The Immaculate Collection

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The Immaculate Collection
Greatest hits album by Madonna
Released November 9, 1990
Recorded May 1982–October 1990
Genre Pop, dance
Length 73:34
Label Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer Madonna, Stephen Bray, Patrick Leonard, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Reggie Lucas, Nile Rodgers, Shep Pettibone, Lenny Kravitz
Madonna chronology
I'm Breathless
(1990)		 The Immaculate Collection
(1990)		 Erotica
(1992)
Singles from The Immaculate Collection
  1. "Justify My Love"
    Released: November 6, 1990
  2. "Crazy For You (Remix)"
    Released: February 25, 1991
  3. "Rescue Me"
    Released: February 26, 1991
  4. "Holiday / The Holiday Collection"
    Released: June 3, 1991

The Immaculate Collection is the first greatest hits album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on November 9, 1990 by Sire Records. It contains fifteen of her hit singles from 1982 to 1990, as well as two new tracks "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". The title of the album is a loose pun of the Immaculate Conception, the conception of the Virgin Mary without any stain of the original sin. This name follows Madonna's religious-themed songs and videos, as well as the second section of her Blond Ambition World Tour, which also employed religious motifs. An extended play titled The Holiday Collection was issued in Europe to accompany the compilation and the re-release of the single "Holiday". It contained tracks omitted from this album: "True Blue", "Who's That Girl" and "Causing a Commotion". It is the first album ever to use an audio technology called QSound.[1]

The album was ranked at number one on the Blender magazine's list of "100 Greatest American Albums of All Time". In 2003, Rolling Stone magazine named the album the 278th greatest album of all time. It became Madonna's second album to be certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of over 10 million copies across the United States. It also remains the best-selling album by a female artist in British music history and spent the second highest number of consecutive weeks at number one for a female solo artist in the U.K., being at number one for a 9 week stint (until the release of Adele's 21 in 2011). The album has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide,[2] making it the best-selling compilation album by a solo artist and one of the best selling albums of all time. "Justify My Love", the album's first single, became Madonna's ninth number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was one of her most controversial singles due to its sexually explicit music video. "Rescue Me" was released as the second single and became the highest debuting-single on Hot 100 by a female artist at that time, entering the chart at number fifteen and peaking at number nine.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars.... [3]
Entertainment Weekly (A-) [4]
Robert Christgau (A+) [5]
Rolling Stone 5/5 stars.... [6]

Contents

[edit] Background

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Originally titled Ultra Madonna, the name was changed as Warner Bros. felt that it was too similar to the name of dance artist Ultra Naté. Madonna dedicated the album to "The Pope, my divine inspiration". This led to many believing it was dedicated to Pope John Paul II, but it was actually dedicated to her brother, Christopher Ciccone, who had spent the year on tour with Madonna ("The Pope" is one of his nicknames). The production of this album is notable for its use of QSound; all songs were mixed in using it, except "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me". A QSound mix of "Justify My Love" was later released on the US maxi-single to the song.

All of the songs on The Immaculate Collection (with the exception of the two new songs) were remixed by Shep Pettibone alongside either Goh Hotoda or Michael Hutchinson and some were also edited down from their original lengths in order to decrease the overall running time. While all the vocals remain the same as in the original recordings, "Like a Prayer" and "Express Yourself" feature different music backing Madonna's vocals than their original album release. It was decided that a mixture of ballads and pop-dance hits would be included, although there wasn't space for every single that Madonna had released. "Justify My Love" became the first single to promote the album, and created a furor over the sexual video and the controversy in regards to who wrote it. (Poet Ingrid Chavez claimed she wrote part of the lyrics, alongside credited lyricist Lenny Kravitz.) The single shot to number one in the U.S. and number two in the UK. A second release, "Rescue Me", was released in early 1991, which also went top ten.

Warner Bros. released an EP in the UK and Europe titled The Holiday Collection which had the same design as The Immaculate Collection. The full-length version of "Holiday" was included alongside "True Blue", "Who's That Girl", and the Silver Screen Single mix of "Causing a Commotion". The re-released "Holiday" eventually went to No. 5 in the UK charts, while a re-release of the ballad "Crazy for You" (using the new remixed version) peaked at No. 2. Blender magazine ranked the album at number one on their list of "100 Greatest American Albums of All Time".[7] In 2003, the album was ranked number 278 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In November 2006, the album was confirmed by the British Phonographic Industry to be the biggest selling album by a solo female artist in British history, and the tenth biggest selling album of all time in the UK by any artist.[8] On January 1, 1991, a box set entitled The Royal Box was released which included either a Cassette/VHS (US-only) or Satin CD Digipak/VHS (US, Germany/UK) with additional postcards and poster. The VHS version also included the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards performance of "Vogue".

