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Post by Glove Slap on May 1, 2018 9:35:54 GMT -5
"Inside Out" Rebel Heart (2015)
"I wanna know what you're all about You're beautiful when you're broken down Let your walls crumble to the ground"| Points: 6 |One of the tracks from the 'Heart' side of the album, Inside Out is a plea for intimacy from Madonna. This is one of my absolute favorites on RH, and wish it had more downbeat introspective tracks like this instead of the "jarring" (to use a kind word) uptempos found elsewhere. It's also one of the tracks where I really wish she wouldn't try to sing so high like she did on her early records because it'd work great with a deeper tone. Mirago - 5
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Post by Glove Slap on May 1, 2018 9:56:50 GMT -5
"Love Tried To Welcome Me" Bedtime Stories (1994)
"Love tried to welcome me But my soul drew back I was covered with dust and sin"| Points: 6 | Bedtime Stories was meant to show a softer side to Madonna, and I think it's here where it really triumphs in this mission. Both the vocal and lyrics are very strong as she takes a critical and weary look at her solitude. While there are certainly parts of her other albums that show vulnerability, it's rarely this bleak, or that acknowledging of how sad it is. Madonna and Dave Hall didn't really get along (her label pushed her to work with him), but you'd never know it here. Glove Slap - 5
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Post by Glove Slap on May 1, 2018 10:10:47 GMT -5
"Animal" Outtake (2008)
"If you want me to break you, I can bring you the heel It'll be hard to tame you when it's me that you feel" | Points: 7 |
An outtake from Hard Candy produced by Timbaland, it has a more straightforward dance approach compared to most of the album, but you can definitely tell who's behind it. Mirago - 4
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Post by Mirago on May 1, 2018 11:52:31 GMT -5
Why the hec isn't Animal on Hard Candy again?
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Post by jenglisbe on May 1, 2018 13:16:27 GMT -5
It's also one of the tracks where I really wish she wouldn't try to sing so high like she did on her early records because it'd work great with a deeper tone. Yeah, her vocals on a lot of the songs from her more recent albums ruin what would otherwise be good songs for me. I love love love "Love Tried to Welcome Me."
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Post by Glove Slap on May 1, 2018 14:31:39 GMT -5
11. “American Life” | Points: 79| | Average: 9.73 | | Median: 10 | | Std. dev: 3.08 |
Released twenty years after her debut, American Life bears very little semblance with the artist of that album. Working once again with Mirwais Ahmadzaï after Music, American Life shares the duality of that album, with the tracks largely falling to either the acoustic or very electronic. Though this time, the electronic material is largely confrontational and dealing with self-examination, while the acoustic is still significantly reflective. For the album's promotional campaign, Madonna donned a look that took inspiration from notorious heiress turned fugitive, Patty Hearst, with the title track released during the Iraq War and containing her most violent imagery in the original video. The lead single became Madonna's first flop lead in her home territory, not counting Everybody. Internationally, it attained high positions, but had little longevity. The subsequent singles failed to chart altogether in the US. This is far and away at the bottom of her albums for me. The album itself hit #1 in most countries, but fell fast, becoming Madonna's lowest selling effort to that point. With the major exception of God, most ranked this album towards the bottom. Despite its less than stellar reputation, a sound argument can be made that this was the last time to date that Madonna made an album with minimal concern to how it would be received, or at the least, not molded around what might be well received, a sharp difference from all her subsequent works. God - 1 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 7 .indulgecountry - 9 bat1990 - 9 Juanca - 9 summers - 9 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 9 Sambalada - 10 Ginger Spice - 10 ry4n - 10 Albie - 11 Mirago - 12 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 13 mamooshka - 13 Glove Slap - 14 {Billboard 200 run and peak week}
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Post by Juanca on May 1, 2018 16:14:33 GMT -5
50. Bedtime Story (38): I believe this was the most left-field single she had released thus far. It was great to see her collaborating with no other than Bjork!! The video is amongst my top 5 favorites from M for sure. This peaked at #6 in my personal chart, and it's remained as good as or better than when it was released. Wish t had been a bit higher in this RD... 49. Causing a Commotion (25): I was sure that this was going to be in the bottom half. Don't care. This was a personal chart-topper and my favorite off WTG. Sort of a continuation of Into the Groove with a great dance vibe. I still keep it in my playlist and listen to it with door windows down. 48. Die Another Day (16): One of my favorites from 2000s Madonna. Quite a strong progressive electro tune from her, even more adventurous than her previous electronic singles IMO. And the video is also amongst my top 5 M videos ever. Why was it only $48 in this RD?! 47. Oh Father (48): Poignant ballad, and one of her best soft performances in the 1980s. It peaked at $4 in my personal chart. Almost perfect ranking! 46. Get Together (22): I have a volatile relationship with this song. Back in the day, this was the worst performing single off COAD in my personal chart, although still a top 10. I did like the Stardust sample, but thought it could have been a stronger, more interesting song. With time, I appreciated more the musical bridge and subtleties throughout the song. But then I have times where I don't care much for it and delete it from my playlist, and then I come back to it. This RD caught me in a favorable side of the wave, which led me to this #22 rank... Nowadays I would be ranking it outside my Top 40, so I'm not sad about its position on this RD
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Post by bat1990 on May 1, 2018 19:25:37 GMT -5
I do love American Life for it's brilliant introspection and production. It was also the second album era I got to actually experience first hand, which was sad to see her underperform so spectacularly.
