I've finished my own version of Celebration! Been working on it since 2009

[Crystal Coffin]

The finalized track listings. Ain't gonna change no more. I have found the perfect choices of songs and the sequences. This is supposed to be a 2009 release, so nothing from MDNA.

The Second Coming Collection (Part 1)

1. "Borderline"

2. "Material Girl"

3. "Burning Up"

4. "Open Your Heart"

5. "Lucky Star"

6. "La Isla Bonita"

7. "Everybody"

8. "Like a Virgin"

9. "Holiday"

10. "Into the Groove"

11. "Papa Don't Preach"

12. "Oh Father

13. "Live to Tell"

14. "Like a Prayer"

15. "Vogue"

16. "Express Yourself"

17. "Justify My Love"
18. "Erotica"

The Second Coming Collection (Part 2)

1. "Frozen"

2. "Human Nature"

3. "Rain"

4. "The Power of Good-Bye"
5. "Take a Bow"

6. "Beautiful Stranger"

7. "Ray of Light"

8. "Don't Tell Me"

9. "Give It 2 Me"

10. "American Life"

11. "Get Together"

12. "Nothing Really Matters"

13. "Die Another Day"

14. "Hung Up"

15. "Music"

16. "Celebration"

17. "4 Minutes"

18. "Revolver"

Thus, this awesome compilation does NOT contain the following hits: "Crazy for You", "Angel", "Dress You Up", "True Blue", "Who's That Girl", "Cherish", "This Used to Be My Playground", "Deeper and Deeper", "I'll Remember", "Secret", "You'll See", "Don't Cry for Me Argentina", "American Pie", "Sorry"

[Crystal Coffin]

This is the 16-track single disc edition:

1. "Celebration"

2. "Like a Virgin"

3. "Live to Tell"

4. "Frozen"

5. "Vogue"

6. "Music"

7. "Into the Groove"

8. "Hung Up"

9. "Like a Prayer"

10. "Ray of Light"

11. "Papa Don't Preach"

12. "Take a Bow"

13. "Material Girl"

14. "Erotica"

15. "Don't Tell Me"

16. "Holiday"

[MPowered]

You really have a problem with poor little Secret, don't you?

[Crystal Coffin]

You really have a problem with poor little Secret, don't you?

Within the context of the Bedtime Stories album (which is a very cohesive record), I actually can tolerate it. Same with "Don't Stop" and "I'd Rather Be Your Lover". As a stand-alone song, no! "Secret", in its original form, is just way too hollow to my ears. I like my Madonna songs MEATY and SOLID. Songs like "Rain", "Live to Tell", "Oh Father", "Take a Bow" and "Frozen" fit that requirement real good.

[Crystal Coffin]

Oh and by the way, I replaced "Don't Stop" with "Your Honesty" for my own BS.

[JWAD]

Here's mine:

CD1

01) Everybody (YCD edit)

02) Holiday (Edit)

03) Lucky Star (edit)

04) Like A Virgin

05) Material Girl

06) Crazy for You

07) Into the Groove

08) Live to Tell (edit)

09) Papa Don't Preach

10) Open Your Heart

11) La Isla Bonita

12) Who's That Girl

13) Causing A Commotion

14) Like A Prayer

15) Express Yourself (Shep Remix Edit)

16) Cherish

17) Vogue (Single Version)

18) Justify My Love

CD2

01) Erotica

02) Deeper and Deeper

03) Rain

04) Secret

05) Take A Bow

06) Frozen (Edit)

07) Ray of Light

08) The Power of a Good-Bye

09) Beautiful Stranger

10) Music

11) Don't Tell Me

12) Die Another Day

13) Hung Up (Edit)

14) Sorry

15) 4 Minutes

16) Give It 2 Me

17) Celebration

18) Broken

ONE CD VERSION:

01) Holiday

02) Lucky Star

03) Like A Virgin

04) Crazy for You

05) Into the Groove

06) Live to Tell

07) Papa Don't Preach

08) Open Your Heart

09) Who's That Girl

10) Like A Prayer

11) Express Yourself

12) Vogue

13) Deeper and Deeper

14) Frozen

15) Music

16) Hung Up

17) 4 Minutes

18) Celebration

Edited July 24, 2014 by JWAD

[MPowered]

Within the context of the Bedtime Stories album (which is a very cohesive record), I actually can tolerate it. Same with "Don't Stop" and "I'd Rather Be Your Lover". As a stand-alone song, no! "Secret", in its original form, is just way too hollow to my ears. I like my Madonna songs MEATY and SOLID. Songs like "Rain", "Live to Tell", "Oh Father", "Take a Bow" and "Frozen" fit that requirement real good.

