Ray of Light
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Sep 11, 2026
RachelHOST
hi everyone and welcome back to the indie pop girl the podcast for music chat new releases hidden gems and nostalgic deep dives i am back with another episode in the my perfect time series and the queen of pop madonna is back making a third appearance on the podcast during 2026 There is no way that I could leave this record out of this series and I'm taking it way back to 1998 to discuss her monumental pop masterpiece, Ray of Light.
RachelHOST
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Following on from the tragic passing of William Orbit in July 2026, this episode will be dedicated to him to celebrate and acknowledge his wonderful legacy and of course his work with Madonna on Ray of Light.
RachelHOST
Ray of Light is the seventh studio album by the queen of pop Madonna.
RachelHOST
It was released on the 22nd of February 1998 by Warner and Maverick Records.
RachelHOST
It is the follow-up to her 1994 release Bedtime Stories and her contribution to the 1996 Evita soundtrack.
RachelHOST
Ray of Light is yet another reinvention in Madonna's career, but the record is notable for being a stark departure from her previous work.
Shannon PortHOST
It's funny.
Shannon PortHOST
I've been posting posts with the Madonna Ray of Light album.
Shannon PortHOST
Because I knew when that came out, that holds so much.
Shannon PortHOST
But there's a song called Candy Store.
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Madonna was the big winner of the night.
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She captured six awards for Ray of Light.
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Will Smith took home some major trophies as well, including Best Male Video.
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Madonna's Ray of Light, by the way, ended up winning Video of the Year.
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In 2008, the city of Peoria, Illinois, officially unveiled Fogelberg Parkway during a public ceremony in order to honor singer-songwriter Mr. Dan Fogelberg.
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It honored the late singer-songwriter at the intersection that inspired his hit, Same old Lang Syne.
NikkiHOST
Yeah, it's a, it's a ...
NikkiHOST
It kind of hints at what's to come on Ray of Light.
ChrisHOST
Definitely.
NikkiHOST
It, it's very kind of ...
NikkiHOST
We'll see.
ChrisHOST
Let's keep an open mind.
NikkiHOST
Um, yeah, Ray of Light, I mean, what a, what a departure-
ChrisHOST
[laughs]
Sandy KingHOST
It's pretty cool.
Sandy KingHOST
That was when she wrote Ray of Light.
Keith KempisHOST
Yes, she did.
Sandy KingHOST
Yes.
Simon TeslerHOST
It's rare indeed for the lyrics of any of their songs to have any connection at all with its title.
Simon TeslerHOST
And this next track from their 1993 album, Republic, is no exception.
Simon TeslerHOST
The song is called World, but it's only when it was released as a single a few months later that it gained a subtitle in case record buyers confused it with their earlier track, World in Motion.
Simon TeslerHOST
After that, the maestros of Moog, Kraftwerk with Computer World.
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Simon TeslerHOST
New Order with World, The Price of Love, followed by Kraftwerk with Computer World from their 1981 album of the same name.
Simon TeslerHOST
It's actually quite staggering how ahead of its time that album was.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
And in 98 is kind of like her rebirth album of many.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
Ray of Light, which is super electronica, very influenced by things that she has studied, spiritual and a complete zag from what she had been doing.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
Have you heard that album?
Mike JosephHOST
Not recently.
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Garrett GonzalesHOST
The Companion album to Dick Tracy, I'm Breathless in 1990.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
Erotica is 92.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
Bedtime Story is 94. ray of light 98 music so she's just continuously every two or three years she's got a new album out so she's very consistent uh music 2000 american life 2003 confessions on a dance floor 2005 hard candy 2008 mdna 2012 rebel heart 2015 madame x 2019.
Garrett GonzalesHOST
So what makes Confessions, in your opinion, what makes Confessions on a dance floor one of her most critically acclaimed albums in her discography?
MaryHOST
you know what well you know what's fascinating neither one of us said madonna or
EverettHOST
britney a ray of light had occurred to me as as one of the things but
MaryHOST
that is my favorite madonna album as well
EverettHOST
yeah i mean i think between i like confessions on a dance floor better
MaryHOST
confessions is more fun but i will say if you blow up your life and then it like need hope ray of light is an excellent excellent choice i
EverettHOST
guess the latter half of the album's all skips though
MaryHOST
see i girl you're you're gonna sit here on my couch
Giovanni BlancoGUEST
It was like that album.
Giovanni BlancoGUEST
Oh, it was the Ray of Light.
Giovanni BlancoGUEST
I think there's a couple songs album on that album.
Ben EisenHOST
I think it was, yeah.
MattHOST
And coming out in 1998, that was a thing that was happening all over the place.
MattHOST
I think Ray of Light was 1998.
MattHOST
Legacy artists were pivoting into... electronica in various uh capacities and to various degrees
BrettHOST
y'all we liked the chemical brothers so much that we let the crystal method have a
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