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3 words: THE CONFESSIONS TOUR. It's got everything and it's Madonna at her prime in terms of touring (and success lately, tbh).

One of Madonna's best albums and eras, the beginning of her Imperial era inbetween the 80s and the 90s. The next in line to get a remaster at this point. Will the stars align for us this time, and is there a possibility we'll get something more than an Instagram post? Fingers crossed, but until the time arrives, let's post our appreciation for this great album! I might cook up a deluxe tracklist later, for an ultimate edition of sorts. I used to hate doing that, but 30 years later, this album deserves it!

I'd recommend just listening to the albums in release order

Hearing her albums in order is the best experience, you get to see her grow as an artist and how every album is more profound than the last one. I'd watch the tours while listening to the albums or after listening to all of them. If you're not interested in that I'd tell you to jump straight into Confessions on a Dance Floor and the Confessions Tour.

If you really wanna get into Madonna I would start with watching her tours - that's where it really clicks for a lot of people .

I don't know if it's alright for me to put this here or not, but I picked up this new Madonna tank yesterday from Cotton On Australia. Isn't it adorable? I also bought a light blue denim jacket to go with it.

With the Patchouli scent, like the original.

hopefully we get another vinyl re-issue - thats what the fans really want of course(NOT !!) how hard is it for M to upload the demos to itunes for fans to purchase ???

Into the groove Music Hung up

1. Iconic 2. Skin 3. Gang Bang Honorable mentions: How High, Future Lovers, Swim, Wash All Over Me (Album version)

THIS ALBUM BETTER BE REMASTERED, WARNER BROS. </3

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ALL of them lol

I've always loved Madonna because her work is so vast, so rich and diverse. You can never get enough of it! For starters, I'd suggest to play The Immaculate Collection first and discover how the first (and the best) decade in her career developed. Then listen to the album versions, recorded all the way from 1983 to 1989, of the songs included in the compilation and get startled by the way they originally sounded (instruments mostly). I say this because it reminds me of my childhood in the early 2000s when I used to compare the different versions of her classics and how timeless they had become by then. If you get the chance BUY the record on CD, do it and admire the beautiful shots made by talented Herb Ritts. Next, watch Truth or Dare or In Bed with Madonna as it was called out of the US. Be amazed by the wonderfully filmed footage from the Blond Ambition Tour! There's no better concert captured like that in her whole career, not even the equally great but overrated Confessions Tour. 1990 was the peak in Madonna's career and you will realise this because everything was perfectly executed. From her image to the music itself, photoshoots, magazine covers, interviews, etc. Then I'd delve into her Erotica years: watch the Justify My Love video and her marvelous response to all the censorship she had to face. There's a short interview on Nightline, I'm sure it's on Youtube and make your own conclusions about the topics she mentions and how hypocritical the conservative society still is. Having listened to the title track from Erotica, listen to key tracks from the album like Deeper and Deeper (but not the video because it's kind of boring), Fever (Edit One), and the gorgeous ballad Rain. Watch the video for Bad Girl which is probably a summary of her 2 erotic movies made at the time. If you feel like listening to something quieter, romantic or just sad and thoughtful, play the ballads compilation Something to Remember. It's basically a collection of songs recorded between 1984 and 1995, used mainly as a vehicle for her to sweetener her image at the time as she was preparing for Evita. Songs like You'll See and This Used to Be My Playground are not Céline Dion's or Whitney's standards but God, they sure are 90s treasures. In this same period she started to flirt with electronica and trip-hop. Hence the I Want You collaboration with Massive Attack. Ray of Light is a must for everybody who enjoys music. It's Madonna's more mature record to date, more spiritual and insightful than any other she's recorded. She had just given birth to her first child which changed her character in every thinkable sense. Watch the Drowned World Tour and observe how the ROL songs were performed live. Maybe this concert was purposely toned down because you can see she does not want to shock the audience just for the sake of it; in my opinion, from this concert onwards she shocks people with ideas that go further than the sexual innuendos from the early 90s. She became more politically aware since then. This is the time when Madonna started to play guitar on stage too so it's not strange to see a rocky section in every world tour that followed. That's it for now. Enjoy the Madonna experience and see why she's the best. And thank God she's still alive.

I know what you mean but from my experience with friends who were only casual Madonna listeners (i.e. never listened to a full album of hers, only knew the stuff that was on radio/MTV) I've seen that only after watching her shows they really "got" what Madonna was about, why she was who she was and found respect for her as an artist.

i'd just say listen to her studio albums, and watch each respective tour in order, like watch The Virgin Tour after listening to Like a Virgin, and then the Who's That Girl show after finishing True Blue, and so on...

You’re insane. I love this.

Listen to the Music album.

AMERICAN LIFE Nobody Knows Me Nothing Fails Mother & Father Intervention CONFESSIONS - Perfect singles run HARD CANDY 4 Minutes Give It 2 Me Miles Away Beat Goes On WE - Masterpiece stand alone single (included on deluxe MDNA) SUPERBOWL - GMAYL stand alone single (Included on deluxe MDNA) MDNA LoveSpent / Gang Bang (double A with a Tarantino video that spanned both songs) I'm A Sinner Some Girls REBEL released March Iconic (DEC 14) Rebel Heart (FEB 15 with album) Devil Pray (MAY 15) HEART released Sept Bitch I'm Madonna (AUG 15) Body Shop (OCT 15) Ghosttown (DEC 15) XMAS market with "Holy" Water remixes being issued to clubs)

MDNA stronger singles choices: Turn Up The Radio (First single, fits incredible for the superbowl) Gang Bang (Second single with an amazing video A La Quentin) Love Spent (Third single) Falling Free (Last single, a remixed version, with a beat like Frozen) And for Rebel Heart: First single: Devil Pray (feat Avicci and BLOODPOP in the music video) Ghosttown is perfect the way it was released HeartBreakCity as the third single And Rebel Heart (Avicci's version as the final single)

pure gold! this is my favourite full footage from BAT!! thank you

I love this concert, so many little touches that make it extra, like the frizzy hair, when she forgets the lyrics and swears like a sailor, won't forgive them for putting the credits over Keep It Together, how dare they ruin the intricate choreography with big letters across the screen

Thats like, a box of wine and a few roadies these days...