GHV2 (Greatest Hits Vol.2) - Madonna

**Before you read this, I will warn you as the reader and consumer; this album review does contain sexual references, therefore may not be suitable for a reader under the legal age or if this material type makes you feel uncomfortable** **Introduction** Ever since I was a little girl I have admired Madonna. I wasn't allowed to listen to her music very often; that was until I was in my teens. This was because of the heavy sexual references portrayed ...
...an inspirationally great person and I have so much admiration for her career and her strength. I love her tunes lyrically (now I am older) and almost every song she releases nowadays is a hit. I have a lot of her albums ranging from her first album to her latest album release of 'American Life'. I always find I can listen to Madonna regardless of my mood. Her voice has a lovely relaxing alto tone which makes her easy to listen too. This album is ...

grown_up_girlie 08.06.2005 (09.06.2005) · Read full review
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...Volume 2) wasn’t, well, better. GHV2 isn’t a bad album, by most artist’s standards it would be very good. But for someone as talented and as versatile as Madonna, it seems a bit limp. Possibly Madonna put all her best songs onto her 1990s Immaculate Collection release, then found that she had only the lukewarm ones for her next cash-in, sorry, Greatest Hits album. Deeper and Deeper – Taken from Erotica GHV2 opens with Deeper ...
...I said at the start, GHV2 is not exactly a terrible album, nor is it even a bad one. But Madonna is not famous for making ‘not bad’ records; she’s famous for making brilliant ones. When you look at Bedtime Stories, Something to Remember, True Blue and the self-titled debut Madonna, this seems like a very poor comparison. With the exception of Drowned World/Substitute for Love and possibly Beautiful Stranger, there are no tracks ...

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...superstar’s career. That aside, GHV2 is by no means volume two of the timeless Immaculate Collection – a soulless package of Madonna’s back catalogue, it failed to make the same impression on the charts, and was in fact one of Madonna’s least successful albums. One of the problems with GHV2 is its lack of “x factor”. Nearly every track on the Immaculate Collection was an anthem of one sort or another, with an ...
...older tracks a fresh appeal. GHV2 has none of this appeal. It covers some of the most uninspired periods of Madonna’s musical career, and the whole album lacks any order or methodology, with a random track listing that bears no accurate relation to the chronology of the music. Even more disappointing is the lack of any new material – whereas the Immaculate Collection spawned the hit singles Justify My Love and Rescue Me, everything on ...

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...which showcased her earlier work. GHV2 is a collection of her music from the last 11 years since the release of the aforementioned 'Immaculate Collection'. The time between the two albums saw Madonna go from media darling to the target of a huge backlash and back to media darling again. Most of it her own doing I must add! The album kicks off with the upbeat 'Deeper and Deeper' which was featured on the widely disliked 'Erotica' album. This is a ...
...reels in the fans who loved her old material. 'Erotica' is taken from the album of the same name which I have just mentioned, and it is the track which I would say could be left out of this selection and the standard of the album would not suffer in anyway. The song was brought out at the same time as the highly controversial book of photos 'Sex', and I think that this was a direction Madonna deliberately took to try and shock people, but in my mind ...

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Madonna has been around for twenty years, and she will be around for probably another twenty years, and this album pinpoints why she managed to carry on changing her image and music. This album reached number 2 in 2001 (beaten by Westlife!) and fell out the charts quickly unlike her previous Greatest Hits, The Immaculate Collection, still visits the charts and has sold 40 million copies worldwide and counting. Why is this? This is a strong album ...
...out and her tours were very successful. This album was promoted everywhere (I still have postcards from restaurants advertising it). Most people say that it was September 11th which did it (it came out a week later) and America was under scutiny. I don't think this. I don't know what it is, but this isn't it. Another problem I have with this album is that it is missing many a Madonna hit. The ones I would have added would have been Rain and American ...

