Where were we? An unexpected mental health break or an intentional month-long pause to help us give Erotica the praise it fully deserves... you decide! In any case, Bedtime Stories eases us back into Madonna's discography with such discerning suppleness and comfort that you'd be forgiven for overlooking how challenging the actual production landscapes and lyrical content truly were. Was this album a course correction, as common narratives suggest? Or was it a brilliant example of pop’s heavyweight champion flexing her muscles before her next knockout?

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