Madonna [The Immaculate Collection]
First off, the booklet and back insert are obviously from Madonna's 'Ray Of Light' album, but i used this album as the art for my 'Immaculate Collection' album, i used rub on transfers on the front cover, and a well placed sticker on the back with rub on transfers for the track listing, it looks great!, far better than the original cover, and i seriously think that 'Ray Of Light' has some beautiful shot pictures of Madonna, and it's her best 'visual' album, a nice make-over that creates a great album into an even greater.
Madonna Ciccone is now 51, this album has sold over 30 million worldwide, not bad huh?.
I enjoyed so many of these tracks, they really hit home, especially tracks 3, 9, 11-12 & 14, i must admit track 14 'Cherish' has this wonderful feelgood factor about it, it's so danceable, but even more i was just was mesmerised by track 12 'Like A Prayer', originally released in 1989, it has that lovely Gospel feel to it, it starts with a Gospel Choir [0:02-0:21], and a Church organ comes in with Madonna praying her intro [0:21-0:41], notice the triangle that comes in [0:38+], so expertly used later, there's a nice beat at the start of the chorus [0:49+], which comes before the first verse [1:07-1:40], where there's a level of sweeter singing, and in the background you can hear that triangle ringing out a complex rhythm, the second verse is more of the same [1:59-2:32], but the words have more meaning,
Like a child, you whisper softly to me
You're in control, just like a child
Now i'm dancing
It's like a dream, no end and no beginning
You're here with me, it's like a dream
Let the choir sing
Afterwards the Gospel Choir kicks in [3:49-4:23 & 5:15-5:49], and it seems to get fairly ad lib at the end, and fades out, but forget the trinity, it's that damn triangle that i remember the most!, hehehehe.
Here's Madonna singing on the video of 'Like A Prayer' on YouTube.
