kingvirtue Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I love the cover!! However, am I the only one to notice that the face is slightly tilted, but the hair/head remains vertical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreeMySoul Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 it's a nice cover but doesn't represent the Madonna of today her face doesn't look like that anymore unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I have to admit I am very very excited about this greatest hits. I love the album cover, I love what I've heard of Celebrate and Revolver, and I'm happy with the supposed tracklisting as well. I'm much more excited about this than I was Hard Candy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pud Whacker Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Are there anymore pictures from this shoot?? That is wonderful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael. Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I love the cover, I wish they had kept the original hairdo though (slicked back). The original picture is one of my all time favorite images of Madonna. Defiant, intimidating, oddly beautiful. Yeah I would've preferred the original hair. I've got a massive framed version of that pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernatural Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 oh wow that's always been one of my favorite Madonna pics... shame they changed the hair but I can understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I fuking love it!!! Reminds me of this photo shoot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIRTY PIG Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I really love this cover.. it's 100% perfect and I can't imagine how it could be any better. No new photoshoot could ever compare to this. It stands alone as a brilliant work of art with layers and dimensions That Modino shoot from 1990 is the most classic and iconic pic of M from her entire career and it always has been ever since it was first a poster on a bedroom wall back in the day, nothing else has ever compared to it. And to mash it up with her most iconic hairstyle ever is sheer genius. It pays homage to the Sex Pistols punk, her roots in the 80's New York art scene and her idolization of Marylin Monroe. I'm sorry did we forget anything? perfectly put. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicktracy Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I hate the cover..It looks good and everything, but the Madonna-as-Marilyn ship has kind of sailed. Plus this is meant to be the big compilation to end all compilations that showcases how iconic M is, but they have to use an exact replica of Marilyn's image for the cover? The MJ painting its iconic because its his look. This is M as Marilyn by Warhol. I would have preferred having her with a more Madonna look such as the Maripol era, or Blonde Ambition, or ROL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GimmeSomeMo Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I fuking love it!!! Reminds me of this photo shoot: That's where I thought it was from initially. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicktracy Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/madonn...ing-legacy/9396 Madonna’s ‘Celebration’ Art Reflects Dwindling Legacy By Rohin GuhaJuly 23, 2009 Yes, yes, there’s been much hullabaloo about Madonna maybe-killing two of her dancers, which after figuratively castrating ex-husband Guy Ritchie and kidnapping a Brazilian boy and a little Malawi girl, may not seem like such a stretch. But appropriately enough, she’s also making time to celebrate her legacy, one that bottomed out right before the 21st century. For which reason, it’s no surprise that this collection, her third greatest hits package—second in nine years—banks on the appeal of her earlier work. Everything about the campaign for this third volume of greatest hits—Celebration—smacks of long-ago nostalgia. Jonas Åkerlund is directing the collection’s first single of the same name. He lent his aesthetic brilliance to many of her past videos. This includes “Ray of Light”, a single spawned from what was arguably the final bit of pop brilliance the singer put out before her attempts at breaking trends started sliding, becoming contrived, though still respectable but then simply tragic. Even the album art, designed by Mr. Brainwash, hearkens back to East Village street art. Though troublingly enough, it seems like imitation of street art, like the Urban Outfitters-ization of a Warholian prototype. Which may be the most succinct way of summarizing the pop star’s career—from her early Basquiat-dating days to eventual superstardom and megalomania. It also kind of hits that middle ground between when she started becoming more noted for sparking trends than pathetically limping to keep up with them. It’s fine that the art visually places a notable emphasis on “Express Yourself” and “Vogue” over the travesties that would come much later; her body of work from the first 20 years of her career is nothing short of iconic. It’s just the near-decade since where Madonna has sabotaged the greatness of her own back-catalog with silly media stunts and cynical career choices. Nevertheless, that’s almost 30 years in the business, two thirds spent at the top. This is something no contemporary pop aspirant will achieve. Or at least not anytime soon. We could hope for this collection to inspire the singer to take a hard look at the direct relation between her creative decline and the increased frequency of creative