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The 'Material Girl' keeps you jammin' on classic 80's hits!!
Pop it in, let the windows down, and just go for a ride. This is one of those CD's that you can listen to from start to finish. 17 songs in all, with 15 greatest hits and 2 new cuts from 1990 -'Justify My Love' and 'Rescue Me'. All of Madonna's biggest radio and video hits from the early days are here, maybe except for 'Who's That Girl' and 'Dress You Up' which are missing, but this is still a 5-star collection. Catchy dance beats on the up-tempo songs and a few slow ballads are here to give this album a great mix. All songs are from 1983-90,(my fav era in music) I'm 26, so I pretty much grew up listening to this music, and listening to it brings back great memories. You know the hits: 'Holiday', 'Lucky Star', 'Borderline', 'Like A Virgin', 'Material Girl', 'Into The Groove', 'Papa Don't Preach', 'La Isla Bonita', 'Like A Prayer', 'Express Yourself', 'Cherish', 'Vogue' and 'Open Your Heart'(my all-time fav Madonna song). Everytime I hear that song it just brings back great memories from those days. Also the great ballads 'Crazy For You' and 'Live To Tell' are here. Madonna sings with fire and passion in her music, and in my opinion is a very under-rated singer. I like alot of her newer music, but I like this older music better. You absolutely can't go wrong with this CD, it is a must have for anyone who enjoys cool 80's music. If you like Madonna, or 80's dance music, you'll absolutely love this CD. Be good to yourself and get this one, ASAP!
The best pop singer of her generation
Here are just some of Madonna's early classic hits. When this compilation was assembled, Madonna already had too many hits to include them all on a single CD, hence the omission of Angel, Dress you up, Gambler, True blue and all the hits from the soundtrack, Who's that girl? Because of her continuous success in the years that followed the release of this compilation, a comprehensive Madonna hits collection would now require a triple CD. That is a measure of her brilliance, sustained over a very long period of time.The set begins with three hits from her debut album, of which Holiday is the best but Lucky star and Borderline are also wonderful. Then come Like a virgin and Material girl, two of the singles released from her outstanding second album. Crazy for you, an excellent ballad, and Into the groove, a superb dance song, come next. Although the title track is omitted, four other major hits from the True blue album (Live to tell, Papa don't preach, Open your heart, La Isla Bonita) can be found here, each one of them a classic but very different from each other. Three major hits from Like a prayer include Express yourself and Cherish. Vogue (from I'm breathless) and two tracks not available on any previous album (Justify my love, Rescue me) complete the set. Anybody who does not understand why Madonna has such a huge fan base only has to listen to this compilation to find out why. Catchy pop tunes with interesting lyrics (for those that bother to listen to the words) are Madonna's trademark, yet she manages to avoid becoming formulaic. Madonna has continuously changed her style, so you don't hear the same sound over and over again. There is no definitive Madonna compilation yet but we may have to wait a few years for that. Until that time, this is the best introduction to her music that is available.
Madonna : The Mother of Re-Invention
This record was the first Madonna album I bought , and I have been a fan ever since!! This woman has to be one of the most influential artists of the eighties , ninties , and the new millenium. She always re-invents herself , reflecting where she is in her life , what issue she wants to tackle , and what it is she wants to say. The album covers her first four studio albums : "Madonna" , "Like A Virgin" , "True Blue" , and "Like A Prayer". Songs she did for movie soundtracks are thrown in the mix also. Such as : "Vision Quest" , "Desperately Seeking Susan" , "At Close Range" , and "Dick Tracy"."Madonna" was the first album she recorded. It was released in 1983 and included the hits : "Holiday" , "Lucky Star" , and "Borderline". Madonna was a busy gal during this period. She filmed her first two films : "Vision Quest" and "Desperatley Seeking Susan". That meant two more hits were released : "Crazy For You" and "Into The Groove". "Like A Virgin" , her second album , included the hits : "Material Girl" and the title track. A year after the record was released (in 1984) , she went on tour. And met Sean Penn , they married that same year and that was what inspired her third studio album , "True Blue". In 1986 , songs like "Papa Don't Preach" and "Open Your Heart" shot straight to the top of the charts. Sadly , they divorced in 1989 and Madge wrote , recorded , and released her fourth studio album , "Like A Prayer". Her Blonde Ambition tour was launced a year later in 1990. Performing hits like : "Express Yourself" , "Cherish" , and "Vogue" , Madonna lit up the stage and released the legendary film that documented the backstage view of that concert : "Madonna : Truth or Dare?". In addition to all those triumphts , two more songs are included : "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". The video for "Justify" (which features Lenny Kravitz doing backround vocals) was banned from MTV&VH1 for its pictures of gay and lesbian couples , Mo kissing another woman , and her fine lover , model Tony Ward , getting down and dirty!! Don't pay attention to the negitive reviews who says that Madonna isn't cool anymore. She will always be interesting despite negitive critics , they're just jealous!!! Buy this amazing album now!
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