True Blue News Archives
At only 27 years old, Madonna released one of the world’s biggest-selling albums of 1986. The nine songs on “True Blue,” which celebrates its 35th anniversary June 30, signified her musical maturity, from the somber balladry of “Live to Tell” to the Latin syncopation embedded in “La Isla Bonita.”
Madonna‘s evolution as a pop star and performer has always been defined by her unended quest to grow and develop as an artist. Because she was initially dismissed as a grasping, untalented pop tart, she has doggedly chased artistic credibility throughout most of her career. What this means practically is that with each album, each…
Madonna’s third album saw a shift to a more contemporary adult sound Madonna released True Blue on this day in 1986. The album saw a significant change in the singer’s sound and image, and saw her continue her domination of the charts. In 1985 Madonna was one of the highest selling new artists of the decade. Her…
We have added this rare original German press photo of Nick Kamen in the studio with Madonna and Michael Hutchinson (engineer) to our “True Blue” album (memorabilia) page. The photograph is stamped on the back.
Our team member Fred visited photographer Xavier Martin back in April 2013 for an exclusive interview. Xavier Martin was invited to photograph Madonna on the set of the “True Blue” music video. He took some legendary photographs of Madonna and got to experience what it was like working with her. All the photographs of…
We have updated the True Blue era discographies with the following items True Blue (single) – rare Australian promo cassette single La Isla Bonita – 7″ South Africa WITH picture sleeve La Isla Bonita – 12″ Greece vinyl True Blue (album) – West Germany CD (not full aluminium) True Blue (album) – Thailand cassette album…
On June 30, 1986, Madonna released her third studio album True Blue. Madonna cowrote and coproduced the entire album with Stephen Bray and Patrick Leonard, who also played drums with her on the record along with Jonathan “Sugarfoot” Moffett (pictured above). Many posit that True Blue was the album that launched Madonna to superstardom, and…
The original U.S. promo presskit for Madonna’s True Blue album has been added to the True Blue album page. This presskit contains a folder including a three page bio + press photo. To check that and more out click HERE
Our True Blue album page has been updated with newly scanned magazine articles and this rare original official poster to promote the upcoming album in Holland. Enjoy it all HERE
Here are pictures of the actual H&M white ladies shirt featuring Madonna’s iconic True Blue image on front. The label states that this is official Boy Toy 2018 merchandise. Pictures is size M, if you’d like to order online click HERE
The pink male shirt inspired by Madonna’s True Blue is now available to order online in Holland too, through THIS link
Well it seems that True Blue is the hit to wear as ASOS also has a fabulous shirt available with the iconic image! You can order online and ASOS ships internationally
Time for the second large update to our current discographies Crazy For You – 7″ Spain True Blue – Canada cassette (album) Live To Tell – 12″ Canada Live To Tell – 12″ Italy Live To Tell – 12″ Korea Live To Tell – 7″ Guatemala Papa Don’t Preach – 7″ Guatemala Papa Don’t…
The following discographies have been updated with new items MADONNA – USA CD (mfd for BMG Marketing with red booklet) Like a Virgin (single) – Japan cassette True Blue (album) – Very rare AMIGA cassette (pictured) Causing a Commotion – Rare Canadian cassette
We have completely restyled our True Blue album promo page! MANY new magazine scans have been added to the press section, such as various foreign promotional ads, articles on the music videos (papa ich krieg ein kind!), varous reviews (how some think it’s brilliant while others can’t discover a hit single…how wrong were they) and…
The last single from True Blue was La Isla Bonita, the fifth smash shit off of one of the most succesful albums of all time. The Spanish themed video was another huge hit with the audience and Madonna has performed the track on tour many times (Who’s That Girl Tour, The Girlie Show, Drowned World…
