Bedtime Stories (1994)

-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

Bjork Made this album what it is!

Bedtime stories is my fav. madonna cd, basiclly because of Bedtime Story, written and aranged by Bjork. So This cd even more so the bedtime story single is a must for any bjork fan, or any cool madonna fan, a good cd to have!

Madonna - "Bedtime Stories"

01 "Survival"

02 "Secret"

03 "I'd Rather Be Your Lover"

04 "Don't Stop"

05 "Inside Of Me"

06 "Human Nature"

07 "Forbidden Love"

08 "Love Tried To Welcome Me"

09 "Sanctuary"

10 "Bedtime Story"

11 "Take A Bow"



Another under-rated gem from Madonna that followed her album "Erotica" which only sold 5 million copies worldwide--this one managed to sell 6 million copies worldwide... It includes lots of great tracks, and if you like this i'd strongly reccommend you also buy "Erotica". A rarity is "Your Honesty" from the sessions of "Bedtime Stories" in 1994, but you have to buy "Remixed and Revisited" (R&R) for that. Great songs include "Secret", "Take A Bow", "Bedtime Story", "Sanctuary", "Love Tried To Welcome Me" (which should've been included on the "Something To Remember" album - Madonna's ballad collection) and more. Singles include "Secret" (#5 in the UK, #3 in the US), "Human Nature" (#8 in the UK, #46 in the US), "Bedtime Story" (#4 in the UK, #42 in the US) and "Take A Bow" (#16 in the UK, #1 in the US). Which, strangly, was Madonna's lowest in the UK (along with "Oh Father"), yet her biggest in the UK, as it spent 7 months on the Chart, only tied with one other single, "Borderline"... "Bedtime Stories" hit both #2 in the UK and the US. Even though this album is under-rated, I'd still reccommend it.