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"Everybody" didn't chart literally anywhere apart from the dance charts in US. I love the song and it has certainly grown in status over the years (as well as the rest of M's debut album, deservedly) but in late 80s/90s that whole early Madonna stuff was considered aerobics music (by M's own admission).

I genuinely don't think Everybody was on ANYONE's radar in 1990, for real.

No matter how many times you use "objectively", your point of view still remains very much subjective.

Rebel Heart is the only album in M's career that doesn't feel like an album to me, it's just a VERY long random playlist. There's some truly fantastic song writing there which is sadly let down by hodgepodge production. But each to their own .

You mean, as opposed to what, a shed?

Sure, but one could also argue that some information is lost in the process of translating analogue soundwaves into a digital signal which would theoretically make vinyl the only truly lossless format. But I'm playing devil's advocate here - I just think it's a bit silly to say one is better than the other in this case (same with digital and analog photography for example).

They're neither superior nor inferior, they're different and offer different listening experience which is sort of the point.

I think the VIP gift is a jacket? Saw somewhere on socials people getting e-mail regarding their VIP Packages.

I thought so too initially but when you look at the pic closely, it's actually shrink-wrapped. Looks like the final product to me.

Agreed. Also, this looks really beautiful and I hope it's for real. Love the album and loved the tour even more - an absolutely magical thing live.

Because Madonna has always been different in that respect - completely uninterested in capitalising on her back catalogue, almost pathologically averse to the notion of becoming a "legacy artist", always looking forward.

I suppose it all comes down to individual expectations. I genuinely have none. I never thought we'd even see murmurs of reissues while M is still alive so every drop is a lovely surprise to me, whether it's another streaming EP or vinyl.

I've got records dating back to 60s and 70s, original pressings, that sound absolutely pristine and blow anything on streaming out of the water sound wise. But you do you babes

Same, the most middle of the road version of M.

Firstly - huh? Secondly, what's that got to do with the scrapped debut album artwork?

Helmut Newton, another Scorpio she worked with.

My thoughts too. Anyway, I'm a Scorpio and I've always been surrounded by Leos. My partner is a Leo (together 18 years), my sister, my dad, quite a few of my friends and collaborators as well. It's not exactly science...

I didn't notice it on Burning Up but I love Spatial Audio when it's done right - there are some gorgeous classical releases that are wonderful in it, Mariah's "Butterfly" album sounds great with its treatment too.

To me it's always been about the remixed version - the 7" Remix Edit is the one for me so I'm delighted to have it on streaming services. While I appreciate the original album version (4:48) I find it quite anaemic in comparison to others.

To be fair, the kind of sales that True Blue album had are an anomaly, few artists can boast a big-seller like that. And even with 3 #1 singles it still sold less in US than Like A Virgin so go figure. As for Like A Prayer, the album campaign was very short indeed and perhaps Warners messed up some of the later single releases (like weird, limited formats for Oh Father in the US).

I think we should also remember she's a human being, first and foremost.

Literally none of anybody's business .

That kind of makes sense - there were no remixes by Orbit after the Ray of Light single if I'm not mistaken.

It would take several LPs to include full remixes so perhaps it would make sense to have the edits for the expanded album editions.

I don’t think you should be this petty. If something is upsetting you, then try explaining why.