Track Listing

1. Material Girl
2. Angel
3. Like A Virgin
4. Over And Over
5. Love Don't Live Here Anymore
6. Dress You Up
7. Shoo-Bee-Doo
8. Pretender
9. Stay

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7772 in Music
• Published on: 2000
• Released on: 2001-05-22
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered

Amazon.com
Madonna's second album was her breakthrough, thanks principally to two gimmicky hits: the sinuous "Like a Virgin," with its taboo-busting metaphor for that fresh, clean new-love feeling, and the cutesy, Betty-Boopsy "Material Girl." Most of the rest of the album, although similarly frothy, is superior to those warhorses, notably the irresistible LP tracks "Over and Over," and "Pretender"--which adds a bit of gossamer delicacy to the mandatory bounciness. "Dress You Up" is a Madonna classic, an insubstantial dance-pop delight bedecked in synthesized bells and replete to the beat with kinky suggestions. And there's a sign of greater depth to come in her cover of Rose Royce's elegiac ballad "Love Don't Live Here Anymore," a heartfelt vocal supported by a subtle, gorgeous arrangement helmed by producer Nile Rodgers and his two key Chic instrumental compatriots, Bernard Edwards and Tony Thompson. --Ken Barnes

Customer Reviews

No Sophomore slump here!
An artist's biggest fear: The sophomore slump.

The industry's nickname of when a new artist fails to match or best the success of their first release. As we all know, this was not an issue with Madonna. And on November 12, 1984, we all witnessed the now "Material Girls" meteoric rise to superstardom.

What was apparent was what was on the horizon. Controversy.

Titling an album with the word "Virgin" was pretty gutsy in 1984. And what happened on the very first MTV video music awards had some in shock. But, like it or not, Madonna had found America's "button" and she pushed it with glee.

Labeled "An annoying one-hit-wonder, with the voice of Minnie Mouse on helium", Madonna's second album found her branching out to new musical genres. Pop, R&B, and a first for Madonna, ballads.

Selling almost 20 Million copies worldwide, this is Madonna's second album, and a fine example of what was happening musically in 1984.

TOP EARNING TOUR BY A FEMALE ARTIST

Cher Earned The Top Grossing Tour By A Solo Artist
Billboard Changed Cher's Tour Statistics To Award Madonna The Top Grossing Tour By A Female Artist.
The tours were different types of tours, Cher's tour had about 5 times more shows than Madonna's tour, and Madonna's top ticket price was about 5 times higher than Cher's top ticket price.

***I respect the fact that Cher chose to charge about $35 to $75 per ticket on her Living Proof Farewell Tour, and that Cher chose to extend her farewell Tour, doing 325 shows and leaving the prices low***

BILLBOARD BOXSCORE
Cher: Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2002
#2 Cher $67,624,323 selling 1,012,037 tickets from 83 shows
Cher: Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2003
#3 Cher $76,269,364 selling 1,147,920 tickets from 113 shows
BILLBOARD BOXSCORE YEAR END CHART TOTALS for 2002 & 2003 = $143,893,687 selling 2,159,957 tickets from 196 shows
**with 4 shows "unreported" in this tally. Cher's Farewell tour had 200 shows up to this point.

Cher: Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2005
#14 Cher $27,237,641 selling 381,436 tickets from 40 shows
BILLBOARD BOXSCORE YEAR END CHART TOTALS for 2002, 2003 & 2005 = $171,131,328 selling 2,541,393 tickets from 236 shows
**with 89 shows "unreported" in this tally. Cher's Farewell Tour had a total of 325 Worldwide shows

Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 11-8-2003 -reports that Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour played 200 shows, sold 2.2 million tickets and grossed $145 million, becoming the top grossing tour by a female artist. "Every place we could possibly put this show, we've placed it" says tour producer Brad Wavra.

Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 5-28-2005 -reports that Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour is the top grossing tour by a female artist, and that it grossed $194,683,927 selling 2,880,726 tickets from 280 North American shows that realized 90% of her gross potential and played to 92% of capacity. He goes on to report that the Worldwide tour had 325 shows and grossed well over $200 million.
**that leaves 45 "unreported" shows in this tally.

