The Immaculate Collection (video)

The Immaculate Collection
Video by Madonna
Released November 13, 1990
Recorded 1983-September 6, 1990
Genre Greatest Hits Compilation
Length 60 mins
Label Warner Music Vision, Sire, Warner Bros.
Director David Fincher, James Foley, Mary Lambert, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Arthur Pierson, Herb Ritts
Producer Michele Ferrone, Simon Fields, Gregg Fienberg, Glenn Goodwin, Bruce Logan, David Naylor, Victoria Niles, Sharon Oreck
Madonna video chronology
Live! – Blond Ambition World Tour 90
(1990)		 The Immaculate Collection
(1990)		 Justify My Love
(1990)

The Immaculate Collection is the first commercially released greatest videos compilation by singer Madonna. Released by Warner Music Vision on November 13, 1990 to accompany the audio CD, it contained hits spanning 1983-1990. The collection won "Best Long Form Video" category at the 1991 MTV Video Music Awards.[1][2] It was certified gold in Brazil by the Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos (ABPD) for shipment of 25,000 copies.[3]

Contents

Formats

It was released on VHS, Laserdisc, VCD (Asia only) and later DVD. It includes the first showing of the video to "Oh Father" which is not included on the audio release.

The cover to this release was different from the audio version as it incorporated the back cover image from the CD/LP with the logo in the bottom right corner.

It was also released as part of a double set box set The Ultimate Collection and a 3 VHS box set The Madonna Collection in 2000.[4][5][6][7] The video sold 50,000 copies in its debut week and by the end of the year, had sold a 100,000 copies. After Nielsen Soundscan started tracking sales from March 1991, the video sold another 291,000 copies, for a total of 391,000 copies across United States.[8]

Tracklist

  1. "Lucky Star"
  2. "Borderline"
  3. "Like a Virgin"
  4. "Material Girl"
  5. "Papa Don't Preach"
  6. "Open Your Heart"
  7. "La Isla Bonita"
  8. "Like a Prayer"
  9. "Express Yourself"
  10. "Cherish"
  11. "Oh Father"
  12. "Vogue"
  13. "Vogue" (from the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards)

Additional notes

Production credits

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Directors of Photography

References

  1. ^ "1991 MTV Video Music Awards". MTV. MTV Networks. http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/1991/. Retrieved 2010-07-25. 
  2. ^ "dallasnews.com | Archives". Nl.newsbank.com. 1990-11-29. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D142496FCE15&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  3. ^ "Certificados — Madonna" (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. http://www.abpd.org.br/certificados_interna.asp?sArtista=Madonna. Retrieved 2010-11-18. 
  4. ^ Givens, Ron (1990-12-28). "Madonna: One of 1990's great entertainers | Music". EW.com. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318930,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  5. ^ "The Virginian-Pilot Archives". Nl.newsbank.com. 1990-11-22. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=VP&p_theme=vp&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAFF39D90C32A7A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  6. ^ Reviewed by David Browne (1990-12-14). "The Immaculate Collection | Music". EW.com. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318856,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  7. ^ Holden, Stephen (1990-12-03). "Critic's Notebook - That Madonna Video - Realities and Fantasies". NYTimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/03/arts/critic-s-notebook-that-madonna-video-realities-and-fantasies.html. Retrieved 2010-08-31. 
  8. ^ Grein, Paul (2010-09-02). "Week Ending Aug. 29, 2010: Life's Ups & Downs". Yahoo!. http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart_watch/65105/week-ending-aug-29-2010-lifes-upsdowns/;_ylt=AjYTN2Ay4dtoWjVzoMWEpucPwiUv?page=2#comments. Retrieved 2010-09-02.