July 9, 20169 yr Just an uninteresting picture plonked on a red background for me, I'm afraid. It's certainly not an offensive cover like Hard Candy but there's nothing to it that would make me want to give it points.
July 10, 20169 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/d4Bs4KO.jpg 15. Evita // 13 voters / 73.5 points Another movie/non studio album artwork drops out (quite promising that we seem to much prefer the studio albums!) and this time it's for the film of the same name, 'Evita'. It features songs from a number of different album but is mainly a Madonna effort as she does sing the majority of the album. The cover too shows her pensive face amongst scenes from the film. It's a very dark, bold and striking cover~ No real lovers ;o Lovers: Joe, Vibe, Regina, SamJudd, Tyler 7 Haters: River Lea, Jay 3, Haus 4
July 11, 20169 yr In the UK the black and white cover im sure was more popular, it featured less songs than this edition. Love the soundtrack though !!
July 11, 20169 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/iW55lY9.jpg http://i.imgur.com/76KeNqp.jpg 14. MDNA // 13 voters / 77 points I like this one! The deluxe cover and standard editions both show Madonna behind a blurred window-scape and the bold mixture of colours and textures really makes this quite interesting. The digital manipulation has been appreciated especially by Vibe magazine who ranked it as the eleventh best album artwork of the past five years commenting particularly on the "vaguely hallucinatory" nature of it - which of course relates to the title and drug references too! Striking, interesting and bold - I feel it should've been higher! The album racked up a fair number of 8s and 7s - we're starting to get into decent-good territory it seems! ;o Lovers: Josh., River Lea, Tyler 8 Haters: SamJudd, Jay 3, LiamK 4
July 16, 20169 yr I recall it being a relief when she revealed the MDNA cover after the disastrous Hard Candy one. It compliments the album well in the sense it gives the impression of both a dance bassline and a hallucination/drug taking. Definitely visually appealing but there's still something lacking for me in comparison to her other album covers. A 4/10 might have been a bit unfair though.
July 18, 20169 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/eqlpxyb.jpg 13. GHV2 // 13 voters / 77.5 points With just 0.5 more than the previous one, Madonna's second greatest hits album. Madonna claimed that she only included "songs that I could listen to five times in a row" on it and it features several new remixes but no new singles. The album artwork was taken from a photoshoot for InStyle magazine. It features an extreme close up of Madonna's half covered face and her piercing eye. I've ONLY JUST realised that it says the album title in her eye :lol: We're getting to albums with generally good scores here including some 10s woop! Lovers: Dandy, Leww 10 Haters: Vibe 2, Josh., Joe, SamJudd 4
July 19, 20168 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/H6rnJpz.png 12. Rebel Heart // 13 voters / 82 points As we edge closer to the top 10, Madonna's latest album release drops out. As songs from the album started leaking Madonna dropped a black and white image of her wrapped up by black cords and it went on to become the (quite iconic) album cover! She promoted the album on instagram sharing images of loads of other celebrities and famous faces also bound up in the same way and caused quite a stir in the process. It's an... interesting album cover, I think I like its unique and wackiness. I do much prefer the deluxe special edition bonus cover though! The standard edition is nice but not really iconic album cover worthy so we'll settle for the middle ground ~ Next album has 0.5 more what is just missing out on the top 10? ;o Lovers: Harry 9, Joe, Vibe, Tyler 8 Haters: dandy*, Leww 3
July 19, 20168 yr To be fair, this is the only instance in life where that sentence is a viable option.
July 20, 20168 yr Author http://i.imgur.com/ONBMuDu.jpg 11. Erotica // 13 voters / 82.5 points Just missing out on the top 10 is perhaps Madonna's most controversial album. Going by the title, it's an album filled to the brim with sexual provances and provacative messages throughout. The album cover is a more muted affair - washed out in a bright white with Madonna's ghost like face appearing through it. A really cool arty effect I think! The artist and album name appear as smoke being emitted from Madonna's mouth and it oozes seduction. Not receiving a score below 4 but conversly no scores above a 9 ;o top 10 next! ~ Lovers: Regina, SamJudd 9, Josh, River Lea 8 Haters: Joe, Haus, Tyler
July 23, 20168 yr I quite like the GHV2 cover for being quite unusual - it's not as striking or give a sense of importance as you'd expect a greatest hits cover to be/have, nor does it look like it was shot for an album cover (I know it wasn't but the point is you'd expect it to at least look like it was), yet it somehow works. I too didn't realise until perhaps a couple of years ago that the title was in her eye! I was quite surprised when Madonna revealed the deluxe cover of Rebel Heart (wish I suppose is seen as the main, official cover) because I didn't think she'd ever create something that was so bold and out there again but that actually looked good again, especially after her previous two covers which only got one out of two of those qualities. I loved how it became a bit of a meme on social media but not necessarily in a way that was mocking Madonna (I know there was a bit of controversy about Madonna posting photos of famous black people being supposedly 'racist' though). I can't get over the picture where someone edited it to make her cross-eyed though! :lol: As I said in the voting stages, the Erotica cover is nice enough but had potential to be SO much better.
July 24, 20168 yr Author The more I look at it the more I think I like it. I used to hate the font but it's strangely looking good now. It's certainly one of her most interesting covers but I think I'm still undecided on how effective it is..
July 24, 20168 yr I know the Erotica album cover is taken from a picture in the Sex book, but which was published/released first: the book or the album? If the book came first, maybe the album cover was damage limitation? I just feel that, given how Madonna was probably at the peak of her provocation (in both senses of the word), she would have come up with a better idea for the album cover and the only thing I can think of as to why she went safe was because of the amount of backlash she had from her overtly sexual image and manner.
