Like a Prayer

bill_lacey

Love the production on this and how Madonna is getting more experimental compared to previous albums

amy

vallovesmusic

This album was truly her first artistic masterpiece. I mean, true blue and all her album before that are amazing, but like a prayer is so unique and beautiful, haunting and cohesive all in one. It’s like a catharsis. She’s always made amazing albums, but for the time I’m sure this was a bigger statement tha her albums to follow (ahem erotica, yes I’m skipping I’m breathless for this narrative). An inspiring masterpiece and just jaw dropping experience. Love to see it and I love all the funky elements yet 80s sounds that are in this. It stands out truly amongst the albums of the 80s!

aoty

pitchfork

Madonna’s spectacular fourth album revealed just how grand, artistic, and personal a pop star could be at the very height of her fame.

rollingstone

Ever since Madonna's bellybutton first undulated its way into mass consciousness, her fame has been more a matter of image than artistry. Never mind whether there was any depth or resonance behind it; for many of her fans, the image alone — Madonna as wily, wanton boy toy, gleefully manipulating the material world — was […]