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The Immaculate Collection:
This is the perfect way to hear Madonna: no album filler, just one hit after another. As a singles artist, she works wonders: quick, danceable tunes that are occasionally "controversial" but never set out to change the world (and don't). The Immaculate Collection begins with her earliest work ("Holiday", "Borderline") and matures from there ("Papa Don't Preach," "Like A Prayer"), ending in 1990. The highlight is the inclusion of "Justify My Love," a track recorded specifically for this compilation.
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Ray Of Light:
Never underestimate Madonna's power of persuasion: By nearly all critical accounts, Ray of Light, Madonna's first album of new material since 1994's Bedtime Stories, and her first since motherhood, is her richest, most accomplished record yet. While Ray of Light is being tagged as Madonna's big leap into electronica, it's important to note two things: First, her music has always had close ties to dance culture, and, second, her collaborator William Orbit is no Chemical Brother.
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Something To Remember:
It didn't take the postmotherhood Ray of Light to prove that Madonna is a big softie; this collection of ballads and slow jams had already done that. Somewhat confused in intention--the scalding ache of "Oh Father," a 1989 song for her own dad, is shoved between the sex of "Rain" and a version of Marvin Gaye's "I Want You"--this is nonetheless a highly listenable album for those who dig Madonna for her music as much as for her cultural significance...Buy This CD
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Bedtime Stories:
"Survival" is a good opening and although some may be quick to regard it along with "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" as throw aways, they are fun and memorable enough to stand and should not be skipped. "Don't Stop" is the only track you might skip sometimes - not bad but a little too simple. Otherwise there is a wealth of wonder here.
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Erotica:
Weird. Almost every blushful purchaser will have recently caught the artist in flagrante, bollock, so to speak, naked. Yet it's the vaunted Sex project aspect of Erotica that's disappointing, a sideshow compared to other more intriguing developments. The hit title track makes the pitch for her campaign on behalf of sauce. With its lead-heavy dance beats and vocals alternating murmurous rap and little-innocent crooning, Erotica is of a piece with Where Life Begins, Secret Garden and Fever
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Like A Prayer:
Considered by many to be the Material Girl's most mature effort of the '80s, Like a Prayer upped the ante of controversy with its gospel-infused title track and the singer's emotional confessions throughout. It also unveiled the hit "Express Yourself," which ushered in the era of Madonna as a "stainless steel sexual icon." Musically, Prayer showcased her burgeoning songwriting prowess, with the beautiful "Oh Father" and the perky pop of "Cherish."
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