flops. But that’s foolishness. For Madonna’s uneven legacy, Celebration will probably be a band-aid on a bullet wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Madonna’s ‘Celebration’ Art Reflects Dwindling Legacy By Rohin GuhaJuly 23, 2009 Yes, yes, there’s been much hullabaloo about Madonna maybe-killing two of her dancers, which after figuratively castrating ex-husband Guy Ritchie and kidnapping a Brazilian boy and a little Malawi girl, may not seem like such a stretch. But appropriately enough, she’s also making time to celebrate her legacy, one that bottomed out right before the 21st century. For which reason, it’s no surprise that this collection, her third greatest hits package—second in nine years—banks on the appeal of her earlier work. Everything about the campaign for this third volume of greatest hits—Celebration—smacks of long-ago nostalgia. Jonas Åkerlund is directing the collection’s first single of the same name. He lent his aesthetic brilliance to many of her past videos. This includes “Ray of Light”, a single spawned from what was arguably the final bit of pop brilliance the singer put out before her attempts at breaking trends started sliding, becoming contrived, though still respectable but then simply tragic. Even the album art, designed by Mr. Brainwash, hearkens back to East Village street art. Though troublingly enough, it seems like imitation of street art, like the Urban Outfitters-ization of a Warholian prototype. Which may be the most succinct way of summarizing the pop star’s career—from her early Basquiat-dating days to eventual superstardom and megalomania. It also kind of hits that middle ground between when she started becoming more noted for sparking trends than pathetically limping to keep up with them. It’s fine that the art visually places a notable emphasis on “Express Yourself” and “Vogue” over the travesties that would come much later; her body of work from the first 20 years of her career is nothing short of iconic. It’s just the near-decade since where Madonna has sabotaged the greatness of her own back-catalog with silly media stunts and cynical career choices. Nevertheless, that’s almost 30 years in the business, two thirds spent at the top. This is something no contemporary pop aspirant will achieve. Or at least not anytime soon. We could hope for this collection to inspire the singer to take a hard look at the direct relation between her creative decline and the increased frequency of creative flops. But that’s foolishness. For Madonna’s uneven legacy, Celebration will probably be a band-aid on a bullet wound. Of course they ignore the fact that it's been in the last decade that she over took Elvis with most Top 10 hits on Billborad Hot 100, she earned herself 5 more UK #1's, More of her albums have gone #1 on the top 200 in the US than either the 80's or 90's and finally 2 of her most recognizable songs (whether you like it or not) - Hung Up and 4 Minutes - (which also are her 2 best selling singles) were released this decade. Some people only see what they wanna see especially journalists who probably became so because they failed in the entertainment industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtremeMadFan Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Exciting news... Whoever mentioned that the cover made em think of the Sex Pistols, I'm with you. Love the cover. But I still don't get if it's the actual album cover or the single cover? There are conflicting reports, which is nothing new with Madonna news. I'm glad the final tracklisting hasn't been finalized yet, at least hopefully the ones floating around online aren't real. Can't wait to see what the final tracklisting is, so so happy that EVERYBODY will be included. I wish Gambler would be included but I don't see that happening. As I look back it's exciting to see where Madonna's career has gone, and how her music has basically always been the soundtrack in the background of my life. With all this talk about a career spanning collection I recently pulled out MADONNA the album & remembered how much I love her music. I was also reminded how much I L O V E L O V E Physical Attraction. I would love to see her sing this song live, hopefully someday. Can't wait till August 3rd, even more excited for CELEBRATION! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BytheBay Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Everything about the campaign for this third volume of greatest hits—Celebration—smacks of long-ago nostalgia. imagine that...a greatest hits project reeking of nostalgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicktracy Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Don't hate it but I don't love it either. The concept is cool but the mash up of the two pics didn't work for me. Her forehead... and her face look distorted with the mismatched hairstyle. Her head is tilted and the hair is straight. She looks like an impersonator of herself. Maybe she DID want to look like she was trying to look like herself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 imagine that...a greatest hits project reeking of nostalgia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afrolito Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Madonna’s ‘Celebration’ Art Reflects Dwindling Legacy By Rohin GuhaJuly 23, 2009 Yes, yes, there’s been much hullabaloo about Madonna maybe-killing two of her dancers, which after figuratively castrating ex-husband Guy Ritchie and kidnapping a Brazilian boy and a little Malawi girl, may not seem like such a stretch. But appropriately enough, she’s also