Filed under: Music | Tags: Celebration, greatest hits, Madonna, Ne-Yo, Sugababes, Whitney Houston
Some “exciting” updates on Madonna‘s Greatest Hits, her final release with Warner Bros. Music, including the track listing.
The album, Celebration, is released on the 28th September and will include 34 of her hits from her career and 2 brand new tracks. Singles will be remastered but the versions will be either the versions found on her Immaculate Collection and Album Versions. For this era there will be a Double DVD release rumoured to include her entire Music Video collection.
CD 1:
01. Hung Up
02. Music
03. Vogue
04. 4 Minutes
05. Holiday
06. Like A Virgin
07. Into The Groove
08. Everybody
09. Like A Prayer
10. Ray Of Light
11. Sorry
12. Express Yourself
13. Open Your Heart
14. Borderline
15. Secret
16. Erotica
17. Justify My Love
18. Revolver (previously unreleased)
CD 2:
01. Dress You Up
02. Material Girl
03. La Isla Bonita
04. Papa Don’t Preach
05. Lucky Star
06. Burning Up
07. Crazy For You
08. Who’s That Girl
09. Frozen
10. Miles Away
11. Take A Bow
12. Beautiful Stranger
13. Hollywood
14. Die Another Day
15. Don’t Tell Me
16. Live To Tell
17. Cherish
18. Celebration (new single)
Source: MadonnaTribe (thanks for the exclusives guys!)
Singles Excluded:
- Angel (from Like a Virgin)
- Gambler (from Vision Quest)
- True Blue (from True Blue)
- Causing a Commotion & The Look of Love (from Who’s That Girl – Original Soundtrack)
- Oh Father, Dear Jessie & Keep it Together (from Like a Virgin)
- Hanky Panky (from I’m Breathless - Music from and inspired by the film ‘Dick Tracy‘)
- Rescue Me (from The Immaculate Collection)
- Deeper and Deeper, Bad Girl, Fever, Bye Bye Baby & Rain (from Erotica)
- Bedtime Story & Human Nature (from Bedtime Stories)
- I Want You, I’ll Remember, You’ll See, This Used to Be My Playground & One More Chance (from Something to Remember)
- You Must Love Me, Don’t Cry For Me Argentina, Another Suitcase in Another Hall & Buenos Aires (from Evita – Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Drowned World/Substitute for Love, The Power of Goodbye & Nothing Really Matters (from Ray of Light)
- American Pie (from The Next Best Thing)
- What it Feels Like For a Girl (from Music)
- American Life, Nothing Fails & Love Profusion (from American Life)
- Get Together & Jump (from Confessions on a Dancefloor)
- Give it 2 Me (from Hard Candy)
I’m very surprised about the chosen track list; whilst I think it may be a pretty solid list, including many of her early hits including all of the singles from her debut album; I feel that many notable works including Erotica and Ray of Light have been very under-represented especially the omission of Deeper and Deeper. I also feel that her more “current” tracks like American Life and Give It 2 Me should have been included in place of random tracks such as Miles Away…
The single, Celebration, a collaborative effort from Madonna and Paul Oakenfold is released on the 14th September in the UK.
Oh, and HAPPY 51ST BIRTHDAY TO THE QUEEN OF POP! (yesterday!)
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Other stuff is really just a couple of music things I found on YouTube..
Including Whitney Houston‘s lead single from her album I Look to You, Million Dollar Bill
And a track which the Sugababes were very sad that didn’t make the track list of their still yet-to-be-named seventh studio album, Lincoln Continental. It was written by Ne-Yo and this YouTube video is actually the demo version with Ne-Yo’s vocals.
Enjoy.
Filed under: Music | Tags: new album, new single, Robbie Williams, Sugababes, Whitney Houston
That’s the line up for today’s post!
First off it’s Robbie Williams who’s looking to return with his new album “Reality Killed The Video Star”, out November 9th with the preceding single “Bodies” impacting October 12.
This is his first album since his 2006 release “Rudebox” which, despite being a UK number 1 album, failed to sell as much as his previous records. The forthcoming release is also his final original album release from his £80m record deal with EMI. The album and single have been produced by Trevor Horn.
He has also been working with Don Black on the album. Black co-wrote the James Bond themes Thunderball and Diamonds are Forever. Also, Michael Jackson‘s early release Ben. Williams stated that some of the songs on this album have been re-written with Jackson in mind.
Click here for the full original article.
I’m actually pretty excited about this release for some reason. I personally loved Rudebox because it was just really quirky.
Williams described this record:
“[as a mix of the] old Robbie, new Robbie and a Robbie that neither of us have met”.
Also check out instrumental snippets of some album tracks on his Official Website (the trailer). They sound epic.
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Next up is Whitney Houston. I cannot wait to see what she comes up with, her previous album release Just Whitney was such a disappointment and she clearly wasn’t “with it” during that era.
Anyway she’s really back with her new album I Look to You is released August 31, 2009 in the UK; however there is no release date for a launch single.
The title track I Look to You has already been released within the US and other territories but there has been no word of a UK release. The track was written by R. Kelly and produced by Harvey Mason Jr. and Chris “Tricky“ Stewart.
Other tracks proposed as singles include the Alicia Keys penned track Million Dollar Bill, produced by Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean; and I Didn’t Know My Own Strength which was written by Diane Warren and produced by David Foster.
Houston commented on the themes of the album at the album listening party in London:
“It’s about making the songs last in the hearts of the people. And that’s what we’ll try to do with this album. If you wanna cry, you’ll cry, if you wanna laugh, you can laugh, if it’s make you dance, you’ll dance. ‘Cause that’s what it’s all about…”
Amongst the names already mentioned, she has worked with some big names for this comeback including: Fernando Garibay, Johntá Austin, Stargate, Claude Kelly and Akon (who is the only person to feature on a track on her album).
Here’s the cover & track listing!
Whitney Houston
I Look to You
1. Million Dollar Bill
2. Nothin’ But Love
3. Call You Tonight
4. I Look to You
5. Like I Never Left (feat. Akon)
6. A Song for You
7. I Didn’t Know My Own Strength
8. Worth it
9. For the Lovers
10. I Got You
11. Salute
12. I Didn’t Know My Own Strength (Remix – iTunes Bonus Track)
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Finally, the Sugababes. They have released the Get Sexy track listings and it seems like they won’t be including and new B-Sides. However I’m quite intrigued about the Hadouken! mix.
Just an FYI for people. The “Single Version” is the version which features all of the ‘Babes on the chorus (i.e. the version used on the video) and the “Radio Edit” is the version which only features Amelle singing solely on the chorus.
CD Maxi
1. Get Sexy (single version)
2. Max Sanna and Steve Pitron Mix
3. Bitrocka Remix
4. Superbass Vocal
- PLUS free double sided poster
iTunes Bundle
1. Get Sexy (single version)
2. Get Sexy – Radio edit (feat. Amelle on chorus)
3. Max Sanna and Steve Pitron Mix
4. Bitrocka Remix
5. Superbass Vocal
6. Hadouken! Remix – iTunes exclusive
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Thrilling stuff.
