Madonna - Ray of Light | REACTION + ANALYSIS

In this video, I react to Madonna's 1998 album, Ray of Light, breaking down the album's lyrical themes and motifs.
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[@ericmason6540]

What's YOUR favorite Madonna song? :)

[@m.r.pop.reacts4436]

Frozen - the vocals, the emotion, the instrumental, the drama!

[@orangoutan8727]

"Nothing Fails" or "Paradise (Not for Me)"

[@yaroslavdell5087]

my most favorite songs from this album its Sky Fits Heaven and Skin

[@hoxtondean9855]

Messiah from Rebel Heart album and Pray for Spanish Eyes from Like A Prayer album and Love Tried To Welcome Me from Bedtime Stories album and Falling Free from MDNA album and .... and...

[@oscardelapena7376]

That's a hard question for a fan 🤔 I would say Vogue, based on that that's the song I first knew about her. I would put Like a Prayer and Music also up there 😁

[@marioberrocal1758]

No matter how many years this album had, always will sound modern. The 90’s Madonna was so ahead of the game. Great reaction (you will be surprised with her work as a music performer)

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! :)

[@Mysicalgreenunicorn03]

Totally agree it’s aged so wonderfully and STILL sounds ahead of its time.

[@michaelotazu]

I haven't watched a You Tuber analyze this album the way you have! You're a breath of fresh air. You have a wide vocabulary that I love. Another Madonna album worth reviewing is Erotica. I suggest you also do reactions to her stunning music videos.You're cute too.:)

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! 😇 I'll add Erotica to my list!

[@andimusicjunkie3990]

Wow, this was the best analysis of the album I've ever seen on KZbin 👏

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :D

[@magicslave3066]

he is the god of analyzing !

[@alice-pi3st]

Genius album she won 4grammys for this album.!!!!

[@alrimawi]

This album is a masterpiece! It was the birth of electronica into the mainstream pop genre. And is often listed as one of the best albums of all time for good reason! Loved hearing your lyrical interpretations. You really listen to what the artist has to say as well, and that’s refreshing! Hope you react to more Madonna... She is a true shape shifter, and each of her albums is completely unique in its sound and message. You should react to Confessions on a dance floor which is pure disco gold and another fan fave! Also check out her latest Madame X album! It’s an experimental global trip with a mix of different music genres, it’s truly incredible!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! I'll definitely check out more Madonna albums soon! :)

[@salvocoss27]

“Ray of light” the Best Madonna’s album from so many points of view. Totally dedicated to her daughter and how become a mother totally changed her life and the way to live her life❤️

[@Techjunkiero]

Wonderful review for one of her best albums. Mer Girl is a surreal meditation on mortality and the death of Madonna's mother.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! That makes a lot of sense-surreal is a great way to describe it.

[@joshuahoward6845]

Little Star was written for Lourdes. She became a mother during Evita (she was pregnant during the filming of) and becoming a mother is what sparks her spiritual and motherly rebirth that becomes the basic themes for the Ray of Light era

[@juanmanuelberra123]

If you're interested in analyzing another Madonna album, there's a lot of classics by her, but i feel like her most recent work, Madame X, is one of her most interesting outputs. It deals with a strong change in her life, new cultures she explored and the state of politics/the world as of now, similarly to Ray Of Light

[@SDoesNotKnow]

I honestly wouldn't recommend "Madame X" for a new Madonna listener. That album is very experimental and different, and I think one needs to be eased into it with more accessible work and then build up to her more challenging work.

[@toxinadq]

YES!!! he should definitely react to Madame X, American Life and Erotica

[@daturaboi]

SDoesNotKnow Normally, I’d agree with you, but Eric seems like he’d be able to grasp the complexities of Madame X.

[@Gustyrd1]

Hell no. Do you want him to cringe and hate her music or want? What kind of sabotage is that?

[@workinprogresssince1980]

@@Gustyrd1 Hey man, I agree with you. That Madame X album was a poetic disaster. That album is a mess from beginning to end, and the usage of autotune on every song destroyed it. I didn't think she could make something as bad as Hard Candy again, but she did with Madame X.

