You Can Dance - Madonna

One of Madonna's earlier albums finds her in a suitably poppy mode. This album is littered with songs which will tempt you onto the dancefloor. Who: The queen of pop Madonna has now racked up hits between 1984 and 2009. This album arrived in the fall of 1987 and went top five. On this album: This is a collection of some of her dancier numbers which have been given a remixing or a remastering. One of the crucial choices was 'Into The Groove' which is weaved into a glorious, if not slightly overlong remix. It comes in at not far off nine minutes! 'Holiday' is given a good extended version, perfect for filling dancefloors. ...  Read the complete review

To be honest, this album is quite a cop-out for an artist who, even at this point in her career, made a point of being original and standing out from the crowd. Ignore all that garble about "going back to my roots" and "this is for the fans" - the fans are perfectly capable of buying the original tracks, rather than forking out for this very, very long album. The songs are all joined together so you never get a chance to draw your breath - no-one can dance for that long without getting a stitch.The remixers have also murdered 'Over And Over' and 'Where's The Party' with what sounds like naff keyboard demos played over the top of them. The ...  Read the complete review

This is essentially a remix album with the previously unreleased song 'Spotlight'. Not being an original studio album, it will not be at the top of many people's buying lists, but it is a party album that successfully summed up the mood of the time. An indication of this is the way the songs run on from each other without stopping. Spotlight is the only totally new song on the album, and it happily encourages everyone to get up and go into the spotlight, because "Everybody is a star, everyone is special in their own way...". Held over from Madonna's first early albums and mixed by 'Jellybean' Benitez, it has a similar chord ...  Read the complete review

Madonna decided that for this album she would revisit her songs and spruce them up a little bit, make them that bit different from the originals, she also added in some new songs as well, such as "Spotlight". Although this is a good album, I am not one for revisiting songs and changing them. The songs that Madonna sang are great the way they are, she does however add a few extra ones such as spotlight but I'd prefer it if she just left her songs the way they were. ...  Read the complete review