with Bedtime Stories finding herself and transitioning through the motions to get to ROL onwards...and now i feel we are there again from 2008 until this point...its like a quest of self dscovery again
Yeah and i am surprised that William Orbit on MDNA kinda retread the same ground he did on Music and even ROL really but basically wasnt as impactful as his contributions tbh...while i do adore gang bang of course and i do really like Im A Sinner...i feel live MDNA really does literally come alive if you get me? there are total gems on there but yeah i do feel perhaps it will follow a similar fate...although all round solid and very good we all know what a force Madonna can be even still :cool: So yeah lets hope what with the US lapping her up post-backlash again and what with Pussy Riot, Media bile, and really heading new grounds with her family (Lourdes moving out with friends so i heard) Madonna i feel will be getting a new creative energy which i cannot wait to see and hear
And aint it funny...its like a one trick pony almost Hard Candy and BS couldnt replicate that impact of LAV....but i suppose then Nile was in his first segment of his career and M of course was on her second album so that teamwork worked...plus i feel they pushed each other a lot more than say later contributions.
And isnt it also funny mentioning transitional Kylie kinda did it across the 90s whereas Madonna went through it with Bedtime Stories finding herself and transitioning through the motions to get to ROL onwards...and now i feel we are there again from 2008 until this point...its like a quest of self dscovery again
I agree MDNA, BS, and HC all round solid albums but without real solid investment in their overall era's and sounds but each make for a good listen and have some true gems on there.
And totally M and KM i feel are getting ready for a real investment in themselves and their music so its exciting to see where their next albums will rank after all they are nothing if not surprising
I have blocks of four really,
Confessions On A Dancefloor
Music
True Blue
Ray of Light
Madonna
American Life
Like A Prayer
Erotica
Bedtime Stories
Hard Candy
Like A Virgin
MDNA
Confessions and Music are masterpieces. All time classics, and I never get tired of listening to them, or watching their associated tours (DWT&CT)
TB, RoL, Madonna and AL are all really top notch albums. I know alot of people don't like American Life, because it's not a dance-pop album, but it doesn't try to be. It's a great concept album, and she done it justice.
The next block, LAP, Erotica, BS and HC, are albums I do listen to in full once every now and then, but I wouldn't call them my favourite albums of hers, and it's only the singles from these albums that I would say that do them justice.
The last two, LaV and MDNA are my least favourite albums, particulaly MDNA, since it was such a let down to the massive comeback she had been promising. There wasn't enough love and attention to detail with it, and it seemed a bit rushed just so she could go on tour. It's very much quanity or quality, very much like Bionic.
1 Confessions
2 Ray of light
3 Like a prayer
4 Bedtime stories
5 The first album
6 Erotica
7 Music
8 True Blue
9 Im breathless
10 Like a virgin
11 Hard candy
12 American life
13 MDNA ( absolutly awful IMO,didn't bother buying it)
I rather enjoyed MDNA. My favourite song on it is "Masterpiece".
I agree MDNA, BS, and HC all round solid albums but without real solid investment in their overall era's and sounds but each make for a good listen and have some true gems on there.
And totally M and KM i feel are getting ready for a real investment in themselves and their music so its exciting to see where their next albums will rank after all they are nothing if not surprising
Totally!
ANd yes i mean when she said to DS in that article a couple days back that she wants to make "a spectacular album" next it really shwos that she went through another transitional period...and she has told everyone the past year she is not just the SMiley Kylie facade...it all leads to something i feel coming up for her next studio album And like i said...at the same age Madonna released so much gusto and mixed it up with American Life....i feel Kylie is ready to hit perhaps that stage and let all her guard down...it will be interesting most definitely.
I have blocks of four really,
Confessions On A Dancefloor
Music
True Blue
Ray of Light
Madonna
American Life
Like A Prayer
Erotica
Bedtime Stories
Hard Candy
Like A Virgin
MDNA
Confessions and Music are masterpieces. All time classics, and I never get tired of listening to them, or watching their associated tours (DWT&CT)
TB, RoL, Madonna and AL are all really top notch albums. I know alot of people don't like American Life, because it's not a dance-pop album, but it doesn't try to be. It's a great concept album, and she done it justice.
The next block, LAP, Erotica, BS and HC, are albums I do listen to in full once every now and then, but I wouldn't call them my favourite albums of hers, and it's only the singles from these albums that I would say that do them justice.
The last two, LaV and MDNA are my least favourite albums, particulaly MDNA, since it was such a let down to the massive comeback she had been promising. There wasn't enough love and attention to detail with it, and it seemed a bit rushed just so she could go on tour. It's very much quanity or quality, very much like Bionic.
Again very intriguing selections and interesting what you say there too.
Again...love the Madonna fanbase...i love how varied tastes and flavours are its brilliant
Even if we all tend to disagree with arrangement i do love it
I do too. "Causing A Commotion" was one of my favourite teenage songs.
Both "Who's That Girl" and "I'm Breathless" were influencial socially and personally in my late teens and I still find them great albums.
