Madonna (Madonna album)

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Madonna
Madonna cover
Studio album by Madonna
Released July 27, 1983 (U.S.)
August 20, 1985 (Re-release)
May 21, 2001 (Remastered)
Recorded 1982-1983, Sigma Sound Studios, New York
Genre Dance-Pop[1], Rock
Length 40:47
Label Sire, Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. (2001)
Producer Reggie Lucas, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Mark Kamins
Professional reviews
Madonna chronology
Madonna
(1983)		 Like a Virgin
(1984)
1985 re-release
Cover to the 1985 re-release Madonna – The First Album. This version was released internationally except for the United States, where it retained its original artwork and title. This version has been deleted since the 2001 Remastered version was released.
Cover to the 1985 re-release Madonna – The First Album. This version was released internationally except for the United States, where it retained its original artwork and title. This version has been deleted since the 2001 Remastered version was released.
original artwork and title
Original deleted artwork for the Lucky Star album, which was later changed to Madonna and included an entirely different design.
Original deleted artwork for the Lucky Star album, which was later changed to Madonna and included an entirely different design.
Singles from Madonna
  1. "Everybody"
    Released: October 1982
  2. "Burning Up"
    Released: (AA side with "Physical Attraction" in some countries) March 1983
  3. "Holiday"
    Released: September 1983
    January 1984 (U.K./Japan)
    August 1985 (UK re-issue)
    June 1991 (UK re-issue)
    February 1999 (Japan re-issue)
  4. "Borderline"
    Released: February 1984
    June 1984 (UK)
    January 1986 (UK re-issue)
  5. "Lucky Star"
    Released: September 1983 (UK)
    August 1984 (Worldwide)

Madonna is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on July 27, 1983 by Sire Records. The album was re-released in 1985 for the European market and re-packaged as Madonna – The First Album. In 2001, Warner Bros. released a remastered version with two bonus remix tracks. The RIAA certified it Gold on May 31, 1984 and 5× Platinum on 3 October 2000, recognizing five million shipments throughout the United States.[2] Worldwide, the album has sold 8 million copies.[3][4]

Contents

[edit] Album history

After Madonna achieved success on the dance charts with two singles, "Everybody", and "Burning Up," Sire Records hired Madonna to record this full-length album. Though Madonna told New York DJ Mark Kamins she would let him produce the entire album if he got her a record deal (which he did), when it was time to record the full length album, she decided to go with the more experienced producer Reggie Lucas. Kamins was credited with producing one song, "Everybody." Madonna and Lucas disagreed about how the final product ought to sound. She called John "Jellybean" Benitez for help achieving the sound she wanted.

Madonna had promoted the album throughout 1983-1984 by performing a series of "track dates", one-off gigs. These shows were done at New York City and London clubs like Danceteria and Camden Palace and on American and British television programs like American Bandstand and Top Of The Pops. The album's singles were later performed on The Virgin Tour in 1985.

Madonna had intended to include "Ain't No Big Deal" on the album, however, Stephen Bray, a collaborator on the song, had sold the song rights to another label. She substituted “Holiday,” written by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens. "Holiday" had originally been offered to, but turned down by, singer and original Supremes member, Mary Wilson. After being mistaken as a black singer by nightclub and radio audiences due to her image not being on her first singles, her face was front and center of the third release, "Holiday"; the critics later compared her voice as "Minnie Mouse" on helium.

The artwork that was featured on the original release of the album started the public fascination with Madonna.[citation needed] On the cover she has short-cropped, platinum hair, and stretches a dog chain roughly around her throat. Madonna's navel is prominent on the inner sleeve of the album.

The album was originally slated to be titled Lucky Star, after the track of the same name. The original artwork created for the album was scrapped and a new, darker direction was taken. The original album title was kept on early pressings of the LP in South Africa and Zimbabwe and contained a 3:41 version of "Burning Up."[5] Only the record label referred to the title as "Lucky Star", the sleeves being the universally released black and white 'chains' picture (although also sporting a printed 'flash' in the top right hand corner, advising that is contains the hit 'Holiday' - this is unique to this pressing). Also note that the album credits (as usually listed on the inner sleeves) are printed on the reverse of these sleeves, as the discs were presented within a plain inner sleeve.

The European pressing of the LP contained a different mix of "Burning up," but the CD pressing had the same version as the American pressing.

