Like A Prayer (studio album)
by Madonna
Madonna bestography
Like A Prayer is ranked 2nd best out of 28 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 622 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,749.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago |  imacgill | 2,557 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/11/2025 21:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 4,988 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/28/2025 17:40 |  Kingturtle | 7,441 | 73/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 22:48 | NYAndreas | 1,432 | 43/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2025 12:53 | spinout | 3,205 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.1.
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Title track is an absolute classic, there are also plenty of other good tracks like Til Death Do Us Part but with a few like Act of Contrition and Love Song that bring the standard down.
Best Madonna album.. My ´first CD actually from 1989
The hits off this album are good, and Express Yourself is the best track. However the rest is not so great, and even boring. Tracks 3 & 11 especially, I would not miss, and it would raise the average.
HoldenM 05/05/2023 22:23 | #296662
Admittedly, I'm not as into this as her first three albums, but it's still an interesting evolution.
ilovelctr 05/03/2022 01:08 | #284894
Express Yourself is criminally underrated, and its strong rhythm and confident melody are what I find more appealing than those of Like a Prayer.
planetneutral 01/03/2021 17:39 | #263770
I can't get past wondering how much stronger this might have been if Madonna had been able to commit to the Prince influence throughout.
There is not much here besides the first track., which of course is her biggest song by far. Overall, 55/100.
Amazing album that redefined pop at the time!
this is her best album from beginning to end you can hear her maturity throughout the album and the Prince song which has been noted in the other comments is fantastic and Madonna co writing the whole album you can tell she had control over the whole thing
Goliath 01/24/2019 08:27 | #230377
The first track is a classic, the second a good song, the rest is not up to much.
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