It's Part 2 of our ranking of Madonna's studio albums! When did Madonna stop dictating the culture and start chasing it? When should listeners write to their Congressional reps over our heatmaps, and when are heatmap "yellows" actually "reds" but they're too boring to skip? We're not sure we can answer these questions...but we're pretty sure we know when it's time for the endeavor of rapping to cease. Get psyched or eff off: it's an all-new MASTAS episode.

Intro and outro by Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• • Madonna's Studio Album's Ranked, Episode 01
  • Madonna A to Z
  • The rumored 2026 Madonna project
  • Episode 107: Bond-Movie Songs, Ranked
  • Episode 3: Madonna, "Get Together"
  • Episode 211: Madonna, "Everybody" and "Medellín"

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Welcome to Part 1 of our ranking of all 15 of Madonna's studio albums! The Material Girl's woeful underrepresentation on our podcast continues, as we start with the eponymous Madonna and continue through Bedtime Stories. Along the way, we explain the ranking and heatmapping processes we used, and discuss MTV imprinting, the "dust bunnies" of otherwise-solid albums, how The Immaculate Collection shifted our perceptions of Madonna's '80s output, and that time the Good Lord Himself gave Mark permission to buy a record at WalMart. Limber up those skip-button fingers and join us!

Intro and outro by David Gregory Byrne. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Madonna A to Z
• MB's review of The Man Nobody Killed at Best Evidence
• Episode 36: Madonna's Immaculate Collection, Ranked
• Lost Madonna Hits

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Dan Rogge is back (-ack-ack-ack-ack-ack) to help us discuss and rank William's 1979 breakthrough release, "The Stranger" -- complete with derogatory Lost In Translation references, mediocre parental reviews of jukebox musicals, coherent statements on alienation, Mrs. Dash sponcon, the sound of the Fortunoff elevator, and why Mark needed a looseleaf notebook at the gym. Grab some stale boardwalk popcorn, Virginia, because it's on!

Intro and outro by Laura Barger and Jack Baldelli. Visit us on Patreon for more!

SHOW NOTES

• Billy Joel's "Glass Houses," Ranked (with Dan Rogge!)
• Record Of The Year Showdown, Episode 2: 1975-1990
• America's Damp 40, Episode 05: 25 For Fighting
• Extra Hot Great 571: Bringing Honesty To Billy Joel: And So It Goes
• "Every Billy Joel Song, Ranked" at Vulture
• The Middle Aged Dad Band covers "Vienna"
• Weird Al vs. Everybody Episode 1: "Amish Paradise"
• Episode 109: Def Leppard, "Pour Some Sugar On Me"
• "Only The Good Die Young (Alternate Version)"
• Nathan Rabin explains the failure/fiasco spectrum

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