I don't like Secret that much, either and you perfectly described how i feel towards it. I want her to do a revised version of it on tour, though. I think she can improve it.

[MPowered]

Oh and before I forget it, I'm actually working on a repackaging/new version of GHV2. I actually had to chuckle a bit, because I saw you called your collection "The Second Coming", which is what I did with my GHV2 album, as well. Here's a preview of what I'm working on:

I think the release of it should've coincided with the release of the DWT DVD and in order to promote both products they should kinda relate to each other, if you know what I mean.

I wanted the design of this CD to be reminiscent of the Geisha section from the tour, because I think it was the most eye-catching from DWT. I also included Paradise as the "new song" and thought it would've been really cool to have the video of it somehow included on the CD. The single of GHV2 would've been a double A-side release of the GHV2 megamix and Paradise.

It's not finished, yet:

Tracklist:

With the tracklist I did not focus on her "hits" only but on her most memorable songs from 1993-2001. If I would've focused on her hits, then no one would've bought STR and we can't let that happen tbh.

001 EROTICA [Radio Edit] 4:33

002 BAD GIRL [Edit Mix] 4:46

003 HUMAN NATURE 4:31

004 DON'T TELL ME [Radio Edit] 4:11

005 WHAT IT FEELS LIKE FOR A GIRL [Radio Edit] 4:03

006 SECRET [Edit] 4:32

007 RAIN [Remix Edit] 4:17

008 RAY OF LIGHT [Edit] 4:36

009 BEAUTIFUL STRANGER [WO Radio Edit] 3:58

010 MUSIC [Edit] 3:45

011 DEEPER AND DEEPER [7'' Edit] 4:54

012 DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA [Miami Mix Edit] 4:32

013 YOU'LL SEE [Edit] 4:19

014 FROZEN [Edit] 5:10

015 TAKE A BOW 4:31

016 THE POWER OF GOOD-BYE 4:12

017 BEDTIME STORY [Edit] 4:07

018 NOTHING REALLY MATTERS [Radio Edit] 4:11

019 PARADISE (NOT FOR ME) [Edit] 4:07

83:16 <- It's too long for one CD, so one song would have to be cut...

[Crystal Coffin]

LOVEEE the packaging!

Which song to be cut? How is that even a question to you. GET RID OF SECRET, OF COURSE.

[MPowered]

LOVEEE the packaging!

Which song to be cut? How is that even a question to you. GET RID OF SECRET, OF COURSE.

But that's like one of the few hits she had during the 90's.

Oh, thanks by the way. I was really thrilled when some new "geisha" outtakes appeared. I need to have them in HQ!!!

[Crystal Coffin]

Here's mine:

CD1

01) Everybody (YCD edit)

02) Holiday (Edit)

03) Lucky Star (edit)

04) Like A Virgin

05) Material Girl

06) Crazy for You

07) Into the Groove

08) Live to Tell (edit)

09) Papa Don't Preach

10) Open Your Heart

11) La Isla Bonita

12) Who's That Girl

13) Causing A Commotion

14) Like A Prayer

15) Express Yourself (Shep Remix Edit)

16) Cherish

17) Vogue (Single Version)

18) Justify My Love

CD2

01) Erotica

02) Deeper and Deeper

03) Rain

04) Secret

05) Take A Bow

06) Frozen (Edit)

07) Ray of Light

08) The Power of a Good-Bye

09) Beautiful Stranger

10) Music

11) Don't Tell Me

12) Die Another Day

13) Hung Up (Edit)

14) Sorry

15) 4 Minutes

16) Give It 2 Me

17) Celebration

18) Broken

ONE CD VERSION:

01) Holiday

02) Lucky Star

03) Like A Virgin

04) Crazy for You

05) Into the Groove

06) Live to Tell

07) Papa Don't Preach

08) Open Your Heart

09) Who's That Girl

10) Like A Prayer

11) Express Yourself

12) Vogue

13) Deeper and Deeper

14) Frozen

15) Music

16) Hung Up

17) 4 Minutes

18) Celebration

Very conventional choices, it's perfect for anyone who wants to focus on the hits

[Crystal Coffin]

But that's like one of the few hits she had during the 90's.

Oh, thanks by the way. I was really thrilled when some new "geisha" outtakes appeared. I need to have them in HQ!!!

And "Bad Girl" is just too gloomy of a song!

[MPowered]

And "Bad Girl" is just too gloomy of a song!

I included it, because it's one of her best ballads and yet wasn't included on STR and also because it serves a perfect transition between Erotica and Human Nature, lyrically.

