Madonna

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

 

 

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Now, alot of people think this is Madonna at the beginning, but she did do some earlier stuff round about 1977 or 79. This included such as 'Give It To Me.' That was at it's best, plain rubbish and absolutely vile but this was excellent. It had alot of success on both the UK and US charts, the UK where it debuted at #6 (Just missed the top 5!) and the US where it shot into the billboard 100 at #8. Despite a little dissapointing chart positions, because all of her other albums seem to go a lot higher into the charts (but this was her debut), on the US charts it spanned an amazing 168 weeks on the chart! This is her most amount of weeks spent on the US charts with her albums, plus compilations. (The Immaculate collection spent 141 weeks, which was the next highest).

Despite lower chart positions, don't think this is duller than her later efforts, because dear me, it's not. It's much better than the last two albums she released which were 'American Life' and 'Remixed And Revisited', which was the rock-remixed EP. These were good, but not as good as other albums like this one - Madonna has changed so much! And in nearly 22 years time (God!) she still remains a genius!

Being the Madonna fan that I am, I had to have all of her main 9 albums, I had 8 before christmas, which was all except from this one. I had most of her remix albums, compilations, plus 12" / Maxi singles too. But I new sooner or later if I didn't get it I never would, because it may well be deleted soon, you never know! So I got it on christmas. These following songs are the tracks. (Re-mastered version): 1. Lucky Star 2. Borderline 3. Burning Up 4. I Know It Inever expected this type of thing from Madonna's early days!) 5. Holiday 6. Think Of Me 7. Physical Attraction (My personal fave!) 8. Everybody (Bonus Tracks): 9. Burning Up (12" Version) 10. Lucky Star ('New' Mix) (Excellent re-make of the song!)

Great album.

The First Album is one of the most brilliantly executed debut albums of all time! upon release the album drew negativity and bias due to critics dismissing the album's material too early on and just ultimately drew negativity and stated Madonna as someone who sounded like Minnie Mouse on helium and a One Hit Wonder and wouldn't last more than a year! what those critics FAILED to realize was that Madonna is in fact a credible artist and provided new mediums to the pop music genre and turned it's head on the (then redundant in 1982) Disco genre providing new,distinctive sounds with the help of Reggie Lucas,Jim 'Jellybean' Benitez and Mark Kamins.
Madonna took three years in development since Madonna Veronica Louise Ciccone moved from Michigan to New York City in 1979 and she joined bands Emmy and The Breakfast Club and became an instant hit with crowd's in several clubs and bars around the city including many Black clubs,Gay clubs,Disco bars,rock bars and everyone knew that her style would appeal to ALL major markets and the mainstream. John Benitez acknowledged that Madonna had a talent for appealing towards mainstream and having a connection with each of her audience's as well as being one of the most creative music artists he had collaborated with.
Little did they realise that a few years later when Madonna was signed by the President Of Sire Records Seymour Stein (after presenting two singles Everybody and 'Aint No Big Deal) he loved her singing style as it was different from the mainstream female artists of the time and aknowledged that Madonna had a style that displayed a higher range of singing as well as a lower range (as displayed in Everybody on this album!)which literally commanded the listener to take themselves to the beat!
She was signed in 1982 and had that year to create new music for a fully fledged debut album, the album that beholds us right now!
This album is of historic importance and although Madonna developed as an artist and attributed herself to different styles and genres of music and as noted as The Queen Of Reinvention to the world and it wasn't until Like A Virgin (24 million albums sold WW.),True Blue (26 million albums sold WW.)and Like A Prayer (21 million albums sold WW.)established her as The Queen Of Pop this debut album is where she established herself as something that was anti-contemporary trends that it had it's own against mainstream pop releases and has since shipped over 10 million copies of the album across the globe.
Songs like Holiday,Lucky Star and Borderline reflect Madonna's knack for creating songs that will appear timeless and grow over the years! songs like Everybody and Burning Up show that Madonna can blend genre's within a single song such as Disco one moment and then Rock the next while I Know It,Think Of Me and the dance epic Physical Attraction stand on their own legs and may aswell have been released as singles also!
what the album of course did was show how far Madonna was willing to go to prove herself as an entertainer,showman,musician,artist,vocalist and (within moments) a musical icon and legend, Madonna did it herself through teamwork with her trio of producers, through the aid of Warner Bros. and Sire records and through her (still) ever expanding and ever loyal fanbase! we ALL have our favourite albums,era's,music video's,style's and songs but most importantly it started here with the single most important album of her career and of music history.
With a back catalogue of albums that has the sensational likes of Like A Virgin,True Blue,Like A Prayer,Erotica,Bedtime Stories,Ray Of Light,Music,American Life,Confessions On A Dance Floor and Hard Candy and with 41 UK top 10 hits, 13 #1 singles,12 #1 albums (just behind the Beatles with 15)and inspired hundreds of musicians and millions of fans there is no doubt that Madonna Veronica Louise Ciccone is more than just The undisputed unmatchable Queen Of Pop but she is the definition of a musical legend and currently (in 2010) looking at her 52nd Birthday she has the looks,stamina and strangth and vocals to fill out stadiums,break records and remain the most continually strong musician and icon of all time and 350 million albums and singles shipped worldwide according to Guinnes World Records she is the most successful female artist of all time and the 4th most successful artist behind Elvis,The Beatles and Michael Jackson!

