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Like a Prayer

Madonna Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (30 Mar 1989)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Sire
  • ASIN: B000002LGQ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,366 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  1. Like A Prayer (Album Version) 5:40£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  2. Express Yourself (Album Version) 4:39£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  3. Love Song (Album Vesion) 4:52£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  4. Till Death Do Us Part (Album Version) 5:18£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  5. Promise To Try (Album Vesion) 3:38£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  6. Cherish (Album Version) 5:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  7. Dear Jessie (Album Vesion) 4:21£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  8. Oh Father (Album Version) 4:58£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen  9. Keep It Together (Album Version) 5:03£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen10. Pray For Spanish Eyes (Album Version) 5:17£0.89  Buy MP3 
Listen11. Act Of Contrition (Album Version) 2:19£0.89  Buy MP3 


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Considered by many to be the Material Girl's most mature effort of the 1980s, 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". Besides a throw-away collaboration with Prince ("This Is Not a Love Song"), the album stands as one of her strongest works, eschewing the strong dance beat influences from her past--she saved that for the remixes--and concentrating instead on melody and structure. Like a Prayer also gave a hint of things to come with the delightful "Dear Jessie" displaying a maternal side worthy of her name. --Steve Gdula

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MADONNA Like A Prayer (1994 German issue 11-track CD album with lyric booklet picture sleeve includes the classic tracks Like A Prayer Express Yourself Cherish and Dear Jessie)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars One to cherish 17 Aug 2000
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Like A Prayer is the album that proved Madonna could make pop music- believable, heartfelt and chockoblock full of emotion.

From the Beatlesesque little girl lost feel on Dear Jessie to the heartbreaking ballad of regret and fatherly love/hate- Oh Father- each track is adult pop at its finest.

Keep It Together and Express Yourself send you spinning from the tearful songs and back onto the dancefloor! That's the great thing about this terrific album, it has a song for each mood.

If you got into Madonna via Ray Of Light and you need some classic Madonna tunes to keep you listening until Music is released, then Like A Prayer is for you!

If you don't already own it, why not? Like Michael Jackson's Off The Wall, this classic album proved Madonna's worth as an artiste and a musical icon.

Cherish this.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Late 80's Studio Album 3 May 2006
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In March, 1989 Madonnas long-awaited, Like A Prayer was released to the public and critics eagerly sharpened their pencils. Multiply produced by the pop diva herself, Steve Bray and Patrick Leonard, the album would encapsulate a striking of mixture of styles that ranged from Pop, Dance, Soul and even on occasions, Gospel. Like A Prayer (1989) quite possibly was her greatest album of the 1980's.

The title track, Like A Prayer had startling undertones of spiritual and religious commentary that was both profound but controversial in its day where the stunning video of this classic where Madonna is seen dancing in front of several burning crosses was banned from T.V after just one screening. Still Madonna had made her mark and this fantastic classic raced to the top of the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. Despite steering into a gospel sound, the song is still highly sexually charged, highly danceable whilst she is backed by a string of angelic sounding gospel singers that was conducted by Andre Couch which merley heightened its blatant spiritual nature. One of Madonnas most definitive classics!

The undertones of hot, pulsating funk on the playful, Express Yourself proved that Madonna hadn't lost her impeccable touch for making great, infectious, jamming dance musi. The track would become a cross-Atlantic Top 10 seller.

The album then takes a plunge with the surprisingly dire, Love Story on which she duetted with dynamic pop singer, Prince. Love Story is a blatant waste of opportunity as these are such fine and diverse talents that were amongst the most important figures of twentieth century music. The mid-tempo beat careers along at a sleepy pace and petters out in nothing. Prince orchestrated the song and merley seemed like some sort of experiment on his part as its the only song that lets the album down.

The compelling, Till Death Do Us Part was a song where Madonna seemingly confronted her own personal demons. Listen to the lyrics and they could almost be a direct message to her first husband Sean Penn. Their turbulent marrage was still very much lingering in her mind and its as though she is deliberately singing the song for him to hear. Madonna neatly glides along the windy, complex music arrangements and sounds utterly magnificent in the process.