That is brilliant
I love the journey Im Breathless feels like...i mean it is the sandwich centre of my favourite segment of Madonnas legacy (Like A Prayer/Im Breathless/Dick Tracey/Blonde Ambition World Tour/Immaculate/Truth Or Dare/League of Their Own/Erotica/SEX Book/girlie Show) such a sublime 5 years of just immense art form!
But IB truly encaptures Jazz elements and Traditional Pop/Swing and then atches up with contemporary sounds of New Jack Swing and House...sublime! and to think she recorded it in less than a month! :cool:
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It is refreshing to see two of her motion picture inspired albums up there
I do love all 4 of her songs on "wtg"
Me too, i include them with True Blue on iTunes.
Yeah tbh i would replace a couple that made TB with these 4 songs....criminal that you can only get em on the soundtrack but at the same time it is a slick soundtrack and its one of my favourite movies ever too
So darn hilarious and comical
I'm back and have more time today.
Here goes!
ALBUMS
True Blue - Littlegreen said it all so I don't have to!
It's also her best selling album, the one that turned her into a global superstar and contains 3 uk number one singles.
Ray Of Light - For me, her best album vocally and it contains Power Of Goodbye.
Erotica - A very under rated Madonna album, I wasn't a big fan of it at it's time of release because of all the furore with the book but it has become one of my faves over the years.
also
Like A Virgin
Like A Prayer
Madonna
Music
Bedtime Stories
I'm Breathless
Hard Candy
MDNA
American Life
Confessions
HITS
Immaculate Collection
Holiday Collection
Something To Remember
Celebration
GHV2
SOUNDTRACKS
Who's That Girl?
Evita
REMIX
You Can Dance
1) - Bedtime Stories, I still don't understand the lack of interest in this album. Granted, there are no 'massive' singles on the album, but taken as a whole, I think it's fantastic.
2) - Like a Prayer - A well deserved 'Classic'.
3) - Ray of Light - as above
4) - Erotica - Dark, sexy & brilliant.
5) - Confessions
6) - Madonna
7) - American Life
8) - Music
9) - True Blue - Fantastic album, but IMO it hasn't dated well.
10) - Like A Virgin
11) - MDNA - Not a lover of this album at all. Very underwhelming.
12) - Hard Candy - Just awful (IMO).
If we're allowed 'I'm Breathless', it would be number 2 or 3 on this list.
1986/87 is my all time fave Madonna era, the songs, the film, the soundtrack, the tour, the look, everything!
2. American Life
3. MDNA
4. Hard Candy
5. Like A Virgin
6. Madonna
7. Like A Prayer
8. True Blue
9. Ray Of Light
10. Erotica
11. Bedtime Stories
12. Music
2. Like A Prayer.
3. Confessions on a Dance Floor.
4. Erotica.
5. Like A Virgin.
6. MDNA.
7. Madonna.
8. Music.
9. American Life.
10. True Blue.
11. Bedtime Stories.
12. Hard Candy.
It is interesting you have Bedtime Stories at poll position there....nothing against it of course it just shows how diverse the fanbase is...and i LOVE it
For me Bedtime Stories is greater when divided into sections rather than a whole piece overall....but i find it brilliant how kinda divided the fanbase is yet we all can come together and discuss...brilliant
BS form me is like KM94 great individual tracks and as a whole works as a strong piece but overall when in consideration with the rest no real solid identity or force behind it
2 Ray of light
3 Like a prayer
4 Bedtime stories
5 The first album
6 Erotica
7 Music
8 True Blue
9 Im breathless
10 Like a virgin
11 Hard candy
12 American life
13 MDNA ( absolutly awful IMO,didn't bother buying it)
Ironically i heard it today for the very first time in full was just about to post lol...and i do see what you mean...for me Kylie94 has some variation and obviously marked an end to hew S/A/W years but bar a few songs nothing truly punched out and some areas reminded me a lot of what was typical about the early 90s you know? like M People being prominent, i got those sounds, that kinda R&B/House combi that was further ventures in 1994/5 at a peak you know? but overall like you say it is pretty solid.
But again it is mainly down to taste....Kylie for me at her peak is Light Years, Fever, Body Language Trinity
Kudos to Minogue for trying however.
Right now it's:
Like A Prayer
Ray of Light
Confessions
MDNA
Bedtime Stories
Madonna
Erotica
Music
Hard Candy
Like A Virgin
True Blue
American Life
I'm Breathless
Definitely an oddly JP i have always said the same of BS its that mid 90's R&B, Hip-Hop elements of funk thrown in that makes in blend into the period rather than stand out in the way LAV does of its time but still fresh if you get what i mean. And so true except for me its from IP onwards but the entire parlaphone period kudos like ROL throught to COAD
Yeah i really think that Madonna with Bedtime Stories kinda made it set in that time period....mainly i feel due to use of then contemporary big named producers...which as you say the previous time she did it with Nile it was very forward thinking as an album and as a conceptualised piece too
MDNA i am uncertain of its fate...maybe it wil continue to grow with time...i mean tbh she has never done a record of so many different styles since...well..The Immaculate COllection lol so its anyones guess really but its much more solid with its variation than Hard Candy was before it.
