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Should Madonna release a ballads only album?
There have been some beautiful Madonna ballads over the course of her career and I would like to see her put down her dancing shoes for while and release an album of slower more poignant songs.
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I would like a sequel to Something to remember
As much as i adore and worship her, i would like Madonna to lay off the dance pop for an album or two. |
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She's already released Something To Remember but maybe she could update it with some more modern ballads although she doesn't do half as many ballads now as she did back in the day which is a great shame
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Madonna should do whatever suits her and she will, but yes, I would very much love her to release a ballads only album as I love her ballad voice it's so beautiful and emotive and SO under rated!
In fact I don't think i'd care much if she stopped making uptempo/dance stuff altogether! |
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Madonna should do whatever suits her and she will, but yes, I would very much love her to release a ballads only album as I love her ballad voice it's so beautiful and emotive and SO under rated!
In fact I don't think i'd care much if she stopped making uptempo/dance stuff altogether! |
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"You must love me" brings a lump to my throat every time
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'You'II See' ;The Power of Goodbye' 'Falling Free' and 'Masterpiece'
all beautiful songs. |
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I would love it! It's a shame she's pretty much abandoned ballads in recent years. My favourites are The Look of Love and You'll See.
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I find it odd that in the mid-90s she started acting her age, then since around 2000 she's gone back to mutton dressed as lamb. Why can't she do another "Frozen" or "You'll See"?
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In a simple word...yes
Masterpiece showed me that she still has it in her to make ballads so I think this should be the route she goes down, with the next album at least. I would really like it if she went down the Live to Tell route again |
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something to remember part 2 would be great here's my fantasy tracklisting 1/don't cry for me argentina
2/ drowned world 3/power of goodbye 4/ I deserve it 5/gone 6/time stood still 7/ nothing fails 8/easy ride 9/ devil wouldn't regonise you 10/ masterpiece 11/ falling free 12/hey you 13/like an angel passing through my room 14/ look of love maybe some remixes as well |
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just thought of be careful with ricky martin that was a nice song.
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It depends on what you mean by ballads. I wouldn't like her to do anything too MOR or adult contemporary like it seemed like she was heading towards in the Something to Remember era. That to me is boring. But I wouldn't mind if she did some downtempo stuff but still with an electronic element. like sort of a trip hop sound, or a song like Frozen. I mentioned in the Madonna thread that it would be cool if she worked with James Blake who does a mix of electronica and soul which is kind of chilled out.
As much as I love her ballads, personally I do get bored of albums that are all down tempo by other artists, so I wouldn't want an all ballads album. I would like more ballads than her last two albums but not all ballads. I think if for example if her album has 12 songs, a good number of ballads would be three or four ballads. |
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In a simple word...yes
Masterpiece showed me that she still has it in her to make ballads so I think this should be the route she goes down, with the next album at least. I would really like it if she went down the Live to Tell route again |
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I wouldn't mind if she did some downtempo stuff but still with an electronic element. like sort of a trip hop sound.
I do love her ballads and a Something to Remember 2 album would be good, but a whole new album I wouldn't think would seem very madonna. I find her ballads have such an impact because they show a side to her that isn't seen so often. |
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No more compilations!
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I thought at the time MDNA came out a more trip hop Lana Del Rey kind of style would be more interesting for her.
I do love her ballads and a Something to Remember 2 album would be good, but a whole new album I wouldn't think would seem very madonna. I find her ballads have such an impact because they show a side to her that isn't seen so often. |
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No more compilations!
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Madonna actually has fewer compilations that a lot of other artists. The endless greatest hits albums are boring from a lot of artists, but it's not always the artist's decision to put them out. It's decided by the record company. There are lots of artists from the 80's who are no longer together or recording, who put out greatest hits albums seemingly every year just because they don't release new stuff and that's the only way for the label to make money off of them. Madonna only has 3 greatest hits albums, plus the ballads compilation. Many artists who have fewer hits than her have more than that.
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There was a rumour Warner were planning a new greatest hits collection for release this year but nothing has come of it.
Its defo time for Something To Remember 2. Bad Girl hasn't featured on any GH yet! the forgotten gem. |
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Its defo time for Something To Remember 2. Bad Girl hasn't featured on any GH yet! the forgotten gem.
A collection of brand new ballads would be great though as well! |
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There was a rumour Warner were planning a new greatest hits collection for release this year but nothing has come of it.
Its defo time for Something To Remember 2. Bad Girl hasn't featured on any GH yet! the forgotten gem. |
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Since something to remember, she could easily include the following
Masterpiece Miles Away You must love me Don't cry for me argentina Frozen The power of goodbye What it feels like for a girl then easily add 4/5 new songs Plus it was Something to remember that really helped Madonna get the public back on her side as Erotica "damaged her" and the biggest hit off Bedtime Stories was the ballad "Take a bow". |
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Since something to remember, she could easily include the following
Masterpiece Miles Away You must love me Don't cry for me argentina Frozen The power of goodbye What it feels like for a girl then easily add 4/5 new songs Plus it was Something to remember that really helped Madonna get the public back on her side as Erotica "damaged her" and the biggest hit off Bedtime Stories was the ballad "Take a bow". Old and new songs would be great, I would definitely include Masterpiece, it's easily the best song off MDNA imo. Take A Bow did indeed help her repair the damage that Erotica did. I do love Erotica though, one of my favourites of hers! |
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I totally agree!
Old and new songs would be great, I would definitely include Masterpiece, it's easily the best song off MDNA imo. Take A Bow did indeed help her repair the damage that Erotica did. I do love Erotica though, one of my favourites of hers! |
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