True Blue

RELEASED: 06/30/1986
LABEL: Sire/Warner Bros.
RIAA CERT.: 7 x PLATINUM
Release Summary
1986's "True Blue" was a mammoth worldwide success. The set reached No. 1 in the U.S. and 27 other countries (at the time unprecedented for a female artist) and spawned five smash singles. The lead-off track, "Live To Tell," hit No. 1 in the U.S. and was followed by four more top five tracks: "Papa Don't Preach" (No. 1), "True Blue" (No. 3), "Open Your Heart" (No. 1) and "La Isla Bonita" (No. 4). The album cemented her chart domination in the U.K., where "Papa Don't Preach," "True Blue" and "La Isla Bonita" all hit No. 1. Produced by Madonna, Stephen Bray and Patrick Leonard, the album garnered her second Grammy award nomination. "Papa Don't Preach" scored a nod for Female Pop Vocal Performance. "True Blue" is Madonna's biggest selling studio album worldwide, with estimated sales at 19 million.
Song Titles
- Papa Don't Preach
- Open Your Heart
- White Heat
- Live to Tell
- Where's the Party
- True Blue
- La Isla Bonita
- Jimmy, Jimmy
- Love Makes the World Go Round
Credits :
PPRODUCERS
Madonna, Stephen Bray, Patrick Leonard
ENGINEER
Michael Hutchinson
Notes :
- Siedah Garrett - Vocals (bckgr)
- Bill Meyers - Strings
- Jackie Jackson - Vocals (bckgr)
- Stephen Bray - Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Drum Programming
- Keithen Carter - Vocals (bckgr)
- Madonna - Composer, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
- Paulinho Da Costa - Percussion
- Bruce Gaitsch - Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm)
- Dann Huff - Guitar
- Paul Jackson Jr. - Guitar
- Edie Lehmann - Vocals (bckgr)
- Patrick Leonard - Composer, Drums, Keyboards, Programming, Drum Programming
- Richard Marx - Vocals (bckgr)
- Jonathan Moffett - Percussion, Drums, Vocals (bckgr)
- Dan Nebenzal - Mixing, Mixing Assistant
- John Putnam - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
- Michael Verdick - Engineer, Mixing
- David Williams - Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (bckgr)
- Fred Zarr - Keyboards
- Dave Boroff - Saxophone
- Billy Meyers - String Arrangements
- Pat Leonard - Keyboards, Drum Programming
- Jeri McManus - Art Direction, Design
- Herb Ritts - Photography
- Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - Art Direction