Favourite/Leastfavourite Madonna album?

[Dodfather]

Hi guys

There was a little discussion of this a couple of weeks ago, louie loves Bedtime Stories, but I was having this conversation with some friends the other night and thought I'd start an actual thread. So, which is your favourite and least favourite Madonna albums and why? Also, is there an album of hers you think has been forgotten?

Fave: Like A Prayer (1989) / Something To Remember (1996?)
I'm including both because Something To Remember is mostly a compilation of released material. Almost all of Madonna's ballads. I love it - it really showcases her as a songwriter, something she never gets enough credit for. Crazy For You is my favourite Madonna track and Take A Bow is lovely. The strings are also great on I'll Remember (Madonna goes almost orchestral - haha!) If the album had Rain and Bad Girl on it it would be perfect!

Like A Prayer: Well, what can be said about this album that hasn't already over the years? The title track is superb, pop/rock/Gospel... and they all come together in a brilliant mix of burning crosses and Madonna dancing around in a nightie. FYI: This is the only video I've ever thought Madonna looked hot in, more natural. The song is just epic! The rest of the album is stellar too and I think the closest Madonna has come to a successfully cohesive artistic statement.

Till Death Us Do Part is unremittingly harsh yet does that great thing of setting it against a singalong beat so makes it all the .more shocking (see Suzanne Vega: Luka, Annie Lennox: Walking On Broken Glass and Kylie: Better The Devil You Know). Pray For Spanish Eyes is a big gorgeous ballad and, yes, her voice cracks on it but it works for the song. The you have Cherish: In my opinion one of the best allout pop tunes she has ever recorded. Dear Jessie is lovely too. I even quite like Act Of Contrition... "ducks.."

Worst: Hard Candy (2008). I'm not keen on almost all of Madonna's post Music material but I think this album really is the worst of the lot. The point at which she became a follower and not a leader and just did stuff that had been heard several times before... but did it badly.

Underrated Gem: Erotica (1992). Such a shame this album got dwarfed by the Sex book and everything else that went along with it because there really are some great songs onhere. The title track, Depper and Deeper, Bad Girl. It gets a bad rap so needs to be rediscovered!