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Originally posted by THEBEASTWITHIN
Thank You! 
Can't say I'll be waiting cause I have a HUGE  Saturday schedule to follow.
But I'm definitely reading it tomorrow  |
I wrote about this once before elsewhere, so I just copied and pasted old thoughts
Bedtime Stories really adds to what makes this era special, the GHV2 Era if you will. The entire period from Erotica through Music just seems to exist in some weird twilight zone that runs parallel to what was going on in radio, occasionally reflects the trends back, but never quite commits to them. The whole 1992-2000 period is full of shadows and ambiguity to me, it's subdued and atmospheric and borders on tense and spooky at times. Even Bedtime Stories, full of work by very hot '90s producers, feels like it never totally shows its cards.
A lot of casual observers say Madonna's best work came from 83-90, and she did have a ton of classics from that period, but they were classic singles for the most part. Like A Prayer is her first fully realized album (imo of course), but then she goes off and makes these long-playing, unified masterpieces that rarely translated perfectly to radio in three or four minute chunks. But if you take an album like Bedtime Stories as a whole, it's such a rewarding listen and a surprising one for the uninitiated. For many acts, a triple platinum album with a single that spent seven weeks at one would be beyond the wildest of dreams. In Madonna's case, it's one of her best kept secrets.
ahh classic