But I didn't rank it higher because her albums are so spectacular that they're difficult to truly order.
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Post by Juanca on May 1, 2018 19:39:55 GMT -5
On the albums' front, sad to see RH leave this early I still think this was a return to form for Madonna, where she made better use of her voice than in recent albums (eg Ghost Town), where she delivered excellent reflective songs (eg Joan of Arc), interesting sounds (eg Devil Pray) and even fun stuff (eg Candy Shop). There were fillers, but all her albums do to some extent :) She just gave us more music than usual, and I can't complain about that. Several times I wished her albums were a bit longer anyway. American Life is an album that I did appreciate a lot when it was released. The title song was fun and tongue-in-cheek, although with embarrassing lyrics but the powerful video and narrative behind the song made up for the silly rap in my eyes. It had several strong album tracks where her voice primarily backed by simple guitar sounds turned into the most folksy he had ever sounded. X-Static Process, Easy Ride, Interventions were great additions to her catalogue, as were Nothing Fails and Love Profusion.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 1, 2018 22:17:36 GMT -5
45. "Who's That Girl" OST Who's That Girl (1987) "You're spinning round and round You can't get up, you try but you can't"(Range: 60) | Points: 1067 | | Average: 46.48 | | Median: 50 | | Std. dev: 17.46 |The lead single from the soundtrack of the movie of the same name, that also served as the namesake for her 1987 world tour. This his #1 on both sides of the pond (even knocking U2's classic I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For out of the spot in the US after George Michael came up short due to his radio ban), but in spite of it, hasn't been recalled much since. After the forward-moving True Blue, this was something of a step back in terms of ambition, bearing similarities to her previous single La Isla Bonita. None of the WTG singles received top 10 rankings, while each of the eighteen singles prior got at least one, which shows that they're generally not considered to be at the forefront of her catalog. Madonna seems to agree as well, having left off the singles from The Immaculate Collection, although this would appear on Celebration, and get performed after nearly thirty years on the Rebel Heart Tour. Troublemaker - 14 Football - 19 Unhinged - 26 Glove Slap - 26 kmbgs - 28 ry4n - 29 Mirago - 29 Doc Indie Party Rock - 30 Juanca - 33 someguy - 34 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 41 mamooshka - 41 Leo ✔ - 50 Ginger Spice - 50 summers - 51 @mirza - 54 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 55 Albie - 59 God - 60 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 60 bat1990 - 60 alexcuse - 63 andrewantonio - 64 @antigonerising - 68 .indulgecountry - 68 Sambalada - 69 †ealsünset - 74 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | {Hot 100 run and Peak Week}
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02 01 Madonna - Who's That Girl 01 02 U2 - I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For 03 03 Suzanne Vega - Luka 07 04 Los Lobos - La Bamba 10 05 Richard Marx - Don't Mean Nothing 11 06 The Whispers - Rock Steady 13 07 Debbie Gibson - Only In My Dreams 08 08 George Michael - I Want Your Sex 06 09 The Jets - Cross My Broken Heart 05 10 T'Pau - Heart And Soul
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03 01 Madonna - Who’s That Girl 01 02 Pet Shop Boys - It’s A Sin 05 03 Atlantic Starr - Always 02 04 Bruce Willis - Under The Boardwalk 32 05 Los Lobos - La Bamba 09 06 Heart - Alone 04 08 Terence Trent D’Arby - Wishing Well 08 09 Black - Sweetest Smile 14 10 Boogie Box High - Jive Talkin’
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Post by Glove Slap on May 1, 2018 22:39:45 GMT -5
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Post by Leo ✔ on May 1, 2018 22:45:49 GMT -5
Ugh damn I didn't expect it out this early :(
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 1, 2018 23:51:58 GMT -5
"Hollywood" was robbed. :'(
I may have ranked it a little higher on the nostalgia of "the kiss" and being a Britney stan, but the song itself is just really strong on its own anyway, too. I definitely expected this to be a bit higher than this. </3
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 0:04:11 GMT -5
