[YourMadGesty]

Damn—these are like two of my favorite albums of all time. .
But I went with 'Like A Prayer'; as an album, it seemed a lot more cohesive and thought out.
Not even mentioning, it aged a lot better than 'Rhythm Nation'.

[FreeXone]

Rhythm Nation.

And wasn't it successful worldwide? What is everyone talking about.

[Cap10Planet]

Rhythm Nation is almost immaculate.

[Quiqui4eva]

Rythym Nation is one of my favorite albums E V E R

[tcweh]

Originally posted by BangBang

Like A Prayer without a slight doubt.
The only thing that Rhythm Nation has over it is the Hot 100 positions.
But Madonna has WW to compensate.
RN singles went Top 10 only in US, pretty much nowhere else.

Oh palease. Most of the singles went Top 10 in Japan canada and South africa and top 20 everywhere els. You don't have to be on the levels of Michael or Madonna to be big worldwide

[Katie]

I'll let my custom title answer this question.

[Behava]

rhythm nation.

like a prayer is overrated to high heaven. I don't get how it is worshipped so much more than madonna's other albums. True blue, bedtime stories, like a virgin, madonna, confession on a dance floor, music, erotica >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> like a (poor pop-tart excuse for a ) prayer

[karlo_98]

Like A Prayer

[ashuduff]

Originally posted by BangBang

Like A Prayer without a slight doubt.
The only thing that Rhythm Nation has over it is the Hot 100 positions.
But Madonna has WW to compensate.
RN singles went Top 10 only in US, pretty much nowhere else.

Actually, all seven went top five.

[Blur]

Originally posted by your-mad-jesty

Damn—these are like two of my favorite albums of all time. .
But I went with 'Like A Prayer'; as an album, it seemed a lot more cohesive and thought out.
Not even mentioning, it aged a lot better than 'Rhythm Nation'.

How so? I think it's more the other way around.

Like A Prayer is one of my least favourite Madonna albums.
And I didn't realize she had released so many bad singles during this era (except for "Like A Prayer").

What we have here is a confessional album VS a musical political statement but I think the latter is more ambitious and less egocentric.
It's crazy how far behind the 00s generation is when doing their manufactured "real" album.
A socially conscious mainstream pop album ? Who would dare releasing that nowadays ?

[ashuduff]

Originally posted by Blur

How so? I think it's more the other way around.

Like A Prayer is one of my least favourite Madonna albums.
And I didn't realize she had released so many bad singles during this era (except for "Like A Prayer").

What we have here is a confessional album VS a musical political statement but I think the latter is more ambitious and less egocentric.
It's crazy how far behind the 00s generation is when doing their manufactured "real" album.
A socially conscious mainstream pop album ? Who would dare releasing that nowadays ?

But to be fair to Like A Prayer, only four/five of the songs on Rhythm Nation are socially conscious. That's still a lot higher than the obligatory one on most other albums though.

[Lately 1814]

RN1814 >

And RN1814 was #1 for 4 weeks, not 3.

[Damien M]

Rhythm Nation.
I love pretty much every song on the album.


Like a Prayer hasn't aged that well, to me at least.

[huh]

Rhythm Nation

[Jennifer]

Rhythm Nation, although this is very hard.

[castrobabytiger]

Rhythm Nation
the only album to produce 6 top 2 singles and 7 top 5

[YourMadGesty]

Originally posted by Blur

How so? I think it's more the other way around.

Like A Prayer is one of my least favourite Madonna albums.
And I didn't realize she had released so many bad singles during this era (except for "Like A Prayer").

What we have here is a confessional album VS a musical political statement but I think the latter is more ambitious and less egocentric.
It's crazy how far behind the 00s generation is when doing their manufactured "real" album.
A socially conscious mainstream pop album ? Who would dare releasing that nowadays ?

"Express Yourself", "Cherish", "Oh Father" & "Keep It Together"
Are faaaar from band singles—especially given 3 of those went top ten. .

Anyway, I just felt 'Rhythm Nation' was all over the place.
The first half of it is 'preachy', the middle of it is 'friendly-pop' & the
Latter of the album just went sexual—I didn't get it.

Whearas, 'Like A Prayer' dealt with what Madonna was goin' through at the time..
'Marriage', 'death', 'family', 'religion' & 'love'—it was just better executed.

[Lately 1814]

^^^The whole RN1814 album is preachy. The only song that isn't really socially conscious is "Miss You Much".

"Escapade" is arguable, but it is socially conscious.

[Blur]

Originally posted by your-mad-jesty

[i]"Express Yourself", "Cherish", "Oh Father" & "Keep It Together"
Are faaaar from band singles—especially given 3 of those went top ten. .

Anyway, I just felt 'Rhythm Nation' was all over the place.
The first half of it is 'preachy', the middle of it is 'friendly-pop' & the
Latter of the album just went sexual—I didn't get it.

Whearas, 'Like A Prayer' dealt with what Madonna was goin' through at the time..
'Marriage', 'death', 'family', 'religion' & 'love'—it was just better executed.

[/i]

I hate these songs. They're probably the only singles from her I don't like.

Well, according to Lately 1814 almost everything on it was socially conscious, making it the main concept of the record, and tackled different themes...

[Cap10Planet]

Originally posted by Lately 1814

^^^The whole RN1814 album is preachy. The only song that isn't really socially conscious is "Miss You Much".

"Escapade" is arguable, but it is socially conscious.

What was preachy about "Alright," "Someday Is Tonight," "Lonely" and "Come Back to Me"?

And of course, the whole album won't be entirely preachy. She would have alienated some potential buyers. Despite not all the songs being "preachy," the songs still blend together into a cohesive piece.