2008 – The year of the Madonna reissues?

There’s an interesting and rather unexpected Madonna reference in James Masterson’s weekly UK Top 40 chart-commentary at www.dotmusic.com, where he mentions rumours of a possible reissue programme involving Madonna’s back catalogue next year:

“The interminable Elvis Presley re-issue programme finally grinds to a halt after 17 weeks with the Number 13 entry of ‘Burning Love’, a track that originally peaked at Number 7 in 1972.

Even if these run of limited edition re-releases didn’t quite have the same chart impact as the first time this was tried in 2005, his label do at least have the satisfaction of noting that these superannuated singles sold more consistently than the Michael Jackson dualdisc re-release programme in 2006, a week by week schedule which saw him at times struggle to even make the Top 40.”

“As fun and record-skewing as these weekly collections are, they do little to enhance the reputation or appeal of the acts involved and very quickly become tiresome. I’m just praying that the rumours of a similar stunt involving Madonna’s back catalogue in 2008 turn out to be just that – rumours.”

Thanks to our Community member judelaw26.