Album Review: Madonna - Celebration (CD+DVD Audio/Video Collection)

In Celebration Madonna's milestones, achievements, music iconography and career longevity, she releases a her latest, most extensive collection of released singles and hits, accompanied by a DVD containing 95% of all the videos she has released. Madonna's video back catalog is indeed impressive and only proves that Madonna is a unique artists who launched a revolution in pop music and culture sometime 25+ years ago. The album art says a lot about Madonna with one bottom line - she's a rare gem in the music industry and what she has done and achieved will always be used as benchmark for the next generation of performers. She is a true living legend and I'm so glad to have lived in a Madonna era.

The title track is the carrier single of the compilation which pays homage to Madonna impressive dance-oriented hits such as Vogue, Deeper and Deeper to the latter ones like Hung Up. She made a wise choice in doing a collab with Paul Oakenfold for this track. Though the video version used the Benassi mix for a more club-themed feel. Personally I like both versions but I like the Benassi mix better because of it electro rich sound. The Benassi mix sounds very Euro-electro no wonder the song is a much bigger hit in other parts of the world compared to US. 

Track list (Deluxe Edition)

Disc 1:

01. Hung Up
02. Music
03. Vogue
04. 4 Minutes
05. Holiday
06. Everybody
07. Like A Virgin
08. Into the Groove
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 Revolver

Disc 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. Live To Tell
13. Beautiful Stranger
14. Hollywood
15. Die Another Day
16. Don't Tell Me
17. Cherish
18. Celebration
19. So Cool

This video compilation is her most extensive to date. Although it may look like this 2-DVD disc collection has all Madonna video's released including the MTV-banned videos Erotica and Justify My love, it does not contain all Madonna videos made and released. Nonetheless, I am happy with this collection. Imagine all her rarely seen videos like True Blue, Bedtime Story and the latter videos from Music to Hard Candy era. Notice that this is her third official video compilation. If you check on the first two - Immaculate Collection: The Videos and Madonna 93:99 Video Collection, there are videos there not included on Celebration: The Video Collection. MVs like Bad Girl, Crazy For You, Fever, Nothing Really Matters, You'll See, etc. Madonna's label was wise enough not to include all videos in order for one to secure all three video collections -- just like me.

Track list

Disc 1:

01. Burning Up
02. Lucky Star
03. Borderline
04. Like A Virgin
05. Material Girl
06. Crazy For yOu
07. Into The Groove
08. Live To Tell
09. Papa Don't Preach
10. True Blue
11. Open Your Heart
12. La Isla Bonita
13. Who's That Girl
14. Like A Prayer
15. Express Yourself
16. Cherish
17. Vogue
18. Justify My Love
19. Erotica
20. Deeper and Deeper
21. Rain
22. I'll Remember

Disc 2:

01. Secret
02. Take A Bow
03. Bedtime Story
04. Human Nature
05. I Want You
06. You'll See
07. Frozen
08. Ray Of Light
09. The Power of Goodbye
10. Beautiful Stranger
11. American Pie
12. Music
13. Don't Tell Me
14. What It Feels Like For A Girl
15. Die Another Day
16. Hollywood
17. Love Profusion
18. Hung Up
19. Sorry
20. Get Together
21. Jump
22. 4 Minutes
23. Give It 2 Me
24. Miles Away
25. Celebration


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