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| 1. Borderline |
| 2. Open Your Heart |
| 3. Express Yourself (Glee Cast Version) |
| 4. Borderline / Open Your Heart (Glee Cast Version) |
| 5. Vogue (Glee Cast Version) |
| 6. Like A Virgin (Glee Cast Version featuring Jonathan Groff) |
| 7. 4 Minutes (Glee Cast Version) |
| 8. What It Feels Like For A Girl (Glee Cast Version) |
| 9. Like A Prayer (Glee Cast Version featuring Jonathan Groff) |
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Madonna's music already runs at a fairly high level of gussy, so these seven songs, taken from a one-off episode, are incredibly faithful to the originals. Apart from the precise, Broadway diction of the singers, every last breath, beat, spoken aside and synth stab on this special EP (Glee-P, anyone?) has been painstakingly recreated from the source material.
At its best, it's a loving homage; at worst it's like the re-made pop music retailers play in shops to avoid paying proper royalties. The closer to verisimilitude they get, the more you notice the things that aren't quite right. Express Yourself and Like a Prayer, for example, are so faithful to Madonna's versions that there's a hole where her voice should be. It's unsettling.
When they mash-up Borderline and Open Your Heart by juxtaposing segments of the song in a haphazard fashion, you'd be forgiven for wondering if the musical directors are a little out of their depth. Having said that, the decision to get all the boys to sing What It Feels Like for a Girl is inspired, and represents a genuinely powerful musical moment that doesn't need the TV show's plot to make it fly.
Which is the point at which all criticism of Glee's music falls down, really. As they are essentially photocopies of the originals, the songs depend on the context of the show to make sense. So listening to the album on musical merits alone is close to pointless.
Then again, why would anyone be listening to this without having seen the show? --Fraser McAlpine
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So thats what they have done and hit number 1 in the usa in the process. These tracks are select cuts from the madonna glee episode and while fun and catchy they will never capture the greatness of the originals. however its still a great effort and worth a look. Fans of glee will love it and madonnas back calalogue opens up to a new generation.
'BURNING UP' is the best song by far and Jonathan Groff tears. it. up! Shame it's missing here because it's the highlight of the album. It's on itunes, so i'd STRONGLY recommend getting just that song.
'4 minutes' and surprisingly 'Borderline/Open Your Heart' are also highlights.
The rest are amazing too, 'Express Yourself' - really fun song.
'Vogue' - it's Sue Sylvester, so nuff said (Will Schuester, I hate you) so funny.
'Like a Virgin' - real good mid section with Naya (Santana) who's amazing.
'What it feels like for a Girl' - good stuff, great harmonies - Kevin's (Artie) awesome as always.
'Like a Prayer' - an amazing song whoever sings it, but Amber's (Mercedes) voice makes it POW.
Overall it's brilliant, so just get it.
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