Madonna - Lucky Star (Sire)

Our Lady From New York takes up astronomy for the follow-up to "Holiday". I've always thought stargazing was a nice quiet hobby, somewhere between birdwatching and trainspotting. Madonna manages to make it sound mildy naughty with much talk of 'heavenly bodies'. Her synth specialists grind away in the background with all the enthusiasm of sinners reciting 100 'Hail Marys' and. by the end of the record, Madonna sounds distinctly earthbound. Strong image, shame about the song. (Mark Cooper, No 1, March 10, 1984)

Twangy bass, shiny guitars, a pumping beat and seriously sexy vocals all go to making this a pretty jolly disco outing that sounds a bit like Shalamar. And since when has that been a bad thing? (Peter Martin, Smash Hits, March 15, 1984)