making time to celebrate her legacy, one that bottomed out right before the 21st century. For which reason, it’s no surprise that this collection, her third greatest hits package—second in nine years—banks on the appeal of her earlier work. Everything about the campaign for this third volume of greatest hits—Celebration—smacks of long-ago nostalgia. Jonas Åkerlund is directing the collection’s first single of the same name. He lent his aesthetic brilliance to many of her past videos. This includes “Ray of Light”, a single spawned from what was arguably the final bit of pop brilliance the singer put out before her attempts at breaking trends started sliding, becoming contrived, though still respectable but then simply tragic. Even the album art, designed by Mr. Brainwash, hearkens back to East Village street art. Though troublingly enough, it seems like imitation of street art, like the Urban Outfitters-ization of a Warholian prototype. Which may be the most succinct way of summarizing the pop star’s career—from her early Basquiat-dating days to eventual superstardom and megalomania. It also kind of hits that middle ground between when she started becoming more noted for sparking trends than pathetically limping to keep up with them. It’s fine that the art visually places a notable emphasis on “Express Yourself” and “Vogue” over the travesties that would come much later; her body of work from the first 20 years of her career is nothing short of iconic. It’s just the near-decade since where Madonna has sabotaged the greatness of her own back-catalog with silly media stunts and cynical career choices. Nevertheless, that’s almost 30 years in the business, two thirds spent at the top. This is something no contemporary pop aspirant will achieve. Or at least not anytime soon. We could hope for this collection to inspire the singer to take a hard look at the direct relation between her creative decline and the increased frequency of creative flops. But that’s foolishness. For Madonna’s uneven legacy, Celebration will probably be a band-aid on a bullet wound. What a stupid article, and it started with the first sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dicktracy Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 supposed official tracklist from drownedmadonna forums: 2 CD EDITION CD ONE Vogue Express Yourself Into The Groove Papa Don't Preach La Isla Bonita Everybody Lucky Star Holiday Like A Virgin Borderline Material Girl Crazy For You Open Your Heart Cherish Like A Prayer Justify My Love Deeper & Deeper Erotica Rain CD TWO Celebration Music Get Together Frozen Hung Up Ray Of Light Beautiful Stranger Don't Tell Me Hollywood Human Nature Secret Take A Bow American Life Die Another Day Sorry 4 Minutes Give It 2 Me Revolver 1 CD EDITION Vogue Express Yourself Into The Groove Papa Don't Preach La Isla Bonita Lucky Star Holiday Like A Virgin Material Girl Crazy For You Like A Prayer Erotica Music Frozen Hung Up Ray Of Light Don't Tell Me Take A Bow Sorry 4 Minutes Celebration Disc 1 is pretty good. It flows very nicely. Disc 2 is kind of a mess though. I like the songs that were picked but Frozen seems totally out of place between GT and HU. The 1 CD Edition is great. All tracks are deserving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaddysMuff Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 That cover is so OMG!!!!!!!!!! When I first saw it, I was at a busy metro stop.... I couldn't help but let out a little faggy scream. AMAZING! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemini1313 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 I fuking love it!!! Reminds me of this photo shoot: are we totaly CERTAIN that it is the OFFICIAL album cover ????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infiniblue Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 they don't mention revolver... has anyone confirmed it yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eu4ria Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 fanmade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pud Whacker Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 fanmade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eu4ria Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 ^ totally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrikeItUp Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 (edited) OMG, that looks like an Olivia Newton John album artwork (the fanmade one that is). And I mean an OLD Olivia Newton John album art. Edited July 24, 2009 by StrikeItUp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabl0114 Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 fanmade Judging by that track listing it should be called greatest hits & missed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 ^ I seriously doubt CS, FL, BGO will be included. And where on that fake cover is Vogue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Lol and it won't have MATM!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOD Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 Judging by that track listing it should be called greatest hits & missed It should be called Greatest Hits, Missed and Wish. Wish, coz of Broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GOD Posted July 24, 2009 Share Posted July 24, 2009 OK so anyway, I like the cover but like someone said on here, it would look much better without the font. Just the image alone sums the whole thing up. maybe the title used as a sticker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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