#52

I hadn’t realised that every track on the Immaculate Collection has been remastered in some way. I feel like the ‘stop-start’ of the early half of the album version of the song might well have not been as good in place on the collection since it’s got a certain powering ‘party’ atmosphere to it but it’s definitely a bit of a dead remix. There surely must have been tonnes of good club ones.

#53

A very very good move. Not sure how bold it was and given Reagan’s administration being a fucking evil nightmare it’s possibly what you’d expect from anyone on the progressive side of politics at the time.

But hard to know from a UK perspective: I recall all of us knowing about AIDS, seeing a lot of TV programmes and there being big billboards talking about using condoms etc.

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#54

Incredible album, a mainstay of my childhood listening. What a bunch of songs, capped off with that title track, which is easily in my top three songs (Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and Purple Rain are the other two). Couldn’t not put a 10 on it.

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#55

My record sleeve still smells of it.
If I catch the same scent out and about and I always think.of this album.

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#56

The 4th best of Madonna’s 4 studio albums up to that point

I think it suffers massively from having too many people involved and while I admire the ambition I just think it’s TOO MUCH at almost all times

I gave it a 6, Madonna and Like a Virgin are both 9s & True Blue is an 8

#57

thanks to my Papa I grew up on the Immaculate Collection (like, on repeat every weekend for about 8 years of my upbringing) so I struggle to listen to a full album without just wanting to hear the bangers. This album is an 8 just for the title track alone. I still get shivers during the bridge/chorus with the backup singers absolutely belting

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#58

Well I tried, a little bit, and got a few songs into the album, but it turns out I’m not quite as open-minded as I had thought, and am struggling to leave my snobbish cynicism aside.

Title track is pretty good once it gets into gear though, but couldn’t get on at all with the next couple of songs.

Just not my kind of thing. Another abstain for me I think.

#59

Next week’s selection isn’t filling me with much hope either. Ended up voting for Robyn. I’m pretty sure my other half will absolutely love her, so I guess I should find out if I can tolerate it. (To be fair the one Robyn song they tend to play on 6 music is actually pretty good.)

#60

Picked up a vinyl copy from a charity shop a couple of years back and along with Private Eyes by Hall & Oates and Can’t Slow Down by Lionel Richie, it’s just one of those go to albums for when you want to have a bit of a sing along and dance around the living room to. Wailing along trying to hit the right notes. Outside of the title track, I’m a big fan of Cherish and Express Yourself.

#61

I’ve had an enjoyable week listening to this. I gave True Blue a few listens last year and outside of the singles didn’t find much that I liked but this is much better. I’ve gone for a 7

I found this interesting. I thought the bass line was done on a DX7 or something but it was played on an actual bass (although it seems that it was doubled on a moog which is probably why it sounds like a synth bass)

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#62

Having Master in the poll has made me realise we haven’t had a metal/hard rock album yet so I’ll do an all metal poll tomorrow

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#63

Still haven’t voted for next week. An odd mix of stuff I know and don’t really fancy for this, and stuff I don’t know and don’t really care about. Will let the rest of you decide for me.

#64

Because as we all know your vote is the one that really counts :wink:

#65

Found it properly tough to choose between Body Talk and LP5. LP5 is an album I’ve only become familiar with recently, as such it’s pretty fresh but Body Talk (especially if we’re talking about the whole project) is Robyn’s masterpiece.

#66

John and I go way back and he has 3 of his ringer accounts vote with me so yeah :wink:

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#67

Achtung Baby it is. Feels like I haven’t listened to it for years but last.fm tells me I listened to it twice in February last year

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#68

7.46 for Like A Prayer.

@midnightpunk can you choose a track that isn’t Like A Prayer please?

#69

The second U2 album I will attempt to listen to in full. Let’s see if I complete it, let alone rate it.

#70

Sadly low score, TBH.

#71

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22.91 votes for U2, 22.12 votes for Robyn so if I’d voted for Robyn then even stevens or maybe it would have won! :wink:

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