Immaculate Collection: the Best of Madonna

*** 1 word of "WARNING" the songs on the immaculate collection have been remixed (apart from vogue/rescue me/justify my love I think) so buy the other albums because they have the original mixes (usually better!!) for example the orignal version of like a prayer is 10x better than the immaculate collection mix! ***


The Immaculate and best Madonna collection ever!!!   June 23, 2002
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

There could be no other way of making a compilation of Madonna's early work than this, and she knows it too!This is still the original,definitive and unabridged version of the Queen of Pop's early greatest hits, 12 years after it's initial release!A compilation such as this should exist in everyone's music collection and should be kept in an immaculate condition!!

The album presents Madonna's greatest triumphs with classic and catchy 80's synth-pop tunes such as "Holiday," "Lucky Star," "Borderline," "Like A Virgin," "Material Girl" and "Into the groove." In addition to this, possibly her greatest ballad "Crazy For You" and the deep and dark "Live to Tell," which has also been included on the original "True Blue" album and her collection of ballads "Something to remember." Her other successes such as "Papa Don't Preach" and "Open Your Heart" are also included and are provided with the contrasting and controversial "Like A Prayer." The album seems to have been arranged in a chronolgical way, not only of initial release, but also of maturity. Madonna's style seems to be constantly developing into more mature and personal work but every song she has made is a true gem!Just like this album!

The 90's smash hit "Vogue" is also included and can be listened to time and time again.This contrasts with "Cherish" which is pure, sing-along pop and still a timeless classic!The controversial "Justify My Love" is definately worth a listen and one can learn to appreciate the song-writing genius of this song after listening to it a few times!

Don't just stand there, let's get to it, strike a pose, there's nothing to it and BUY THIS CD NOW!


Pop Perfection   August 31, 2004
Pazzy (Essex, England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I wasn't even born when this album was first released but when I first heard it from my older brothers collection i thought she was a brilliant pop artist who's music is as good or better than anything that we hear today.
My top five

5.Holiday
4.Material girl
3.Like a Virgin
2.Like a Prayer
1.Vogue

I also totally loved last years hit 'Hollywood', Madonna's still got it after all these years.


The best pop singer of her generation   December 29, 2003
Peter Durward Harris (Leicester England)
29 out of 38 found this review helpful

Hare just some of Madonna's early classic hits. When this compilation was assembled, Madonna already had too many hits to include them all on a single CD, hence the omission of Angel, Dress you up, Gambler, True blue and all the hits from the soundtrack, Who's that girl? Because of her continuous success in the years that followed the release of this compilation, a comprehensive Madonna hits collection would now require a triple CD. That is a measure of her brilliance, sustained over a very long period of time.

The set begins with three hits from her debut album, of which Holiday is the best but Lucky star and Borderline are also wonderful. Then come Like a virgin and Material girl, two of the singles released from her outstanding second album. Crazy for you, an excellent ballad, and Into the groove, a superb dance song, come next. Although the title track is omitted, four other major hits from the True blue album (Live to tell, Papa don't preach, Open your heart, La Isla Bonita) can be found here, each one of them a classic but very different from each other. Three major hits from Like a prayer include Express yourself and Cherish. Vogue (from I'm breathless) and two tracks not available on any previous album (Justify my love, Rescue me) complete the set.

Anybody who does not understand why Madonna has such a huge fan base only has to listen to this compilation to find out why. Catchy pop tunes with interesting lyrics (for those that bother to listen to the words) are Madonna's trademark, yet she manages to avoid becoming formulaic. Madonna has continuously changed her style, so you don't hear the same sound over and over again.

There is no definitive Madonna compilation yet but we may have to wait a few years for that. Until that time, this is the best introduction to her music that is available.


A great collection of hits!   December 11, 2004
2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This album was one of the biggest, if not the biggest, album of 1990. It included 15 of Madonna's biggest hits of 7 years (from 1983 to 1990). Besides this, it also included 2 new songs: Justify My Love and Rescue Me which are both excellent! The album included (out of 17) 15 top 10s and an amazing 5 number 1s! In the US, the album debuted straight at number 2 on the billboard top 100 (hot 100) and spent or spanned an amazing number of 141 weeks on the top 100!

If you liked this album also get madonna's 2nd comp of Greatest Hits: Greatest Hits Volume 2 (GHV2). It includes 15 of Madonna's later hits from 1992-2001. It includes no songs from 'American Life.'