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Like a Virgin [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

MadonnaAudio CD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (168 customer reviews)

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After stars reach a certain point, it's easy to forget what they became famous for and concentrate solely on their personas. Madonna is such a star. She rocketed to stardom so quickly in 1984 that it obscured most of her musical virtues. Appreciating her music became even more difficult as the decade wore on, as discussing her lifestyle became more common. However, one of Madonna's ... Read more in Amazon's Madonna Store

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  • Audio CD (May 22, 2001)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Warner Bros / Wea
  • ASIN: B00005J6SZ
  • Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Music
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (168 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,702 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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

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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

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Over And Over- My favorite song on the album. R. Graff  |  28 reviewers made a similar statement
A classic 80's album. Jeffery Bauman  |  26 reviewers made a similar statement
Highly recommended to anyone that likes the 80's Pop genre of music. 80's Know-It-All  |  12 reviewers made a similar statement
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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Way Better Than You Remember It July 26, 2006
Format:Audio CD
Madonna has never exactly been a critical darling, and Like A Virgin often catches the most flack from the opinionated masses. Through its two biggest singles her second album introduced both the idea of Madonna as "Boy Toy" and originating her virgin/[...] image. However, discounting this effort as a simple paean to eighties culture or debating whether or not the popular music Reagan's first term in office was truly better than disco ignores Madonna's first fully realized piece of pop masterpiece, one of only two discs that were released free of the immense baggage that her image and reputation would soon provide.

Both "Material Girl" and "Like A Virgin" were written for Madonna by outside songwriters, a practice she would forever escape starting with her next full-length effort. Take these hits for what they are - a move just as calculated as Madonna's wardrobe. In fact, a team that was also writing for Cyndi Lauper, who was Madonna's prime competition at the time, penned one of the two.

It was "Like A Virgin" that launched Madonna into the stratosphere after she performed it as a slutty wedding-day centerpiece on the MTV Music Video Awards, wisely escaping before the cake was cut only to wind up writhing around on the stage in a wedding dress and famous "boy toy" belt. However, the massive single that it often obscures is the much-less squeaky "Dress You Up," whose delivery defuses accusations that Madonna wasn't much of a singer. Here she is desperate, insisting that she will dress you in her love at the top of her lungs. You are inclined to believe her.

Also, feel free to ignore the weird dancehall bounce and edgy synthesizers of "Material Girl," which don't have much of an effect on the rest of the proceedings.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Shiny and new October 22, 2005
Format:Audio CD
Madonna's second release, "Like a Virgin," made her a superstar and moved her from pure dance to a more pop- and R&B-tinged sound. Released in 1984, everything about this CD is superb. Madonna's voice was much improved from her debut (although still a bit thin compared to her later vocals), and the production by Nile Rodgers is first-rate. The first single, "Like a Virgin," was a mega-smash, logging 6 weeks at #1; it would be 7 years before another song had that many weeks at #1 - Bryan Adam's "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You." The song even made the Top 10 on the R&B chart! At the time, the song was a bit scandalous but today it's pretty tame. However, anyway you look at it, "Like a Virgin" is a great pop song. The video was also her first high-budget effort; although her writhing in a Venice gondola and being seduced by a man in a lion's mask are more than a bit silly, it's also a gorgeous video.

