09/28/09 Madonna - Celebration

Actually, it DOES make some sense: to avoid "CD 4 Syndrome". In most career-spanning boxed sets, the final CD usually gets way less play than the others. Look at Elton John's "To Be Continued": once you get past CD 2, it's super hit or miss.

So maybe they didn't want CD 2 of this set to be neglected. Granted, Madonna's had so many hits after the 80s that I don't think that'd totally be the case, but I could see that as a reason to want to intermingle eras...

 

This is fake. And get a load of that write up. Basically: "This CDR brimming with mp3s boasts a poorly printed cover from amazon.com and was only serviced to the UK market and clubs in New York and Los Angeles."

I can't believe people bid on items like this. The seller is pirating leaked mp3's and recent radio edits with the new single.

As far as the real release goes, I have seen so many different tracklistings for Celebration now that I don't think I'll be able to trust the "official" one until I'm holding the CD in my hands.

 

No Lucky Star?

 

These Top Ten hits are allso missing:

Angel
True Blue
Open Your Heart
Causing a Commotion
Keep It Together
Hanky Panky
Rescue Me
I'll Remember
You'll See
Don't Cry For Me Argentina

 

The absence of "Lucky Star" would be a bit of a surprise, but I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a set without these tracks. Yes, they were hits, but they're not viewed as BIG Madonna songs, though one could make a pretty good case for the inclusion of "Open Your Heart".

I just don't think they want to include more than three songs from any particularl album...

 

Actually it makes a lot of sense, if, after a year or so, they decide to just reissue it as a 1 disc - they don't have to do anything except re-press a load more copies of disc 1 and stick it in a new package. You still have a good overview (although massively incomplete) of her 20 years. Exactly what EMI did with Radiohead's best-of last year.

 

That's a good point, as the "crucial" songs are all on CD 1...

 

There are going to be 1 and 2-disc versions.

 

Nonetheless, this is the third or fourth different tracklisting I've seen for "Celebration" as well. I take it with a huge grain of salt.

 

I can't get behind a two-CD hits set that omits "Lucky Star," "True Blue," and "Open Your Heart."

If anything, Madonna apparently needs a 3-CD set to compile all of her hits!

 

this is true indeed...I think they're making a mistake making it a 2 disc release myself...

 

A 4 disc set of hits and rarities would be nice, but even a 3-disc set is probably overkill for most consumers who wouldn't pay the $25 (or whatever0 MSRP for it.

 

I checked some websites and two seem to have similar tracklistings. Once again, I view this with a grain of salt:


Tracklisting

CD1

01 - Vogue
02 - Express Yourself
03 - Into the Groove
04 - Papa Don't Preach
05 - La Isla Bonita
06 - Everybody
07 - Lucky Star
08 - Holiday
09 - Like a Virgin
10 - Borderline
11 - Material Girl
12 - Crazy For You
13 - Open Your Heart
14 - Cherish
15 - Like a Prayer
16 - Justify My Love
17 - Deeper and Deeper
18 - Erotica
19 - Rain


CD2

01 - Celebration
02 - Music
03 - Get Together
04 - Frozen
05 - Hung Up
06 - Ray of Light
07 - Beautiful Stranger
08 - Don't Tell Me
09 - Hollywood
10 - Human Nature
11 - Secret
12 - Take a Bow
13 - American Life
14 - Die Another Day
15 - Sorry
16 - 4 Minutes
17 - Give It 2 Me
18 - Revolver

 

btomarra, that's the same fake tracklisting that has been making the rounds for a month now.

According to the reputable www.madonnatribe.com, here is the finalized track listing for the double cd set:

CD 1:
01) Hung Up
02) Music
03) Vogue
04) 4 Minutes
05) Holiday
06) Like A Virgin
07) Into The Groove
08) Everybody
09) Like A Prayer
10) Ray Of Light
11) Sorry
12) Express Yourself
13) Open Your Heart
14) Borderline
15) Secret
16) Erotica
17) Justify My Love
18) Celebration

CD 2:
01) Dress You Up
02) Material Girl
03) La Isla Bonita
04) Papa Don't Preach
05) Lucky Star
06) Burning Up
07) Crazy For You
08) Who's That Girl
09) Frozen
10) Miles Away
11) Take A Bow
12) Beautiful Stranger
13) Hollywood
14) Die Another Day
15) Don't Tell Me
16) Live To Tell
17) Cherish
18) Revolver

 

I hope so, thats a really nice track list, I miss True Blue though!!

 

If that's the real track list, I might buy go for it. It's nice to see 'Dress You Up' and 'Who's That Girl.'

At least there's two tracks I wanted to see on this release. It would have been nice to have 'Angel' and 'This Used To Be My Playground.'

The only Madonna I have is 'Immaculate Collection' and this is probably the only other release of hers that I'll ever buy, being the extremely casual fan that I am.

 

Not a bad tracklising, IMHO. There are a few things I would have liked to have seen included ("Rain," "Deeper And Deeper," "True Blue") and a couple I would have left off ("Die Another Day," "Justify My Love") but it's solid enough.

As others have said, she's had too many hits to fit them all on a 2-CD set at this point, anyway. I'll probably still pick it up.

 

Sorry about that. Thank you for clearing that up and providing me with a more reputable tracklisting!

 

I wonder what she's got against True Blue - missing on the Immaculate Collection and again on this list.
Such a sweet song and a good counterpoint to her "more serious" stuff.

Cherish is here though....

 

great video too, maybe because it is the name of the album everyone knows it, and she doesn't want the sales of the TB album to dip ? ?

 

Any word on whether or not they are using the original single mixes?

 

this looks good to me and my take is it flows well. glad its not chronological. curious to see if this is it.

 

Nice to see there's "Miles Away" from her most recent release. It was my favourite track from "Hard Candy". I'm surprised there was space for "Die Another Day" and "Hollywood" and not for "Jump" and/or "Get Together" (both from Confessions) anyway. Also, "Nothing Fails" (Nevins Mix) would have been a nice inclusion, IMHO.

 

Below are the sources that are circulating...don't know how accurate:

CD 1:
01) Hung Up - LP Version
02) Music - LP Version
03) Vogue - Immaculate Collection Version
04) 4 Minutes - LP Edit
05) Holiday - LP Version
06) Like A Virgin - Immaculate Collection Version
07) Into The Groove - LP Version
08) Everybody - LP Edit
09) Like A Prayer - Immaculate Collection Version
10) Ray Of Light - LP Version
11) Sorry - LP Edit
12) Express Yourself - Immaculate Collection Version
13) Open Your Heart - Immaculate Collection Version
14) Borderline - Immaculate Collection Version
15) Secret - LP Edit
16) Erotica - LP Edit
17) Justify My Love - LP Version
18) Celebrate

CD 2:
01) Dress You Up - LP Edit
02) Material Girl - LP Version
03) La Isla Bonita - LP Version
04) Papa Don't Preach - LP Version
05) Lucky Star - LP Edit
06) Burning Up - LP Version
07) Crazy For You - Immaculate Collection Version
08) Who's That Girl - LP Version
09) Frozen - LP Version
10) Miles Away - LP Edit
11) Take A Bow - LP Version
12) Beautiful Stranger - LP Version
13) Hollywood - LP Version
14) Die Another Day - LP Version
15) Don't Tell Me - LP Edit
16) Live To Tell - LP Version
17) Cherish - Immaculate Collection Version
18) Revolver

 

Dude if they use the Immaculate Collection version on a new GH CD what is the point. I'll be so pissed.
The Like A Prayer and Express Yourself mixes are awful!