She’s b-a-c-k … This is actually her third album, coming right after last week’s #80. It was supposedly a major improvement, with more of an “adult sound.” Some critic said it took her from “pop tart to consummate artist.”
Robert Christgau, on the other hand, saw it as “pandering to the lowest common denominator of young listeners with ambiguous lyrics and over-promotion.” I would probably agree, though the only track I can identify on the whole thing is “Papa Don’t Preach.”
The photographer was Herb Ritts, a fashion & celeb type.
It’s pretty emblematic of his work – black & white, classical, sculptural. He’s got almost 200 credits on discogs.com. Here are some of his more famous ones:
As for True Blue, Jeri Heiden worked with Ritts’ photos to come up with the final design. Here’s her take on it: “It was like she was floating—her clothing was not visible. She took on the appearance of a marble statue—Goddess like.”
Couple of other iconic Madonna covers:
And some general weirdness from the Material Girl herself:
As for parodies, I love this one from Vincent Flouret:
Do you remember him from last week? He actually did a whole series where he substituted his golden retriever for the Material girl (and got covered by the Met). Here's another of his I really liked:
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