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Madonna - Like a Virgin .jpg) .gif) By Ken Barnes
Madonna's second album was her breakthrough, thanks principally to two
gimmicky hits: the sinuous "Like a Virgin," with its
taboo-busting metaphor for that fresh, clean new-love feeling, and the
cutesy, Betty-Boopsy "Material Girl." Most of the rest of the
album, although similarly frothy, is superior to those warhorses, notably
the irresistible LP tracks "Over and Over," and
"Pretender"--which adds a bit of gossamer delicacy to the
mandatory bounciness. "Dress You Up" is a Madonna classic, an
insubstantial dance-pop delight bedecked in synthesized bells and replete
to the beat with kinky suggestions. And there's a sign of greater depth to
come in her cover of Rose Royce's elegiac ballad "Love Don't Live
Here Anymore," a heartfelt vocal supported by a subtle, gorgeous
arrangement helmed by producer Nile Rodgers and his two key Chic
instrumental compatriots, Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson.
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| 1. Material Girl | 6. Into the Groove {From the Film Desperately Seeking Susan} | | 2. Angel | 7. Dress You Up | | 3. Like a Virgin | 8. Shoo-Bee-Doo | | 4. Over and Over | 9. Pretender | | 5. Love Don't Live Here Anymore | 10. Stay |
Share Your Memories!Is Like a Virgin one of your favorite albums? What interesting or amusing stories can you tell? Wanna write a review? Share your stories (or your reviews) with the world! (We print the best stories right here!)
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"I taught my younger niece how to dance to 'Material Girl' and I use to make up a routine to 'Dress you up'." --Maggie | "True Blue is a very good album. The best song is undoubtfully Papa Don't Preach, it's a very Awesome80s song and also a big teen hit. Following Papa don't Preach is Live to Tell. This is the best ballad I have ever heard in my life. Its text is exceptionally high-spirited and it is one of the greatest rock ballads of the Awesome80s. True Blue also shows a new look of Madonna: While her first album and Like a Virgin show us her long-hair look, True Blue is short blonde hair styled. Madonna then started being a blonde and this marked her ever since. I have to agree that this album is the first "serious" one, in fact connected with her later work (Like a Prayer,Ray of light).
Thanks for giving me a chance to express my opinion. [Editor's note: Thanks for sharing it!]" --A MadMaddyFan |
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