32 years Madonna released her first serious artist album of many, With 1989's Like a Prayer

[Spicechinodiva]

On March 22 2017, The Huffington Post published an article titled, “Why Madonna’s Like A Prayer Is The Most Important Album Ever Made By A Female Artist.”
Here are some of the highlights from the article:

28 years ago this week, Madonna released what is not only her best album to date, but also what could be the most important release ever by a female artist. That’s not to say that Like a Prayer is the best album ever by a female artist, but it’s pretty close. After six years of being considered pop fluff and a disco dolly, Madonna was finally taken seriously by most music critics in 1989. Still, Like a Prayer deserved even more than bewildering critical acclaim.

If Madonna and misogyny weren’t practically synonyms, Like a Prayer would have not only won several Grammys in 1990 (it didn’t even earn any major nominations), but it would be widely praised for its songwriting and production 28 years later. If a man delivered the same type of vocals Madonna did on Like a Prayer, critics would note that his voice isn’t technically perfect, but distinct, melodic, and full of emotion. When it comes to Madonna, who certainly could never hit the notes of Aretha Franklin or Whitney Houston, it’s just easier for people to say that she “can’t sing.”

For people (especially millennials) to understand how important Like a Prayer is to culture and music, they have to comprehend the repressive environment Madonna’s album arrived to in March of 1989. The late 1980s was ruled by the religious right, who believed AIDS was a curse God gave to the gay community. Women who were outspoken or wore revealing clothes were referred to as *****, ******, *****es, etc. Police brutality among African Americans was still widely accepted without much of a backlash. And interracial dating was still considered a taboo.

The pamphlet on AIDS Madonna included with each copy of Like a Prayer alone proves that the notion of Madonna being a bad role model and having a bad influence on Generation X (especially women and teenagers) just isn’t true. Madonna educated many about AIDS and safe *** at a time when schools, the media, and religious institutions stayed away from the topic. A move like this in 1989 could have hurt a showbiz career, but Madonna survived and thrived by doing the right thing and, possibly, helping to save lives at the same time.

 

Like a Prayer is The first of two lyrical standpoints, the other Being 1998's Ray of Light for Madonna.

 

Happy 32nd anniversary of Like a Prayer. 

[FemmeFataleBrit]

PINK ELEPHANTS AND LEMONADE...

[DignifiedLove]

Boring album aged like milk 

[brit4u1998]

True Blue and Like A Prayer are my favorite Madonna albums! 

[Blackout2006]

On 3/23/2021 at 2:33 AM, SUCCESSICA IS A QUEEN said:

Boring album aged like milk 

Shut up you tasteless r@+

OT:  album. Part of her trinity as it should be

[Blackout2006]

On 3/23/2021 at 2:23 AM, FemmeFataleBrit said:

PINK ELEPHANTS AND LEMONADE...

Dont put Lemonbore next to Like A Slayer, thank you

[Blackout2006]

On 3/22/2021 at 1:52 PM, Spicechinodiva said:

Madonna released what is not only her best album to date

Ray Of Light:

[FemmeFataleBrit]

11 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

Dont put Lemonbore next to Like A Slayer, thank you

It’s a song from Like A Prayer called ‘Dear Jessie’ and it’s a bop and you will deal.

[DignifiedLove]

1 hour ago, Blackout2006 said:

Shut up you tasteless r@+

OT:  album. Part of her trinity as it should be

It literally only has 2 good songs on the album, far from her trinity but whatever pleases you I guess 

[Leolileinstein]

Legend!!