Madonna has always possessed the incredible and uncanny ability to turn personal experience and traumas into art. Promise To Try is a hauntingly atmospheric ballad that is both mellow and soothing in its content whilst on Oh Father, Madonna sounds as though she is exploring and trying to analyse her complex relationship with her father. The pain and confusion in her voice simmers out on this touching number and can move you to tears with her breath-taking and vulnreable sounding vocal performance.

Cherish is a delightful confection of radio-friendly pop that returns to Madonnas more traditional, earlier sound. The melody is tight and punchy giving it an overly infectious feel whilst Madonnas tone sounds playful and angelic. Her sassy charm truly ignites this recording and it soon became a big seller on the U.K and U.S Pop charts.

One of the adventurous offerings on here is the sugary but compelling, Dear Jessie which is utterly glorious from its fantastically arranged and highly origanal musical arrangements. Unsurprisingly, Dear Jessie with its fun, happy content became another huge hit in Madonnas already large catologue.

Keep It Together is a nifty slice of commercial-flavoured dance-pop which Madonna delivers with style and finesse but one of the other highlights on the album is then served with the spiritual, Pray For The Spanish Eyes which is both atmospheric and reflective. This leads to the final of the album with the experimental, Act Of Contrition which has Madonna quietly uttering a prayer over an edgy, stark rock guirtar with a choirs background chants played backwards. This method was used by acts such as Jimi Hendrix and The Beatles in the 1960's to create that ultimate psychedelic effect. Certainly one of her more diverse offerings here.

On the whole, Like A Prayer ranks as one of her all-time timeless, classic albums. Highly consistent and good solid work, this enjoyed extravagent sales figures and critics rightly haled this as a masterpiece! Fantastic!!!
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Ok, so I've been a Madonna fan for almost as long as she's been at the top of our charts - which is almost 25 years!

She has released a hell of a lot of music in that time. From the early days of what would become dance music (Holiday, Everybody, Lucky Star, Physical Attraction) to her classic 80's era (Papa Don't Preach, Open Your Heart, Who's That Girl) to this, her pre-"Blond Ambition" days.

If I had to put her albums into any sort of order - either "best", "most iconic" or "most defining Madonna", then Like A Prayer would definitly be in not only mine, but most people's top 3! The title track Like A Prayer is classed as many peoples most defining Madonna song, with titles like Vogue, Music, Into The Groove, Papa Don't Preach and Hung Up following closly behind.

We all remember the famous/infamous Pepsi ad. Madonna, dark haired for the first time since Live Aid, dancing on the street and getting down with the choir. Then we remember the video. Burning crosses, a black Jesus, the stigmata and the crime. All of which could have easily overshadowed the album and title track if it was anyone else. But with the music and performer being this powerful, NOTHING could overshadow it no matter how controversial.

This album is Madonna at one of many peaks of her career. The others being the release of Like A Virgin, the 1990 Blond Ambition tour, the release of Ray Of Light, her amazing 2004 Re-Invention Tour and 2005's Confessions On A Dancefloor album at al.

The production on Like A Prayer is amazing. She worked with long time producers Stephen Bray (Into The Groove, Keep It Together etc) and Pat Leonard (Papa Don't Preach, Who's That Girl, Frozen etc) who both along with Stuart Price and Mirwais, remain a favourite with Madonna fans around the world.

She released 4 singles all together off the album in the UK - Like A Prayer, Express Yourself, Cherish and Dear Jessie, all massive top 3 hits. The latter in the US wasn't a single, intead she opted for Oh Father (which wasn't released here until the Something To Remember album in the late 90's) and Keep It Together. But there are many more powerful songs on the album - most notably Promise To Try (about the life and death of her mother), Til Death Do Us Part (her only song (that we know of) about her marriage to actor Sean Penn), Love Song (a collaberation is rare for Madonna, this time with Prince) and Spanish Eyes (a beautifully sung ballad, showing off how far vocally she's come since the Like A Virgin and True Blue days).

All in all, she's had an amazing career and released some of the most iconic music which nobody dare deny whether a fan or not. An essential album and if you should own only one or two Madonna albums in your time, LIKE A PRAYER should be one of them!
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