Something was in the water then because they released some of their greatest work in '97-'98

I just came in my panties looking at the OP.

 

I just want to assure you all that YOUR FAVS COULD NEVER.

Edited July 21, 20251 yr by P.O.P

Yep, no other pop girls will ever dominate like this little era.

1998 is a great year. So many good albums, Sex and The City came out. And it's also my birth year 

Edited July 21, 20251 yr by DaphneGuinness

8 minutes ago, DaphneGuinness said:

1998 is a great year. So many good albums, Sex and The City came out. And it's also my birth year 

Charmed and Buffy also debuted in that time frame too!

Late 1990s to Madonna? Yessssss 

Ray of Light is a masterpiece 

Every artist dream/dreamed to release a Ray of Light at one point in their career

"Ray of Light" stole "Like a Prayer's" nachos.

6 minutes ago, Dante Silva said:

"Ray of Light" stole "Like a Prayer's" nachos.

How? 

6 minutes ago, Dante Silva said:

"Ray of Light" stole "Like a Prayer's" nachos.

How come? They are two completely different albums with totally different aesthetics, concepts and sounds

It's gonna 20 years anniversary of Ray of Light soon. And it still sounds SO FRESH and HYPNOTIZING.

Once in a while I go through a William Orbit binge to try to find sth similar to RoL. Guess All Saints' Pure Shores and Black Coffee come closet.

1 minute ago, MP3 said:

How come? They are two completely different albums with totally different aesthetics, concepts and sounds

LAP was Madonna's "Deep and meaningful" album until ROL came along and that status was taken from LAP and applied to ROL and few of you remember because ROL is closer to when your memories began.

6 minutes ago, charmed23 said:

It's gonna 20 years anniversary of Confessions on a Dance Floor soon. And it still sounds SO FRESH and HYPNOTIZING.

Once in a while I go through a William Orbit binge to try to find sth similar to RoL. Guess All Saints' Pure Shores and Black Coffee come closet.

Fixed for you haha Confessions will turns 20 this year but ROL was released in 1998 so it has 27 years

but yeah it aged very well, it could have been released last year and nobody would have noticed

I'll go check your Orbit naming 

5 minutes ago, Dante Silva said:

LAP was Madonna's "Deep and meaningful" album until ROL came along and that status was taken from LAP and applied to ROL and few of you remember because ROL is closer to when your memories began.

So if Madonna's only reheated nachos is to make another deep and meaningful album, we are all safe

ROL is a highly conceptualized album, kinda experimental at a pop level at some point while Like a Prayer is more a personal album, we can't compare them tbh

I truly wonder why deep reflection / reinvention is so strong during this era, was it the effect of alternative scene ? Was it the ripple effect of Bjork ?

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6 minutes ago, MP3 said:

So if Madonna's only reheated nachos is to make another deep and meaningful album, we are all safe

ROL is a highly conceptualized album, kinda experimental at a pop level at some point while Like a Prayer is more a personal album, we can't compare them tbh

LAP tackles issues of domestic abuse, losing a parent through cancer and self advocacy in the face of violence. Perhaps you "can't compare them", but many others can and have and will go on to.

5 minutes ago, Dante Silva said:

LAP tackles issues of domestic abuse, losing a parent through cancer and self advocacy in the face of violence. Perhaps you "can't compare them", but many others can and have and will go on to.

Yeah that's why I said LAP is a personal album, never said it was bad, it's a career defining moment for her and one of her most iconic album that's for sure, but claiming that ROL is LAP's nachos is a bit off the track

Yes

16 minutes ago, MP3 said:

Yeah that's why I said LAP is a personal album, never said it was bad, it's a career defining moment for her and one of her most iconic album that's for sure, but claiming that ROL is LAP's nachos is a bit off the track

 No, it's not.

15 minutes ago, Dante Silva said:

 No, it's not.

idk I was little too young to appreciate the pop then but I did like really like one Kylie song from that album when I was like 5   

but it def was an iconic time.  

Those albums totally match the era when they got release. There were a huge spiritual/rave/dream/alternative movement in music back then, that truly pushed pop artists to be more creative and more introspective. 

Kind of an insane, incredible couple of years for female pop/R&B/alternative artists because you have all these too, among others:

 

Spoiler

Artistically,  yes. It was great to see them slaying at the same time too. When MTV still played videos >>>> YouTube & TikTok.

Dannii's 1997 reinvention into becoming the Queen of Clubs