Erotica

Erotica is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna. It was released on October 19, 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, with whom she had collaborated on 1990's "Vogue" and The Immaculate Collection, and André Betts. In mid-1991, Pettibone sent Madonna a three-track demo; she listened to the songs and liked all of them. Afterward, 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 her alter–ego called Mistress Dita. With her, Madonna explores themes such as sadomasochism and sexual freedom in her coffee table book. In the album, the themes explored are mostly about sex and romance in times of HIV/AIDS, with songs that address "heavy" themes such as S&M and homophobia. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotica...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)