Erotica (album)
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Studio album by Madonna | |||||||||||||
Publication |
October 16, 1992 |
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Label (s) | Sire / Warner Brothers Records | ||||||||||||
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CD, LP, MC |
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Title (number) |
• 13 (Clean Version) • 14 (Normal Version) |
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running time |
75 min 24 s |
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Studio (s) |
Master mix & sound works |
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Erotica is the fifth studio album by Madonna , which was published on 16 October 1,992th
background
Three years after Madonna's last studio album Like a Prayer , which artistically and commercially exceeded all expectations, Madonna released a concept album.
In 1992 Madonna left the tried and tested, slightly poppy paths that had given her hit after hit for almost ten years. Instead, she produced an album full of funk and jazz elements that was not easily accessible with the DJs Shep Pettibone and André Betts. At the same time as the album, Madonna's book SEX was published, in which she presented her naked body in addition to her sexual fantasies. In addition, the erotic thriller Body of Evidence by Uli Edel started , in which she wanted to try her hand at the side of Willem Dafoe as a film star. Madonna's sexuality-related content was often received negatively in the tabloid press.
Elaborate videos were again made for the singles: The video for the song Erotica contains the stylized representation of BDSM and other sexual activities. David Fincher shot a video in the style of a thriller for Bad Girl with Christopher Walken , Stéphane Sednaoui shot a typical work for Fever , and Mark Romanek's video for Rain has won several awards (including the MTV Video Music Award ). Visually Madonna was convincing, but in fact her career came to a standstill for the first time - ironically, she had just made herself independent with her own record company Maverick. In 1993 Madonna presented a large number of the songs on the album on her sold out " The Girlie Show - World Tour ".
Madonna about the album: “When I released my album Erotica , it didn't sell very well at first and was overshadowed by other things I did back then. But in hindsight, a lot of people say this is one of their favorite albums. So they must have listened after all. "
Track list
- Erotica (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 5:18
- Fever (E. Cooley, J. Davenport) - 5:00
- Bye Bye Baby (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 3:56
- Deeper and Deeper (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone, T. Shimkin) - 5:33
- Where Life Begins (A. Betts, M. Ciccone) - 5:57
- Bad Girl (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 5:23
- Waiting (A. Betts, M. Ciccone) - 5:46
- Thief of Hearts (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 4:51
- Words (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 5:55
- Rain (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 5:24
- Why 's It So Hard (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 5:23
- In This Life (M. Ciccone, S. Pettibone) - 6:23
- Did you do it? (A. Betts, M. Ciccone) - 5:32 (not included on the * clean version * of the album)
- Secret Garden (A. Betts, M. Ciccone) - 5:30
Charts
album
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
Germany (GfK) | 5 (21 weeks) | 21st |
Austria (Ö3) | 10 (19 weeks) | 19th |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 5 (12 weeks) | 12 |
United Kingdom (OCC) | 2 (39 weeks) | 39 |
United States (Billboard) | 2 (53 weeks) | 53 |
Singles
year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||||
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DE | AT | CH | UK | US | |||
1992 |
Erotica Erotica |
DE13 (12 weeks) DE |
AT15 (7 weeks) AT |
CH8 (13 weeks) CH |
UK3 (9 weeks) UK |
US3 (18 weeks) US |
First published: September 29, 1992
Sales: + 535,000; Video: Fabien Baron |
Deeper and Deeper Erotica |
DE26 (14 weeks) DE |
AT30 (1 week) AT |
CH23 (6 weeks) CH |
UK6 (9 weeks) UK |
US7 (17 weeks) US |
First published: November 17, 1992
Sales: + 35,000; Video: Bobby Woods |
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1993 | Bad girl erotica |
DE47 (9 weeks) DE |
- |
CH25 (5 weeks) CH |
UK10 (7 weeks) UK |
US36 (11 weeks) US |
First published: February 2, 1993
Video: David Fincher |
Fever Erotica |
- | - | - |
UK6 (6 weeks) UK |
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Rain erotica |
DE26 (13 weeks) DE |
AT24 (4 weeks) AT |
CH11 (12 weeks) CH |
UK7 (8 weeks) UK |
US14 (20 weeks) US |
First published: August 5, 1993
Sales: + 35,000; Video: Mark Romanek |
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Bye bye baby erotica |
- | - |
CH28 (4 weeks) CH |
- | - |
First published: November 15, 1993
Video: Live performance |
Web links
- Official music video for Bad Girl on YouTube