Bedtime Stories
by Madonna
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Madonna bestography
Bedtime Stories is ranked 8th best out of 29 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 624 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,717.
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Bedtime Stories track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 72 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bedtime Stories rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 71 Music Albums of 1994 | 63/71 | 1 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1994 | 16/44 | 3 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 89/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Bach | Madonna Ranked | 1/16 | - |
| 2026 |  kingofvenus | Top 21 Greatest Music Albums | 5/21 | 79 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1990s Pt 3 | 3/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 29/100 | 72 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 67 Music Albums of 1994 | 47/67 | 2 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | jtrizzle35 | Top 49 Music Albums of the 1990s | 33/49 | 7 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 94 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 659 | |||
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Bedtime Stories ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/01/2026 02:03 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2026 12:27 | Tamthebam | 23,405 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 15:37 | glebrus | 469 | 81/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.7/100, a mean average of 69.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 21.0.
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Bedtime Stories forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/02/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5453): By BachView latest topic →
neilgee 04/14/2018 11:11 in What album are you listening to right now?Bedtime Stories comments
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Wonderful singles 'Take A Bow' and 'Secret' but a bit weak NON-single material. Among non-single tracks I adore 'Forbidden Love' (should've been a single). 'Survival' and 'Don't Stop' are good though
I like this one a lot. The R&B vibes surprisingly suit her really well, and Madonna effortlessly glides over the smooth production. Elsewhere we have convincing pop ballads and even some ambient house-y pop on the very interesting title track, retrospectively a great precursor to 1998's "Ray of Light". I really appreciate Madonna's work throughout the 90s and this solid album is a testament to that opinion.
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/22/2017 20:48 | #183918 | TOP COMMENT
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Madonna's 2nd best album I.M.O. I really like the way the final few tracks blend into each other for the last 22 mins. starting with Forbidden Love - Love Tried To Welcome Me - Sanctuary - Bedtime Story & Live To Tell a fantastic 5 track mini album with Madonna at her best singing about love/sex. The album also contains forgotten gems Survival, Secret and Inside Of Me.
A beautiful album. Starts off slow and just gets better and better. Spans many genres and also remains humble. Although most people don't want quiet or humble from Madonna that's what she delivered and it worked perfectly. The last two tracks are the best ones, in my opinion.
I am listening to this album right now and this is really good! Mixes a lot of groove and down tempo. Also the title track is on some ambient techno. Wish I heard this sooner.
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