[@salvadordehyrule7261]

Other Madonna albums to react: *Confessions on a dance floor (very acclaimed) *Rebel Heart and Erotica (underrated masterpieces) *Madame X and American life (experimental albums with social messages) *Music, True Blue, Like a Prayer (solid albums) *Madonna and Like a virgin (Lots of fun) *Bedtime Stories (A little boring to me) *Hard Candy and MDNA (too mainstream sounds)

[@Dreamer-vi1vc]

I love how you delve into the lyrics of the songs! 😊 I would recommend reacting also to Madonna’s “Like a Prayer” album, another masterpiece

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! I'll definitely have to check it out. :)

[@TomekFior12]

I love that you loved “Skin”. It’s one of my favs on this album. I always saw Frozen as Madonna singing to herself. A song from her awareness to her ego.

[@jackie_jrml]

Me too! I got a kick watching him enjoy it! Love that song.

[@DanCrowleyNYC]

Skin has always been my favorite on this album too, those last 2 minutes are just wonderfully bonkers! It's followed by the ballad suite of Frozen-Power-To Have.

[@ehorse13]

Wow! I spent most of this reaction dripping with tears, I kid you not. I enjoy the Madonna song/video reactions that float around the Internet as people begin exploring her catalog, but yours is different. You pay attention. Madonna is a very deep lyricists and isn't given enough credit for it. This was one of her deepest albums emotionally and spiritually and I'm so happy you caught onto that...and also got into the 90s groove of it, too. I've watched so many of her own interviews during this time and she shared many of the ideas about rebirth, religious exploration, love and family that you caught...but at the same time doesn't tell us every inspiration...leaving us to make our own interpretations of the songs. And it was emotional when your interpretation matched mine so closely. One thing that is unique about this album that you mentioned was that she's very subtle in the way she expressed her political views. The albums where she's more explicit don't go over so well. Like I said, most reactions skip over the meaning of songs and just rate the "bop" quality. Thank you for such a deep retrospective and such an influential album. Other Madonna albums worth this type of analysis would be Like A Prayer and American Life! Though, I look forward to ANY Madonna reactions! Thanks again!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed my reaction. :D

[@1pietromaximoff1]

One of the best pop albums ever made. Every artist should take note from this and an album that everyone who despises the artistic aspect of Madonna should listen to.. like confessions on a dance floor.

[@GelidFields]

Your backdrop is what I imagine when I listen to this album

[@muzikluvah72]

I'm a long time/huge Madonna fan, and this album blew me away when it came out, especially because William Orbit produced. That's why it sounds so different than any other Madonna album. I think it's one of her (if not the) best. The first track Drowned World/Substitute for Love is one my favorites, and one that I played on repeat ad nauseam style. The entire album is good though. It's one of the few albums I can play from beginning to end without skipping a track. I still listen to it often to this day. So glad you finally got to experience it!!!

[@isaaklondon7720]

My top 5 1. Frozen 2. Live to tell 3. Music 4. Love tried to welcome me 5. Forbidden Love (Confessions)

[@giggles7179]

Oh, if I only had a camera on me when I first heard "Ray of Light." That song blew my mind (see the video if you haven't) and the entire album still holds up today.

[@kapricantus]

Personal Top 5: 5. Secret Garden 4. Impressive Instant 3. Rebel Heart 2. Drowned World/Substitute for Love 1. Ray of Light

[@wanderlustmaverick6360]

Wow...You have a lot of that analysis spot on. on various interviews (at the time) she mentioned many of these emotions and experiences as a vehicle to this introspective Madonna. According to her this album was more introspective than anything she had ever written before.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! :)

[@coolhive2941]

I’m a channel jumper. Full disclosure. But I have to say, you have the most insightful analysis on KZbin, as far as album reactions go. It’s very refreshing to see intellectual depth and emotional maturity. I’ll be checking out more of your reactions! Hopefully more Madonna, as she’s my lifelong muse. Excellent job.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@marcodebrabander5751]

This album is one of the best produced albums of the 90ties. She never tops this level of sophistication before or after

[@TomekFior12]

Marco De Brabander no way. Confessions is even better than this album.

[@jasonsanchez7672]

This album is life changing.

[@naurking5388]

React to Like a Prayer, her second best album

[@vincentm2003]

It's overrated

[@josefe704]

@@vincentm2003 I think you meant underrated

[@MarcusEdits]

Confessions is her second best but ok

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

It's better than ray of light imo

[@nathanieljohnson5908]

@@MarcusEdits confessions is better than ray of light. Ray of light is #4 behind confessions, like a Prayer, and true blue

[@orangoutan8727]

great reaction. my favorite madonna album to this day. both musically and lyrically. if you interested in listening to another lyrically fascinating madonna album, give "american life" a go. it's also her most experimental production wise.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! I'll add American Life to my list. :)

[@scottsaunders5087]

