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ā€˜We argued a lotā€™: Inside the making of Madonnaā€™s ā€˜divorce albumā€™

To celebrate 30 years since Like a Prayer, producers Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray discuss the creation of her controversial opus Lucy Oā€™Brien Sat 30 Mar 2019  11.54 GMT Shares 2,610 Comments 199   Whoā€™s that girl? Madonna in 1989. Photograph: Araldo Di Crollolanza/Rex M arch 1989, I open a large record envelope and a waft of patchouli oil hits my nostrils. Inside is the new  Madonna album. The cover art features hippy beads and her crotch in jeans. This image is a nod to her mother, a devout Catholic of French-Canadian stock, who covered up their Sacred Heart statue when a woman came round the house wearing zip-up jeans. ā€œIn Catholicism you are born a sinner ā€¦ the sin is within you the whole time,ā€ Madonna said at the time. Dedicated to the memory of her mother, Like a Prayer explores the impact of her Catholic girlhood, disappointment in love and transformation of self. Compared to the sugar-sweet Tr...