[MPowered]

Here's mine:

CD1

01) Everybody (YCD edit) YEEESSS

02) Holiday (Edit)

03) Lucky Star (edit)

04) Like A Virgin

05) Material Girl

06) Crazy for You

07) Into the Groove

08) Live to Tell (edit)

09) Papa Don't Preach

10) Open Your Heart

11) La Isla Bonita

12) Who's That Girl

13) Causing A Commotion -> THIS! That poor song has been snubbed way too many times.

14) Like A Prayer

15) Express Yourself (Shep Remix Edit)

16) Cherish

17) Vogue (Single Version)

18) Justify My Love

CD2

01) Erotica

02) Deeper and Deeper

03) Rain

04) Secret

05) Take A Bow

06) Frozen (Edit)

07) Ray of Light

08) The Power of a Good-Bye ?

09) Beautiful Stranger

10) Music

11) Don't Tell Me

12) Die Another Day

-> "American Life" who?

13) Hung Up (Edit)

14) Sorry

15) 4 Minutes

16) Give It 2 Me

17) Celebration

18) Broken -> Revolver who?

[Guest]

crystal coffin and mpowered lovefest!!

reading the title i thought.....he doesn't like the wonderful song, all but hollow, that is Secret....and he worked 5 years on Celebration???

[Crystal Coffin]

Well vande it's VERY hard to create a cohesive career-spanning compilation for an artist like Madonna whose musical output has been so diverse, especially the second half of her journey! She has released many ballad singles in the 90s, I always struggled ( ) to avoid the Part 2 from being too heavy on the slow / midtempo songs. Apparently the poor hollow "Secret" and "You'll See" HAVE to be eliminated. I love the latter, anyway.

Three years ago, it was like this. Yikes!

1. "Secret"
2. "You'll See"
3. "Rain"
4. "Frozen"
5. "Take a Bow"
6. "The Power of Good-Bye"
7. "Ray of Light"
8. "Beautiful Stranger"
9. "Nothing Really Matters"
10. "Don't Tell Me"
11. "Die Another Day"
12. "Hung Up"
13. "Music"
14. "4 Minutes"
15. "Hollywood"
16. "Sorry"
17. "Give It 2 Me"
18. "Celebration"

[loomer]

Put that mindless disco mix of Secret on it then.

[Crystal Coffin]

Put that mindless disco mix of Secret on it then.

But this is not a remix compilation!

[MPowered]

Well vande it's VERY hard to create a cohesive career-spanning compilation for an artist like Madonna whose musical output has been so diverse, especially the second half of her journey! She has released many ballad singles in the 90s, I always struggled ( ) to avoid the Part 2 from being too heavy on the slow / midtempo songs. Apparently the poor hollow "Secret" and "You'll See" HAVE to be eliminated. I love the latter, anyway.

Three years ago, it was like this. Yikes!

1. "Secret"

2. "You'll See"

3. "Rain"

4. "Frozen"

5. "Take a Bow"

6. "The Power of Good-Bye"

7. "Ray of Light"

8. "Beautiful Stranger"

9. "Nothing Really Matters"

10. "Don't Tell Me"

11. "Die Another Day"

12. "Hung Up"

13. "Music"

14. "4 Minutes"

15. "Hollywood"

16. "Sorry"

17. "Give It 2 Me"

18. "Celebration"

Her best flop, let's be real.

[Crystal Coffin]

Her best flop, let's be real.

Cannot be any truer. It also has her COOLEST video ever to date. I'm listening to the song as I'm typing this crap.

Its sophisticated house production is so electrifying to my whole body. I remember one fan calling it "the dance version of Rain".

[MPowered]

Cannot be any truer. It also has her COOLEST video ever to date. I'm listening to the song as I'm typing this crap.

Its sophisticated house production is so electrifying to my whole body. I remember one fan calling it "the dance version of Rain".

OMG you're obsessed with Rain, lol...

Anyway I full-heartly agree with what you say. I think it's much more memorable than some of the songs that ended up on Celebration. Miles Away, for example...I have no idea how that little shit sneaked it's way onto the album.

[kingvirtue]

The Second Coming Collection (Part 1)

1. "Borderline"

2. "Material Girl"

3. "True Blue"

4. "Open Your Heart"

5. "Lucky Star"

6. "La Isla Bonita"

7. "Dress You Up"

8. "Like a Virgin"

9. "Holiday"

10. "Into the Groove"

11. "Papa Don't Preach"

12. "Secret"

13. "Live to Tell"

14. "Like a Prayer"

15. "Vogue"

16. "Express Yourself"

17. "Justify My Love"
18. "Erotica"

The Second Coming Collection (Part 2)

1. "Frozen"

2. "Crazy for You"

3. "Rain"

4. "I'll Remember"
5. "Take a Bow"

6. "Beautiful Stranger"

7. "Ray of Light"

8. "Don't Tell Me"

9. "Deeper and Deeper"

10. "This Used to Be My Playground"

11. "Cherish"

12. "Who's That Girl"

13. "Die Another Day"

14. "Hung Up"

15. "Music"

16. "Celebration"

17. "4 Minutes"

18. "Revolver"

[Crystal Coffin]

OMG you're obsessed with Rain, lol...

