Like a Prayer
by Madonna
- Type: Album
- Released: 21 March 1989
- Label: Sire
- Country: United States
- Length: 51:13
- Community rating: 3.61/5 from 10 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A monumental achievement in late-20th-century pop music, 'Like a Prayer' marked a significant maturation in Madonna's songwriting and production. Co-produced with Patrick Leonard and Stephen Bray, the highly eclectic album flawlessly integrates dance-pop, gospel, and funk to explore deeply introspective themes of family, Catholic guilt, and spiritual liberation.
Genres
Descriptors: club, dance, melodic, rhythmic, confessional
Tracklist
- Like a Prayer (5:40)
- Express Yourself (4:39)
- Love Song (4:52)
- Till Death Do Us Part (5:18)
- Promise to Try (3:38)
- Cherish (5:03)
- Dear Jessie (4:21)
- Oh Father (4:58)
- Keep It Together (5:03)
- Spanish Eyes (5:17)
- Act of Contrition (2:19)
Credits
- Madonna - primary artist, backing vocals [background vocals], synthesizer [additional], producer, written-by
- Bruce Gaitsch - acoustic guitar, guitar [guitars]
- Chuck Findley - arranged by [horns], brass [brass section]
- Bill Meyers - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings]
- Jeri Heiden - art direction
- Donna de Lory - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Lynne Fiddmont - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Marcos Loya - backing vocals [background vocals], requinto guitar
- Marilyn Martin - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Nadirah Ali - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Niki Haris - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Rose Banks - backing vocals [background vocals]
- The Andra茅 Crouch Choir - backing vocals [background vocals]
- Guy Pratt - bass
- Randy Jackson - bass
- David Boruff - brass [brass section]
- Dick "Slyde" Hyde - brass [brass section]
- Steve Madaio - brass [brass section]
- Larry Corbett - cello, soloist
- Geary Lanier - clavinet
- Suzie Katayama - concertmaster
- Ivy Skoff - coordinator [production]
- Margo Chase - design [logo]
- Jeff Porcaro - drums
- John Robinson - drums
- Jonathan Moffett - drums
- Michael Vail Blum - engineer [additional]
- Bob Salcedo - engineer [assistant]
- Joe Schiff - engineer [assistant]
- Stacy Baird - engineer [assistant]
- Eddie Miller - engineer [at paisley park]
- Heidi Hanschu - engineer [at paisley park]
- Stephen Shelton - engineer [at paisley park]
- Joe Meyer - french horn [french horns]
- Richard Todd - french horn [french horns]
- Chester Kamen - guitar [guitars]
- Dann Huff - guitar [guitars]
- David Williams - guitar [guitars]
- DeMann Entertainment - management
- Freddy DeMann - management
- Melissa Crow - management [assistant to madonna]
- Elisa Lane - management [assistant to patrick leonard]
- Joe Porcaro - marimba
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by [dmm]
- Bill Bottrell - mixed by, engineer
- Luis Conte - percussion
- Paulinho da Costa - percussion
- Herb Ritts - photography by
- Patrick Leonard - piano [acoustic], organ [b3], clavinet, synthesizer, producer, written-by
- Jai Winding - synthesizer
- Stephen Bray - synthesizer, producer, written-by
- Sandra Crouch - tambourine [spanish]
- Harry McCarthy - technician [drums]
- John Good - technician [drums]
- Prince - producer, written-by
- The Powers That Be - producer