GHV2

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GHV2
GHV2 cover
Compilation album by Madonna
Released November 12, 2001(EU)
November 13, 2001 (NA)
December 11, 2001 (Special Edition)
Recorded 1992 - 2000
Genre Pop
Length 68:26
Label Maverick Records
Warner Bros. Records
WEA International
Producer(s) Madonna
Shep Pettibone
Dave "Jam" Hall
Dallas Austin
Nigel Wright
Alan Parker
Andrew Lloyd Webber
David Caddick
Nellee Hooper
William Orbit
Patrick Leonard
Babyface
Mirwais Ahmadzaï
Guy Sigsworth
Mark "Spike" Stent
Professional reviews
Madonna chronology
Music
(2000)		 GHV2
(2001)		 American Life
(2003)


GHV2 is Madonna's 2nd greatest hits album and the follow-up to 1990's The Immaculate Collection. Her 16th recording, the album peaked at #2 on the official UK albums chart, and went to #7 on the Billboard 200. The album is sub-titled 'Greatest Hits Volume 2'.

Contents

[edit] Album history

When it comes to last minute changes over at Warner Towers, Madonna's GHV2 album surely rules the roost! Not only was the title changed from The Second Coming to GHV2 at the last minute, but up until two months before release the tracklisting and running order were totally different! A super-rare in-house not-for-manufacture 'Test Sequence' CD shows, up until September 2001 the tracklisting included You'll See, didn't include Drowned World/Substitute For Love and was truly random chronologically. This is a far cry from the nearly-chronological GHV2 that finally got released worldwide on November 12th, 2001! This version had a total running time of 67:13.[1]

GHV2 was released exactly eleven years after The Immaculate Collection and featured Madonna's biggest hits of the 90s, ranging from 1992's Erotica to 2001's What It Feels Like For A Girl. But, unlike its predecessor it did not contain any new songs.

Many of the songs on GHV2 were edited down from their original studio versions. Like The Immaculate Collection, there was not space for many other popular singles released, such as: This Used to Be My Playground, Rain, I'll Remember, You'll See (or the Spanish version "Verás"), You Must Love Me, Nothing Really Matters and American Pie. In an interview with BBC's Jo Whiley Madonna said about the selection of the GHV2 tracks: "I only wanted songs that I could listen to 5 times in a row". The hit song American Pie was excluded as a "punishment" because Madonna regretted putting it on the Music album. "It was something a certain record company executive twisted my arm into doing, but it didn't belong on the album so now it's being punished", she said. To avoid an "explicit lyrics" label, an edit of Human Nature was included that excludes the line "I'm not your Bitch, don't hang your Shit on me". Madonna also commented on the reason for no new tracks on the album, saying that as it was a greatest hits collection she only wanted to include songs from the previous years.

Unlike The Immaculate Collection, there was no new single to promote the album and no songs were specifically recorded for GHV2. However, a promo-only megamix was used to promote the album. The most well known is the Thunderpuss GHV2 Megamix which mixed "Don't Tell Me", "Erotica", "Secret", "Frozen", "What It Feels Like For A Girl", "Take A Bow", "Deeper And Deeper", "Music" and "Ray of Light" (in that order). The Thunderpuss GHV2 Megamix was accompanied by a video, compiled of images of live performances and 23 Madonna videos

The coverwork does not offer many new photos; the cover picture is from a photo shoot for the Drowned World Tour, in 2001 by Regan Cameron. The logo in the right corner says "Madonna" and "GHV2". The Japanese letters is the result of typing 'Madonna' in an English keyboard while using a Japanese font, here it is why the word does not have any real significance in Japanese. The word "GHV2" can also be seen in Madonna's eye. Kevin Reagan contributed artwork to the CD's inner sleeve.

A special edition of GHV2, featuring the same tracklisting but some additional art work was released in December 2001.

