After her highly successful Like A Virgin album (1984), sold out world tours throughout 1985, a box office smash (Desparately Seeking Susan), and a shocking announcment and wedding to Sean Penn that same year, everyone waited on baited breath to see what Madonna would do next. The answer came in the form of 1986's True Blue.
With hits, True Blue, Papa Don't Preach, La Isla Bonita, Live To Tell, and Open Your Heart, the Material Girl proved to the world she was here to stay. Despite her marriage, she was also far from done with oozing sexuality at every oppoprtunity, and with the aid of MTV, delivered in spades.
Though I would consider True Blue an album worthy of listening to from start to finish, what I will also say is that the hits come off as feeling far supior to the others, which feel like fillers. Wheras the hits feel polished, and finely tuned, the remaining tracks feel rather dated in comparison. Very early synthpop style, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but stand out, and not in a good way, among the rest. They feel like they're there to fill space, and if I had one complaint with True Blue, that would be it.
Regardless, there's no denying the impact of the album, and it certinaly proved that Madonna was the queen of pop. In retrospect, I imagine it would be difficult to fathaom where she would go from there, or how she could possibly do better. Of course, that was shown very clearly by 1989's Like A Prayer, where a far more mature Madonna emerged.
But...We're not here to talk about that, and sadly, short of singing the praises of True Blue, there's not much more to say.
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| THIS WEEK ON THE CHARTS April 29, 1989 |
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