Madonna

Dig out your leg warmers, your torn lace bustier and your cheap silver cross, it's time for an aerobics workout. This 1987 compilation features some of Madonna's best dance floor winners, particularly "Into The Groove" and "Holiday." It is a testament to her club expertise that these hits and remixes prove just as popular long after contemporary tunes are deemed passe.

Only two of the seven songs on her best LP haven't surfaced on an earlier album, but it's no best-of, and not just because she's saving her radio hits for yet another compilation. The effects, repeats, breaks, and segues added by a star crew of remixers headed by Jellybean Benitez and Shep Pettibone amount to new music--this time the songs don't surface, they reach out and grab you. Reminding us that her first and probably truest calling was disco dolly--before she stormed MTV, she had an audience that loved the way she sounded. (Grade: A-)