MADONNA DISCOGRAPHY GOODBYE TO INNOCENCE FULL
A modest little album full of attractive pop songs that despite the 80s production touches, remains extremely listenable today, some twenty-plus years later. 'Borderline' is a more under-stated tune, but it's cleverly arranged and sports a fine Madonna vocal to hold it together. 'Lucky Star' is excellent pop music, the famous 'Holiday' a song I personally have to be in the mood for, it gets old very quickly if over-played, which on radio in the 80s it certainly was. Leaving 3 big 80s pop songs to make up the remainder of the album, an album without a single, genuinely weak song, quite unsual to come across an album from this era we can say such a thing about, so props to Madonna for that. 'Physical Attraction', 'Think Of It' and 'I Know It' are filler tracks that don't embarrass themselves. It's a great track, no question about it.
'Burning Up' was the 2nd single released before the album, her voice sounds strong, the beats are repetitive yet enjoyably embellished with keyboard melodies and rock guitar. Her voice sounds whiny and irritating on 'Everybody', which it doesn't do on the better 'Burning Up'. Madonna implores the listeners to 'get up, dance and sing'. Still, 'Everybody' is a track that would sound great re-made for the 00's, the simple lyrical message 'Everybody, get up and do your thing'. It's the kind of thing that happened in the 80s. Five singles from an eight track LP? Well, yes. Two singles pre-date the famous ones that everybody knows, so i'll briefly discuss those first. This debut LP actually sold around 3 millions copies, so Warners/Sire were obviously pleased enough as it was. The 'Like A Virgin' album and single is often credited incorrectly with 'launching' Madonna.
MADONNA DISCOGRAPHY GOODBYE TO INNOCENCE PLUS
The rest is made up of Lucas compositions ( 'Borderline' and 'Physical Attraction' ) plus 'Holiday', a song that found it's way to Madonna and then found its way right up to the heights of number sixteen on the Billboard 'Hot' 100. Five of the eight tracks here are Madonna compositions, by the way. Jellybean arrived late to the project after Madonna was unhappy with the original mixes. Framing Madonna's girlish hiccup of a voice are synthetic backing tracks co-created by Madonna, Warners/Sire producer Reggie Lucas and John "Jellybean" Benitez. It's clear this is a dance-pop album, an album partly reinventing disco for the 80s. Now that Madonna has moved full circle with 'Confessions On A Dance Floor' and looking back over her self-titled debut, this is no mere 80s pop record. Creating club tracks led to Sire records signing her up, the rest is history. She mixed with various local bands - playing the drums, sometimes even singing. Moved to New York City circa age 19, just as disco was all the rage. She went to university on a dance scholarship. Madonna Ciccone, the third of eight children born to an Italian family in Michigan, USA. Lucky Star / Borderline / Burning Up / I Know It / Holiday / Think Of Me / Physical Attraction / Everybody
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