But i do sense that fire again in her heart and soul...the MDNA tour is hands down one of her finest so that spark is still there to make a massive conceptualised piece for this decade....its just when and how :cool: cannot wait though
And yeah thats the thing with Impossible Princess i never really got into that either...something about it i am very unease of lol, and X and Aphrodite are all round solid records but i dont know...X feels like an Electropop mish mash without any true personal focus bar Cosmic i feel and APhrodite is better conceptualised...but Stuart Prices co-production i feel is very mellow and watered down and more focused on minor elements than a broader scope....but they did better on that i feel anyhow...i am intrigued as to where she will head next though...i mean at the same age Madonna blew the house down with American Life...so i am ready for Kylie to perhaps hint and breaking down her "Smiley Kylie" persona perhaps
And IP i feel was the beginning of her transition look at this way when she came back she didn't do on trend sounds she followed her own path and created a Disco record with one foot in 1970 and another in 2000 without IP i feel she would never have done or created her parlaphone records and Abbey Road is a sign of a new mature Kylie striving forth another reinvention perhaps.
Yeah and i am surprised that William Orbit on MDNA kinda retread the same ground he did on Music and even ROL really but basically wasnt as impactful as his contributions tbh...while i do adore gang bang of course and i do really like Im A Sinner...i feel live MDNA really does literally come alive if you get me? there are total gems on there but yeah i do feel perhaps it will follow a similar fate...although all round solid and very good we all know what a force Madonna can be even still :cool: So yeah lets hope what with the US lapping her up post-backlash again and what with Pussy Riot, Media bile, and really heading new grounds with her family (Lourdes moving out with friends so i heard) Madonna i feel will be getting a new creative energy which i cannot wait to see and hear
And aint it funny...its like a one trick pony almost Hard Candy and BS couldnt replicate that impact of LAV....but i suppose then Nile was in his first segment of his career and M of course was on her second album so that teamwork worked...plus i feel they pushed each other a lot more than say later contributions.
And isnt it also funny mentioning transitional Kylie kinda did it across the 90s whereas Madonna went through it with Bedtime Stories finding herself and transitioning through the motions to get to ROL onwards...and now i feel we are there again from 2008 until this point...its like a quest of self dscovery again
I agree MDNA, BS, and HC all round solid albums but without real solid investment in their overall era's and sounds but each make for a good listen and have some true gems on there.
And totally M and KM i feel are getting ready for a real investment in themselves and their music so its exciting to see where their next albums will rank after all they are nothing if not surprising
Confessions On A Dancefloor
Music
True Blue
Ray of Light
Madonna
American Life
Like A Prayer
Erotica
Bedtime Stories
Hard Candy
Like A Virgin
MDNA
Confessions and Music are masterpieces. All time classics, and I never get tired of listening to them, or watching their associated tours (DWT&CT)
TB, RoL, Madonna and AL are all really top notch albums. I know alot of people don't like American Life, because it's not a dance-pop album, but it doesn't try to be. It's a great concept album, and she done it justice.
The next block, LAP, Erotica, BS and HC, are albums I do listen to in full once every now and then, but I wouldn't call them my favourite albums of hers, and it's only the singles from these albums that I would say that do them justice.
The last two, LaV and MDNA are my least favourite albums, particulaly MDNA, since it was such a let down to the massive comeback she had been promising. There wasn't enough love and attention to detail with it, and it seemed a bit rushed just so she could go on tour. It's very much quanity or quality, very much like Bionic.
I rather enjoyed MDNA. My favourite song on it is "Masterpiece".
I do too. "Causing A Commotion" was one of my favourite teenage songs.
Both "Who's That Girl" and "I'm Breathless" were influencial socially and personally in my late teens and I still find them great albums.
Totally!
ANd yes i mean when she said to DS in that article a couple days back that she wants to make "a spectacular album" next it really shwos that she went through another transitional period...and she has told everyone the past year she is not just the SMiley Kylie facade...it all leads to something i feel coming up for her next studio album
Again very intriguing selections and interesting what you say there too.
Again...love the Madonna fanbase...i love how varied tastes and flavours are its brilliant
Even if we all tend to disagree with arrangement i do love it
That is brilliant
I love the journey Im Breathless feels like...i mean it is the sandwich centre of my favourite segment of Madonnas legacy (Like A Prayer/Im Breathless/Dick Tracey/Blonde Ambition World Tour/Immaculate/Truth Or Dare/League of Their Own/Erotica/SEX Book/girlie Show) such a sublime 5 years of just immense art form!
But IB truly encaptures Jazz elements and Traditional Pop/Swing and then atches up with contemporary sounds of New Jack Swing and House...sublime! and to think she recorded it in less than a month! :cool: