My favourite album: Like a Prayer by Madonna

Continuing the series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums – Hadley Freeman cherishes Madonna's Like a Prayer:

For the record, my nearly favourite album is Discovery by Daft Punk. But after sending my 15th email in one hour debating the merits between that one and this one to the beleaguered editor of this website (oddly, he stopped replying after my seventh email), I caught my reflection in the mirror, hairbrush in front of mouth, and thought, who am I kidding? I'm a woman in her 30s – of course my favourite album is Like a Prayer. Bog off, era-defining dance music auteurs and crank up Cherish.

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