[edit] Track listing

# Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Lucky Star"   Madonna Reggie Lucas 5:37
2. "Borderline"   Reggie Lucas Reggie Lucas 5:18
3. "Burning Up"   Madonna Reggie Lucas 3:44
4. "I Know It"   Madonna Reggie Lucas 3:45
5. "Holiday"   Curtis Hudson, Lisa Stevens John "Jellybean" Benitez 6:08
6. "Think of Me"   Madonna Reggie Lucas 4:53
7. "Physical Attraction"   R. Lucas Reggie Lucas 6:36
8. "Everybody"   Madonna Mark Kamins 4:57


2001 Remastered version bonus tracks

# Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
9. "Burning Up (12" Version)"   Madonna Reggie Lucas 5:56
10. "Lucky Star ("New" Mix)"   Madonna Reggie Lucas, John "Jellybean" Benitez 7:15


Additional notes

  • "Burning Up": the original album version does not contain the electric guitar sound, originally with electronic synthesizer laser sound. Originally available on the first LP and cassette pressings. Later replaced with the rock guitar shorter version. This version is similar in sound to the bonus 12" Version track.
  • "Everybody": the longer version of 6:02 is only available on the 2001 Remastered Version. Original album version is 4:57 minutes in duration.
  • "Lucky Star", "Burning Up" and "Physical Attraction": Remixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez.

[edit] Album credits

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Produced by Reggie Lucas for Kalisa, Inc.
  • Engineered by Jim Dougherty
  • Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios NYC.

"Holiday":

  • Produced by John "Jellybean" Benitez for Jellybean Productions Inc.
  • Arranged by Curtis Hudson, co-arranged by Fred Zarr
  • Recording Engineer: Michael Hutchinson
  • Mixing Engineer: Jay Mark

"Everybody":

  • Produced by Mark Kamins
  • Engineered by Butch Jones

"Lucky Star", "Burning Up" and "Physical Attraction":

  • Remixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez
  • Remix Engineer: Jay Mark

"Lucky Star" ("New" Mix)

  • Produced by Reggie Lucas for Kalisa, Inc. and John "Jellybean" Benitez for Jellybean Productions Inc.
  • Mixed by John "Jellybean" Benitez
  • Mixing Engineer: Michael Hutchinson

[edit] Design

  • Art direction: Carin Goldberg
  • Photography: Gary Heery
  • Photography: George Holy (Madonna - The First Album)

[edit] Certifications, peaks and sales

Country Peak position Certification (if any) Sales/shipments
Austria 15 3x Platinum [6] 100,000+
Brazil 3 Diamond[7] 500,000
France 8 Platinum[8] 300,000+
Germany 16 Gold[9] 150,000+
Ireland Gold 9,195
Netherlands 7 Platinum[10] 100,000+
Spain Gold 50,000+
Sweden 2 Platinum[11] 45,000+
United Kingdom 6 Platinum[12] 300,000+
United States 8 5x Platinum[13] 5,000,000+

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mneq97u7krht
  2. ^ http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS
  3. ^ Madonna charts and sale figures
  4. ^ Amazon.co.uk: Madonna Discography
  5. ^ http://www.madonnadirect.co.uk/madonna.html Madonnadirect.co.uk
  6. ^ IFPI Austria
  7. ^ MadonnaOnline Brasil - MOL - Feels like home!
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ IFPI Germany
  10. ^ NVPI
  11. ^ Decade Albums Charts - Best of 1980s
  12. ^ BPI
  13. ^ Billboard – Ask Billboard
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Madonna
Studio albums
Madonna (1983) · Like a Virgin (1984) · True Blue (1986) · Like a Prayer (1989) · Erotica (1992) · Bedtime Stories (1994) · Ray of Light (1998) · Music (2000) · American Life (2003) · Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005) · Hard Candy (2008)
Compilations
Soundtracks
Vision Quest (1985) · Who's That Girl (1987) · I'm Breathless - Music from and Inspired by the film Dick Tracy (1990)  · With Honors (1994) · Evita (1996) · Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) · The Next Best Thing (2000) · Die Another Day (2002)
Music videos
Madonna (1984) · It's That Girl (1987) · She's Breathless (1990) · The Immaculate Collection (1990) · "Justify My Love" (1990) · "Ray of Light" (1998) · Rays of Light (1999) · The Video Collection 93:99 (1999) · "Music" (2000) · The Madonna Collection (2000) · The Ultimate Collection (2000) · "What It Feels Like for a Girl" (2001)
Live Music releases
Concert tours
The Virgin Tour (1985) · Who's That Girl (1987) · Blond Ambition (1990)  · The Girlie Show (1993) · Drowned World (2001) · Re-Invention (2004) · Confessions (2006) · Sticky & Sweet (2008·2009)
Promo tours
Motion pictures
A Certain Sacrifice (1980) · Vision Quest (1985) · Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) · Shanghai Surprise (1986) · Who's That Girl (1987) · Bloodhounds of Broadway (1989) · Dick Tracy (1990) · Shadows and Fog (1992) · A League of Their Own (1992) · Body of Evidence (1993) · Dangerous Game (1993) · Blue in the Face (1995) · Four Rooms (1995) · Girl 6 (1996) · Evita (1996) · The Next Best Thing (2000) · Swept Away (2002) · Die Another Day (2002) · Arthur and the Invisibles (2006) · Filth and Wisdom (2008)
Documentaries
Truth or Dare (aka In Bed with Madonna) (1991) · Sex (Launch Party Exclusive) (1992) · I'm Going to Tell You a Secret (2005) · I Am Because We Are (2008)
Exhibitions
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