Whether it's a tongue-in-cheek rocker such as "12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)" or one of the many ballads
as in the title tune
with roiling distortion and clattering drum kit -- it juxtaposes the deep Delta juke joint blues against the showier Chicago style read through McDowell's own steely bird's-eye view
swirling with passionate emotions that hint at the chance of something greater
Wycliffe "Steely" Johnson (keyboards)
Erotica (180 Gram Vinyl) (2 Lp's) 12/09/2016 Whether it's a tongue-in-cheek rockerPersonnel: Madonna (vocals); Paul Pesco, Jerome Dickens (guitar); Danny Wilensky (saxophone); James "Sleepy Keys" Preston (piano); Joe Moskowitz (keyboards, drums, programming); Shep Pettibone (keyboards, sequencing, programming); Tony Shimkin (keyboards, sequencing, programming, drum programming, background vocals); Andre Betts (keyboards, strings, synthesizer, piano, bass, drums); Doug Wimbish (bass); Anton Fig (drums); Sander Selover (programming);