[edit] Working Titles

  • The Second Coming
  • The Immaculate Collection - Part Deux
  • Hit Lady - Greatest Hits Volume 2

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Deeper and Deeper" - 7" Edit – 4:54
  2. "Erotica" - Radio Edit – 4:33
  3. "Human Nature" - Radio Version – 4:33
  4. "Secret" - Edit – 4:32
  5. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Radio Edit – 4:51
  6. "Bedtime Story" - Edit – 4:07
  7. "The Power of Good-Bye" - Album Version – 4:12
  8. "Beautiful Stranger" - William Orbit Radio Edit – 3:58
  9. "Frozen" - Edit – 5:10
  10. "Take a Bow" - Edit – 4:31
  11. "Ray of Light" - Radio Edit – 4:36
  12. "Don't Tell Me" - Album Version – 4:41
  13. "What It Feels Like for a Girl" - Album Version – 4:45
  14. "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" - Album Version – 5:11
  15. "Music" - Album Version – 3:45

Note: unlike her previous greatest hits album (The Immaculate Collection), the songs on this album are random, and not chronolised by year of release. If chronolised, the order would be:

  1. "Erotica" - Radio Edit – 4:33
  2. "Deeper and Deeper" - 7" Edit – 4:54
  3. "Secret" - Edit – 4:32
  4. "Take a Bow" - Edit – 4:31
  5. "Bedtime Story" - Edit – 4:07
  6. "Human Nature" - Radio Version – 4:33
  7. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Radio Edit – 4:51
  8. "Frozen" - Edit – 5:10
  9. "Ray of Light" - Radio Edit – 4:36
  10. "Drowned World/Substitute for Love" - Album Version – 5:11
  11. "The Power of Good-Bye" - Album Version – 4:12
  12. "Beautiful Stranger" - William Orbit Radio Edit – 3:58
  13. "Music" - Album Version – 3:45
  14. "Don't Tell Me" - Album Version – 4:41
  15. "What It Feels Like for a Girl" - Album Version – 4:45

[edit] Original "The Second Coming" Track listing

  1. "Music" - LP Version – 3:45
  2. "Ray of Light" - Edit – 4:36
  3. "Beautiful Stranger" - William Orbit Radio Edit – 3:58
  4. "Secret" - Edit – 4:32
  5. "Erotica" - Radio Edit – 4:33
  6. "Human Nature" - Clean Radio Edit – 4:33
  7. "Bedtime Story" - LP Edit – 4:07
  8. "Deeper and Deeper" - 7" Edit – 4:54
  9. "Don't Tell Me" - LP Version – 4:41
  10. "Frozen" - Edit – 5:10
  11. "You'll See" - International Edit – 5:10
  12. "The Power of Good-Bye" - LP Version – 4:12
  13. "What It Feels Like for a Girl" - LP Version – 4:45
  14. "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" - Radio Edit – 4:51
  15. "Take a Bow" - LP Edit – 4:31

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2001) Peak
Position
Australia Albums Chart 3
Austria Albums Chart 1
Canada Albums Chart 11
Europe Albums Chart 3
Finland Albums Chart 11
France Albums Chart 2
Germany Albums Chart 3
Hungary Albums Chart 8
Mexico Albums Chart 9
New Zealand Albums Chart 8
Norway Albums Chart 5
Portugal Albums Chart 6
Spain Albums Chart 3
Switzerland Albums Chart 3
UK Albums Chart 2
USA Billboard 200 7


[edit] Certifications

Country Certification
Australia Platinum
Austria Platinum
Brazil Platinum
Belgium Platinum
Brazil Platinum
Canada Platinum
Europe 2x Platinum
Finland Platinum
France Platinum
Germany Platinum
Italy Platinum
Nederlands Platinum
Mexico Platinum
Norway Gold
Poland Gold
Singapore Platinum
South Africa Gold
Spain Platinum
Sweden Platinum
Switzerland Platinum
UK 2x Platinum
USA Platinum

[edit] Radio promotional samplers

In 2001 4 and 5 tracks CD samplers were released to radio stations to promote the release of "GHV2". The samplers contained some of Madonna's biggest hit singles from 1991-2001.

Image:Madonna-GHV2-Radio-Sampler2001.jpg
The cover of the 5-Track Radio Sampler.

[edit] 6-Track Radio Sampler

  1. "Erotica"
  2. "Bedtime Story"
  3. "The Power of Good-Bye"
  4. "Drowned World/Substitute for Love"
  5. "Music"
  6. "Don't Tell Me"

[edit] 5-Track Radio Sampler

  1. "Deeper and Deeper"
  2. "Human Nature"
  3. "Secret"
  4. "Frozen"
  5. "Music

[edit] 7" Single Releases

Although no vinyl version of the "GHV2" album was officially released, Warner Bros. Records did release seven 7" singles which include 14 of the 15 songs featured on Madonna's second greatest hits collection. Only "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" was not released. All the 7" singles were released in November 2001.

[edit] External link

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