Like A Prayer
by Madonna
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Madonna bestography
Like A Prayer is ranked 2nd best out of 29 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 627 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,703.
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Like A Prayer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Like A Prayer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | WomansAreGreat | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 25/40 | 39 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Decade 1980s | 60/100 | - |
| 2026 | mjp11 | Madonna ranked | 5/15 | - |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 92/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 21/100 | 16 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 44/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 44 Music Albums of 1989 | 30/44 | 2 |
| 2026 | jonny5244 | Top 28 Music Albums of 1989 | 4/28 | 4 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 10 Music Albums of 1989 | 8/10 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 381 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,109 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/02/2026 08:30 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 07/30/2026 00:11 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 22:52 | mostlymor | 7,056 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.9.
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Like A Prayer forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 04/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements - March 2026
pedro1976 03/29/2026 18:13 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) BestEverAlbums 05/23/2025 20:00 in Album of the day (#5269): Like A Prayer by MadonnaLike A Prayer comments
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Along with, ray of light, like a prayer, is Madonna's best album. Usually with Madge, there are great singles but albums always tend to have a bit of filler on them. Not here. Having said that the singles are still the strongest songs; cherish, express yourself, and the title track are perfect pop songs. Madonna at her peak.
Madonna was among the best singles artists of her era, perhaps even the best over an extended period (1984-2000). However, she can join a very long list, going back to the 50s, of artists who made great singles but never put together one flat-out great album. By that measure, this album is overrated, although not without its merits. When it comes to Madonna, stick to the comps.
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Fun Fact: Recording artist Prince played the guitar on three songs from the album, "Like a Prayer", "Keep It Together", and "Act of Contrition", though he remained uncredited.[15] Prince and Madonna also worked together on the track "Love Song".
I’m spending the week with Madonna’s 1989 acclaimed Like a Prayer album. Pure pop heaven to open with- the uplifting title track Like a Prayer, followed by the confident call to Express Yourself. Despite the attempt to ruin it all by partnering with Prince, this is a wonderful pop album with further gems Promise to try, Cherish and Oh Father (the latter is brought to life beautifully by the video). It all seems very personal, dealing with her family and cultural background while stirring in sex and religious controversy – she knows how to exploit publicity as well as the next. But all in all, a pleasure to revisit a woman at the peak of her craft as she mixes styles and moods with confidence. I heartily recommend revisiting it.
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This is one place above 'The Sensual World' by Kate Bush for 1989. Such a travesty. One is a brilliant female songwriter and unique vocalist - the other is Madonna.
Still, I thought i should give it a proper try, but barring a couple of good pop songs it really is grim...
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