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In your opinions what are the songs that best represent their mother albums thematically/lyrically/musically? Some of her albums are pretty bipolar so it'd be fun to see what people will choose!

Pick one for each only.

Madonna: Burning Up.

Like A Virgin: Dress You Up.

True Blue: Papa Don't Preach.

Like A Prayer: Oh Father

Erotica: Deeper And Deeper

Bedtime Stories: Survival

Ray Of Light: Sky Fits Heaven

Music: Don't Tell Me

American Life: Nothing Fails

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Jump

Hard Candy: Incredible

MDNA: I Fucked Up (Yes girl you did)

Rebel Heart: Veni Vidi Vici

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Everybody

Dress You Up

Open Your Heart

Like a Prayer

Deeper and Deeper

Human Nature

Nothing Really Matters

Gone

Hollywood

Get Together

Give It 2 Me

Love Spent

Veni Vidi Vici

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Madonna: Burning Up (I'm on fire!)

Like A Virgin: Material Girl

True Blue: True Blue (Motown inspired synth pop and head over heels "in love" tone)

Like A Prayer: Till Death Do Us Part (confessional tone with a keen pop sensibility)

Erotica: Waiting (darker, moodier, defiant and yet hopeful -waiting- for love)

Bedtime Stories: Survival

Ray Of Light: Nothing Really Matters (looking back at her life and admitting she has changed because of her daughter)

Music: What It Feels Like For A Girl ("when you're trying hard to be your best, could you be a little less..." It kick started her angry phase that culminated in AL.

American Life: Nobody Knows Me (she was trying to show another side of her with that album, the Anti-Material Girl, in truth nobody knew like Guy knew her at the time)

Confessions On A Dancefloor: How High (confessing her doubts on whether she should carry on and whether what she accomplished would matter when she's gone, all of it to the sound of disco)

Hard Candy: Incredible ("I don't want this to end, I'm a losing my best friend...." Trying to make a party of what she probably already knew could not be fixed: her marriage)

MDNA: I Don't Give A (listing all the reasons why she was to busy to care about Guy and other people think and too busy to come up with a decent tracklist)

Rebel Heart: Beautiful Scars (she's acknowledging her flaws and asking us to accept her that way, this album is her most vulnerable and this track illustrates that. "Always been a rebel overcoming obstacles; I can't give you perfect but I can give you forever...")

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Holiday

Dress You Up

Open Your Heart

Like A Prayer

Erotica

Survival

Sky Fits Heaven

Impressive Instant

Nothing Fails

Get Together

Give It 2 Me

Love Spent

Joan Of Arc

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Madonna: Everybody

Like A Virgin: Like a Virgin

True Blue: Papa Don't Preach.

Like A Prayer: Express Yourself

Erotica: Erotica

Bedtime Stories: Secret

Ray Of Light: Ray of Light

Music: Don't Tell Me

American Life: Love Profusion

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Jump

Hard Candy: Give it 2 me

MDNA: Girl Gone Wild

Rebel Heart: Joan of Arc

I know you said only pick one, but for Rebel Heart I'd have to pick "S.E.X." to go with the rebel side. But, I'll go with Joan of Arc to play by the rules.

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Lucky Star
Like A Virgin
Open Your Heart
Like A Prayer
Erotica
Human Nature
Drowned World/Substitute For Love
Music
Nobody Knows Me
Hung Up
Give It 2 Me
Gang Bang
Living For Love

:confessions:

