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Bedtime Stories | 
| Artist: Madonna
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
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Rating:  221 reviews
Sales Rank: 396673
Media: Audio Cassette
Discs: 1
UPC: 093624576747
EAN: 0093624576747
ASIN: B000002MUX
Publication Date: 1994
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| Tracks:
| • | Survival | | • | Secret | | • | I'd Rather Be Your Lover | | • | Don't Stop | | • | Inside of Me | | • | Human Nature | | • | Forbidden Love | | • | Love Tried to Welcome Me | | • | Sanctuary | | • | Bedtime Story | | • | Take a Bow |
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 Her Most Underrated Album May 21, 2002
The Groove (Boston, MA)
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
"Bedtime Stories" was Madonna's follow-up to "Erotica," an album so cooly received that it started a nasty backlash against the singer. So, it's not surprising that she comes across as a bit defensive on a couple of tracks: on "Survival" she promises that she's "gonna be living to tell" and she lashes back at her critics in the dynamite "Human Nature." Elsewhere, "Bedtime Stories" was her most self-reflective album at the time, and it's also her most r&b-sounding disc since her debut. Dave Jam Hall, Dallas Austin and Babyface all supply the onetime Material Girl some solid beats and rhythms that wouldn't sound out of place on a Mary J. Blige album. The hits, "Secret" and "Take a Bow" show up here, but other tracks of note are the infectious "Inside of Me" (a tribute to her late mother) and "Don't Stop," which should have been released as a single but wasn't. This album didn't flop upon release, but it sold less than it deserved to, mainly because people were looking for a "Vogue 2" in this record. Nonetheless, "Bedtime Stories" is a straight-up r&b record that deserves a second chance.
 What was I thinking? September 1, 2005
Johnny Heering (Bethel, CT United States)
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
Some people have described this as Madonna's "comeback" album after the "disappointment" of the Erotica album. But, both albums sold about 2 million copies in the US, so they were just about equally successful. But, this album did produce the biggest hit of Madonna's career, "Take a Bow" (#1 for seven weeks). It also yielded the #3 hit "Secret". The other two single from the album, "Bedtime Story" and "Human Nature", became the first two singles by Madonna to fail to make the Top 40 since her first single ("Everybody"). This is a good album overall, and Madonna's fans should enjoy it.
Bedtime Stories (1994) March 6, 2005
Dance Floor Junkie (Canada)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
-Bedtime Stories (1994)-
Released in 1994, two years after Madonna released "Erotica", the world was still outraged. Madonna released this album, which again, only peaked at #2, and sold 2 million copies since it's release. This album, along with "Erotica" and "American Life" are probably Madonna most underrated albums. Madonna decided to go with more of an R&B sound for this album, and it turned out amazing. This is another one of my all time favorite Madonna albums. The first single to be released from the album was "Secret", and it put Madonna back on the charts, peaking at #3. It's a really great song. And then Madonna released "Take a Bow", which put her back on top of the charts. The song peaked at #1, and stayed there for 7 weeks, giving Madonna her biggest US single to date. The song is definitely one of Madonna's greatest ballads. Two other singles were also released, "Bedtime Story" and "Human Nature". "Human Nature" is a very bass heavy song, directed to the critics that bashed her during her sex phase, and is another great song. "Bedtime Story" is just absolutely amazing, and along with "Frozen" and "Bad Girl", one of my all time favorite Madonna songs. The song was co-written by Bjork, and was years ahead of it's time when it was released. Everything about the song is just amazing, and the video is one of the best I've ever seen. Also, at the time of the videos release, it was the most expensive video ever made.
1. Survival (10/10)
2. Secret (10/10)
3. I'd Rather Be Your Lover (10/10)
4. Don't Stop (9/10)
5. Inside of Me (/10)
6. Human Nature (10/10)
7. Forbidden Love (8/10)
8. Love Tried to Welcome Me (10/10)
9. Sanctuary (10/10)
10. Bedtime Story (10/10)
11. Take a Bow (10/10)
As with "Erotica", every song on the album is great. "Survival" is a great way to start of the album, and is very R&Bish. It talks about how Madonna felt about how she was backlashed, but how she survived. "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" is another great song, that features a guest rapper. "Don't Stop" is a great dance song, but it isn't one of my favorites. "Inside of Me" is my definitely my favorite unreleased song. It's amazing. I love the way Madonna uses her breathing like an instrument. It's a song about her mother, but it could easily be interpreted a different way. "Forbidden Love" is probably the worst song on the album, but it's still a good song. "Love Tried to Welcome Me" is one of Madonna's most beautiful ballads, and could have easily replaced "Forbidden Love" on "Something to Remember". "Sanctuary" is an amazing song, that follows along the same lines as "Bedtime Story". All in all, this is another one of Madonna's best albums, which wasn't as successful as it should have been.