[edit] Commercial response

The Immaculate Collection was included in the list of BMG Music Club's top selling albums in the United States at number #10. The album stayed atop the UK Albums chart for 9 weeks, breaking the record for the longest consecutive weeks at #1 by a solo female artist, a record that would not be matched until 2011 by Adele's album 21. On March 12, 2006, the album re-entered the UK charts more than 15 years after its release at #38 (it reached #1 on its original release in 1990).[9] Madonna's Confessions on a Dance Floor was also in the top 20 at #13. In 2006, the album returned to Ireland's Top 100 Albums chart, entering at #21, charting higher than Confessions on a Dance Floor, which was at #95. On the week of April 28, 2008, the album rose 50 places from #122 to #72 on the official UK Albums Chart, the same week that Madonna's eleventh studio album Hard Candy was released internationally.

In the United States, The Immaculate Collection was certified Diamond (10x Platinum) by RIAA, becoming one of the best-selling albums in the country. In the United Kingdom, The Immaculate Collection was certified 12x Platinum by BPI for shipment of 3.6 million copies, becoming the second best-selling album by a female artist in British music history.

The Immaculate Collection was certified 11× Platinum by Australian Recording Industry Association, becoming one of the best-selling albums in Australia. In France, the album was certified Diamond for shipment of one million copies of the album. The Immaculate Collection has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it Madonna's best-seller and one of the world's best-selling albums of all time. It also remains the best-selling compilation album ever released by a solo artist.[10][11][12][13]

[edit] Singles

From this album, Madonna released four singles:

# Title Date
1. "Justify My Love" November 6, 1990
2. "Crazy for You" (Remix) (UK) February 18, 1991
3. "Rescue Me" February 26, 1991
4. "Holiday" / The Holiday Collection (UK re-release) June 4, 1991

[edit] Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length
1. "Holiday"   Curtis Hudson, Lisa Stevens John "Jellybean" Benitez 4:04
2. "Lucky Star"   Madonna Reggie Lucas 3:39
3. "Borderline"   Lucas Lucas 4:00
4. "Like a Virgin"   Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg Nile Rodgers 3:11
5. "Material Girl"   Peter Brown, Robert Rans Rodgers 3:53
6. "Crazy for You"   John Bettis, Jon Lind Benitez 3:45
7. "Into the Groove"   Madonna, Stephen Bray Madonna, Bray, Shep Pettibone* 4:10
8. "Live to Tell"   Madonna, Patrick Leonard Madonna, Leonard 5:19
9. "Papa Don't Preach"   Brian Elliot, additional lyrics: Madonna Madonna, Bray 4:11
10. "Open Your Heart"   Madonna, Gardner Cole, Peter Rafelson Madonna, Leonard 3:51
11. "La Isla Bonita"   Madonna, Leonard, Bruce Gaitsch Madonna, Leonard 3:48
12. "Like a Prayer"   Madonna, Leonard Madonna, Leonard, Pettibone* 5:51
13. "Express Yourself"   Madonna, Bray Madonna, Bray, Pettibone* 4:04
14. "Cherish"   Madonna, Leonard Madonna, Leonard 3:52
15. "Vogue"   Madonna, Pettibone Madonna, Pettibone, Craig Kostich** 5:19
16. "Justify My Love"   Lenny Kravitz, Ingrid Chavez, additional lyrics: Madonna Kravitz, André Betts*** 5:00
17. "Rescue Me"   Madonna, Pettibone Madonna, Pettibone 5:31

Additional notes

  • All tracks: "1990 QSound Mix" except "Justify My Love" and "Rescue Me"
  • The iTunes version, released digitally in 2005, contains different versions of: "Lucky Star" (U.S. Remix) – 7:15 and "Borderline" (Remix) – 5:18 [14]
  • * denotes additional production, ** denotes Executive producer, ***denotes Associate producer

