Product Description

Madonna released EROTICA around the same time she released her Sex book, and that's exactly what it sounds like. The title song has a sensuously static groove over which she commands, "put your hands all over my body". "Where Life Begins" demands that you do something a whole lot more intimate (andquite unrepeatable here) to her. The CD booklet has a photoof Madonna in bondage. To get across the album's naughty feel, Madonna dispensed with the pop prettiness of LIKE A PRAYER and returned to her hard-core dance club roots.
She and co-producer Shep Pettibone, who had made his name as a club DJ and dance remixer, craft some alluring bad-girl grooves(catch the ocean-deep bass on "Waiting") while still managing to keep things catchy. "Deeper And Deeper " is celebratory dance-pop (with a brief Latin break that nods to the music's true roots) and "Rain" stands among Madonna's major ballads. There's a strange heaviness amidst the fun, games and bondage on EROTICA, which "In This Life" goes a long way toward explaining: It's about AIDS and homophobia. At her naughtiest and most R-rated, Madonna still carries a message, and it resonates well beyond the dance floor.

Track Listing

1. Erotica
2. Fever
3. Bye Bye Baby
4. Deeper And Deeper
5. Where Life Begins
6. Bad Girl
7. Waiting
8. Thief Of Hearts
9. Words
10. Rain
11. Why's It So Hard
12. In This Life
13. Secret Garden

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1786 in Music
• Released on: 1992-10-14
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Her Best?
Having liked most of Madonna's work up untill this album. I was blown away by the complete change of direction. I think this features some of her strongest songs and some of the best production of her career.
The albums following this all gained much higher sales and acclaim but this is her forgotten masterpiece.

Madonna-Erotica
OK this is the first studio album that Madonna has released that I have given a 5 star rating, as I do my reviews in chronological order. It's not my personal favourite, but out of all the albums she has under her belt currently, it is definately my runner up.
I love the album so much because of all the strong lyrical messages it protests, and the incredibely catchy tunes that a lot of the songs hold. Even if you don't like this Madonna period, I would encourage you still to get this album because it is so much more than just sex. It also dives into issues such as true love, real hate, freedom of thinkings and speech etc. It is a very mature album, and a real classic!
I do find a couple of the songs a little irritating but on the whole, I'd have to say that this album gets played a lot!

My personal ratings:

Erotica 4/5
Fever 2/5
Bye Bye Baby 2/5
Deeper And Deeper 5/5
Where Life Begins 5/5
Bad Girl 5/5
Waiting 5/5
Thief Of Hearts 4/5
Words 5/5
Rain 5/5
Why's It So Hard 5/5
In This Life 5/5
Did You Do It? 2/5 ('explicit content' edition only)
Secret Garden 5/5

ONE OF THE BEST
ONE OF HER BEST ALBUMS TO DATE.
ALL OF THE TRACKS ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!!!
THE GREATEST SONGS ARE-EROTICA(OF COURSE),BYE BYE BABY,DEEPER AND DEEPER,BAD GIRL,RAIN,WORDS,WAITING, THIEF OF HEARTS,WHERE LIFE BEGINS,WHYS IT SO HARD?,and IN THIS LIFE.
SO MOST OF THE TRACKS ARE FANTASTIC, NOT ALL CRITICS WERE HARSH ON THIS ALBUM, BUT THE ONES WHO WERE OBVIOUSLY DON'T SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT AND THINK ITS FUN TO BE DEPRESSING AND GIVE NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO ART, A FABULOUS PIECE OF WORK ON THIRTEEN TRACKS...GOD I LOVE THIS ALBUM IT REALLY PUTS YOU IN THE RIGHT MOOD FOR A WEEKEND AFTER A LONG WEEK, A GREAT ALBUM!!!!!!!!:):):)
ALL THIS ALBUM NEEDED WAS VOGUE AND IT WOULD BE HER GREATEST ALBUM,HOWEVER THIS ALBUM IS FAR MORE GREATER THAN THE RIDICULOUS "IM BREATHLESS".
#3 ON MY TOP 10 ALBUM LIST(JUST BEATEN BY TRUE BLUE AND LIKE A PRAYER)AND IN LEAGUE WITH MUSIC/CONFESSIONS(ALL OF WHICH ARE MY TOP 5).
BRING ON HARD CANDY!!!!TRUST ME,WITH EROTICA YOU WILL BE DANCING AROUND THE HOUSE,ITS A POWERHOUSE OF AN ALBUM :P
the tracks-
EROTICA-10*/10-fantastic song,extremely powerful tune.
fever-8/10-not spectacular but great beat.
Bye bye baby-9/10-fun song...not a love song(haha).
Deeper & deeper-10/10-another Madge gem.
Where life begins-9/10-saucy song filled with innuendos.
Bad girl-10/10-amazing ballad and very powerful.
Waiting-10/10-amazingly awesome song and very bitchy...i love it.
Thief of hearts-10/10-another awesome song with harsh undertones.
Words-10/10-a classic song and has a deep impact on me.
Rain-10/10-another classic ballad by Madge spectaculaR!!
why's it so hard-10/10-another gem in Maddie's crown...very good.
In this life-9/10-acts as a wind down but nevertheless is very good.
Secret garden-10/10-amazing closure to one of the best albums ever made!!!
Bedtime Stories doesn't even touch on this albums greatness,Erotica should never,ever be overlooked...it is a classic and very powerful album i LOVE it and i'm positive you will adore the albums style.
extremely hard hitting and great jive beats filled to the brim with amazing songs and some classics.