Anyway I full-heartly agree with what you say. I think it's much more memorable than some of the songs that ended up on Celebration. Miles Away, for example...I have no idea how that little shit sneaked it's way onto the album.

And "Give It 2 Me" was NOT included. It's kind of weird because we know she loves performing that song.

I actually have nothing against "Miles Away", it's good, but I don't think it ever deserved a place in a compilation.

I hate "Cherish"!

[MPowered]

And "Give It 2 Me" was NOT included. It's kind of weird because we know she loves performing that song.

I actually have nothing against "Miles Away", it's good, but I don't think it ever deserved a place in a compilation.

I hate "Cherish"!

I hate "Give It 2 Me" and I was very delighted to see it not being included, personally. I do think it should've been included, however.

I don't love "Cherish" but I think it's a cute song that can put you in a happy mood. I always found Miles Away to be incredible boring.

[Crystal Coffin]

The Second Coming Collection (Part 1)

1. "Borderline"

2. "Material Girl"

3. "True Blue": I like this song but it's not essential to me, not one of her "grand" hits

4. "Open Your Heart"

5. "Lucky Star"

6. "La Isla Bonita"

7. "Dress You Up": See "True Blue"

8. "Like a Virgin"

9. "Holiday"

10. "Into the Groove"

11. "Papa Don't Preach"

12. "Secret": Everyone knows what I think of this HOLLOW song at this point

13. "Live to Tell"

14. "Like a Prayer"

15. "Vogue"

16. "Express Yourself"

17. "Justify My Love"

18. "Erotica"

The Second Coming Collection (Part 2)

1. "Frozen"

2. "Crazy for You": I have to sacrifice this to give rooms for stronger songs from the 80s, like "Oh Father" and "Burning Up"

3. "Rain"

4. "I'll Remember": I have never been a huge fan of this one, and it has its home on STR, that's where it ultimately belongs to

5. "Take a Bow"

6. "Beautiful Stranger"

7. "Ray of Light"

8. "Don't Tell Me"

9. "Deeper and Deeper": The early 90s house production is quite similar to "Vogue", it doesn't showcase her diversity

10. "This Used to Be My Playground": Too gloomy, I wouldn't want this on a celebratory compilation, it's suitable for a funeral maybe

11. "Cherish": I always hate this song, it's not even on my version of TIC, I replaced it with a remix of "Keep It Together"

12. "Who's That Girl": Good song but nothing special about it, it's just a soundtrack single from 1987

13. "Die Another Day"

14. "Hung Up"

15. "Music"

16. "Celebration"

17. "4 Minutes"

18. "Revolver"

There, read my painful commentaries

[Crystal Coffin]

I hate "Give It 2 Me" and I was very delighted to see it not being included, personally. I do think it should've been included, however.

I don't love "Cherish" but I think it's a cute song that can put you in a happy mood. I always found Miles Away to be incredible boring.

While I clearly do not wish for another appearance of GI2M on her tour(s), I actually love it. The version that I put on my version of HC and this compilation does NOT contain the "get stupid" breakdown. It's very tight!

[MPowered]

2. "Crazy for You": I have to sacrifice this to give rooms for stronger songs from the 80s, like "Oh Father" and "Burning Up"

There, read my painful commentaries

But:

10. "This Used to Be My Playground": Too gloomy, I wouldn't want this on a celebratory compilation, it's suitable for a funeral maybe

[Crystal Coffin]

"Oh Father" and "Live to Tell" do not sound gloomy to me, they feel so "grand", so full, and meaty. On the other hand, "Bad Girl" and TUTBMP do.

[loomer]

Here's my single disc one

1. Don't Cry For Me Argentina

2. Like a Prayer

3. Give It 2 Me

4. Everybody

5. Take a Bow

6. Dress You Up

7. Oh Father

8. Revolver

9. Rain

10. Music

11. Erotica

12. Hanky Panky

13. Burning Up

14. Celebration

15. Bedtime Story

16. Material Girl

17. Gambler

18. Human Nature

[Crystal Coffin]

Here's my single disc one

17. Gambler

18. Human Nature

Love those two songs, but my God what an ending