Lasso

14. MDNA 

This album for me is the one that has aged the worse. I don't think she was very inspired tbh, and she was going through this messy divorce and she probably didn't have the energy;  I saw her live on the MDNA tour though, it was mindblowing. She (as always) did a great job remastering the songs for the tour + creating interludes, but the album itself is annoying and some lyrics are corny af. She didn't play to her strenghts at all on this album, but she still managed to make some good songs, like Masterpiece. But most of it shouldn't exist  (B-day song, girl  and Gang Bang)

 

13. True Blue

I think this album is stronger than LAV but I don't like it that much I hate that True Blue is about Sean Penn. But she outsold with all the singles, they're textbook pop perfection. White Heat is good too, I just don't have a connection with this album, that really matters to me

 

12. Like a Virgin

This era was so iconic for her, but mostly because Material Girl + Like a Virgin + Into the Groove CARRIED IT. Like a Virgin is (at least) one of the top 10 most iconic female pop songs ever, and Into the Groove is one of her best songs period. I can excuse an album with fillers if the singles are absolutely iconic. I like Stay too, the demo version is funky af.

 

11. Madame X 

I didn't listen to this album when it debuted so I still need my time with it, but I'm familiar with the lyrics and honestly I love it. Sometime she has a bad choice of words but she is woke af (always has been); I tear up everytime I hear her singing in my language and I love Anitta lol I still don't have an opinion about it, that's why it's kind of in a limbo.

 

10. Madonna

I'm not really a fan of 80s music but the bass on this album makes pregnant. I love her over the top style, and she sounds particularly good on this album (I love the rasp on her voice, it was really bad for her though ). It's a very strong debut, crazy to think she was only a 1 hit wonder back then.

 

9. Like a Prayer

I don't like this album that much tbh. Aside from the title track and maybe 3-4 songs I think it's kind of weak production wise. The volume sounds low, even remastered versions (I think this was her first digital recording so maybe that's why). I don't really have a connection with it. The title track is perfect though, imagine having that in your catalogue. That was when she really started to come through with the music videos too, so I put it a little higher.

 

8. Rebel Heart

The fact that she has delivered a poised lady era (well, kinda) and people say she should be aging gracefully  anyway, it's very sad that it leaked because I think it had potential to be her comeback album like COADF. I think that the standard version is great and she didn't need deluxe tracks (but she wanted money). Also she PROMOTED the hell out of this album and gave fans a full tour even though she had fallen downstairs on live TV? Iconic.

 

7. American Life

As I've said, it's hard to listen to this album because production is so aggressive and it hurts my ears, but it is comprehensible because she was angry. I also think this is her saddest album. But she never misses with her ballads/introspective songs, the trio Nothing Fails + Intervention + X-Static Process is just I think I'm gonna appreciate this album a lot more when I have a moment with it again, being older and all.

 

6. Hard Candy

This album is my whole childhood, I was like 10 when it came out and it helped a lot with learning English. Most songs sound dated but the first 3 songs are so good wtf Madonna is the ONLY person who'd ever make me listen to Justin Timberlake. Give it 2 Me is probably her best critic clapback track, the Sticky & Sweet Tour is iconic, idc I'm a Hard Candy apologist. I think she looked so great on this era too, I unironically love her cheek implants and fried hair.

 

 

5. Confessions on a Dance Floor

COADF is very nostalgic to me and it's one of her best eras overall, she served in basically every aspect. I just think that some songs sound much better live, and that it is one of her least personal albums too, so sometimes it sounds a little cold and distant. I get it though. She wanted money after the inevitable AL flop.

 

4. Music

I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH, I've been vibing with it a lot lately. I think it's one of her most creative ones. Lowkey this is what I expected Lana would do with COCC lmao folk music with a twist. I had to say it, but at the same time I don't think it's fair to compare M and Lana, they're very different Don't Tell Me is one of my favorite songs ever, I love all the songs except tbh for Nobody's Perfect I think she just wanted to experiment with autotune tbh. 

 

3. Erotica

So yeah, the 90s; it was a great decade for her because she managed to explore many aspects of womanhood (sexuality, love, motherhood, fear of rejection, inequality, shame) and I appreciate that. All songs on this album are worth a listen, it's very cohesive; filled with sexual innuendos but also very introspective, beautiful and feminine, with deep house/hip hop beats and jazz influence? YES PLEASE

 

2. Bedtime Stories

Aesthetically this is my favorite album of hers. She came through with all the music videos, her voice never sounded more gorgeous and soft. Most of her best ballads are in this album as well (Take a Bow, Love Tried to Welcome Me, SECRET) and Bedtime Story is the perfect trance song. I have the original 90s vinyl which was my dad's and it's a treasure to me.

 

1. Ray of Light

My favorite album of all time, not only because it combines everything that Madonna does the best (great production, upbeat songs with introspective lyrics, mellow ballads, crazy dance songs), but also because it's very personal to me - I discovered this album when I was 11 years old and it seriously helped me mature, it was when I started grasping the concept of death. I was also bullied in school and this album helped me get through it. I really don't think it has a single flaw, I can recite Shanti Ashtangi from memory just because I've listened to it so much.