Madonna - Bedtime Stories (1994)
Cover Front Album
Artist/Composer Madonna
Length 51:42
Format CD
Genre General Pop
Label Maverick
Index 207
In Collection Yes
Packaging Viewpak
Track List
01 Survival 03:31
02 Secret 05:04
03 I'd Rather Be Your Lover 04:39
04 Don't Stop 04:38
05 Inside Of Me 04:11
06 Human Nature 04:53
07 Forbidden Love 04:09
08 Love Tried To Welcome Me 05:21
09 Santuary 05:03
10 Bedtime Story 04:52
11 Take A Bow 05:21
Personal
Details
Spars DDD
Rare No
Sound Stereo
UPC 093624576723
Notes
MADONNA BIOGRAPHY: Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone, 16 August 1958, Rochester Michigan, USA. MADONNA excelled at dance and drama at high school and during brief periods at colleges in Michigan and North Carolina. In 1977 she went to New York, studying with noted choreographer Alvin AILEY and taking modelling jobs. Two years later, Madonna moved to France to join a show featuring disco singer Patrick HERNANDEZ. There she met Dan GILROY and, back in New York, the pair formed club band THE BRAKFAST CLUB. MADONNA played drums and sang with the band before setting up EMMY in 1980 with Detroit-born drummer Steve BRAY. Together, MADONNA and BRAY created dance tracks which led to a recording deal with Sire Records. With leading New York disc jockey Mark KAMINS producing, she recorded 'Everybody', a US club hit in 1982. MADONNA broke out from the dance scene into mainstream pop with 'Holiday' written and produced by John 'Jellybean' BENITEZ. It reached the US Top 20 and was a Top 10 hit across Europe in 1984. By now, her tough, raunchy persona was coming across to international audiences and the attitude was underlined by the choice of Tom KELLY and Billy STEINBERG's catchy 'Like A Virgin' as a 1984 single. It was the first of ten US number 1 hits for MADONNA. Among these was 'Material Girl', the video for which introduced one of her most characteristic visual styles, the mimicking of Marilyn Monroe's 'blonde bombshell' image. By the time of the Live Aid concert, at which she appeared, and her high-profile wedding to actor Sean PENN, MADONNA had become an internationally recognized superstar, known to millions of tabloid newspaper readers without any interest in her music. Among the fans of her work were a growing number of 'wannabees', teenage girls who aped her independent and don't-care stance. From 1985-87, she turned out a stream of irresistibly catchy hit singles. 'Crazy For You' was co-written by ex- CARPENTERS' collaborator John BETTIS, while she and Steve BRAY wrote 'Into The Groove'. These were followed by 'Dress You Up' and 'Papa Don't Preach', with its message of generational rebellion. 'True Blue', 'Open Your Heart' and 'La Isla Bonita' were later successes. Like an increasing number of her songs, 'Who's That Girl' (1987) were tied-in to a film - in this instance, a poorly received comedy in which she starred with Sir John MILLS. MADONNA's film career had begun in 1980 with a bit part in the b-movie A Certain Sacrifice before she starred in "Desperately seeking Susan" (1985). In "Shangai surprise" (1986), MADONNA appeared with PENN, from whom she separated in 1988. In that year, she also appeared on Broadway in the play Speed The Plow by David MAMET. MADONNA continued to attract controversy when in 1989 the video for 'Like A Prayer', with its links between religion and eroticism, was condemned by the Vatican and caused Pepsi-Cola to cancel a sponsorship deal with the star. The resulting publicity helped the album of the same title - co-produced with new collaborator Patrick LEONARD - to become a global best-seller. 1990 saw her career reach a new peak of publicity and commercial success. She starred with Warren BEATTY in the blockbuster film"Dick Tracy" while the extravagant costumes and choreography of the Blond Ambition world tour were the apotheosis of MADONNA's uninhibited melange of sexuality, song, dance and religiosity. The tour was commemorated by a documentary film, Truth Or Dare On The Band Behind The Scenes, And In Bed With Madonna, released in 1991. Among the hits of the early 90s were 'Vogue', devoted to a short-lived dance craze, 'Justify My Love' (co-written with Lenny KRAVITZ) and 'Rescue Me', produced by MADONNA and Shep PETTIBONE. MADONNA's reputation as a strong businesswoman, in control of each aspect of her career, was confirmed in 1992 when she signed a multi-million dollar deal with the Time-Warner conglomerate, parent co