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Tracklist

1 Survival
Producer – Nellee Hooper
3:31
2 Secret
Producer – Dallas Austin
5:05
3 I'd Rather Be Your Lover
Bass, Vocals [Special Guest In Your Face] – Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Producer – Dave "Jam" Hall
4:39
4 Don't Stop
Producer – Dallas Austin
Producer [Additional Production], Remix – Daniel Abraham
4:38
5 Inside Of Me
Producer – Nellee Hooper
4:11
6 Human Nature
Producer – Dave "Jam" Hall
4:53
7 Forbidden Love
Producer – Nellee Hooper
4:08
8 Love Tried To Welcome Me
Producer – Dave "Jam" Hall
5:21
9 Sanctuary
Producer – Dallas Austin
Remix – Nellee Hooper
5:02
10 Bedtime Story
Producer – Nellee Hooper
4:53
11 Take A Bow
Producer – Babyface
5:21 |

These were the initial copies (about 200,000) of the US pressing with Madonna's face on the front cover transposed as shown in the images. Later US issues were released with the cover image corrected to portray Madonna's face in the correct, originally intended manner - upside down.

Issued in a regular jewel case with baby blue tray (rather than the then-standard grey-black tray).
Booklet folds out and includes pictures, lyrics and credits.

A Madonna album influenced by r&b, hip hop, and Bjork.

2.5/4 (Okay).

I don't really like any of these songs, but it works well as an album. ( )

Product Details

* Audio CD (October 25, 1994)
* Original Release Date: October 25, 1994
* Number of Discs: 1
* Label: Sire / London/Rhino
* Catalog Number: 45767
* ASIN: B000002MUW
* Other Editions: Audio Cassette
* Average Customer Review: based on 201 reviews. (Write a review.)
* Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,542 in Music (See Top Sellers in Music)
Yesterday: #13,839 in Music

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Her Most Underrated Album, May 21, 2002
Reviewer: Addicted to the Groove (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 100 REVIEWER)
"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.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
What was I thinking?, August 31, 2005
Reviewer: Johnny Heering "trivia buff" (Bethel, CT United States) - See all my reviews
(TOP 500 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
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.