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View Poll Results: What is Your Favourite Madonna Album Proper?
Madonna (AKA The First Album) 2 1.75%
Like a Virgin 3 2.63%
True Blue 6 5.26%
Like a Prayer 21 18.42%
Erotica 10 8.77%
Bedtime Stories 5 4.39%
Ray of Light 23 20.18%
Music 5 4.39%
American Life 9 7.89%
Confessions on a Dance Floor 23 20.18%
Hard Candy 2 1.75%
MDNA 0 0%
Rebel Heart 5 4.39%
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Old 07-04-2015, 15:14
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Now that Rebel Heart has been out for a month, I thought it would be fun to state which of her 13 albums is the best in your opinion. Your favourite! Mine is Erotica. And, here is my countdown in order of least favourite to favourite.

13: Like a Virgin
12: Bedtime Stories
11: Madonna
10: Hard Candy
9: Rebel Heart
8: MDNA
7: True Blue
6: Music
5: Ray of Light
4: American Life
3: Confessions on a Dance Floor
2: Like a Prayer
1: Erotica

How would your list look?
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Old 07-04-2015, 17:50
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1. Like A Prayer
2. Ray of Light

The worst has to be I'm Breathless, just for Hanky Panky...shame Vogue was on that album.
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Old 07-04-2015, 18:11
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I only own five of her albums so out of the ones I own I would regard Confessions on a Dancefloor and Ray of Light as my favourites.
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Old 07-04-2015, 18:22
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1. Ray of Light
2. Confessions On A Dancefloor
3. Like A Prayer
4. True Blue
5. Bedtime Stories
6. Music
7. Erotica
8. Rebel Heart
9. Madonna
10. Like A Virgin
11. American Life
12. Hard Candy
13. MDNA
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Old 07-04-2015, 18:37
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1. Erotica
2. Like A Prayer
3. Ray of Light
4. Confessions on a Dancefloor
5. Music
6. True Blue
7. Like A Virgin
8. Madonna
9. MDNA
10. Bedtime Stories
11. American Life
12. Rebel Heart
13. Hard Candy
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Old 07-04-2015, 19:01
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01. Confessions on a Dancefloor
02. Ray of Light
03. True Blue
04. Like A Prayer
05. Like A Virgin
06. Music
07. Erotica
08. Bedtime Stories
09. Rebel Heart
10. American Life
11. Hard Candy
12. MDNA
13. Madonna**

**I've never heard 'Madonna' so can't really judge this album.

I still have a soft spot for True Blue. The singles from the album alone are the reason why I've ranked it so high up.

Confessions and Ray Of Light are outstanding imo.
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Old 07-04-2015, 19:15
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As echoed above, Confessions and Ray of Light are her best, I also have a soft spot for Bedtime Stories.
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Old 07-04-2015, 20:00
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1. Erotica
2. Rebel Heart
3. True Blue
4. Bedtime Stories
5. Like a Prayer
6. Ray of Light
7. Music
8. I'm Breathless
9. American Life
10. Confessions on a Dancefloor
11.Madonna
12. Hard Candy
13. Like a Virgin
14. MDNA

I've included I'm Breathless because some include and some don't as part of her Studio Albums and for me it's an album I play regularly. I have had to look at each album as a whole and not just the singles released.
I've readjusted the list several times but decided to go with my original placings. Personal life events influence heavily as well on my choices as certain albums have really personal memories at certain times in my life. Unfortunately nothing could save MDNA for me. All the other albums it was hard to place especially 1-11 which are all very close. Confessions particularly started off at 11 but was moved to 2 before sliding back down but it's still a fantastic album which I love. Hard Candy surpasses Like a Virgin as I really can't listen to LAV without skipping a number of tracks.
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Old 07-04-2015, 20:06
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1. Bedtime Stories
2. Erotica
3. Like a Virgin
4. Like a Prayer
5. Ray of Light
6. Confessions on a Dancefloor
7. American Life
8. True Blue
9. Music
10. Hard Candy
11. Rebel Heart
12. Madonna
13. MDNA
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Old 07-04-2015, 20:08
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The first poll update is an interesting one.

Loving the love for "Erotica!" But, here is the current trio of leaders:

In third place is Ray of Light/Like a Prayer,
In second place is Erotica but in first place is
Confessions on a Dance Floor.

Of course, this is just day one, and we've a long way to go! It could all change. But today, Confessions is currently on top (as at 8pm 7/4/15).
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Old 07-04-2015, 20:15
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Erotica

I don't mean to sound negative, but you should do a least fav madonna album poll. I'll be curious to see the results on that.
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Old 07-04-2015, 20:22
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Erotica

I don't mean to sound negative, but you should do a least fav madonna album poll. I'll be curious to see the results on that.
Nothing negative about that! All fans have a least favourite album, no hard feelings if you'd like to start the thread! I'll participate if you do.
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Old 07-04-2015, 21:11
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American Life, closely followed by Erotica and Like a Prayer. All three are practically perfect IMO. Rebel Heart isn't too far behind either.

Worst are Bedtime Stories and Hard Candy.

I also think I'm Breathless is a work of art! He's a Man and More are two absolute gems. I have always regarded it as a proper studio album to be honest. Probably the most fun we've ever heard her be, and it's a breath of fresh air.
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Old 07-04-2015, 21:16
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Confession on a Dancefloor.
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Old 07-04-2015, 22:43
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Ray Of Light and True Blue!
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Old 07-04-2015, 23:03
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Nice to see Erotica doing so well.