Lucien500 10.03.2004 (21.03.2005) · Read full review
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...second greatest hits album named GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2) which consists of her hits between the years 1991 - 2001. I would have thought she would have called it Immaculate Collection 2. The CD has 15 tracks in all and unlike The Immaculate Collection, this compilation shows the diversity of Madonna and how, over the years, she has constantly reinvented her image and tried different material. I must admit, in the 90s Ive been less of a Madonna ...
...and 'Dont Tell Me' GHV2 consists of most of the tracks that I have mentioned above but I think there could have been a few more tracks on the compilation as it only has 15 and some tracks that I think were good such as 'Rain', 'This Used To Be My Playground', and 'One More Chance' are missing. I really like 'Take A Bow'! Don't know why, but I guess it just reminds me of good old 80's Madonna! Warning though, this compilation doesn't have any new ...

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..."Best Of" album, simply entitled GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume 2). So how did she get from there to here. The album track list seems a good way to explain it. Track 1: Deeper and Deeper (7" Edit). Taken from the liberally slated Erotica album, this song features a serious hook. The way the lyrics are recited fast then slow, fast then slow draws you in as the heavy dance beat pulls you into a party mood. The tune is uplifting as she tells of how she ...
...she wasn't talking of her real parents as her mother, also named Madonna, died of cancer when singer Madonna was only 5). This is a great opening track for the album and psyches you up perfectly for the rest of it. Track 2: Erotica (Radio Edit). Not to be confused with the song Erotic which came on the cd packaged with the Sex book, this is the title track from the Erotica album of 1992. The record opens with a scratching sound deliberately made ...

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...her second, the woefully titled GHV2 (Greatest Hits Volume Two) - I apologise for being pedantic but you must question that title. Did she think Greatest Hits Volume Two was too conservative a title? Was it a case of Madge trying to hit us from leftfield 'I know, this'll confuse them'? In any case, a silly title. But what about the music? Yes, what about this album of many delights? Well, to be honest it is pretty poor. It isn't the kind of album ...
...album just doesn't warrant repeat listenings - or, rather, if it does, then that's where the 'track programming' button comes in handy. Of this album of fifteen songs, I found five of them to be excellent, really catchy songs where Madonna really excels herself and proves why she is so respected in today's rock/pop world. The other ten leave me staggered with belief as to exactly WHY Madonna is afforded such respect. So to the ones I liked. 'Deeper ...

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I was really shocked when I saw the advert for this and I actually wanted to buy it! I have always had this thing inside me that kind of liked Madonna, but I have never had the courage to go and buy one! So there I was in Virgin Megastore debating whether to buy Madonna or something else. I just went for it; I picked it up and bought it. I got home and put it into my music system straight away and it started to play. My first overall thought was ...
...the songs: 001: Deeper and Deeper It starts out good, you here Madonna singing Deeper and Deeper and then it goes onto that 80’s beat, even though it was made in the 90’s. That shows that she has a big influence on pop music. The song goes on and it sounds really good, that 80’s beat is still going and I think it’s really good. The vocals to the song are really good to, they sound good, and they go with the song and sound ...

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...Grammys in one year. GHV2 is a great album especially to those people who is yet to discover modonna. It is compiled with some some of the best pop singles of the '90s , the songs on GHV2 are also an essential addition to any sensible music ...

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I am a big madonna fan as you an probably tell from the title. In my opinion this cd is great, not only does it have some of my favorite madonna tracks (but where is my ameican pie hmm?) but it lasts a long time. What does he mean lasts a long time? you say My Cd hasnt jumped once in the 10'000 time i have played it. Whereas the Now collection start to jump after about a fortnight. The songs are mostly old (how long has evita been around?) and ...
...my favorite songs. And i am sure people will love the songs in 10 and 20 and even 100 years. Lots of people still listen to old Queen songs and old beatles songs and old Elvis (little less conversation got to number 1 in how many countries?) And we still listen to the likes of bethoven and motzart dont we? Are we in an age of ageless or aging music? Ask me when i have done my music exam. When I took music I was secretly hoping that the music ...

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