[edit] Formats

  • CD — containing the 17-track compilation album.
  • CD Limited Edition Box Set — The Royal Box containing a Satin Digi-Pak CD with VHS containing "Vogue" (from the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards), a 24" x 36" color poster and postcard assortment, housed in a lingerie-inspired LP sized box.[15]
  • CD Limited Edition Gold Edition — Rare 1995 Taiwanese exclusive limited 'Gold' Edition in a unique gold bordered slipcase.[16]
  • Cassette — containing the 17-track compilation album.
  • Cassette Limited Edition Box Set — The Royal Box containing the Cassette version with VHS containing "Vogue" (from the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards), a 24" x 36" color poster and postcard assortment, housed in a lingerie-inspired LP sized box.[15]
  • LP — double disc, containing 17 tracks.
  • LP Limited Edition Picture Disc — UK double picture disc, containing 17 tracks.[17]
  • Mini Disc — 17-track compilation, released 25 October 1999.[18]
  • VHS — 13-track video compilation, contains "Oh Father", not included on the audio releases, and "Vogue" (from the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards).
  • Laserdisc — 13-track double disc video compilation, contains "Oh Father", not included on the audio releases and "Vogue" (from the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards).
  • VCD — Asia only, 13-track video compilation, contains "Oh Father", not included on the audio releases and "Vogue" (from the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards).
  • DVD — 13-track video compilation released in November 1999, contains "Oh Father", not included on the audio releases and "Vogue" (from the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards).[19]
  • iTunes version — released digitally in 2005, contains different version of: "Lucky Star" - (U.S. Remix) 7:15, "Borderline" - (Remix) 5:18 and "Like a Prayer" - (Extended 12" Version) 7:24, all other tracks are the same as the original release.

[edit] The Holiday Collection

The Holiday Collection
EP by Madonna
Released June 2,1991
Genre Pop
Length 18:30
Label Sire, Warner Bros.
Producer Madonna, Patrick Leonard, Stephen Bray, Shep Pettibone
Madonna chronology
Remixed Prayers
(1989)		 The Holiday Collection
(1991)

The Holiday Collection is an EP by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It was released as an accompanying title to the greatest hits package The Immaculate Collection only in the United Kingdom in 1991 by Sire Records.[20][21]

[edit] Background

The EP was a CD and Cassette Maxi-single with "Holiday" as the lead track. It includes three tracks which were omitted from The Immaculate Collection and had been big hits there, True Blue (#1), Who's That Girl (#1) and Causing a Commotion (#4).

This was the third time "Holiday" had entered the UK Singles Chart, the first in 1984 reaching number six and the second in 1985 where it reached number two, only being kept off the top spot by her own single "Into the Groove"). This time it reached number five. Some weeks after the CD was released, a very limited cassette was also released, with the same tracklisting.

[edit] Track listing

UK CD / Cassette Single
  1. "Holiday" (album version, 6:09)
  2. "True Blue" (album version, 4:17)
  3. "Who's That Girl" (album version, 3:58)
  4. "Causin' a Commotion" (Silver Screen single mix, 4:06)

[edit] Charts, certifications and procession

[edit] Charts

Chart Peak
Position
Australian Albums Chart[22] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[22] 6
Canadian Albums Chart[23] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[24] 5
Finnish Albums Chart[22] 6
French Albums Chart[25] 4
German Albums Chart[26] 10
Hungarian Albums Chart[27] 6
Italian Albums Chart[28] 2
Japanese Albums Chart[29] 5
New Zealand Albums Chart[22] 3
Norwegian Albums Chart[22] 5
Spanish Albums Chart[30] 5
Swedish Albums Chart[22] 8
Swiss Albums Chart[22] 3
UK Albums Chart[31] 1
U.S. Billboard 200[32] 2

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification
Argentina 5× Platinum[33]
Australia 11× Platinum[34]
Austria Platinum[35]
Brazil 2× Platinum[36]
Canada 7× Platinum[37]
Denmark Platinum[38]
Finland 2× Platinum[39]
France Diamond[40]
Germany 3× Gold[41]
Netherlands 3× Platinum[42]
New Zealand 7× Platinum[43]
Poland 3× Platinum[44]
Spain 3× Platinum[30]
Sweden Gold[45]
Switzerland Platinum[46]
United Kingdom 12× Platinum[47]
United States Diamond[48]

[edit] Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
The Very Best of Elton John by Elton John		 UK Albums Chart number-one album
November 18, 1990 – January 19, 1991		 Succeeded by
MCMXC a.D. by Enigma
Preceded by
In Concert by The Three Tenors		 Australian Albums Chart number-one album
December 2–22, 1990
January 13–26, 1991		 Succeeded by
The Very Best of Elton John by Elton John

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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  33. ^ CAPIF
  34. ^ ARIA
  35. ^ IFPI Austria
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  37. ^ CRIA
  38. ^ IFPI Denmark
  39. ^ IFPI Finland
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