A Madonna fan for 37 years so it’s amazing to hear the intelligent thoughts of someone from a different generation! Bit late to the game but new subscriber here

[@Phippa64]

Your reaction was Fantastic!! So spot on and made me rethink this album ! Thank you . Like a Prayer, Madame X and Erotica , I would love to see your reactions to.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@johnnysampa]

Sky Fits Heaven is an awesome song, and the lyrics!!! The best of Madonnas's

[@benefit1984]

I've read a few comments but haven't see but this album was inspired hugely by the birth of her daughter in 1996. It gave her new aspect and a new meaning of love and fame. Drowned world is about finding her new path, one which includes her daughter. It's her new religion. That deep bound mother love she was finally experimenting and giving but also being scared as she lost her mother when she was 5-6 hear old so she never got experience that herself. It was an awakening for her. And if you have listen to bedtime stories, the title song of that 1994 album was a little glance of what direction Madonna was going to get into. She was really intrigued by the European electro trance pop music they were already doing.

[@drjuandonna]

That was a really amazing reaction! I really enjoyed hearing how eloquent, analytical and in-depth you were in your appreciation of the music and lyrics on this album. Thank you for that! Hope you react to more Madonna albums in the future!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@NocturneSoul]

Hello! Greetings from Argentina! Man that was a beautiful review. I loved it. Finally someone who really pays attention to lyrics and actually derive meaning from them. And in that subject matter I think you should react and review her albums "American Life" "Erotica" and "Bedtime Stories" because they have very good lyrics too that you will appreciate. I mean all her albums have great lyrics but those stand out. And they sound terrific too. I just subscribed by the way, this was beautiful.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! I'll definitely try to check out more Madonna albums very soon! :)

[@AbeLinguista]

I'm not a first english language speaker, I'm mexican and mi first languege is spanish, but I have to say that I really love your english and your accent. I'm almost able to understand every word that you say and your clean voice and articulation is wonderfull. Even you explainations about some idiomatic expressions are very interesting and good point of views about the songs features.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@mpourmpoulithra2011]

love the queen of pop my favorite songs is ... Take a Bow oh father vogue love profusion Nothing Fails Hung Up Masterpiece Wash All Over Me....and moreeeee

[@mygaymidlifecrisis]

power of goodbye is not only my favorite from the album, but my favorite from Madonna. The video is amazing as well. Thank you for all of these.

[@ryan1976]

I'd love to see your impressions of any Tori Amos albums.

[@TomekFior12]

ryan1976 omg me too. Under the Pink. Little Earthquakes. Scarlett’s Walk. Boys for Pele.

[@openyourchakras918]

Me three, Tori Amos & Madonna go hand in hand. Would love to see how you interpret Tori’s lyrics 😉 Start with “Under The Pink” or her first album “Little Earthquakes”. Tori is a brilliant composer, musician, & artist. She makes you feel what she wants you to feel, similar to Madonna in releasing the energy through music.

[@paulsmyth6710]

Me 4! Please do a Tori musical journey. You won't regret! Little Earthquakes to start.

[@paulsmyth6710]

Also i think you will be the first youtuber to do a full Tori album reaction...break the mold! Start the trend! 🙏

[@elilugo2366]

The most brilliant in-depth review from a KZbin reactor. It makes me listen to the ROL album in a whole new way.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@FirstYT40]

Skin is my favorite from this album. I was pleasantly surprised when you mentioned Impossible Princess. And The Power of Goodbye my other favorite

[@soilofk]

It’s so refreshing to hear a young man very intelligently describe Madonna’s work. Great job! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼❤️

[@joshuahoward6845]

The songs following Shanti/Ashanti, specially Power of Goodbye and To Have And Not To Hold, deliberately incorporate the melodies/instrumentals of Shanti/Ashanti to connect them together as part of an associative concept

[@burstthroughtheconcrete]

I'm loving your fresh perspective on various Madonna albums. It's like listening to them again for the first time. For some, this is considered Madonna's best album ever. And rightly so. It's a fantastic record.

[@user-mo7lb7me1k]

"It has to be" it's an hidden jam of this era!!

[@midnified2227]

Beautiful review! You MUST listen to Bedtime Story song... and the video is a mind blowing work of art... the full Bedtime Stories album is wonderful as well....

