dollhouse Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Celebrsation ss easily her worst GH..truly horrible.
dollhouse Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 It contains a collection of songs from 1992 to 2001, selected by Madonna who mentioned that she only wanted "songs that I could listen to five times in a row" included on it. The album was originally titled Greatest Hits: The Second Coming but was changed prior to its release as Madonna wanted it to have a title which was memorable.
Kurt420 Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Celebrsation ss easily her worst GH..truly horrible.Yes, all those classic songs I've loved for 30 yrs........simply horrible, awful, an abomination!!Seriously, wtf?? Dramatic much. Madonna fans can be such brats. Bitch you got the real ITG on an album for the first time, sit down and shut the hell up.
Glindathegood Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 To me, a greatest hits album can't really be truly horrible or truly great. No collection of Madonna hits can be bad because she has so many great songs. But for me, it can never be as exciting or as great as an album of all new songs by her because I have the songs in another version already. Yes, sometimes GH albums have a couple of new songs, but that's not as exciting to me as a whole album of new songs. And now with technology you can make your own playlist of your favorite songs, that it kind of eliminates the need for GH albums anyway.
ruey Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 (edited) I don't even have GHV2 in my collection, and I don't see the point of it to be honest. She should have recorded one or two new songs for it, I think. It's a great collection of songs nonetheless! Edited November 2, 2014 by ruey
Glindathegood Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I don't even have GHV2 in my collection, and I don't see the point of it to be honest. She should have recorded one or two new songs for it, I think. It's a great collection of songs nonetheless! I've never seen the point of recording a few new songs for a GH album. I really don't like having to buy a whole album to get a few new songs. I'd rather just have a whole album of new songs! It's like why bother!
ruey Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I've never seen the point of recording a few new songs for a GH album. I really don't like having to buy a whole album to get a few new songs. I'd rather just have a whole album of new songs! It's like why bother! It's only a contractual obligation anyways, isn't it? I was just looking at the GHV2 tracklisting and remembered that I heard Deeper and Deeper for the first time when it was released in the music stores. So I suppose I should honour it by saying it's what got me to buy Erotica back in 2001.
Glindathegood Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 It's only a contractual obligation anyways, isn't it? I was just looking at the GHV2 tracklisting and remembered that I heard Deeper and Deeper for the first time when it was released in the music stores. So I suppose I should honour it by saying it's what got me to buy Erotica back in 2001. I guess they serve a purpose for more casual fans who like just a few of an artist's biggest hits. They may buy it and discover other music they hadn't heard before and then go back and discover all of her older music. I guess that's why there are contractual obligations. But for me as a long term fan they are boring and useless.
ruey Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I guess they serve a purpose for more casual fans who like just a few of an artist's biggest hits. They may buy it and discover other music they hadn't heard before and then go back and discover all of her older music. I guess that's why there are contractual obligations. But for me as a long term fan they are boring and useless. I agree for the most part. TIC could be an exception in some ways though. Besides being a collection of her biggest 80's hits it's a look back and refresh of sorts, ushering in the new 'sex era' with the release of Justify My Love, as opposed to GHV2 which is just simply a collection. Comparing GHV2 with TIC, I suppose GHV2 is deservedly underrated.
Jazzy Jan Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Greatest hits albums were always fantastic ways for new fans to discover past huge hits of an artist or for casual fans to have all of the hits at their fingertips. They have always been around and can't see the problem people have with them. Not everyone are super committed fans of Madonna like we are, yet appreciate and enjoy her music.
tuckeye Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 i like second cumming. shouldve stuck with that.
VogueMusic Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Yes, all those classic songs I've loved for 30 yrs........simply horrible, awful, an abomination!! Seriously, wtf?? Dramatic much. Madonna fans can be such brats. Bitch you got the real ITG on an album for the first time, sit down and shut the hell up. :clap: Greatest hits albums were always fantastic ways for new fans to discover past huge hits of an artist or for casual fans to have all of the hits at their fingertips. They have always been around and can't see the problem people have with them. Not everyone are super committed fans of Madonna like we are, yet appreciate and enjoy her music. :headbang:
ryan Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Is this a retrospective view, taking into account the Celebration debacle? or did you think that at the time about GHV2 as well? Even the group of monkeys working at WB couldn't have really messed up the basic concept of GHV2 (A 2nd volume of GH from the Queen of Pop), but the whole thing was just so, well..... so-so and underwhelming, not helped that it was the early "ironic" Ritchie years when it was just so uncool for M to acknowledge her pop past. She must of written it's so cool around this time.
Yules Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Its my favorite compilation The desing is great
karbatal Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 I love the special edition too, the desing is beautiful!
karbatal Posted November 3, 2014 Posted November 3, 2014 Oh, and i have the fake album vinyl It's getting so rare now that i see it's being sold for 100 euro!
cosmic_system Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 I personally prefer it to Celebration. Yes, no new songs and that was the worst thing but hey, what can you do. I'm not a fan of the non-chronological order but I changed it on iTunes and now it's perfect. Great songs selection and I don't mind the edits (well, maybe Human Nature is too much). The artwork is amazing, so much better than Celebration and I love love love the cover with the little GHV2 in her eye. Also the mixing/mastering wasn't fucked up like on the the last collection. The limited edition is lovely, too bad there was no vinyl. Yes, The Second Coming was an amazing title, but in a way I really like GHV2 too. THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION SOMETHING TO REMEMBER GHV2 That's it.
Guest bluejean Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 It's a shit release. Shit track list, missing some big hits from that period, including songs that weren't hits, DCFMA wedged in the most awkward place, not even squeezing as many tracks as possible. Cover is pretty but that's about it.
Guest eroticerotic Posted November 4, 2014 Posted November 4, 2014 It was not really a greatest hits though. It was more "madonna's favorite singles" 😊 but it also offers a glimpse to newbies of what madonna was all about in the 90s. She was more album oriented than singles oriented too
Soma Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 The main problem was the tracklist: it missed some great songs and didn't have a new lead single. The artwork and booklet were great. I just always thought it came too early. It would have been better after Confessions.
Fighting Spirit Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 I LOVE it. The very first Madonna album I bought. It will always have a special place in my heart.
george28 Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Without the whole "I'm not your bitch, dont hang your shit on me" line Human nature was a bust. I mean was it really necessary to do that? Couldn't they just have put a explicit content sticker on the cover if it really was such a big deal to have two swear words in a song?
Fighting Spirit Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 I actually think that edit was very unique and well done. You couldn't spot the editing if we all didn't know about the explicit version (which by the way, always made me wonder, why isn't BS censored?).
george28 Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Lol yes not to mention that there was no explicit content sticker on bedtime stories if really two words in a song were that big of a deal
Shane Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 I love the packaging and cover for GHV2. All of her comps with the exception of STR have had glaring omissions so I prefer the studio albums. Then again, with her catalog it would be hard not to omit. And the Human Nature edit sickens me.
Messiahxxx Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 I bought it only because of the artwork tbh
Humberto77rj Posted December 26, 2014 Posted December 26, 2014 Yes, all those classic songs I've loved for 30 yrs........simply horrible, awful, an abomination!! Seriously, wtf?? Dramatic much. Madonna fans can be such brats. Bitch you got the real ITG on an album for the first time, sit down and shut the hell up. THANK YOU!
rocknrolla Posted December 29, 2014 Posted December 29, 2014 For having more hits than any other artist, their collections sure are a clusterfuck.
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