MLVC · Editorial
The Reading Room
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A quieter room. Pull up a chair — reflections on Madonna’s work, her records, her images and the threads between them.
Now reading
On the desk
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Like A Virgin Track at 42
Begin reading →: Like A Virgin Track at 42In November 1984, Madonna released Like a Virgin, the track that turned her from a rising pop star into Madonna. Forty-two years later, it has outlived its own notoriety.
The archive
Master Chronology
Every release, in order. Thirty-six records, five decades, one story.
The regulars
Series & features
More from the room
Recently shelved
Three to begin with. Everything else is on the shelf below — take down a volume.
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Create Now, Eat Later: Madonna and Stuart Price in the Studio
Madonna’s Confessions II Studio Sessions open the studio door at last — and the Stuart Price…
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After Hours: Is Confessions II Getting Its Own ‘Brat’ Moment?
First Kylie, then Charli. Two ‘Afterhours’ reworks in seven weeks, eight Tracks still in the vault…
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Copacabana: The Night 1.6 Million Came Dancing
On 4 May 2024 The Celebration Tour ended on a beach in Rio de Janeiro. It…
Card index
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A journal for every decade of her work, and one for this year. The more there is to say, the thicker the spine.