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! I’ll add it to my list. :)

[@felipealfredoa]

Love the Kylie refrence

[@dalee72]

You are very intelligent, astute reviewer. You really get the meaning of the songs well.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@vuulnicura475]

this is a masterpiece! skin and sky fits heaven are some of my faves too

[@comeawaywithme]

The best and most thorough reaction/review to this album I've seen on here, really refreshing to see. Great work!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@Kimteach2011]

This album will go down as Madonna's greatest album. Its a honest and spiritual album. Like A Prayer and Erotica are her other two great albums.

[@hoxtondean9855]

you are very articulate and insightful. are you a student of literature and / or philosophy?

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! I studied literature in undergrad. :)

[@rubencanuela9758]

Yeaahhh... very nice review

[@ericmason6540]

@Reuben Paolo Canuela thank you! :)

[@bonditoddy]

I absolutely loved your reaction to this, can you please do America Life and then Madame X next ? Thanks mate

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! I'll add them to my list. :)

[@peradetlic3789]

This is mos def the best reaction I've ever seen. Please do all albums she's recorded so far!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@SeeJay81]

The song "Ray of Light" is actually a cover of a 70's folk song (Sepheryn) by Curtiss Maldoon. Not sure if you knew that before hand but you spoke less of these lyrics than you did the other songs, but the soul of the song is definitely in line with the whole album as you alluded to. Very insightful review. ❤️

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! I didn’t know that-I’ll have to check out the original! :)

[@antonk5414]

Ray of Light is one of my favorite Madonna albums (along with Music, which I would recommend analyzing it too since it's the follow up record). I'd strongly suggest to look for the Japanese bonus track from this album: "Has To Be", such a beautiful and deep song. And wow, I'm very fascinated of how you listen to the songs, your capacity of analysis and the meaning you give to them, keep up the great work! Loved the Kylie's "Too Far" reference, haven't thought about it but it does have its similarities (they were released same year I think). Looking forward seeing the other videos :) Nice background too!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@paulwaters7834]

Eric what a wonderful and intelligent review, I was mesmerized after a 12 hour night shift working as a nurse in the UK. Madonna has so many dedicated fans all over the world who love watching younger people review her incredible body of work. I have subscribed and look forward to more of your calming and insightful critiques ... ps you are very beautiful lol x

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! 😇 And thank you for the important work that you do!

[@paulwaters7834]

@@ericmason6540 bless you sweet man x

[@leandroferraz3776]

This is my first listening from you and it was quite an experience! How insightful! You deserve much more views, Eric! Could you please make this kind of analysis to the Something to Remember collection? You could use the music videos at the same time, since most of the songs were singles.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@jackie_jrml]

You’ll See is the follow up to Take A Bow and it’s great! 👍🏻Her voice is strong on it!! Definitely a must listen.

[@ejm6460]

Wow. You've opened so many different avenues about one of my favorite albums ever and I didn't realize that how much i was missing. Such as Frozen almost being sung to her old self. Brilliant

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@ejm6460]

@@ericmason6540 You must do more such Madonna reviews! I wonder what else you may discern from some of her other most accomplished albums: Like A Prayer, Music, Confessions on the Dance Floor, Bedtime Stories and Erotica. Among her fans, American Life is the most divisive I believe. I personally don't place it in such category simply because the lyrics on that one can be plain embarrassing but would still like to hear your perspective!

[@MarcusEdits]

For a new listener I would recommend Cnfessions on a dance floor, disco pop oriented album, it’s production is breathtaking and timeless. Rebel heart is more recent, and it is pure pop. It focuses on lyrics more than production, but it’s great for begginers

[@ianmp4628]

This album saved my life... I was so bad when it comes to me, yeah my favorite Madonna's album. Thanks I loved your reaction!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! :)

[@jackie_jrml]

Sky Fits Heaven and Skin are my faves off this. I enjoy her voice on To Have & Not to Hold. So relaxing. Hard to pick only a few faves since this whole album is amazing!! Frozen is phenomenal too.👌🏼👌🏼👍🏼. Btw not the same child since her daughter Lourdes was an infant at this time I believe.

[@drcarlosgenetica]

That was an excellent review! One of the best. If I could request an next album, would be American Life, by Madonna too. Br

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@bdfan4ever]

Wow! “Speaking to a past version of herself.” Never saw it like that. Wow.

[@softshallow7435]

Wow! I love your analysing. You were spot on about Mer Girl lyrics. More please.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@softshallow7435]

Eric Mason Janet Jackson’s Self-entitled album JANET (1993) please? 🙏🏽

[@laurijss]

I absolutly enjoyed your comments. You are a very smart guy!

[@firouz4296]

This is the best lyrical analysis of her music that I have seen so far online. I wish more (gay) people of your generation would be as smart as you.

