Immaculate Collection (Limited Edition) (1990)

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Format: CD

Manufacturer: Wea/warner Bros.

Buy.com Sku: 60145679

UPC: 075992644020

UPC 14: 00075992644020

Release Date: 11/13/1990

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Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

Sample

1. Holiday ~ Madonna

2. Lucky Star ~ Madonna

3. Borderline ~ Madonna

4. Like A Virgin ~ Madonna

5. Material Girl ~ Madonna

6. Crazy For You ~ Madonna

7. Into The Groove ~ Madonna

8. Live To Tell ~ Madonna

9. Papa Don't Preach ~ Madonna

10. Open Your Heart ~ Madonna

11. La Isla Bonita ~ Madonna

12. Like A Prayer ~ Madonna

13. Express Yourself ~ Madonna

14. Cherish ~ Madonna

15. Vogue ~ Madonna

16. Justify My Love ~ Madonna

17. Rescue Me ~ Madonna

"Five stars... Q Magazine

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel includes: Madonna (vocals); Lenny Kravitz, Dian Sorel, Catherine Russell, Lillias White (background vocals).
	Producers include: Madonna, Stephen Bray, Lenny Kravitz, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Nile Rodgers.
	If you're only going to get one Madonna record, or if you want to find out what the fuss is about, start here. THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION compiles the cream of Madonna's '80s singles, from the dancefloor innocence of "Holiday" to the soul-searching pop of "Live To Tell" and "Like A Prayer" to the forward-looking, beat-crazy stylings of "Vogue." Included are a few singles, "Vogue" among them, that didn't make it onto any of Madonna's proper studio albums, and a couple of cuts exclusive to the collection, most notably the weird, Lenny Kravitz-produced "Justify My Love."
	Though there are a few ballads, the vibe is dance-pop, and to that end most of THE IMMACULATE COLLECTION was remixed by Shep Pettibone, Madonna's producer of choice at the time. Most of the mixes are true to the original singles, just buffed up a bit, while "Like A Prayer" gets a kind of Latin disco overhaul. For a summation of '80s pop, you can hardly do better. Seven of these songs hit numbr one and 13 of them made the top ten. And still Madonna was able to leave off several major hits, a measure of how picky she could afford to be. IMMACULATE indeed.
Musical Guests
	Lenny Kravitz

Artist Overview

Madonna is arguably the most popular female pop singer in American musical history. Although she began her career in the late 1970s as a dancer and as drummer for new wave group the Breakfast Club, Madonna has touched upon many different styles throughout her trend-setting career, and has acted in numerous movies as well. Although her image has shifted to include looks as disparate as raunchy temptress and New Age mother, the Material Girl has always maintained a fierce business sense and a remarkable knack for controversy. Few other artists--male or female--have had the phenomenal mass adulation or the staying power of this pop culture icon.

Compilation Appearances

	Evita
	Evita
	Gift Of Love
	Now & Forever (Bonus Tracks)
	Andrew Lloyd Webber Gold (Bonus Tracks)
	In The Zone
	Now & Forever (Bonus Tracks)
	Andrew Lloyd Webber Gold (Bonus Tracks)
	13 Going On 30
	Greatest Hits: My Prerogative
	Andrew Lloyd Webber: Divas
	Thrivemix 2: Mixed By Vic Latino
	Greatest Hits And Remixes
	Annie Lennox Collection
	Annie Lennox Collection (w/ Bonus DVD)
	Story So Far
	Singles Collection
	Ultra Dance 11
	Songs For Japan

Associated Artists and Works

	Aguilera, Christina
	Ciccone, Madonna
	Original Soundtrack
	Selections from Evita ~ Original Soundtrack
	Selections from Evita ~ Original Soundtrack
	Vitamin String Quartet
	Wernherr, Otto
	Who's That Girl?

Technical Info

	Release Date : 11/13/1990
	Original Release Date : 1990
	Catalog ID : 26440
	Label : Sire
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : AAD
	UPC : 00075992644020

Professional Reviews

Q (10/00, p.154)
- Included in Q's "Best Best Of... Albums Of All Time"

Q (1/91)
- 5 Stars - Indispensable - "..a fitting testament to one of the most extraordinary pop artists of the last 20 years.." Included in Q's list of the Fifty Best Albums of 1990.

Entertainment Weekly 9 of 10
...Immaculate is as relentless as the woman herself. It never lets you forget for one dance-remixed second that few artists have racked up such a string of hits over such a relatively short period of time... a welcome reminder of what drew many of us to the Material Girl in the first place: her music. The album refocuses our attention on how brilliant her records have been over the years... it stands as the story of one woman's journey from fledgling self-promoter to rich self-promoter, with the aid of a good beat and uncanny marketing instincts. It proves that in all of recent pop, there are few stories more fascinating. - David Browne

Bio

As Madonna puts it, "I had no particular sense that I was going to be anything. When I was in high school, I wanted to be a professional dancer. That was my dream...dance just led to music and singing, but I did not grow up wanting to be a singer. Someone taught me how to play the guitar, and I started writing music like I was possessed. Writing songs. It was the strangest thing. I didn't know I was going to be a singer until I was twenty-four." Madonna is, of course, the ultimate icon. The musical masterpieces, groundbreaking videos, starring film roles, charitable causes, and now the greatest role of all--Lourdes' and Rocco's mom! Through the chameleon-like changes, all the controversies and clamor, and now the joys of motherhood, it seems that the modern woman of legend has done it all: singer--composer--producer--author--actor--model--mogul--you name it. Not only can she do it all; there is nothing, it seems, she hasn't tried... at least once! Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, the third of eight children in a large traditional Italian family, was named after her mother who passed away from breast cancer when Madonna was only six years old. Sylvio Ciccone raised his children not only with a solid Catholic background, but with a disciplined work ethic as well. In high school Madonna was a cheerleader and straight-A student. She fell in love with dance and sometimes spent up to five hours a day taking dance classes and working out. Upon graduation she won a dance scholarship to the University Of Michigan. Finding the academic atmosphere stifling, after a year of college Madonna set off for New York City in 1977 with just $35 and her suitcase of leotards and toe shoes. Before long she had earned a spot with the Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe and, for a while, worked as the assistant to modern dance choreographer, Pearl Lange. After struggling for several years in the dance world she began to broaden her artistic horizons. She turned her energies to music, and the rest, as you know, is a historical and legendary work in progress...