Erotica [PA] by Madonna

Pros: "Bad Girl" and "Rain" are among her two best ballads. Cutting-edge production.
Cons: Madonna sounds bored, rigid, stiff, icy.

Children, cover your ears. The Demon's about to talk about sex. Although it's safe to say that the American public has loosened up greatly over the past fifteen years or so, any discussion of sex is going to cause it's share of red faces and giggles. ...

Pros: It's interesting. It's certaintly interesting.
Cons: Not her best effort. Vocal are all over the place. Two horrid songs.

I've reviewed this album once before, but that piece-o-crap write up has since been removed, and I hope to high heavens that you have no recollection of it! In other news, I've been racking my brain thinking of albums and singles to review, and I'm in a ...

Pros: Some of her most underrated work; Waiting, In This Life and all the singles.
Cons: Did You Do It?, some repetitive music, the fact that I'm 15 and reviewing this.

It’s truly amazing how much an artist as a person can change in just a couple short years. But really, this is something Madonna has always been famous for – being able to vastly change her music and image in just the few short years in bet ...

Pros: Those jazzy sounds, some poignant lyrics, and great dance beats.
Cons: Gets a little monotonous. Filler. Did You Do It?

The music industry is a strange, strange thing. I've been an avid obsessee with it for many years now, and there's some things I've yet to understand. Long ago it was determined that sex sells records. We've seen this proven with the likes of Britney ...

Pros: Good beat, nice arrangements, sexy low voice
Cons: high notes are just not for Madonna

Growing up I never knew that it is “cool” to like/love/listen to/adore Madonna. She was always there and it seemed like she would always be there. First time I realized that she’s actually cool was when I came to the States and my Modern History of...

Pros: Like sex, when it's good, it's mindblowing!
Cons: ....Also like sex, when it's bad, it's terrible!

Preamble Madonna has always been sexual. It's an accepted fact of who Madonna is as a person and as an artist. From the sleazy come on of Physical Attraction to the sly innuendo hinted at in Like A Prayer, Madonna has ...

Pros: Rain, Bad Girl, Waiting, Fever, good all around
Cons: Some of the songs tend to sound the same

Back in the early 1990s, Madonna's infamous Sex book and "too hot for MTV" video "Justify My Love" were causing controversy. Amidst all this, 1992's Erotica was quickly dismissed by the critics and forgotten by the fans (it has only sold ...

Pros: Dance tunes, Madonna's distortion, Overall everything
Cons: "Words" is a bit cliche but still good

In every Madonna review so far, I've stated (in one way or another) Madonna's best is EROTICA, the so called "sex" album that disappointingly sold only 2 million copies while her book, non-ironically called SEX, sold much more. There is no real ...

Pros: Well, "Erotica" is pretty damn cool.
Cons: "Where life begins", "Did You Do it"

If there was every a year at which Madonna was at the center of an endless controversy, 1992 would be the first to come to my mind. Sure she had some minor controversies when she realeased "Justify My Love" and "Hanky Panky", a song about spanking from ...

Pros: Great menacing vibe throughout. More sophisticated lyrics and song structures.
Cons: Almost entirely atmosphere based. Don't bother if you're looking for catchiness.

From writhing around in a wedding dress and cooing “Like A Virgin” to making out with Jesus in her “Like A Prayer” video, Madonna’s career has pretty much been an ongoing war against Western values regarding sexuality, especially that ...

Pros: Erotica, Bye Bye Baby, Bad Girl, Rain, Waiting
Cons: Shep Pettibones Cold and boring production. Too much talk, not enough singing.

As a life long Madonna fan, I remember waiting in great anticipation for Erotica. Her first studio album since her stellar Like A Prayer, I had nothing but the highest expectations. This was also, the first Madonna album to that point, to disapoint me. ...

Pros: Madonna is hard-core and raw
Cons: A little much for the overly religious or judgmental

This is review #4 in my series of most influential Madonna albums, leading up to the release of "MUSIC". Be sure to check them all out!

If all albums were judged by a title track, then many albums wouldn't get the credit they...

Pros: some good dance tracks
Cons: not erotic, just explicit

When this album came out in the early 1990's, I was a junior in college. Although I have always enjoyed Madonna's music, I actually didn't buy a copy of this album - my roommate gave it to me! I do like some of the songs on Erotica, but...

Pros: Rain is a beautiful song, very out-of-style with most of the album
Cons: the synths and pseudo-club beats immediately tell you that this was made in 1992 i.e. this is really dated

First of all, I haven't been a Madonna fan for more than a year. But, when I was 14, I used to think this album was "the bomb" or whatever else catchphrase I used at the time. Why? Well, mostly because I thought by listening to songs supposedly...

Pros: great music, ahead of it's time, one of madonna's best
Cons: none, unless you are opposed to some of the lyrics

As a Madonna fan i have to say I was disappointed when this album first came out. It was released at the height of the Madonna (not to mention every eighties icon) backlash and never got the atttention it deserved. Over time however I have to say it has...