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83
Entertainment Weekly

Marking the start of Madonna’s dark period, Erotica is the patent-leather showcase for her most forbidding and challenging dance cuts.

80
Slant Magazine
The album’s unsexiness says more about the mentality of the early ‘90s than any other musical document of its time.
80
Rolling Stone
It took Madonna ten years, but she finally made the record everyone has accused her of making all along.
60
AllMusic

While it didn't set the charts on fire like her previous albums, the ambitious Erotica contains some of Madonna's best and most accomplished music, even if it runs a bit long.

60
Q Magazine

Erotica comes up seriously schizoid. Simultaneous brilliance and baloney from the same team and all within the broad dance idiom. Madonna mixed up? The signs are that, once she's popped her kit back on and realised we like her for herself, it'll all turn out nicely.

ThePurpleIdiot
94

Oh man… where the hell do I start with this album? I’ll just get it out of the way and say it point blank as there is no other way to put it, this album is sexy. I don’t know any other way I could put it, but seriously it is exactly that, and it makes sense because… well… the album title obviously. This entire album is basically the definition of “sex music” and it still works on its own without thinking of all the sexual content of the album, since ... read more

melencholysumme
97

oh i’ve been waiting to get to this album for a while now, and now here we are. this is one of the most sexy albums i’ve ever heard and the producer deserves to have their ass ate because WTF. i’m honestly impressed, my expectations (which were already high) were exceeded completely. this is madonnas magnum opus in my opnion, everything came together and i loved all the tracks.
- i will never understand why this almost ended her career, her most iconic work to date
favs: ... read more

musicmagpie55
85

The more time I spend with this album, the more the contours of the album reveal to be extremely thoughtful and provocative beyond explicit.

This year has decided to end in a blaze of drama. I am still listening to music (and working on some larger projects) but am having to deal with the realities of life. Madonna helps make that drama a little easier to deal with.

Please take care of yourself at all costs. Find music that makes you smile and inspire hope as much as music that understands ... read more

BadBoyBlue
80

Melhores do álbum: Bad Girl, Where Life Begins, Rain, Thief of Hearts

Pior do álbum: Did You Do It?

zacharyraber
80

you just had to be there

ARTPOP
86

☀️
Erotica 10/10🍁
Fever 9.5/10☀️
Bye Bye Baby 8.0/10☀️
Deeper And Deeper 10/10☀️
Where Life Begins 8.0/10☀️
Bad Girl 8.5/10🍁
Waiting 8.0/10🍁
Thief Of Hearts 8.5/10☀️
Words 7.5/10☀️
Rain 10/10❄️
Why's It So Hard 8.5/10🍁
In This Life 9.5/10❄️
Did You Do It? 5.0/10☀️
Secret Garden 5.5/10🍁

83 + 3 = 86💚⭐

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Track List

1Erotica
5:18
96
2Fever
5:00
94
3Bye Bye Baby
3:56
86
4Deeper and Deeper
5:33
96
5Where Life Begins
5:57
89
6Bad Girl
5:23
93
7Waiting
5:46
91
8Thief of Hearts
4:51
89
9Words
5:55
86
10Rain
5:28
93
11Why's It So Hard
5:23
87
12In This Life
6:23
87
13Did You Do It?
4:54
67
14Secret Garden
5:32
86
Total Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes

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Added on: February 23, 2014