True Blue

by Madonna

Type: Album
Released: 30 June 1986
Label: Sire
Country: United States
Length: 39:47
Community rating: 3.68/5 from 9 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Embracing a more mature, globally conscious pop vision, 'True Blue' expands Madonna's dance-floor origins into sophisticated synth-pop and adult contemporary balladry. The record balances highly polished, upbeat freestyle rhythms with intensely melodic, romantic songwriting centered on love and newfound domesticity. It stands as a towering, multi-platinum pop blockbuster that solidified her status as the era's preeminent pop auteur.

Genres

Descriptors: dance, ballad, club, melodic, party

Tracklist

Credits

Madonna - primary artist, producer, written-by, backing vocals, lyrics by [additional]
Jeri McManus - design, art direction [with]
Herb Ritts - photography by
Stephen Bray - producer, written-by, drum programming, drums, keyboards
Reggie Lucas - producer
John Putnam - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Bill Meyers - arranged by [strings]
Jeffrey Kent Ayeroff - art direction
David Williams - backing vocals, guitar, rhythm guitar
Edie Lehmann - backing vocals
Jackie Jackson - backing vocals
Jonathan Moffett - backing vocals, drums, percussion
Keithen Carter - backing vocals
Richard Marx - backing vocals
Siedah Garrett - backing vocals
Patrick Leonard - drum programming, drums, keyboards, keyboards [additional], producer, written-by
Bruce Gaitsch - electric guitar, rhythm guitar, written-by
Michael Verdick - engineer, mixed by
Dann Huff - guitar
Paul Jackson Jr. - guitar
Fred Zarr - keyboards [additional]
Freddy DeMann - management
Weisner-DeMann Entertainment - management
Dan Nebenzal - mixed by [assistant]
Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
David Boruff - saxophone
Brian Elliot - written-by
Gardner Cole - written-by
Peter Rafelson - written-by
Michael Hutchinson - engineer [keyboard overdubs]