43. "Erotica" Erotica (1992) "Once you put your hand in the flame You can never be the same There's a certain satisfaction In a little bit of pain"(Range: 77) | Points: 1117 | | Average: 44.63 | | Median: 46 | | Std. dev: 20.50 |Marking a shift from the gleam of her biggest hits of the previous decade, Erotica arrived in late 1992 kicking off the blitz to the Sex book launch and opened the chapter on one of the most controversial and difficult periods of Madonna's career. Though it bears similarities to Justify My Love in its spoken word approach through most of it, Erotica still stands in its own right as one of the most daring lead singles ever released by a mainstream artist. Anticipation was high, and Erotica debuted at #2 on the Hot 100 Airplay Chart, a record it still holds today. However, it wouldn't be on the charts long, peaking in its second week on Billboard, and spending only 8 weeks on the R&R chart. It was also the first lead single since her debut to not top the Hot 100. The video was comprised of super 8 footage that had been taken during the shoots for the Sex book by Fabien Baron (continuing the theme of voyeurism from the book), and is interspersed with footage of Madonna as her alter ego for the book, Dita Parlo. The video was show three times on MTV in the US after midnight before being banned. By contrast, in Europe the X-rated version was aired. Additional footage (over an hour) was also put into a videotape soundtracked the French pop music and distributed to her friends, it would eventually end up online. While her singles with Patrick Leonard were written pretty much as they ended up, Erotica went through a few evolutions. It was originally ' You Thrill Me', which had different lyrics, and which got pulled out of the vault for the Confessions Tour. Once work on the Sex book got underway, the song changed, with the Jungle Boogie and Ulliqa 'Ala Khashaba samples added, the latter of which led to a lawsuit that was settled out of court. Additionally, copies of the Sex book also came with a CD containing a different version of the song called ' Erotic', which used far more explicit lyrics. As you can tell, this is held in very high regard for me. Erotica got good treatment on the remix front as well, featuring such reworkings as the Kenlou B-Boy Mix, which was used as the opener of the Girlie Show the following year, the William Orbit 12, which opted to use the vocal track and alternate lyrics from Erotic instead, and the Madonna's In My Jeep Mix from Masters At Work. Glove Slap - 2 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 - 5 @antigonerising - 19 Ginger Spice - 24 Sambalada - 26 .indulgecountry - 26 alexcuse - 27 God - 31 summers - 36 bat1990 - 36 kmbgs - 37 Butterflies & Hurricanes - 38 Unhinged - 43 Albie - 46 †ealsünset - 48 mamooshka - 50 Mirago - 50 Rose "Payola" Nylund - 57 andrewantonio - 62 Troublemaker - 62 someguy - 63 ry4n - 64 Leo ✔ - 67 Juanca - 67 @mirza - 70 Football - 70 Doc Indie Party Rock - 79 | jtd Thee Stallion | Caviar | Ky | {Hot 100 run and Peak Week}
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02 01 Boyz II Men - End Of The Road 01 02 Tasmin Archer - Sleeping Sattelite 04 03 Madonna - Erotica 03 04 Bizarre Inc f/ Angie Brown - I'm Gonna Get You 05 05 Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith 10 06 Arrested Development - People Everyday 09 07 Take That - A Million Love Songs 06 08 Doctor Spin - Tetris 21 9 Erma Franklin - (Take A Little) Piece of My Heart NE 10 Rage - Run To You
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 2, 2018 0:09:22 GMT -5
Nooooooooo WAT? Another one gone too soon. :'(
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Post by 🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾 on May 2, 2018 0:27:18 GMT -5
Why is "Erotica" out this early? Top 20 at least.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 1:01:57 GMT -5
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 1:19:06 GMT -5
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 1:30:24 GMT -5
Madonna Moment -Rock The Vote-
Madonna took part in the very first Rock The Vote PSA in 1990 in a cheeky ad that referenced Vogue, and then again two years later she flexed her comedic chops to encourage young people to register to vote for the Presidential Election. She'd admit soon after Clinton's inauguration that that was actually the first time she'd voted, when she was 34 years old. An important point to note about the 1990 commercial is that it was made when AIDS stigma was still very high, and fuel for homophobia. Madonna was one of the very few stars of her era to fight to normalize the presence of LGBT individuals in everyday life by surrounding herself with her LGBT friends and colleagues at visible points in her career.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 2:10:43 GMT -5
Current Decade Distribution
80s - 17/27 90s - 16/30 00s - 6/20 10s - 1/8 The 80s and 00s both lost four, while only two went from the 90s, leveling the field somewhat between the first two decades.
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Post by Albie on May 2, 2018 6:04:07 GMT -5
Some of you were all kinds of hard on "Angel".
On the bright side, glad to see the 80s has the most in the game still.
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Post by bat1990 on May 2, 2018 8:41:21 GMT -5
I did not expect "Angel" to go very far, so I'm glad it made the top half at least.
I have been enamored with that song since the first time I heard it - the bright and breezy vibe with unabashed joy coupled with being a forgotten underdog just made me love it more (which I always have a soft spot for underdog songs, artists, characters, etc).
