| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/warner Bros. | | UPC: 00093624576723 | | Release Date: 10/25/1994 | | Buy.com Sku: 60144451 | | Item#: MXW59T | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25332 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Survival ~ Madonna |  | | 2. Secret ~ Madonna | | | 3. I'd Rather Be Your Lover ~ Madonna | | | 4. Don't Stop ~ Madonna | | | 5. Inside Of Me ~ Madonna | | | 6. Human Nature ~ Madonna | | | 7. Forbidden Love ~ Madonna | | | 8. Love Tried To Welcome Me ~ Madonna | | | 9. Sanctuary ~ Madonna | | | 10. Bedtime Story ~ Madonna | | | 11. Take A Bow ~ Madonna | |
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"Her music strides into new territory..." Jim Farber, Entertainment Weekly
"Easily Madonna's best album..." Stephen Holden, The New York Times
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Madonna (vocals); Tommy Martin (guitar); Colin Wolfe (bass); Marius DeVries (programming); Niki Harris (background vocals); Dallas Austin, Rick Sheppard. | | Producers: Nellee Hooper, Madonna, Dallas Austin, Dave "Jam" Hall, Babyface. | | Personnel: Madonna (vocals); Tommy Martin (guitar); Dallas Austin (keyboards, drums); Babyface (synthesizer); Donna De Lory, Nikki Harris (background vocals). | | Audio Mixer: Jon Gass. | | Recording information: Axis Studios, New York, NY; Chappell Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Darp Studios, Atlanta, GA; Enterprise studios, Burbank, CA; Hit Factory Studios, New York, NY; Music Grinder Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA; Soundworks Studios, New York, NY; Tea Room, Atlanta, GA; Wild Bunch Studios, London, England. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Babyface. | | For Madonna, pop music is the canvas of her greatest aspiration. While some critics might be ready to write her off, BEDTIME STORIES reasserts Madonna's claim to the R&B/dance floor turf she ceded to others as her own productions became elaborately self-conscious. And where performers like R. Kelly filled the breach with risque, sexually explicit fare, BEDTIME STORIES marks Madonna's return to a more stylized, elegant form of R&B. | | Not that Madonna has gotten herself to a nunnery, as the soft-focus ooohing and aaahing of "Inside Of Me" demonstrates, but the overall approach on BEDTIME STORIES is less carnal, more romantic (like the difference between the Supremes and Salt N' Pepa). But in collaborating with innovative producers such as Babyface and Dallas Austin, Madonna has again positioned herself on the cutting edge of modern R&B (compare the layered, collage-like production of "I'd Rather Be Your Lover" and "Human Nature" to Dallas Austin's innovative collaborations with Joi on THE PENDULUM VIBE, or, for that matter, with the eerie "Bad Baby" from P.I.L.'s METAL BOX). | | The spooky "Sanctuary" samples Herbie Hancock's "Watermelon Man" to create an African backdrop for Madonna's tale of earthy devotion, while the Icelandic diva Bjork's elliptical "Bedtime Stories" propels Madonna way beyond the limits of language on this crafty, near Eastern textured arrangement. The Oriental-flavored R&B of "Take A Bow" provides a confessional epilogue for this delicately-mannered program. |
Engineer: Darin Prindle; Mark "Spike" Stent; Michael Fossenkemper; Alvin Speights; Brad Gilderman |
Musical Guests | | Me'Shell NdegeOcello | | Babyface | | Donna De Lory |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Christina Aguilera ~ Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Christina Aguilera ~ Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Aguilera, Christina | | Artists, Various | | The String Quartet Tribute To R.E.M. ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | Getting Into The Grooves: Madonna... ~ Artists, Various | | Artists, Various | | The Dance Floor Tribute To Madonna ~ Artists, Various | | Who's That Girl ~ Original Soundtrack | | Selections from Evita ~ Original Soundtrack | | Selections from Evita ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | I'm Going to Tell You a Secret [PA] ~ Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Original Soundtrack | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Getting Into The Grooves: A Tribute To Madonna ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Various Artists | | The Dancefloor Tribute to Madonna ~ Various Artists | | Various Artists | | Vitamin String Quartet |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 10/25/1994 | | Original Release Date : 1994 | | Catalog ID : 45767 | | Label : Maverick | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624576723 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (12/15/94, pp.93-94)
- 3.5 Stars (out of 5)
- "...Madonna has come up with some awfully compelling sounds....lush soul and creamy balladry....Bass-heavy grooves pushing along when more conventional sentiments threaten to bog it down..."Musician (12/94, pp.91-92)
- "...BEDTIME STORIES is closer to her first three albums, putting a heavier emphasis on pop and dance content than on straight-up soul....BEDTIME STORIES doesn't raise hackles or cultivate controversy....It simply concentrates on the music..." Village Voice (2/28/95)
- Ranked #26 in the Village Voice's 1994 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll. New York Times (Publisher)
(1/5/95, p.C15)
- Included on Stephen Holden's list of the Top 10 Albums Of '94 - "...Easily Madonna's best album..." NME (Magazine)
(12/24/94, p.23)
- Ranked #30 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.' NME (Magazine)
(10/29/94, p.47)
- 9 (out of 10)
- "...Initially sweet and polished, BEDTIME STORIES is ultimately her most lasting LP to date..." Billboard 9 of 10
The Queen of Pop pulls another doozie from her bag of tricks, with help from a cast of savvy conspirators. This time, rather than shocking with sexual antics, or even trying to break musical ground, Ms. M sticks to a pop recipe that yields hits galore...
Rolling Stone 7 of 10
...Madonna has come up with some awfully compelling sounds. In her retreat from sex to romance, she has enlisted four top R&B producers: Atlanta whiz kid Dallas Austin, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Dave "Jam" Hall and Britisher Nellee Hooper (Soul II Soul), who add lush soul and creamy balladry. With this awesome collection of talent, the record verily shimmers... Madonna's message is still "Express yourself, don't repress yourself." - Barbara O'Dair
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| | Bio | | As Madonna puts it, "I had no particular sense that I was going to be anything. When I was in high school, I wanted to be a professional dancer. That was my dream...dance just led to music and singing, but I did not grow up wanting to be a singer. Someone taught me how to play the guitar, and I started writing music like I was possessed. Writing songs. It was the strangest thing. I didn't know I was going to be a singer until I was twenty-four." Madonna is, of course, the ultimate icon. The musical masterpieces, groundbreaking videos, starring film roles, charitable causes, and now the greatest role of all--Lourdes' and Rocco's mom! Through the chameleon-like changes, all the controversies and clamor, and now the joys of motherhood, it seems that the modern woman of legend has done it all: singer--composer--producer--author--actor--model--mogul--you name it. Not only can she do it all; there is nothing, it seems, she hasn't tried... at least once! Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, the third of eight children in a large traditional Italian family, was named after her mother who passed away from breast cancer when Madonna was only six years old. Sylvio Ciccone raised his children not only with a solid Catholic background, but with a disciplined work ethic as well. In high school Madonna was a cheerleader and straight-A student. She fell in love with dance and sometimes spent up to five hours a day taking dance classes and working out. Upon graduation she won a dance scholarship to the University Of Michigan. Finding the academic atmosphere stifling, after a year of college Madonna set off for New York City in 1977 with just $35 and her suitcase of leotards and toe shoes. Before long she had earned a spot with the Alvin Ailey Dance Troupe and, for a while, worked as the assistant to modern dance choreographer, Pearl Lange. After struggling for several years in the dance world she began to broaden her artistic horizons. She turned her energies to music, and the rest, as you know, is a historical and legendary work in progress...
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