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For those wanting to have a single-disc compilation of the music that made Madonna a star, The Immaculate Collection serves that purpose well. It gathers most of her singles from “Holiday” and “Borderline” up to when Madonna started her Sex book push with “Justify My Love” and “Rescue Me.” The listener gets to hear the girl that breathily sang along to club tunes with drum tracks to the confident mega-celebrity attempting to empower all of womankind.

This isn't a perfect collection in that it does skip out on some good songs such as “Who's That Girl” and “Dress You Up” and many of the tracks that are included are slightly altered from the originals we fell in love with. Mostly, the changes are slightly increased tempos or fading out earlier, but there are some songs that are actually remixed for this album.

Songs I Knew I Liked: All, except for “La Isla Bonita” and “Cherish”

Songs I Now Like: Nothing new

Songs I Don't Want to Ever Hear Again: “La Isla Bonita” does grate on my nerves a bit because it has a knack of becoming an ear worm.