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MADONNA
- Celebration
This
double
disc
compiles
36 songs
across
Madonna's
illustrious
career.
And
within
this
time-period
stretching
from
the
'80s
to present
day,
a lot
of the
attention
has
been
on her
personal
life,
relationships,
marriages,
break-ups
&
divorces,
kids,
adoption
furore,
and
of course
the
moral
outcry
about
her
sexualized
videos
and
live
performances
(and
her
Sex
book).
Since
rising
as a
pop
upstart
several
decades
ago
and
growing
into
a one-woman
industry,
Madonna
Ciccone
has
never
been
one
shy
of controversy
and
also
expanded
into
acting
with
both
good
and
terrible
results
(in
movie's
like
Desperately
Seeking
Susan,
Who's
That
Girl,
Dangerous
Game
etc.).
For
the
most
part
these
are
frivolous
pop
tunes
with
dancing
and
having
a good
time
at its
core
(like
Holiday,
Music,
Ray
Of Light,
Material
Girl,
Lucky
Star,
Into
The
Groove,
Vogue
etc.),
and
of course
those
with
a sexual
nature
(including
Erotica,
Like
A Virgin,
Jusify
My Love).
But
more
serious
tunes
like
Live
To Tell,
and
Frozen
even
things
out
somewhat.
With
producers
ranging
from
Madonna
herself,
Jellybean,
Nile
Rodgers,
and
Mirwais,
to Babyface,
William
Orbit,
Lenny
Kravitz,
and
Paul
Oakenfold,
the
album
also
includes
Everybody,
Sorry,
Secret,
Miles
Away,
Take
A Bow,
Hollywood,
and
Don't
Tell
Me.
I feel
her
Bond
tune
for
Die
Another
Day
is one
of the
worst
ones
in the
series,
and
the
tune
for
Revolver
is also
pretty
bland
- but
what
can
you
do...
The
songs
on the
collection
does
not
follow
a chronological
path,
but
are
randomly
spread.
For
the
CD sleeve
a bit
of a
historic
blurb
on the
woman
and
her
work
would've
been
a nice
addition,
unless
the
assumption
is there
that
everyone
known
everything
about
her
already.
As a
pop
icon
Madonna
will
not
exactly
fade
into
the
background,
and
even
though
many
of her
songs
are
rather
vacant,
almost
everyone
will
recognize
them,
whether
they
like
it not.
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- Paul
Blom
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