Madonna: The Veronica Electronica Edition (Encore)

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🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

In 1998, Madonna was at a career crossroads. After dominating the ’80s with hits like “Like a Virgin” and “Open Your Heart,” she spent the first half of the ’90s wavering between roles as a provocateur (Erotica, Sex) and adult-contemporary balladeer (“I’ll Remember,” “Take a Bow”). That’s when she took a sharp left turn, working with producers and deejays in the burgeoning electronica scene. If it even was a scene: The very term “electronica” was a music-business confection, and by 1997 it was more hype than hit. But the result of Madonna’s experiment—her acclaimed ’98 album Ray of Light—was not only one of her biggest smashes ever. It also helped turn electronic music into viable pop. Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	This is an encore presentation of Hit Parade.
0:25.0	We are re-posting this episode about the creation of the 1998 album Ray of Light
0:31.0	in honor of Madonna's 60th birthday coming up on August 16th 2018.
0:38.9	We hope you enjoy this celebration of a one-of-a- kind Queen of Pop's career,
0:44.4	but also the dawn of electronic dance music in the 1990s.
0:49.6	Enjoy.
0:51.9	Welcome to Hit Parade, a podcast of Pop Chart History from Slate magazine, about the hits from
0:58.1	Coast to Coast.
0:59.6	I'm Chris Malanfi, Chart Analysts, Pop Critic, and Writer of Slates, Why Is This Song Number One series.
1:06.9	On today's show, 20 years ago, Madonna debuted on Billboard's album chart with her first studio album in four years,
1:16.6	the trippy yet maternal Ray of Life. And I feel like a just got home and I feel.
1:25.0	And I feel like a just can't home and I feel
1:29.0	like a just can't call and a dream. As that seemingly contradictory description indicates,
1:39.4	Ray of Light was the culmination of multiple threads in the life of Madonna Louise
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