Like A Prayer - Madonna

I have been reading Madonna's autobiography this week on the insistence of my wife. It has made me think more about the person and her music, rather than just the image that she projects. Living with a pretty serious Madonna fan means that I have access to most of her album releases, so I had a look through and listened to most of them, and I have decided that this album is probably my favourite. It was released 14 years ago in 1989, at a time when Madonna was at her most deliberately confrontational. So many people were shocked by the images portrayed in her videos, but when I look at them now they just seem so tame compared to some of the images we find ourselves ...

Have you ever bought an album for one song and then discovered that the rest of the songs were difficult to fall for? We have all done it and I'm afraid that's how I feel about Like a Prayer. Everybody knows the title track, what with the "controversial" music video that accompanied the single release. OH WATCH OUT - Jesus is black! Thankfully, despite lynching the world's greatest man into the scheme of things, the song remains one of the best pop moments of the 1980's. Madonna's voice shines and the backing choir suits the style of song really well. The funky bass and party time drums remind me a little of Prince. Talking of Prince, ...

Madonna has made so many albums I’ve lost count. This is the crème de la crème of her work that is not a greatest hits album. It was made in 1989 and features many of her best songs including: ‘Oh Father’, ‘Cherish’ and ‘Express Yourself’ as well as the title track, ‘Like a Prayer’. Like a prayers material is varied from song to song and shows her true feelings and emotions. It was her first break from teenybopper pop that she had been doing before into controversial issues and she really does ‘express herself’. So what makes this album so good? Lets have a look… 1: Like a ...