Daily Archives: March 22, 2019

‘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…