Madonna - Celebration

It is the third Greatest Hits album by Madonna and is also available as DVD. The album also contains three new songs and the album contains 18 songs total. The Deluxe version contains 36 songs. This is the standard version. The songs are focused on pop and dance genre. Below is a discussion of some songs:

Hung Up
Hung Up is one of the new songs of Madonna. When you listen you will recognize the tune of ABBA's Gimme Gimme more. It is a good dance song with a good up tempo beat. It's a bit overproduced and especially the voice of Madonna's is electro-like, but it certainly sounds good to my ears.

Music
This number is equal to the electro pop music influences and the song begins with a male voice saying: 'DJ put the record on. I wanna dance with my baby. "Then comes the whole clear electro beat to the fore after about 20 seconds, the voice of Madonna is soft and the infectious beat is clearly there. It is a more mid tempo song which certainly sounds good.

Like a Virgin
One of the most famous songs of Madonna's Like A Virgin. The obvious younger Madonna has a much rougher voice that certainly fits well with this song. The song is a mid tempo song and what is primarily a teasing number. Even now it would be good fit in the top 40 with a minor change. Definitely catchy song.

Like a Prayer
A nice dramatic song Like a Prayer with church influences as the organ. Madonna begins the song with a calm voice after dramatically the tempo goes up. Quite dramatically the song has a choir in the background. A good original song that definitely should not be missed on this album.

Ray of Light
Ray Of Light is an song where Madonna clearly struck a somewhat different way. It still has the electro pop influences with a dance background, but it's also kind of esoteric. It shows again how good Madonna has grown and funny enough you can hear a big difference in her voice. The rawness is definitely gone.

Secret
With secret comes suddenly the guitar and dance electro influences are all suddenly gone. A very laid back song with mostly just the guitar and the voice of Madonna. A pleasant change. A nice song.

Erotica
I think the title of this song says enough. The song sounds a bit teasing and Madonna has a sexual voice again. The explicit lyrics fit the song title and the groans here and there of course fits well with. A fairly good song with a nice mid tempo beat.

Express Yourself
Another classic is the song Express Yourself. It's a nice happy upbeat pop song and really a song to dance to. The pace remains good throughout the song good. It has electro influences, but they are still more the drums beat what the states. Just a nice upbeat song.

Conclusion

It is a good collection of songs from the last few albums from Madonna. The last released songs like 4 Minutes and Hung Up make the album more modern, but I'm glad there are old songs like Like A Virgin and Like A Prayer. The album clearly shows the difference of the Madonna then and now, yet you recognize certain elements to say that they are typical Madonna songs. I certainly was not disappointed with this album and it's a nice collection.