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‘Like a Prayer’ Was Madonna’s First Masterpiece

By the time it was released in 1989, Madonna was already a bona fide superstar. Thirty years after its release, we look back at the album that established her as a meaningful artist Madonna was already a superstar before she released Like a Prayer, which turns 30 years old this week. She had produced at least…

It can still take you there: Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ turns 30

The opening still gives me chills. A few seconds of a frenzied guitar, abruptly stopped by a slamming door. A hushed choir and a church organ give way to what sounds like an invocation. “Life is a mystery   Everyone must stand alone I hear you call my name And it feels like home“ Madonna’s…

Like a Prayer 30th anniversary official merchandise now available!

To celebrate its 30th anniversary Madonna’s official store offers you a wide range of official Like a Prayer 30 merchandise.

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Madonna’s ‘Like a Prayer’ at 30: Here’s Where She Goes From Superstar to Artistic Great

As 1989 began, there was no question that Madonna was already a decade-defining superstar. But no one knew if she, like Bee Gees to the ‘70s or Beach Boys to the ‘60s, would prove a decade-constricted artist whose relevance would wane as a new decade turned over. Like a Prayer, the magnum opus of her first…

Thirty Years Ago, Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ Cemented Controversy As A Pop Star’s Greatest Weapon

If released in 2019, Madonna‘s “Like A Prayer” video would have ignited a different controversy than the one it stirred up in 1989. Throughout the clip, broadcast in advance of the album of the same name, the singer dances in a field of burning crosses, the instantly and viscerally recognizable motif of the Ku Klux Klan.…

Sex. Religion. Death. Conical bras. Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ and Blond Ambition Tour at 30

Provocative and – at the time – shocking, Madonna’s fourth album ‘Like A Prayer’ rocked the establishment, and set a new template for self-empowered women in pop. The Blond Ambition world tour that followed, meanwhile, changed the face of live music forever. On the 30th anniversary of the album’s release, El Hunt tells the story Some albums…

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Like a Prayer turns 30! A personal memoir by Hans

  Hans decided to spent the night in front of a local record store to camp out and be the first to be Madonna’s brand new album ‘Like a Prayer’ back in March 1989. There had been a load of negative publicity in Dutch press regarding the Like a Prayer video and Pepsi withdrawing their…

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