Best Albums - Ray of Light - Madonna

Who would have thought that 15 years after she broke into stardom with her first album, she would put out her best album.  I enjoyed Erotica and I enjoyed Bedtime Stories, but I never guessed the direction she would move in with Ray of Light and how good she would nail it first try. 

If you look at her albums her sound progresses over time.  Like a Virgin built on the sound of Madonna, Like a Prayer built on True Blue, and Bedtime Stories built on Erotica.  In each case the second album was an improvement or a refinement of the sound played with in the first.  This of course is the genius of good pop artist.  They adapt and change their sound with time.  One of my favorite bands Everything But the Girl is a brilliant example of this.  Anyhow to get to the point Ray of Light was a venture into a new sound for Madonna, and unlike her other work she nailed it first and only try.  Now looking back we can see that this was the peak of her career and her genius.  At age 40 she nailed it and now we can imagine she'll never be at this level again. 

Madonna - Ray of Light
1. Drowned World / Substitute for Love
2. Swim
3. Ray of Light
4. Candy Perfume Girl
5. Skin
6. Nothing Really Matters
7. Sky Fits Heaven
8. Shanti / Ashtangi
9. Frozen
10. The Power of Good-Bye
11. To Have and Not to Hold
12. Little Star
13. Mer Girl