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Madonna: Holiday

Like A Virgin: Like A Virgin

True Blue: Papa Don't Preach

Like A Prayer: Express Yourself

Erotica: Erotica

Bedtime Stories: Human Nature

Ray Of Light: Drowned World/Substitute For Love

Music: Gone

American Life: Nobody Knows Me

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Hung Up

Hard Candy: Give It 2 Me

MDNA: I Don't Give A

Rebel Heart: Living For Love

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Madonna: Everybody


Like A Virgin: Like A Virgin


True Blue: Open Your Heart


Like A Prayer: Like a Prayer


Erotica: Erotica


Bedtime Stories: Secret


Ray Of Light: Skin


Music: Don't Tell Me


American Life: X-Static Process


Confessions On A Dancefloor: Future Lovers


Hard Candy: Incredible


MDNA: Gang Bang


Rebel Heart: Rebel Heart

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Guest Rocco Papa

Madonna: Everybody


Like A Virgin: Like A Virgin


True Blue: .True Blue


Like A Prayer: Keep It Together


Erotica: Why's It So Hard?


Bedtime Stories: Survival


Ray Of Light: Ray Of Light


Music: Music


American Life: American Life


Confessions On A Dancefloor: Hung Up


Hard Candy: Candy Shop


MDNA: I Don't Give A


Rebel Heart: Rebel Heart



OMG This was so hard to do!! :lol:


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MADONNA

Everybody

LAV

Like A Virgin

TB

Live To Tell

LAP

Oh Father

EROTICA

Secret Garden

BS

Secret

ROL

Ray Of Light

MUSIC

I Deserve It

AL

American Life

COADF

Future Lovers

HC

Give It 2 Me

MDNA

Gang Bang

RH

Rebel Heart

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Madonna = Holiday

Like a Virgin = Like a Virgin

True Blue = Live to Tell

Like a Prayer = Like a Prayer

Erotica = Erotica

Bedtime Stories = Human Nature

Ray of Light = Drowned World

Music = Don't Tell Me

American Life = Nobody Knows Me

COADF = Get Together

Hard Candy = Beat Goes On

MDNA = I'm Addicted

Rebel Heart = Joan of Arc

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Madonna: Burning Up

Like A Virgin: Like A Virgin

True Blue: .Open Your Heart

Like A Prayer: Like A Prayer

Erotica: Secret Garden

Bedtime Stories: Secret

Ray Of Light: Drowned World / Substitute for Love

Music: Music

American Life: American Life

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Future Lovers

Hard Candy: Give it to Me

MDNA: I Don't Give A

Rebel Heart: Rebel Heart

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Madonna: HOLIDAY

Like A Virgin: DRESS YOU UP

True Blue: OPEN YOUR HEART

Like A Prayer: LIKE A PRAYER

Erotica: EROTICA

Bedtime Stories: SECRET

Ray Of Light: SKY FITS HEAVEN

Music: DONT TELL ME

American Life: NOBODY KNOWS ME

Confessions On A Dancefloor: FUTURE LOVERS

Hard Candy: GIVE IT 2 ME

MDNA: I'M ADDICTED

Rebel Heart: VENI VEDI VICI (good choice)

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Madonna: Holiday

Like A Virgin: Dress You Up.

True Blue: Open your heart

Like A Prayer: Like a prayer

Erotica: Deeper And Deeper

Bedtime Stories: Love tried to welcome me

Ray Of Light: Frozen

Music: Don't Tell Me

American Life: Die another day

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Hung up

Hard Candy: Beat goes on

MDNA: Masterpiece

Rebel Heart: Ghosttown

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I have always found the first track of each album usually shows her mood and where she wants to go thematically and musically. Even a simple track like Survival in Bedtime Stories gives us a general idea of where she's at in terms of emotions and production wise.

Sometimes we can have songs like Papa Don't Preach that can showcase the overall production of the album but thematically or lyrically is kind of far stretched or in the case of Rebel Heart she's giving away the lyrical content with Living For Love but production wise the track is not representative of the whole album.

