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True Blue: Remastered
by Madonna
from Warner

Features:

• Original recording remastered

Editorial Review:

A quintessential 1980s pop artifact, Madonna's third album was a huge musical leap forward and ranks with Like a Prayer and Ray of Light in the top echelon of her works. Only the title track (a bit too obviously a 60s girl-group homage) and the fine-but-nothing-special "Jimmy Jimmy" slightly lower the quality bar. Most of the songs share a jittery dance-pop sound, edgy, distracted, and nerve- jangling but simultaneously invigorating and exhilarating and almost dangerously giddy--a perfect soundtrack for the mid-1980s. Highlights include the hedonist's credo of "Where's the Party", the subtle and pretty Latin pastiche "La Isla Bonita", and, towering above all, three stunning mega-hits. "Papa Don't Preach", with its gorgeous pseudo-classical strings intro, is a sumptuous airwaves banquet, as Madonna wrestles with the have-the-baby-or-give-it-up dilemma (abortion's not in the picture) in newly gritty tones. "Open Your Heart"'s marriage of jitter-pop and wistful melody underscores the singer's yearning but forceful stance ("You better open your heart to me, buster"). And "Live to Tell" is a riveting ballad, lushly melodic yet spare and haunting--a place, as the song says, where beauty lives. --Ken Barnes

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• The first album that made me buy a movie!
  I love Madonna's music.
  Even though she changes direction so often with both her sound and image,I ALWAYS buy her album without even reading reviews or listening to previews because I can almost GURANTEE I will love it(and you shouldn't listen to reviews all the time because the critics seemed to hate American life,but I personally think it is some of Madonna's best and most personal work).
  And despite owning ALL of Madonna's albums...
  I am NOT a crazy Madonna fan,who just blindly worships... more info

• Holds Up A Standard...
  ...That Madonna keeps up for the rest of her career!
  1. Papa Don't Preach. 10/10
  2. Open Your Heart. 10/10
  3. White Heat. 9/10
  4. Live To Tell. 10/10
  5. Where's the Party. 8/10
  6. True Blue. 9/10
  7. La Isla Bonita. 10/10
  8. Jimmy Jimmy. 8/10
  9. Love Makes the World Go Round. 7/10
  OVERALL GRADE: 10/10
  With "True Blue", Madonna sets a standard higher than no one else had and has done!!!

• HER BEST TO DATE !!! THE TRUTH I TELLS YAH :P
  I HAVE NEVER LISTENED TO AN ALBUM AS ACCOMPLISHED AS THIS ONE IT IS A GREAT ALBUM FILLED WITH POWERFUL TRACKS AND ARTHOUSE BALLADS ALL OF WHICH YOU CAN MAKE UP A LITTLE JIVE TO/THE REMIXES ARE GREAT TOO.
  ALL OF THE SONGS ARE GREAT HERE I JUST CANT PICK HER BEST TRACK FROM THE ALBUM, BUT I DO LOVE-TRUE BLUE, OPEN YOUR HEART, PAPA DONT PREACH, LIVE TO TELL, AND WHITE HEAT.
  A GREAT ALBUM AND MY FAVORITE AND JUST AHEAD OF LIKE A PRAYER, THIS IS THE ALBUM THAT MADE HER AN ICON, A GREAT BUY :). more info

• Madonna-True Blue
  I would believe that this album was her first masterpiece upon both an artistic and creative level, and that most of the singles on it are timeless classics.
  However, a couple of the songs in my opinion are pretty poor, and could have been replaced with better tracks, thus making the whole album a much better one. But still, I would consider it (due to the the great tracks that are on it) her best album out of any of the first three.
  My personal ratings:
  Papa Don't Preach - 5/5
  Open... more info

Tracks:

1. Papa Don't Preach
2. Open Your Heart
3. White Heat
4. Live To Tell
5. Where's The Party
6. True Blue
7. La Isla Bonita
8. Jimmy Jimmy
9. Love Makes The World Go Round
10. True Blue
11. La Isla Bonita

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