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i can't really pick a madonna album as my favorite because she has so many good albums but it's probably the most personally meaningful album of hers to me
tbh my madonna album ranking probably qualifies as an unpopular opinion so let me just post it

High by the Beach and Swan Song sound very nice played back to back
To me it always sounded like she's singing Swan Song to herself - she's tired and only wants to get high by the beach... and then die 

quoting from the unpopular music opinions thread but it deserves to be posted here too
i would like to see everyone's madge album rankings as well

And Kintsugi! Her weeaboo era 

I swear I saw "there's a strawberry in my pussy" somewhere  

And Kintsugi! Her weeaboo era 

I swear I saw "there's a strawberry in my pussy" somewhere  

I unironically love dolphin flower though... they're so beautiful. 

I swear I saw "there's a strawberry in my pussy" somewhere  

High by the Beach and Swan Song sound very nice played back to back
To me it always sounded like she's singing Swan Song to herself - she's tired and only wants to get high by the beach... and then die 

And Kintsugi! Her weeaboo era 

I swear I saw "there's a strawberry in my pussy" somewhere  

I love love love her "weird" vocals
 
sorry I don't have enough English vocabulary to describe them

And Kintsugi! Her weeaboo era 

And Kintsugi! Her weeaboo era 

I swear I saw "there's a strawberry in my pussy" somewhere  

I swear I saw "there's a strawberry in my pussy" somewhere  

The only person making an actual meaningful contribution to this thread amidst all of the other insanity  

Before:

 
After:

take it back now  
jk I get what you mean, but imo AL is the antithesis of Music, obviously after 2001 and the Iraq war she couldn't explore americana imagery and american folk like (I think?) she intended to, I understand. I would never say a Madonna album is bad, but for me it's very hard to listen to AL - it's so sad and agressive (again, I understand why though, she was mad). 
 
You're such an American Life apologist I see you  is it your favorite M album by chance? 

…She is an Italian Gelateria…

ngl they're camp but i usually just edit them into the main song instead of having them as their own track
i honestly think both albums are just ok - they have some excellent songs but they feel madonna by the numbers
confessions is just really good dance pop which she did a lot of before 2005 and often better than some of the weaker confessions tracks, and music is just a weaker version of american life

Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor is kind of overrated...
I mean, it's obviously great and one of the peaks of her career (the production is perfect) but I think some of the songs sound much better as the live versions she did for the Confessions tour (Let it Will Be, Future Lovers, Jump), because they drag on a little bit when you listen to the actual album. 
I think that in terms of innovation, Music is much more creative  like, she basically created a genre called folktronica (folk + electronic music) and Don't Tell Me is straight up a masterpiece. 
Confessions has more commercial appeal and more hits but Music is just so cool