MADONNA - THE FIRST ALBUM
Album cover, shot by Gary Heery
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After the successful release of her first two singles
Everybody and Burning Up, Warner Records gave Madonna
the permission to produce her first album. Though New
York DJ Mark Kamins had discovered Madonna and
produced Everybody, Madonna decided to work
with Warner producer Reggie Lucas for the rest of the album.
They started recording Lucky Star, a song written by
Madonna, and Borderline, which was a composition of Lucas.
Soon both realised they couldn't cooperate that well.
Lucas produced the album his way, while Madonna
complained that she had different concepts and ideas.
She took the finished but unsatisfactory album to her
friend John -Jellybean- Benitez, who remixed and
rearranged the whole album. He also added a song written
by Curtis Hudson and Lisa Stevens: Holiday. This song would
establish Madonna as the new dance act of the
early 80s. Of course later it would grow into one of
Madonna's best classics. Though the album at first got
the name 'Lucky Star', it was released on July 27th,
1983 simply as 'Madonna'. Madonna dedicated the album
to her father.
On the album charts, it reached #6 (UK), #8 (US, France), and #10 (Australia). The album spent a total of 168 weeks on the Billboard 200. In October 2000, it was certified 5 times Platinum in the US, while selling over 8 million copies worldwide. In September 1985, the album was re-issued under the name 'The First Album', using different art work (right-side cover). In 2001 the album was remastered with improved sound and remixes of Burning Up and Lucky Star, and also using the original art work (left-side cover). Singles Outtakes & Demo tracks |
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