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Madonna: LUCKY STAR


Like A Virgin: LIKE A VIRGIN


True Blue: OPEN YOUR HEART


Like A Prayer: LIKE A PRAYER


Erotica: DEEPER AND DEEPER


Bedtime Stories: SECRET


Ray Of Light: FROZEN


Music: DON'T TELL ME


American Life: LOVE PROFUSION


Confessions On A Dancefloor: JUMP


Hard Candy: GIVE IT 2 ME


MDNA: TURN UP THE RADIO


Rebel Heart: REBEL HEART


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Burning Up

Love Don't Live Here Anymore

Live to Tell

Promise to Try

Bad Girl

Love Tried to Welcome Me

Frozen

Paradise

Nothing Fails

Let it Will Be

She's Not Me

Masterpiece

Joan of Arc

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Madonna: Holiday

Like A Virgin: Dress You Up

True Blue: Open your Heart

Like A Prayer: Like a Prayer

Erotica: Erotica

Bedtime Stories: Forbidden Love

Ray Of Light: Ray of Light

Music: Music

American Life: Hollywood

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Hung up

Hard Candy: Give It 2 Me

MDNA: I Don't Give A

Rebel Heart: Living for Love

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1983: Lucky Star

1984: Like a Virgin

1986: Open Your Heart

1989: Express Yourself

1992: Erotica

1994: Bedtime Story

1998: Drowned World/Substitute for Love

2000: Don't Tell Me

2003: Love Profusion

2005: Jump

2008: Give It 2 Me

2012: I'm Addicted

2015: Living for Love

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Madonna: Holiday



Like A Virgin: Like a Virgin



True Blue: Open Your Heart



Like A Prayer: Like a Prayer



Erotica: Deeper And Deeper



Bedtime Stories: Bedtime Story



Ray Of Light: Sky Fits Heaven



Music: Paradise (not for me)



American Life: Die Another Day



Confessions On A Dancefloor: Jump



Hard Candy: Give It 2 Me! YEAH!



MDNA: Masterpiece



Rebel Heart: Holy Water

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Holiday

Material girl

Papa dont preach

Express yourself

Erotica

Secret

Power of the good bye

Dont tell me

Nobody knows me

Hung up

Give it 2 me

Gang bang

Holly water

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So the second single most of the time reflects the album

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Holiday

Material girl

Papa dont preach

Express yourself

Erotica

Secret

Power of the good bye

Dont tell me

Nobody knows me

Hung up

Give it 2 me

Gang bang

Holly water

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So the second single most of the time reflects the album

Good point. And I love all your choices!!! X

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Borderline

Like A Virgin

Open Your Heart

Like A Prayer

Something To Remember

Erotica

Secret

Drowned World/Substitute For Love

Music

Hollywood

Isaac

Give It 2 Me

Love Spent

Rebel Heart

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Madonna: Holiday

Like A Virgin: Into the Groove

True Blue: True Blue

Like A Prayer: Pray for Spanish Eyes

Erotica: Deeper And Deeper

Bedtime Stories: Love Tried to Welcome Me

Ray Of Light: Skin

Music: American Pie

American Life: Die Another Day

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Hung Up

Hard Candy: Miles Away

MDNA: Girl Gone Wild

Rebel Heart: Joan of Arc

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Madonna - Physical Attraction

Like a virgin - Into the Groove

True Blue - Open Your Heart

Like a Prayer - Express Yourself

Erotica - Deeper and Deeper

Bedtime Stories - Secret

Ray of Light - Swim

Music - I Deserve it

American Life - Nobody knows me

Confessions on a Dance Floor - Get together

Hard Candy - Beat Goes On

MDNA - Beautiful Killer

Rebel Heart - Living For Love

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Madonna: Burning Up

Like A Virgin: Dress You Up

True Blue: Papa Don't Preach

Like A Prayer: Like A Prayer

Erotica: Erotica

Bedtime Stories: Take A Bow

Ray Of Light: Frozen

Music: Music

American Life: Nobody Knows me

Confessions On A Dancefloor: Get Together

Hard Candy: Beat Goes On

MDNA: Love Spent

Rebel Heart: Rebel Heart
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