Three subsequent singles were released and made the Top 5. "Material Girl" became an anthem of sort. The video may have featured an actress spurning the advances of a wealthy lothario in favor of a poor, truck-driving Keith Carradine, but the message of the song suggested the opposite - Madonna proudly proclaimed her love of fame and power. The song helped make Madonna the Marilyn Monroe of the 80s, and gave her the dreaded nickname she tried vainly to abandon for many years. The third single was a bit of a surprise to me - "Angel." It's a beautiful song, but not as catchy or immediate as a number of other songs on the CD. It peaked at #5. "Dress You Up" was the final release, making it to #5. Shockingly, the song was included in the "Filthy Fifteen" published by Tipper Gore's Parent Music Resource Center, presumably for the rather tame reference to "velvet kisses.
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4.0 out of 5 stars THE ALBUM THAT MADE MADONNA AN ICON April 16, 2009
Format:Audio CD
"Like a Virgin" honestly is not my favorite album from Madonna, but I do remember it vividly as a kid, it was the first time I noticed Madonna, this beautiful, playful, spunky young lady with the confidence to match. I remember how the title track rocked the world along with its video. Other songs on the album that I remember well are "Dress you up", "Over and Over", "Angel" "Material Girl" and "Pretender". This is the album that made Madonna into an MTV Pop Icon, a classic.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Like a Virgin February 26, 2011
Format:Audio CD
Madonna did not experience a sophomore slump with this album - in fact this is the one that launched her into pop superstardom!

Her risque performance of the title track on the MTV awards show heightened anticipation for the album and the clever video for MATERIAL GIRL (a song with a strong opening drum beat & bass backing) helped cement her place as an icon.

I've found though that my favorite tracks are the ones that Madonna co-wrote or wrote by herself:

SHOO BEE-DOO - ballad that begins with a sweet acoustic vocal from Madonna and kicks into a doo-wopish sound; I can't hear this track enough even to this day;

OVER & OVER - love the lyrics of this song "and if at first you don't succeed, here's some advice that you should heed - you get up again, over & over..."

ANGEL - whispery vocals on this mid-tempo track

I also give Madonna props for taking on a classic r&b track, LOVE DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE - she really sings her heart out and although not as good as the original, she surely made it her own

The only song that I really don't like is PRETENDER and while STAY is ok, I just don't like it as much as I love tracks 1 - 7. Just as with her debut, listening to this album transports me back to a happier time in my life and I can't help but smile as I reminisce while listening to the music.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Album!
This album was like stepping back into the 80's! They should reissue more of these 80's albums on MP3! Great sound and clarity without the rewinds of the 80's cassette tapes!
Published 3 months ago by Chris M. Reed
5.0 out of 5 stars Love her older music
This is a great cd by Madonna love all the songs. She is a great artist, and still looks good today.
Published 5 months ago by Belinda Casados
5.0 out of 5 stars An eighties must have
Transports me right back to grade school. (And puberty)
No collection is complete without some Madonna, and this is one of the best.
Published 7 months ago by jake kelly
5.0 out of 5 stars look to get reissue album,track listing does not include the 2 bonus...
look to get the CD that contains the 2 remix songs,,like a virgin amd material girl,, this Cd does not show in tracklist but it does show in mp3 download,,, you will want the remix... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Michael Caiafa
2.0 out of 5 stars Track Listing Is Wrong
Madonna's Like a Virgin album is an 80s classic. It was originally 9 tracks, until it was re-released in Europe in 1985 with the song "Into the Groove" added on making it 10... Read more
Published 8 months ago by musicfan
5.0 out of 5 stars The album that made Madonna who she is
The softmore album that proved that Madonna was here to stay, and was and still is memorable.

The first track that gave her the nickname 'Material Girl' never gets... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Lal
5.0 out of 5 stars Great reproduction
Sounds great. I had a problem with one copy I bought but I sent immediately and my card was credited in a couple of days.
Published 10 months ago by Alex Noble
5.0 out of 5 stars One of her BEST!!!
I think it is her best hit. Like a Virgin and Material Girl is the best. Unlike Pretender and Angel is also pretty good.
Published 11 months ago by Fashionista17
2.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE WORSE RE-ISSUES OF THE 2012 MADONNA VINYL SERIES - LIKE A...
I saw all five re-issues in person and am peeved that the original prints weren't use to re-create these album images. Read more
Published 13 months ago by PourHomme80
3.0 out of 5 stars Beware: the master is digital, not analogic!
I owe both 1984 and 2012 new version pressed on 180g vinyl, but the original dated 1984 is much better! Bass is full and strong, sound is clean and warmer. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Musicophile
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