Originally Posted by
gpk:
“"secret garden" at #1, really? and the "bedtime stories" appreciation there is a bit much.
i guess everyone has different favourites, but my choices would be...
1. impressive instant
2. till death do us part
3. nothing fails (should have had a wider single release, but the radio edit was dreadful)
4. future lovers
5. i want you
6. forbidden love (confessions)
7. runaway lover
8. masterpiece
9. skin
10. sky fits heaven
11. devil wouldn't recognize you
12. promise to try
13. why's it so hard
14. love spent
15. like it or not
i also think "spotlight" should have been a single to support "you can dance" and i think "time stood still" should have been a single instead of "american pie", it was way better in my opinion.
also, i found the below interview with reggie lucas a rather interesting read. particularly him describing the creative process on the first record and the way he praises her input during its creation.
it was also rather interesting to read the lack of interest warner's had in her originally, she really had to work hard to prove herself in the early years.
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertain...career/277974/”
To be honest i feel it should have been a top 30 non-single songs....and i adore Secret garden so much...a eprfect album closer <3....but thats part of being a Madonna fan and i adore the versatility of those 15 alone...and we all have such a variety of different tastes and reasons why we have our favourite Madonna albums and tours and moments

its a powerful thing...i will do a top 30 for me...
1. Spanish Eyes
2. Intervention
3. Till Death Do Us Part
4. Words
5. Sky Fits Heaven
6. Skin
7. Nobody Knows Me
8. Thief Of Hearts
9. Easy Ride
10. Let It Will Be
11. Promise To Try
12. Impressive Instant
13. Secret garden
14. To Have And Not To Hold
15. Like It Or Not
16. Future Lovers
17. Wheres The Party
18. Sanctuary
19. Paradise (Not For Me)
20. Swim
21. Shoo Bee Doo
22. Physical Attraction
23. Mother & Father
24. Love Tried To Welcome Me
25. Push
26. Supernatural
27. FOrbidden Love (Confessions)
28. Devil Wouldnt Recognise You
29. Over & Over
30. Whys It So Hard?
I feel near enough these would be my top 30 non-singles and majority should/could have been and massive but alas...
And yeah funnily enough i do think Spotlight should have had a release...but You Can Dance sold 6 million by itself so crdit where due...pretty amazing...but a single from it would have done brilliantly.
And i adore behind the scenes stuff for Madonnas album projects...so its so cool to see Reggie Lucas describe Madonna and how much she really had to fight her corner moreso than we thought too...she really did persuade Warner Records which i guess is why they gave her more creative freedom come the late 80s and into the 90s...and possibly why she got so frustrated in the 00s when they tried twisting her arm for single releases (the Music third single/fourth single controversies) taking Maverick away from her in 2004, pushing her to do a Confessions era for the States in 2008 for Hard Candy. So its no wonder she elft...but i cannot help but think...what if she stayed? I have a feeling everything would have been differently handeled...but alas