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Bedtime Stories
Release Date: 1994 10 25
Label: WEA

Perhaps Madonna correctly guessed that the public overdosed on the raw carnality of her book -Sex. Perhaps she wanted to offer a more optimistic take on sex than the distant Erotica. Either way, Bedtime Stories is a warm album, with deep, gently pulsating grooves; the album's title isn't totally tongue-in-cheek. The best songs on the album ("Secret," "Inside of Me," "Sanctuary," "Bedtime Story," "Take a Bow") slowly work their melodies into the subconscious as the bass pulses. In that sense, it does offer an antidote to Erotica, which was filled with deep but cold grooves. The entire production of Bedtime Stories suggests that she wants listeners to acknowledge that her music isn't one-dimensional. She has succeeded with that goal, since Bedtime Stories offers her most humane and open music; it's even seductive. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Survival	Austin, Madonna	3:31
2	Secret	Austin, Madonna	5:04
3	I'd Rather Be Your Lover	Isley Brothers, Jasper, Madonna, Hall	4:39
4	Don't Stop	Austin, Madonna, Wolfe	4:38
5	Inside of Me	Madonna, Hooper, Hall	4:11
6	Human Nature	Madonna, Deering, McKenzie, Hall	4:53
7	Forbidden Love	Babyface [1], Madonna	4:09
8	Love Tried to Welcome Me	Madonna, Hall	5:21
9	Sanctuary	Hancock, Austin, Madonna, Cutler, Preven	5:03
10	Bedtime Story	Bjork, DeVries, Hooper	4:52
11	Take a Bow	Babyface [1], Madonna	5:21