[@zacksullivan9702]

I love that your favorites off the album are the same as mine. It’s such a beautiful introspective and spiritual album and vocally she’s at her best here.

[@PaladinesAngel]

Yay you did it. This is definitely my favourite album of hers. I think you might like Alisha’s Attic. Illumina is brill but each of the first three albums is pretty dudey :)

[@Stuart1980]

A really intelligent and insightful review. Thank you!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank YOU! :)

[@Stuart1980]

Please review Madonna's latest album, 'Madame X'.

[@mattgarfinkle2012]

Your analysis is spot on. It is a liberated meditation on the realization that motherhood was what she was looking for all along. On a personal note, this album brought me through a really difficult time in the spring of 1998.

[@matthewbehling2873]

I like that you made a comparison the Kylie’s Too Far. This album and Impossible Princess came out around the same time, and both are very similar in terms of introspection and experimentalism.

[@dal9631]

The last song is a reflection of her experience of being touched, and of her being influenced, since in her teens, by poet Anne Sexton whom she has stated reminded both her and her sister of their mother. She is very well read, and was not allowed to Ever watch television, by the way, by her father. She has stated that she is attracted to darkness and to suffering (and, having lost her mother at a young age....) See Forbidden Love, and Bedtime Story, both on the preceding album of Bedtime Stories. You, my dear friend, are True Blue. You stand out, You Get it, when it comes to her, and certain other's . Yay! Welcome

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :) I appreciate the very fascinating insight!

[@ernestgutierrez6428]

You are incredibly observant and insightful. Madonna lost her mother at the age of 6 to breast cancer, she has said that occurrence has influenced every aspect of her life. Mer Girl attempts to work through that grief. She was 40 here, a new mother and was very interested in life beyond the physical world. Thank you for your analysis. I could not had done a better job in picking up insights and articulate them as you did, and I’m a quite capable guy! I hope you will take a Madonna journey, and continue to react to her back catalog. We have reactors , but never as thoughtful as you. I’m curious, which songs if any would you add to your play list? Thank again

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! Mer Girl really is a special song. I think Frozen, Skin, and Mer Girl are the songs I most want to listen to again, but I enjoy them even more in the context of the album. :)

[@themindfulwitch996]

You are fantastic. This was great. Thank you for this reaction/analysis.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@bradstromberg5146]

Hands down my favorite album of all time. Just brilliant!!!

[@enzocsn7163]

This album is my personal bible 🙃

[@murderize]

Can you react to Erotica? I loveee your reactions. “Skin” is linked to Erotica, it’s about how all the things she says sound so sexual and shallow and she’s misunderstood

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! I’ll add it to my list. :)

[@Indraparadise]

Amazing reaction. I love how you dissect the lyrics.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@dokbrian]

this pandemic gave me time to go back to my old albums and your video made me appreciate this album so much more on a different level

[@benefit1984]

The power of goodbye is actually a song about her former husband Sean Penn. She was married to him from 1985 to 1989 (split in 1988 but divorce officialized in 1989). In the 1991 documentary, she says in the truth or dare segment of the same title movie that Sean is the love of her life. And in 1995, Madonna was receiving the most fashionable artist at the VH1 awards and when she walked on stage to receive the trophy, Sean was the one surprising her with the award. Her reaction is worth watching. She is taking off guard and once they exchange a weird shake, she takes the microphone and says "That was dirty". She still had a grudge for what he had done. And after being done with Evita, she started writing for this album (ray of light) in 1997. And the song was abut finally being able to say goodbye to old feelings she had for him and because of that 1995 encounter, they started talking again and grew a distant friendship. Sean has even reach out to her for some advice.

[@SDoesNotKnow]

Your reaction is such a breath of fresh air. You clearly have an extensive vocabulary and knowledge/exposure to many things, which only adds to your ability to analyze her music and make connections/references. I look forward to watching your other reviews.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@nuimaleko7]

The training that she underwent for Evita gave her new confidence in her voice and giving birth, changed her and opened her to new things.

[@sharkyroman]

That was Awesome ..... Very perceptive analysis, Eric ... ;0)

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@alexandervelez9507]

i read somewhere frozen was written from the perspective of her daughter speaking to her.

[@Salieri21]

The Power Of Goodbye is one of my favourite Madonna songs.