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 8:42:50 GMT -5
Madonna Moment -Oprah 1998-
Madonna appeared on Oprah a few times in her career, but this is arguably the most essential, as it's when the "new" Madonna was unveiled to the TV public, even as she performed in a see through shirt with no bra. They cover a vast number of topics, from the Ray of Light album, to motherhood, her taking up yoga due to her body "rejecting" the gym after giving birth (funny to hear now that she has her own chain of gyms), celebrity, and the prior summer that saw the deaths of Gianni Versace and Princess Diana. The period from this through the mid-00s has Madonna often coming across as more enlightened-than-thou to the point where it could get quite grating, but it's not the case here much. She also gave impassioned performances of the title track and Little Star. Today's single reveals will see the two tracks with the highest standard deviations.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 8:56:51 GMT -5
"Sidewalk Talk" Wotupski!?! (1984)
"Watch where you walk, 'cause the sidewalks talk You better watch what you do, what you do"| Points: 7 |Jellybean Benitez and Madonna dated in 1983-84. He produced Holiday and remixed some of her other songs during this period. When he started to make an EP of his own, he asked Madonna to write a song, and this was the result. She also had noticeable background vocals on the track, while Catherine Buchanan handled the lead. Juanca - 4
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Post by bat1990 on May 2, 2018 8:58:02 GMT -5
I wonder if "This Used To Be My Playground" is one of them.
I went back through the thread to see what was out already and was surprised that one was still in.
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 9:06:54 GMT -5
"Supernatural" Cherish (1989)
"Gonna take my chance on a different kind of romance A supernatural thing, gonna have my fill It gives me such a big thrill to be with a supernatural thing"| Points: 7 |This was made during the Like A Prayer sessions. In contrast to the heavy themes permeating the majority of the album, this is very lighthearted song dealing with Madonna' attraction to a charming and well-hung ghost. It might have come across as a bit too silly, and would have stood out like a sore thumb, so I can see why it was left off. The song that this was the B-side to, Cherish, covered lighthearted ground in a more mature and less absurd manner. Two years later, the song made another appearance in a remixed form courtesy of Sly & Robbie on the Red Hot + Dance compilation. Glove Slap - 4
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 9:16:10 GMT -5
"Shanti/Ashtangi" Rsy Of Light (1998)
"Vunde gurunam caranaravinde Sandarsita-svatma-sukhavabodhe"| Points: 7 |This is a Hindu prayer sung entirely in Sanskrit, and the influence can be felt in the Indian rhythms present on the song as well. Madonna had difficulty with correctly pronouncing parts of it, so the BBC helped out by arranging lessons over the phone. This is one of her more underrated tracks imo, and definitely one of the most outward thinking. She performed it at the 1998 VMAs before going into the title track. Butterflies & Hurricanes - 4
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 9:46:02 GMT -5
"I'd Rather Be Your Lover" Bedtime Stories (1994)
"And all that I know (all that I know) Is I just don't understand (just don't understand) Why my, mmmm, happiness always lies In the palm of your hand,"| Points: 7 |The Bedtime Stories album doesn't crank it up much in terms of tempo, but this is probably the fastest, while still maintaining the albums smoothness. This wasn't a highlight for me the first time I heard the album, but it grew on me a lot and is one of my favorites off it. It was close to making the cut for me, so I was glad to see .indulgecountry include it. Originally, this song featured Tupac Shakur (and I actually prefer this version), who Madonna was dating at the time, but after he was sentenced to jail, he was replaced on the track with Me'Shell Ndegéocello, who was one of the first artists to sign with Madonna's Maverick Records. .indulgecountry - 4
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Post by Glove Slap on May 2, 2018 10:04:37 GMT -5
"Survival" Bedtime Stories (1994)
"I'll never be an angel I'll never be a saint it's true I'm too busy surviving Whether it's heaven or hell I'm going to be living to tell"| Points: 7 |As the opener to the first album after the major backlash to the Sex book, Madonna wastes no time in acknowledging the blows she's taken and sending some shots back at those trying to tear her down. Most interestingly, she doesn't do it over an uptempo dance track as some might have expected, choosing to ride a laid back groove instead. This is one of her true hidden gems for me, and shows how strong even her non-singles without major bells and whistles in the production can be. .indulgecountry- 7 Glove Slap - 8
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Post by .indulgecountry on May 2, 2018 11:54:49 GMT -5
Bedtime Stories has such nostalgia for me, especially "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" (as far as non-singles go) which has always stuck with me. Before I discovered Britney, this was the first artist/album that I had a positive reaction/memory to as a small child since my parents both loved Madonna at this time and played this a lot. Between that and then moving on to Britney as soon as she debuted, my mom should've known I was gay a lot sooner than she did.
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