Lets start by quoting a few figures of authority in the music industry, critics and journalists :  "Madonna has always been a keen student of pop-culture history, and her creative powers were probably at their peak in the late 1980s on the album Like a Prayer." - Time.  Like a Prayer shaped "how pop stars, pop music, music videos, love, s-x and the 80s were and should be" - The Guardian * According to the list of "All-TIME 100 Albums" by Time magazine's critics, Like a Prayer is one of the