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The best Madonna ballad ever made


Guest seancannon

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it's quite surprising nobody acknowledged Rain as one of her finest ballads...

"Rain" is at the top of my list. I think Madonna's voice shines on this song ... a great example of her vocal style post-LAP but pre-Evita, a style that offered a lot to the listener. The lyrics on this ballad are exquisite, and I always loved the production. The live version on TGST is amazing.

"Live To Tell," "Promise To Try," "This Used To Be My Playground," "Frozen," "What It Feels Like For a Girl," "Intervention," and "Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" also rate high on my list.

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Guest ursaminorjim

Technically speaking, the only ballad I think she's ever done is "X-static process." But if we're just talking about slow, romantic songs? I gotta go with "Live to tell."

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Guest dicktracy

1. Drowned World/Substitute For Love

2. You Must Love Me

3. Live To Tell

4. I Want You

5. Take A Bow

6. Sanctuary

7. Like A Flower

8. Crazy For You

9. Spanish Eyes

10. Gone

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I'm bored at work and this thread has inspired me to post my latest Madonna Collection. I like to play DJ a lot and love to make playlists on my iPod - to me the ORDER of the music is just as important as the music itself (it can make or break). So, my latest playlist is the best collection of Madonna Ballads, or "Light" music. I call it: "106.7 Madonna Lite FM" (the biggest "lite music" station here in NYC - I know I'm corny). Tell me what you think:

1. Borderline

2. Crazy For You

3. Take a Bow

4. Frozen

5. The Power of Goodbye

6. Secret

7. Miles Away

8. Love Profusion (Headcleaner Rock Mix)

9. Candy Perfume Girl

10. Skin

11. Voices

12. Like A Prayer

13. Mother and Father (Live from RIT)

14. Nothing Fails

15. Deserve It

16. Nobody's Perfect

17. Love Tried to Welcome Me

18. One More Chance

19. Hollywood

20. Don't Tell Me

21. Gone

22. Easy Ride

23. Drowned World/Substitute for Love

24. Paradise (Not for Me)

25. Live to Tell

26. Oh, Father

27. Promise to Try

28. Secret Garden

29. Waiting

30. Erotica

31. Justify My Love

32. Forbidden Love (Bedtime Stories)

33. I Want You

34. You'll See

35. Love Don't Live Here Anymore

36. Bad Girl

37. Rain

38. Rescue Me

39. Devil Wouldn't Recognize You

40. X-Static Process

41. Intervention

42. I'll Remember

43. Cherish

44. True Blue

45. This Used To Be My Playground

46. Time Stood Still

47. Shanti/Ashtangi

48. Sanctuary

49. Bedtime Story

50. Like It or Not

(If you listen to them in order, you'll see how the songs "go", and meld together nicely. There's a flow to it all)

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