THEN CHER'S TOUR GROSS WAS CHANGED

Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 4-22-2006 -reports that Cher's Living Proof Farewell Tour grossed $192.5 million from 273 shows and that Madonna's Confessions Tour has a gross potential in the $200 million range and could become the top grossing tour by a female artist.
**this would leave 52 "unreported" shows on Cher's 325 date Worldwide Farewell Tour.
Tamara Conniff Billboard Magazine Senior Editor 10-14-2006 -reports that Madonna's Confessions Tour is the top grossing tour by a female artist grossing $193 million from 60 shows that sold close to 1.2 million tickets, besting Cher's tour benchmark of $192.5 million "however, Cher remains one of the top divas"

-- Pollstar reports Madonna's Confessions Tour earned $85.9 million from 34 shows with an average ticket price of $183.76.
Ray Waddell Billboard Magazine 8-12-2006 -reports that Madonna's Confessions Tour grossed $85.8 million selling 467,312 tickets from 34 North American shows. He goes on to report that Madonna should gross $200 million Worldwide and make "history" by Posting the top grossing tour by a female artist.

MADONNA Billboard Boxscore Year End Chart 2006
#2 -$194,754,447 selling 1,209618 from 60 shows

***POLLSTAR STATS***
Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2002
#3 Cher $73.6 million selling 1,106,471 tickets from 93 shows
$71.89 average ticket price, $875,593 average show gross
Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2003
#5 Cher $68.2 million selling 1,034,057 tickets from 102 shows
$65.91 average ticket price, $695,412 average show gross
POLLSTAR TOTAL for 2002 & 2003= $141.8 million selling 2,140,528 tickets from 195 shows
**leaving 5 of the 200 shows "unreported"

Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2004
#17 Cher $29.1 million selling 447,039 tickets from 54 shows
$65.19 average ticket price, $582,807 average show gross.
Cher: Pollstar Year End Tours 2005
#32 Cher $17.8 million selling 252,584 tickets from 26 shows
$70.37 average ticket price, $740,624 average show gross.
POLLSTAR TOTAL for 2002, 2003, 2004 & 2005 = $188.7 million selling 2,840,151 tickets from 275 shows (of 325 Worldwide shows)
**this leaves 50 "unreported" shows in this tally.

NIELSEN TV RATINGS
CHER Farewell Tour 4-8-2003 NBC 9-11pm
#7 -16.6 million viewers
#10 -5.9/15 rating in the 18-49 demographic
Cher was aged 56

MADONNA Confessions Tour 11-22-2006 NBC 8-10pm
#73 -4.6 million viewers
#72 -1.8/5 rating in the 18-49 demographic
Madonna was aged 48

Nielsen Soundscan reports that Cher's "Living Proof" album sold 500,000 copies in the U.S, and Madonna's "Confessions on a Dancefloor" sold 1.6 million copies

Madonna's Signature Album
This is probably Madonna's most Popular and well known Album.
Out of all of her 80's Albums its not my Favourite Album, "Like A Prayer is, after that "True Blue" is my fave, and Behind that is "Madonna" her debuet, and since "Into The Groove" isnt on this CD it looses a star. But this is a fun pop Album. My Favourite songs are "Material Girl" "Like A Virgin", "Angel" and "Dress You Up". ( Basically the singles ). I also like "Stay", but I feel like the other tracks "Over and Over", "Love Don't Live Here Anymore", and "Pretender" are basically filler, even though fun. Out of the filler tracks "LDLHA" IS My fave as it was Madonna's first attempt at a Epic Ballad, though they would get much better on her next album like "Live To Tell". Two bonus tracks are included however. They are extended remixes of "Like A Virgin", and "Material Girl" remixed by the Albums producer John Jellybean Benitez. This is a Definitive MTV Album, and also a Definitive Pop Culture Album. This is for Madonna, what "Thriller" was for Michael Jackson....Of course the flashy video's for the Title track , and For "Material Girl" ( Who could forget Madonna as Marilyn Monroe in that Pink Dress ) and 1984 MTV Video Music Awards Performance of Like A Virgin helped. They were Defining moments in Pop Culture, and this Album deserves it's place in Pop Culture. It just sucks that "Into The Groove" wasn't included on this Remastered Warner Bros release like it was on the 1985 Re Release. It would have also been nice is "Crazy For You" was on here too. Overall the Sound Quality is Excellent. The Album is worth the Money for the Iconic Cover Alone.