Madonna
Ghv2

THE REVIEW

In 2001, Madonna releases her second greatest hits, "Ghv2" (standing for Greatest Hits Volume 2), an ideal follow-up to "The Immaculate Collection", the best of which compiled her hits from the '80s.

No new tracks are added: Mrs. Ciccone mentioned in an online interview that adding new tracks in a collection of hits would be a cheat for the fans. Good point: it's a pity that in the first greatest hits there were actually two new tracks, one of which, "Justify My Love", was a mega success, staying at the top of the U.S. singles chart for two weeks.

The album still remains a summary of the best offered by Madonna in the '90s: from the sexual phase of "Erotica" to the warm rhythms of "Bedtime Story", moving through the spirituality of "Ray of Light", and concluding with all three singles from "Music". Additionally, it includes "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" which Madonna performed for the musical "Evita" and "Beautiful Stranger", which Madonna composed for the film "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me". It is particularly pleasing to see this last track included in the tracklist, as it had never been published on any of Madonna's albums but only as a single or on the film's soundtrack.

The booklet contains thousands of small photographs capturing Madonna in her numerous transformations, placed there to emphasize her chameleon nature. "Ghv2" entered the top 10 worldwide and sold more than six million copies.

P.S. = I am reading your opinions on my reviews. Obviously, everyone can appreciate them or not, but what has negatively struck me is the attitude toward pop music.

So

1) if a metalhead or rocker doesn't want to read things about Madonna because they consider her musically rubbish, they can skip the reading without leaving superficial judgments laced with swear words and a very poor knowledge of the Italian language.

2) serious pop music is as valid as rock. Dismissing it as "useless" is ignorant. I suggest reading something on Andy Warhol, as well as musical and non-musical aesthetics, to gain a more open and prejudice-free idea about art.

3) I listen to a lot of music, mainly pop and pop-rock, as well as some forays into rock, in addition to classical music. I place no limits on my thirst for knowledge: considering everything that is pop as low, inferior, or useless is really short-sighted.

I added this small message because I could no longer endure the comments saying "Madonna is pop, what's the point of reviews on her?" or similar. It's really too much on a music review site, which would lose credibility by excluding artists from its range of reviews.