Bedtime Stories

Product Details

Artist : Madonna
Binding : Audio CD
EAN : 0093624576723
Label : Maverick
Number of Discs : 1
Product Group : Music
Release Date : 1994-10-25
UPC : 093624576723

ASIN : B000002MUW

Track Listings for

Disc-1
1. Survival
2. Secret
3. I'd Rather Be Your Lover
4. Don't Stop
5. Inside of Me
6. Human Nature
7. Forbidden Love
8. Love Tried to Welcome Me
9. Sanctuary
10. Bedtime Story
11. Take a Bow

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Editorial Reviews

From Amazon.co.uk

On this, her seventh album proper, Madonna once again shows that one of her greatest talents is her ability to choose collaborators who bring the best out of her. This time around, the producers and co-writers include Bjork, Nellee Hooper (Massive Attack/Soul II Soul) and swing deities Dallas Austin & Babyface (who, amongst a myriad of credits, were the men behind TLC's CrazySexyCool). Mellower in the most part than her previous work, the album includes the usual handful of hits in "Secret", "Human Nature", the title track, and "Take A Bow", a duet with Babyface which is as beautifully glum as anything she's done. While the period between the Erotica/Sex fiasco and her triumphant return with 1998's Ray Of Light was a comparatively lean period commercially for Madonna, this album is up there with the best of her work. --Ronita Dutta

Chronique amazon.fr

Après une série de singles qui emmènent Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone des pistes de danse aux stades surdimensionnés, le livre Sex, porno-soft ridicule et racoleur, freine son incroyable ascension. La vamp qui se coulait à merveille dans l'esthétique clip, à coups de performances chorégraphiées et de thèmes provocateurs (religion, érotisme etc.) survit péniblement à la sortie de son cinquième album Erotica. Mais Madonna, suspectée de n'être qu'un produit manufacturé, prouve une fois de plus que son talent dépasse l'effet de mode. Bedtime Stories enregistré en 1994 avec quelques hommes de confiance, Nellee Hooper ou BabyFace, lui permet de retrouver la perfection pop de ses premiers refrains. Dix-huit ans après "Holiday", Madonna a bâti un empire et prouvé son authenticité en créant son propre label Maverick ou en travaillant avec des pionniers de l'électronique, William Orbit ou notre Taxi Girl national, Mirwais. --Sabrina Silamo

Customer Reviews

Very soft mix (2008-06-29)

I liked this CD because it is a good compilation of her most soft pop songs. You will not really dance to this album except for 1-2 songs. The rest of the album is very mellow. You should listen at home & in your car!

One of the best albums Madonna has ever released!!!!! (2006-05-21)

I'd say that amongst Madge's albums Bedtime Stories is my favourite. it saounds nothing short of amazing, each song is beautifully costructed and performed. And of course Secret, Take a Bow & Forbidden Love are the true highlights of the album and true classics, on which Madge's career was supposed to be based. Shame, that no more. Just pray God, that Madonna will read this review & realize, that her fans still love her, but not the music she's recently making. PLEASE, MADONNA, START MAKING THE MUSIC, YOU USED TO. I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, BUT YOU MUST REALIZE, THAT PAST IS SOMETIMES IS BETTER THAT PRESENT!!!!!Overall, 2 thumbs up to this album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great effort here (2004-07-12)

Perhaps the most underappreciated album in her catalogue, even more so than Erotica. This album is the last gasp of the true Madonna we all came to love before Kabbalah, electronica, and a new joy for preaching claimed her soul :pStarts off with a catchy song named "Survival" in which she sings "I'll never be an angel, I'll never be a saint it's true, i'm to busy surviving, whether it's heaven or hell I'm gonna be living to tell" which basically sums up Madonna in a nutshell. It's followed by the fabulous "Secret" with it's warm vocals and infectious production, then gets into two mediocre songs "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" and "Don't Stop" before picking up again with "Inside Of Me." This song is supposedly about her mother but it never felt that way to me, either way it's good tune with sweeet lyrics. Next up is an instant classic, Maddy's kiss off to her critics during the Erotica era, "Human Nature," "Did I say something true, oops I didn't know I couldn't talk about you" she says in an obviously irritated tone that is the perfect response.I could go on and discuss the remaining songs, which are all great, but now I wanna mention her voice. She sounds great on this album and it's obvious she worked real hard in the studio to pull off the tuneful and varied sounds she uses to color her vocal.All in all this was an excellent contribution to her discography and better than some of her later work.

madonna's BEST work ever (2004-07-06)

well i'd have to say that this is my favorite madonna cd ever. i feel that this cd is very diverse, making it a pleasurable listen throughout. the cd starts off with more dancey-like tracks such as "i'd rather be your lover" and "don't stop" and moves on to slower ballads including "inside of me" and "forbidden love"... this cd just has it all! just when you think madonna is all in love and "missing that special someone", well you are greeted with the famous "human nature" a track that does not fail to show yet another side of madonna; that of an outspoken strong woman... you can feel r&b influences [thanks to many contributions with babyface] as well as pop, but this cd also has the amazing track "bedtime story" with its techno-ambient feel [bjork being one of the co-writers of the song...mmm makes sense?] this track is arguably one of the most "different" type of song madonna had ever done at that point in her career ["ray of light" is another story]...all in all i think that anyone who enjoys a true good mix of music all in one cd will enjoy this work to the fullest! whatever be your mood, pop this in and enjoy!

Her Greatest Story Yet (2004-06-22)

It was not until I bought Bedtime Stories a few weeks ago that I realized that this is Madonna's most consistent and pleasing album ever. This might be because I am a rabid fan of r&b music, and to date, this is Madonna's most r&b album ever. The album is entirely pleasing because Madonna employed hitmakers like Babyface and Dallas Austin, both of which are r&b producing megaforces. The latter two succeed in giving Madonna warm, sensuous grooves. Madonna's vocals shimmer on tracks like Survival, with it's new jill swing influences and lush harmonies, and Secret with hits pulsing beats and Madonna's shimmering vocals.

Madonna turns the ballad 'Love Tried to Welcome Me' into a confessional poem of sorts when she declares: 'Love tried to welcome me/But my soul drew back/ Covered with dust and sin...' Every track is a winner on Bedtime Stories. Human Nature, with its hard driving beats and Madonna's biting lyrics, add another dimension to an already superb album.

Madonna closes this excellent album with 'Take a Bow,' a haunting and tender ballad fleshed with bittersweet lyrics. This indeed is among Madonna's best work ever. A must have for even casual listeners.

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