Madonna's released some great pop albums over the years.

True Blue, Like a Prayer, Ray of Light, American Life, Confessions and Erotica are my favourites of hers.
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Old 07-04-2015, 23:03
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American Life, closely followed by Erotica and Like a Prayer. All three are practically perfect IMO. Rebel Heart isn't too far behind either.

Worst are Bedtime Stories and Hard Candy.

I also think I'm Breathless is a work of art! He's a Man and More are two absolute gems. I have always regarded it as a proper studio album to be honest. Probably the most fun we've ever heard her be, and it's a breath of fresh air.
I love I'm Breathless. The song "Back in Business" is one of my favourite Madonna songs, and I agree about "More". It is such a wacky song you sense how much fun she was having!
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Old 07-04-2015, 23:08
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1. Like A Prayer - the classic
2. Ray Of Light - the rebirth
3.Confesions On A Dancefloor - pop/dance heaven and the tour was fantastic
4. True Blue - the first album I truly loved the best singles collection of any album
5. Madonna - the start, it still sounds great today
6. MDNA - I like it, ok the singles are poor but some of the other tracks (Love Spent) are terrific songs
7. Music - great start, slows down and loses steam and American Pie is a NO from me
8. American Life - weak singles but great album tracks
9. I'm Breathless - get past I'm Going Bananas and Cry Baby it's pretty good
10. Like A Virgin - terrific 1st side, poor 2nd side
11. Hard Candy - disappointing but a blame Warners rather than Madonna
12. Rebel Heart - too long and too much crap, the good songs are good the bad songs are truly awful
13. Erotica - I like most of the Pettibone songs but hate the Betts songs
14. Bedtime Stories - totally gutted/crushed the day that came out, hated it on first listen and still hate it today, I would only listen to Secret and Take A Bow
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Old 07-04-2015, 23:34
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I deplore the way I'm Breathless is disregarded. It is clearly NOT a soundtrack album - and the three songs on it that 'feature' in Dick Tracy only do so in snippets. What the hell else do people think it is? It's a Madonna album, through and through. Or else do Lady Gaga fans say that that jazz album she released a couple of years back isn't a 'proper' LG album either, just because it was a complete departure and happened to be so heavily 'inspired'? GrRRrr.
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Old 08-04-2015, 01:01
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I deplore the way I'm Breathless is disregarded. It is clearly NOT a soundtrack album - and the three songs on it that 'feature' in Dick Tracy only do so in snippets. What the hell else do people think it is? It's a Madonna album, through and through. Or else do Lady Gaga fans say that that jazz album she released a couple of years back isn't a 'proper' LG album either, just because it was a complete departure and happened to be so heavily 'inspired'? GrRRrr.
I agree, but as it (I'm Breathless) isn't regarded or confirmed officially as a proper album, then sadly it isn't a proper album. Yes, it's a proper album, but not an official studio album. I really wish it was though because it really does have some fab tracks on it. Severely overlooked by her previous record company and by Madonna herself. Hasn't it been officially deleted now?
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Old 08-04-2015, 02:32
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1. Bedtime Stories
2. Erotica
3. Ray of Light
4. Music
5. Confessions on a Dance Floor
6. Like a Prayer
7. Madonna
8. Hard Candy
9. True Blue
10. American Life
11. Rebel Heart
12. Like a Virgin
13. MDNA

My rankings do change from time to time depending on my mood and all that but the top 5 is pretty consistent.
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Old 08-04-2015, 06:53
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American Life - in my opinion her finest hour musically. Close second would be Like A Prayer.

PS I agree with what's been said about I'm Breathless!
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Old 08-04-2015, 08:06
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Like a prayer and confessions are standouts. I also have a real soft spot for I'm breathless. Erotica and ray of light are good. They're probably not great albums but I like her first 2 albums for the great memories.
The rest of her albums are pretty bad though I've not even bothered giving the latest a listen.
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Old 08-04-2015, 08:11
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I'm delighted with the amount of love that 'Bedtime Stories' is getting.
Definitely her best album IMO.
Okay, so it doesn't have any 'huge' singles on it (although Secret did quite well here and Take a Bow was huge in the States), but if you were to ask people to name 10 Madonna singles, I doubt many people would mention either of those, but as a body of work, I think it's outstanding.
I love every track on the album (with the exception of the title track, ironically, but I like it a lot more now than I ever did before).

I also agree with the other comments about 'I'm Breathless'.
I class it as a studio album, not a soundtrack album. Dick Tracy already had 2 soundtrack albums so I don't understand why people think this is another.
He's a Man is an absolutely brilliant song.

My least favourite? Probably Hard Candy or MDNA, depending on my mood, but neither are very good IMO.
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Old 08-04-2015, 09:40
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Here's my list

1) Confessions On A Dancefloor
2) Ray of Light
3) Like A Prayer
4) American Life
5) True Blue
6) Rebel Heart
7) Music
8) Hard Candy
9) MDNA
10) Like a Virgin
11) Erotica
12) Bedtime Stories
13) Madonna/The First Album

My top 4 are pretty consistent. The rest change on my mood. I'd say my favourite compilation album is Something To Remember. I love the cover too
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