Madonna (Madonna album)

Madonna
Studio album by Madonna
Publication (s)	July 27, 1983 (USA)
Label (s)	Sire / Warner Brothers Records
Format (s)	CD, LP, MC
Genre (s)	Disco / pop
Title (number)	8th
running time	41m: 08s
occupation	Reggie Lucas , John "Jellybean" Benitez, Mark Kamins
production	Reggie Lucas, John "Jellybean" Benitez, Mark Kamins
chronology - Madonna Like a Virgin (1984)
Single releases October 6, 1982 Everybody March 9, 1983 Burning Up September 7, 1983 Holiday September 8, 1983 Lucky Star February 15, 1984 Borderline

Madonna is the title of the same name from Madonna's debut album from 1983. In Europe it was re-released in 1985 as " The First Album " and reissued in 2001 under the original title.

Label of the LP (1985)

background

The first demo recordings of Everybody , Burning Up and I Know It were made in 1980 with Stephen Bray, two years after Madonna left Detroit to pursue a career in New York. Together they founded the Breakfast Club group. There Madonna not only played the keyboard and drums, but also sang and wrote the first songs. With these demo tapes she introduced herself to Seymour Stein , chairman of the record company Sire Records , and immediately received a contract for two singles.

Everybody and Burning Up became great successes in the clubs - also through Madonna's promotion, which presented her songs in shows and discos in the USA, England and even Japan. The two singles reached number three on the Billboard Hot Dance Music / Club Play charts . After that, the recordings for the first album began in 1982. Eight pieces were used, five of which Madonna co-wrote. At the last minute, Ain't No Big Deal , which was supposed to be the first single, was exchanged for the track Holiday - Mary Wilson ( The Supremes ) had rejected it. The title was published in 1983 and meant Madonna's breakthrough: It was able to place her in the top ten worldwide. The fact that no video was released (it was considered a failure and was never released) made up for Madonna with worldwide appearances on television shows. Holiday is based on the chord progression of the song The Look of Love , with which the British band ABC (band) had a worldwide hit the year before, but transposes it from C major to D major. It is also worth mentioning that the LP contains a different, longer version of Everybody than the CD.

With the last two singles Borderline and Lucky Star , Madonna finally established herself as a pop star in the early 1980s - although she didn't celebrate her breakthrough as a superstar until a year later with Like a Virgin .

The eight tracks on this album are all danceable and only claim to be “fun and prepare a good time”. Madonna returned to this concept several times in her career - most recently to her dance album MDNA (2012).

The album, which was originally supposed to be called Lucky Star , is dedicated to Madonna's father. It sold over 16 million copies and was reissued in 2001 as a remastered version with the original title and cover and two bonus tracks.

In 2006 the album was named one of Capital Gold's All-Time Top 500 on the UK charts.

Track list

1. Lucky Star (Madonna) - 5:37
2. Borderline (Lucas) - 5:20
3. Burning Up (Madonna) - 3:45 (Before 1985 an unremixed version was included - 2.27)
4. I Know It (Madonna) - 3:47
5. Holiday (Hudson, Stevens) - 6:10
6. Think of Me (Madonna) - 4:54
7. Physical Attraction (Lucas) - 6:39
8. Everybody (Madonna) - 6:02 - LP version - 6.40

• Burning Up (12 ″ version) (Madonna) - 5:59 (on the remastered version )
• Lucky Star (New Mix) (Madonna) - 7:15 (On the Remastered Version )

Outtakes & demo tracks

• Ain't No Big Deal (Steve Bray) (later released on Pre-Madonna and In The Beginning albums )

Chart placements

album

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	28 (16 weeks)	16
Austria (Ö3)	15th (4 weeks)	4th
United Kingdom (OCC)	6th (124 weeks)	124
United States (Billboard)	8th (168 weeks)	168

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1983	Holiday Madonna	DE9 (15 weeks) DE	-	CH18 (9 weeks) CH	UK2 (28 weeks) UK	US16 (21 weeks) US	First published: September 7, 1983 Sales: + 717,000
	Lucky Star Madonna	-	-	-	UK14 (11 weeks) UK	US4 (16 weeks) US	First published: September 8, 1983 Video: Arthur Pierson
1984	Borderline Madonna	-	-	CH23 (3 weeks) CH	UK2 (14 weeks) UK	US10 (30 weeks) US	First published: February 15, 1984 Sales: + 1,500,000; Video: Mary Lambert

Individual evidence

1. ^ The Look of Love
2. ↑ Mad Eyes
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT UK US