Madonna - You Can Dance
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Free Music Review: The "Best" of Madonna
Hit: 5 Stars
I feel that this is the most wonderful CD by Madonna, I like it a lot. This is definitely a classic masterpiece.Free Music Review: ....
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for inpiration ....and you can dance ....only when Im dancing
can I feel this free
Free Music Review: played so much we wore it out
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we love the Over & Over song - played the cd so much over the years we've worn it outFree Music Review: Essential Remix Album
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Free Music Review: A Few Quintessential Remixes and Some Throwaways
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Madonna became somewhat of a pioneer yet again in late 1987 when she released an EP of remixes and one previously unreleased track on "You Can Dance".
This release helped satiate the appetite of fans who were hungering for more following her too-sparse contribution to the "Who's That Girl" soundtrack. We would have to wait a year-and-a-half until "Like a Prayer" came out in Spring '89.
The Stephen Bray-produced "Spotlight" opens this collection. It's an uplifting, inspirational track that was supposed to be included on "True Blue" but was rejected. Why they excluded it is anyone's guess, when subpar material like "Jimmy Jimmy" and "Love Makes the World Go Around" made the final cut.
"Spotlight" may have sounded out-of-place on "True Blue" anyhow, since that album had Patrick Leonard's stamp all over it, and the song didn't fit that mold. It's one of Madonna's more underappreciated efforts, sort of a mashup of "Holiday" and "Into the Groove". (Like "Groove", Madonna's voice is double-tracked and sounds great.) It's inclusion makes "You Can Dance" worth getting for this song alone.
Next, we segue seamlessly into "Holiday", which, aside from a few added synth embellishments here and there, and some extra piano and percussion, is basically the version we are all familiar with.
Madonna's first club hit, 1982's "Everybody" follows. It differs from the album version by a hollow-sounding "echo chamber" effect, as well as some Jimmy Jam Harris/Terry Lewis-type percussion underneath that wasn't in the original mix.
The edit that morphs "Everybody" into "Physical Attraction" is probably the smoothest transition (though they all are great). However, "Physical" is identical to the version appearing on "Madonna" so it's inclusion here is somewhat baffling.
What was originally Side Two on the LP begins with a blistering version of "Over and Over" from "Like a Virgin". A bubbling synth and bombastic keyboards open what is the best remix of all. It blows the original out of the water. It's filled with little ear-catching musical accents that sound like a broken alarm clock, New Year's noisemakers and DeeJay scratching.
Just as strong is the extended mix of "Into the Groove". While I have always disliked what they did to "Groove" on "The Immaculate Collection" (adding an extended piano break, yet deleting the climactic "Now I know you're mine" refrain), this version is even better than the original 4:40 radio edit. With it's jerky edits and Madonna's infectious giggle, it's impossible to sit still when hearing this. Some may find the hype-edits too jarring but I personally love them. The only song that used them better was the 12" mix of Jody Watley's "Real Love".
"Groove" blends into "Where's the Party" using "Bad Girls"-type whistles. "Party" is a song I was never too crazy about in the first place, but it seems to fit better here than it did on "True Blue" for some reason. It begins with call-and-response between some male backup singers and Madonna. The mix here has more a Latin flavor and less of Pat Leonard's influence, which may explain why I find it more enjoyable. There's also a cute little bell interlude before an a capella ending and handclaps close the song.
The last three songs are dub versions of "Holiday", "Into the Groove" and "Where's the Party", and are basically throw-aways. There is nothing noteworthy about any of them. "Holiday" and "Groove" are basically instrumentals. I never understood why dub versions even existed. They always appeared on the B-Side's of 12-Inch singles, and just seemed to be rough, early experimental mixes for the finished 12" club versions.
If nothing else, "You Can Dance" makes for a great workout album. It's not perfect but still highly recommended. For Madonna fans, it's a must-have.