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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 ... Full Descriptionthat you do something a whole lot more intimate (and quite unrepeatable here) to her. The CD booklet has a photo of 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.
Recorded at Mastermix and Sound Works, New York, New York.
Personnel: Madonna (vocals); Paul Pesco, Jerome Dickens (guitar); Danny Wilensky (saxophone); James "Sleepy Keys" Preston (piano); Joe Moskowitz (keyboards, drums, programming); Shep Pettibone (keyboards, sequencing, programming); Tony Shimkin (keyboards, sequencing, programming, drum programming, background vocals); Andre Betts (keyboards, strings, synthesizer, piano, bass, drums); Doug Wimbish (bass); Anton Fig (drums); Sander Selover (programming); Donna Delory, Niki Harris (background vocals).
Producers: Madonna, Shep Pettibone, Andre Betts.
Rolling Stone (11/26/92, p.70) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...EROTICA is everything Madonna has been denounced for being--meticulous, calculated, domineering and artificial. It accepts those charges and answers with a brilliant record to prove them..."
Spin (1/93, p.62) - Recommended - "...largely poignant, reflective, and compassionate in tone..."
Q (12/92, p.121) - 3 Stars - Good - "...the substance of EROTICA resides in a range of straight-talking, almost intimate songs based, not on an idea about sex, but on experience of relationships..."
Musician (1/93, p.90) - "...ranges from the snazzy, deep house groove of `Deeper And Deeper' to the luscious, slow-tickling pulse of `Rain'..."
Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #22 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992. Hide Description Erotica Music | List Price | $29.98 (You save $3.79) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Dance | | Label | Maverick | | Orig Year | 1992 | | All Time Sales Rank |  63871  | | CD Universe Part number | 1101144 | | Catalog number | 245154 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 20, 1992 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Personnel | Madonna - vocals
Anton Fig - drums
Doug Wimbish - bass
Paul Pesco
Niki Harris - background vocals
Donna DeLory
Shep Pettibone - keyboards, sequencing, programming
Tony Shimkin - keyboards, sequencing, programming, drum programming, background vocals
Danny Wilensky - saxophone
Sander Selover - programming
Andre Betts - keyboards, strings, synthesizer, piano, bass, drums
James "Sleepy Keys" Preston - piano
Jerome Dickens - guitar
Joe Moskowitz - keyboards, drums, programming
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Erotica Music Review Average Rating: (4.4 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews will never die
A work of manipulative genius. The keyboards, among other things, lend the album a distinctly mature and sexy feel.
Submitted by have fun (washington)
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i love this album and they r so many great songs on here. they said and they r idiots that this album blew. well its one of my favorites by far easily a top 3 . grat songs and deeper and deeper is also. GOD I LOVE THIS WOMEN SHES THE BEST AND LETS NO ONE KNOCKS HER DOWN .
Submitted by CAMARYKAREN (NEW YORK NY USA)
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EROTICA did not suffer in sales, by the way. It went on to go 3x platinum. It also featured 5 hit singles. MADONNA is not my favorite singer, but I have all of her 90's albums because she reinvents herself all the time. BEDTIME STORIES is her best album in my opinion. I didn't like AMERICAN LIFE... that was her biggest flop...it barely sold just under 800,000.
Submitted by Kelis (Columbus, Ohio, USA)
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I'd like to put you in a Trance all over the World! And for I time I did.nAnd wouldn't we all like to be the Ringmaster at times. I was. Deeper and Deeper echoes everything to hippies to cheap Golddust to Nazis.
In all a good CD.
Submitted by greatiam1965 (Chesterfield County Virginia)
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madonna is the best of them all! this album is great , anyone can relate to it sexualy it has something for everyone gay, straight,or bi-sexual people.
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