Эротика: Альбом Мадонны 1992 года

1992 studio album by Madonna

Erotica is the fifth studio album by American singer Madonna, released on October 20, 1992, by Maverick and Sire Records. The album was released simultaneously with Madonna's first book publication Sex, a coffee table book containing explicit photographs of the singer, and marked her first release under Maverick, her own multimedia entertainment company. For the album, the singer enlisted Shep Pettibone and André Betts, with whom she had collaborated on 1990's "Vogue" and The Immaculate Collection. In mid 1991, Pettibone sent Madonna a three track demo; she listened to the songs and liked all of them. Afterwards, the two met in New York City to start working on more music. The singer would write the melodies and lyrics on top of the music Pettibone produced in the style of his previous remixes. Erotica has been noted as a concept album about sex and romance in times of HIV/AIDS, with songs that touch "unpleasant" themes such as S&M and homophobia. Additionally, it marked a departure of the dance oriented nature of Madonna's previous works, incorporating elements of hip hop, house, techno, and New Jack Swing. Upon release, it received generally favorable reviews from critics, who regarded it as one of Madonna's most adventurous albums. Some, however, felt the music was overshadowed by its sexual themes. Commercially, it was less successful than Madonna's previous endeavors; it peaked at number 2 on the US Billboard 200, becoming her first studio album not to top the chart since her debut. Internationally, it reached the first spot in Australia, Finland, and France, and peaked within the top five of several other countries such as Canada, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Erotica was later certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, and has sold more than six million copies worldwide. Six singles were released from the album, including the title track and "Deeper and Deeper", both of which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. The album was supported by the Girlie Show, Madonna's fourth concert tour, which visited cities in Europe, the Americas, Australia, and Asia in 1993. Somewhat overlooked at the time of its release in part due to the backlash surrounding the Sex book, Erotica has been retrospectively considered one of Madonna's most important albums, as well as one of the most revolutionary of all time by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Many critics have since noted influence of Erotica in works by contemporary female artists such as Janet Jackson to Beyoncé.

On April 21, 1992, it was reported that Madonna had teamed up with Time Warner Inc. to form Maverick, a multi media entertainment company. Maverick consisted of a record company, a film production company, and associated music publishing, television broadcasting, book publishing and merchandising divisions. The first two projects from the venture were Madonna's fifth studio album, and a coffee table book depictng her "erotic fantasies", titled Sex. Madonna described the album as "soulful, with a jazzy undertone and lot of beatnik style poetry in it". Alongside Pettibone, Madonna enlisted help from producer André Betts, who previously co produced "Justify My Love" from The Immaculate Collection.

Quote box|width=280px|align=left|quote="We were listening in my home studio to one of the first songs and I turned to her and said, 'It's great, but it's no 'Vogue'. She told me that not every song could be 'Vogue' [ ] but I pressed my case anyway: 'I guess I'm always trying to out top myself, the next thing should be bigger than the last'. Madonna just turned and looked me straight in the eye. She said, 'Shep, no matter how fierce something is, you can't ever do the same thing twice'".|source=—Producer Shep Pettibone on working with Madonna in Erotica. Him and Shimkin created a three track demo and sent it to Madonna, who was in Chicago filming A League of Their Own; she listened to the songs and liked all of them. In October, after filming was complete, Madonna met Pettibone in New York City to start working on more demos. According to author Mark Bego, the first batch of songs they worked on were the title track, "Deeper and Deeper", "Bad Girl", "Thief of Hearts", and "Rain". Recording took place at New York's Soundworks Studios, Master Mix Studios, and Clinton Recording Studios. After seeing the book, Pettibone suggested that the singer incorporate the dominatrix theme into the song's lyrics: "'You have all these great stories [in the book]', I told her, 'Why don't you use them in the song?'". "Where Life Begins" was the first song for the album Madonna composed with André Betts, who was pleased with the song's explicit subject. When they decided to try and record the song one final time, Madonna started singing bits of Little Willie John's "Fever; she had previously attended a Peggy Lee concert, and her rendition of the song had "made a strong impression on [me]". dance song with "scratchy, trip hop loops" and Middle Eastern influences. It begins with a "put a record on scratchiness" sound that mimics a record player. Madonna invites her lover to be submissive while she makes love to him, and suggesting him to explore boundaries between pain and pleasure, demanding: Give it up, do what I say/ Give it up and let me have my way. Its lyrics talk about sexual desire, but Dan Cadan argued in his text in the liner notes of Madonna's 2001 compilation GHV2, that they are actually about a young man coming to terms with his homosexuality. This is reflected in the refrain: Bad girl, drunk by six/Kissing someone else's lips/Smoked too many cigarettes today/I’m not happy when I act this way. Instrumentation is provided by swing piano and wind chimes, with Madonna singing some parts in a falsetto. "Waiting" begins with the sound of a scratchy old vinyl before a sliding bass note. lyrics include Don’t go breaking my heart like you said you would, and I wish I could believe you or at least have the courage to leave you. "Thief of Hearts" is a "dark, rumbling" and "smug" track that echoes the Angels "My Boyfriend's Back" (1963), and Blondie's "Rip Her to Shreds" (1977). Its "sharp" lyrics find the singer lashing back at a lover who "won her with romantic letters, then used the same verbal skills to manipulate and humiliate her"; The next song is "Rain", which has been described as an "optimistic" New Age ballad, comparable to the work of Peter Gabriel. It features two spoken parts, "thunder claps of percussion", a crescendo towards the end, and lyrics that compare rain to the idea of being in love. Madonna talks about the gay friends she has lost to AIDS, including Martin Burgoyne, her dance teacher and mentor Christopher Flynn, and artist Keith Haring. The cover follows the "same monochromatic blue ink cover shot" that had been used on the book, and shows Madonna's "faded" face on a pale background. Photographs used for Sex were also included on the album's booklet; one shows Madonna in S&M garb, wielding a riding crop and licking her arm; another one features her bound and gagged. The backcover has the singer engaging in "foot worship blissfully sucking on someone's big toe", as noted by J. Randy Taraborrelli. Erotica was released on October 20, 1992, through Madonna's Maverick label. It was the singer's first release to bear the Parental Advisory label due to explicit content in tracks such as "Did You Do It? ", and thus was banned in several Asian countries, such as China and Singapore. Two versions of Erotica were released: a clean 13 track version that omits "Did You Do It? ", and the complete 14 track version that bears the Parental Advisory label.

On October 22, 1992, MTV aired a special called The Day in Madonna, hosted by Kurt Loder, which profiled the release of both Sex and Erotica. New York City's HMV music store held a Madonna look alike contest, and set up a booth where people could view Sex for one dollar a minute. All the proceeds went to Lifebeat, the music industry organization founded to help fund AIDS research.

CD, Vinyl, Cassette, and Digital Compact Cassette – Explicit version, comes with a Parental Advisory label. The vinyl was reissued in 2012 and 2016 by Warner Bros. Records with a different catalog number. CD, Vinyl, and Cassette – 13 track clean version that omits the track "Did You Do It? ".