My Top 5 off of the album are...
5) Love Tried to Welcome Me
4) Human Nature
3) Take a Bow
2) Inside of Me
1) Bedtime Story
Great September 18, 2005
J. L. Christensen (Seattle, wa)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I never was into Madonna.
This record surprised me.
It's fabulous in that smart sexual way.
And it's simply pretty too.
Not what I think of when I think of 'Madonna'
A HIDDEN GEM October 28, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After all the controversy surrounding her "Erotica"/"Sex"/"Body Of Evidence" triple play in 1992, Madonna took a step back and quietly released "Bedtime Stories," a very introspective and emotional album filled with lots of hidden treasures and only a few hits. It's usually overlooked now, but given the chance, this one really stands out. This is a huge departure for Madonna. As an artist, she consistently pulls trends from the underground and introduces them to the mainstream. With "Bedtime Stories," she did the exact opposite: she used the popular sounds of the time, for the most part, but still managed to make it sound fresh and appealing. The album kicks off with "Survival," a "shoulda been" hit single that pretty much sums up Madonna's take on those who criticize her: "I'll never be an angel. I'll never be a saint, that's true." Produced by Dallas Austin (who was fresh off of his success with TLC and "CrazySexyCool"), it works very well. Madonna fires back at her critics explicitly with "Human Nature," which has a huge bass line and sounds like a hip-hop experiment. You'll either love it or you'll hate it--and that's a classic Madonna approach to music making. The album is also loaded with several R & B inspired numbers. "Love Tried To Welcome Me," "Inside of Me," "Don't Stop," and "Forbidden Love" share a variety of producers, and it's obvious that Babyface (who produced a handful of the tracks) had a profound influence on a great deal of the album. His presence is most obviously felt on "Forbidden Love" and the album closer, "Take A Bow," where he provides distinct background vocals. There are also a few tracks that come out of left field. "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" is another hip-hop inspired track, with guest vocalist Me'Shell N'degeocello. "Don't Stop" is the only thing that approaches being a dance song, but it's closer to being mid-tempo. "Secret" is a laid-back piece of summer fare with an unexpected acoustic backing track and some of Madonna's best harmonizing since "La Isla Bonita." And the one-two punch of "Sanctuary" and the Bjork-penned "Bedtime Story" puts a unique spin on the entire album. While "Sanctuary" and "Bedtime Story" are not at all suited for radio, they somehow manage to fit on this album without making it sound disjointed. The lyrics on "Bedtime Stories" are quite confessional. These are, for the most part, songs about longing and loss. But they also focus on the notions that longing and loss often come from within. While Madonna must have been hurt deeply by the critical barbs lobbed at her between 1992 and 1994, she mixes her rebuttals with a sense of personal responsibility, admissions of mistakes, and reminders that she is, deep down, a vulnerable human being, like the rest of us. Taken in the context of Madonna's career progression, "Bedtime Stories" is a link between the early days of courting controversy and her current approach, which is based more on personal fulfillment. "Bedtime Stories" is also the antithesis of "Erotica," and it's often hard to imagine an artist who would be able to turn out two such different albums in the space of four years (and she ultimately went one better--the "Evita" soundtrack was her next project, and that doesn't seem like the expected next step from either album). Where "Erotica" intentionally sounded cold and electronic, "Bedtime Stories" is as warm as a fireplace on Christmas morning. If there were one piece of criticism one could possibly add to this album, it's the inclusion of "Take A Bow" at the end of the album. The song progression builds and evolves into the electronica pairing of "Sanctuary" and "Bedtime Story," but the inclusion of "Take A Bow" as the final track is almost too abrupt. "Take A Bow" is the most lyrically accessible song on the album, and also the most contemporary sounding, but it almost strikes as an afterthought--a single that was tacked on at the end to increase album sales. Had it been placed earlier in the album, it would have fit right in. Nevertheless, this is the one small discrepancy I found in this otherwise perfect album. Madonna has done some albums bogged down with filler ("Like A Virgin," "True Blue," "I'm Breathless"), but this one sparkles from beginning to end. An extremely enjoyable album, released when the artist needed to prove to critics that she could still make music that excited the general public, "Bedtime Stories" is a delightful addition to Madonna's ever-evolving career.
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