Madonna Album: “Keep It Together [EP]”

While the remixes here (by Shep Pettibone) are outdated to say the least, they are still very much lovable ones, and are essential to the Madonna fan. This CD makes for an excellent companion to the Like a Prayer album. Any lover of Madonna or extended mixes of late eighties/early nineties dance will love this CD. Keep It Together peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1989, and deservedly.

When I bought the Like a Prayer Album back in 89, Keep It Together, for me, wasn't a stand out track, then one day I heard a remixed version on the radio that reminded me of her remix of Express Yourself, I ran out and picked up the cassette single which contained the remix I had heard and an instrumental version on the b-side. So I wear out the cassette single just in time for the remixes to be released. I looked long and hard for the 12 inch single which at the time, was EXTREMELLY hard to find. Luckily I found it and was very pleased with the amount of mixes available. I later found out that this was the first DOMESTIC cd single that Madonna would release too in the U.S. The early 90's house sound that were used for the remixes of Keep It Together was just a preview of what Madonna was going to use to blow the world away with her hit single (and my all-time fav) Vogue.

I must wonder if the "Laughable" person ever heard the song, much less this well produced maxi single. And where did the sleep with her father thing come from? Regardless of that obvious plebians opinion, Keep It Together is a whimsical tale, well written and a show piece of both "like A Prayer" and the closing number to "Blonde Ambition" Exellent job Madonna!

This is the CD single of Madonna's Top Ten hit "Keep It Together". It's a great song, which is a tribute to her siblings. There are five remixes of it here. I particularly like the 12" Remix and the 12" Extended Mix. Madonna fans who dig remixes should check it out.

This is when I feel in love with Madonna. The entire "Like a Prayer" ablum has been a soundtrack to my life. And this song really types love, life, and family into that. The mixes are good, and the song is great!!!