this album is a must have for ANY music collection in itself, and if you're a new fan let your collection grow with each album and live every moment! for 12 of my 18 years i have been a fan and she has inspired me and motivated me in so many ways like loads upon loads of fan's out there and everyday i am thankful! You Can Dance!

Madonna has changed a lot of musical styles during the past couple of decades but she always found some time for making dance records.From "Like A Virgin" to "Music" dance records were always present.So it's not to anybody's surprise that her first album which shot her to fame but not to superstardom is a dance album all the way.Its best moments come with the groovy holiday,the energetic Burning Up and Lucky Star,the laid-back Everybody and the clubby 'Physical Attraction".The beautiful pop song "I Know It"steels some glory from the dance tracks and the new remixes gives to the whole of the album new interest.Massive...

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3.0 out of 5 stars Not original album version of "Holiday"
No faulting the music, just note that the version of Holiday that appears on this download release is the "Immaculate Collection" version from 1990, the original album vesion is... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Justin

5.0 out of 5 stars Where it got going properly
Other early madonna records can be found if you look under stones (which i have) but this is the debut to be proud of. Madonna lucky star, everybody and holiday are all here. Read more

Published 4 months ago by popfan

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good
This albums very good. Its simple and the songs are catchy. Which is what you want in an album really.

Published 10 months ago by mark

4.0 out of 5 stars Happy 80s memories!
I'm writing the review mainly to clear up some of the comments about remixes. The remastered release is from what I can tell almost identical to the previous CD version, except... Read more

Published 13 months ago by Vincent Hannah UK

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Original Version of Songs
I have to agree 100% with C. Allen's review above: FANS BEWARE. Some songs are definitely not the version you'll remember from the '80s. Read more

Published 13 months ago by MrHarry

4.0 out of 5 stars Madonna
Perhaps not quite as good as "True Blue" & "Like A Virgin" still a very good debut album.

Published on 5 Sep 2009 by John Jones

4.0 out of 5 stars Vintage Madonna - New Wave Funk-Pop
Probably the easiest way for me to review this album would be to start with a comment on the actual songs, followed by a comment on the new "Digitally Remastered" package itself... Read more

Published on 5 Sep 2009 by BA Wilson

5.0 out of 5 stars Primer disco de Madonna!
En 1982, Madonna escribió unas cuantas canciones y Sire Records (sello discográfico dependiente de Warner Bros. Read more

Published on 11 Mar 2009 by Raquel Ruiz Iglesias

4.0 out of 5 stars Madonna's first effort... A promising debut!
This was Madonna's first ever album from back in 1983 when no one knew who she was. Being the superstar she is today it is hard to imagine there was ever such a time! Read more

Published on 14 Jun 2008 by Mr. A. Hansen

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good....
...But doesn't reach the standard of "True Blue", "Like a Prayer", "Ray of Light" and especially "Confessions on a Dance Floor".

1. Lucky Star. Read more

Published on 22 April 2008 by Ronnie

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