[@vincentm2003]

Hi !!! I just discovered your channel and your content is pristine!!! I truly love how you focus on the lyrical content. I would strongly recommend Butterfly by Mariah Carey that album is so personal and lyrically masterful

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@kennycruz5883]

I enjoyed your review so very much! You are very handsome, have a very delightful voice tone and a very rich vocabulary! Thank you for this delicious moment!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@WCD199317]

Do you easy to listen the japan bonus track of the album? The japan released in the album included a bonus track, ''Has to Be''. ''Has to Be'' and ''Frozen'' was my favorites songs of this album. ''Has to Be'' was more a new age song, this song discover a another side of him. If you love Enya, you love ''Has to Be'' this song was similar at the style of Enya. In Japan, instead to close for ''Mer Girl'', the album closes with her bonus track ''Has to Be''. ''Frozen'' was a very dark song and one of my favorites songs of him. ''Ray of Light'' was my favorite album of hum. I love the songs whe he included mysterious and dark feeling of the songs at the base. This is the reason why ''Another Day in Paradise'' of Phil Collins, ''Refuse to Dance'' of Céline Dion, ''Frozen'' of Madonna and also ''Black and White'' of Sarah Mclachlan. Adele also saying the song ''Frozen'' was the inspiration behind the song ''Hello''.

[@ericmason6540]

I’ll definitely check it out-your Enya comparison sounds very interesting. :)

[@WCD199317]

@@ericmason6540 Yes, ''Ray of Light'' was my favorite album of Madonna and i listen all the time since the first time i heard this album in 2009. FOr curiosity, because i'm was a fan of this album and because i know ''Has to Be'' was only in the japan version on the album, i heard this song in KZbin before i buy the japan CD in Ebay and this a huge loving of this song, i'm a huge fan of this song and this is reason why i buy the japan CD in Ebay. It's a shame that ''Has to Be'' was not included outside the japan, because this song was my favorite of this album outside ''Frozen''. Depist this song was a new age song, this song fit without problem of the rest of the songs of the album. Because ''Mer Girl'' was a more calm song, the transition was natural and very good sequencing in this album. I listen ''Has to Be'' before sleeping each night in my radio. This album was her best album to date and a huge album in the industry of music.

[@jasondotson9035]

Eric. I like your reviews. With Madonna’s music though, you need to understand where she was at when she wrote each album. Every Album she has released is from her point of view and usually is about her life or something she’s experienced. It’s not like a lot of music out that’s now, like pre produced singers. She’s an artist… GAGA, Dua Lipa, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Pink are the only ones that comes close to her messages, lyrics, music, fashion and messages.

[@akimvszan]

Fantastic job Eric! Thank you !!

[@TheAb1288]

This is my all time favorite album, and I have never thought about the cohesion of frozen/power of goodbye/ to have and not to hold that way, thank you for that!!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank YOU! :)

[@amicvsplato9694]

Please, let me know if you do another Madonna reaction! I really like how you analyse the lyrics and hope to see you analysing American Life, Like a Prayer and Madame X!

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! :)

[@gavo1201]

Man...just LOVED your analysis. Very clever thoughts and I will definitely will be checking your other videos. Once in a while, KZbin suggests good channels. Subscribed. =)

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you so much! :)

[@ImJustinPineda]

Im glad you truly dove into this album not just listening to it and moving on! 👏🏽

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! :)

[@dal9631]

So happy

[@scottmoorela1]

Dude. That was a pretty great review. Amazing how much you picked up on first listen...

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! :)

[@1000lautner]

Binging your Madonna reactions now since I’m a new follower. So great! If you want future suggestions of whom to react to I’d love you to discover Belinda Carlisle. I’m having a renaissance with her music and persona these days...both from being lead singer of The Go-Gos to her solo career. Thank you for doing these. ☺️

[@infectedfunerals5670]

My personal favourites from her are: 5. Dress You Up 4. Papa Don't Preach 3. Bad Girl 2. Survival 1. Frozen

[@MarcusEdits]

For new listener I would recomend Confessions on a dance floor, which is a disco pop oriented. The priduction is timeless, or Rebel heart, which is more recent and it is pure pop. It isn’t focused on production that much, but you get some amazing lyrics there

[@Kinglypuff]

Loved your insight on this album! If you liked the introspective side of it, I'd definitely recommend reacting to her 2003 album American Life - her most underrated in my opinion, and sonically very interesting.

[@ericmason6540]

Thank you! :)

[@manolettetizon707]

Little Star is a song for her first born LOLA. The album is in lieu of her experience with her search...travel...to truth..love...happines..............finding herself at the end!

[@marvelboy74]

Ray of Light is the best song on the album. Hands down.