On June 30th 1986, Madonna released her 3rd album, True Blue.
The album includes 5 Top Ten hits: Live To Tell, Papa Don't Preach, Open Your Heart, True Blue and La Isla Bonita. Madonna performed the song Love Makes the World Go Round at her Live Aid appearance, before the album was released. Another song from the album, Where's The Party, has been performed in concert and is featured on Madonna's 1987 remix album, You Can Dance.
This is the album that made Madonna an 'artist'. This album shows Madonna's song writing and production skills. This album marked Madonna's transition from 'Pop Tart' to 'Music Icon'. More than Prince and Michael Jackson, Madonna was evolving with her music. She was making statements with her music. She just didn't gives dance music.
I'm remember buying my 1st CD. It was True Blue. I bought it even thou I did not have a CD player yet. Open Your Heart is one of my all time favorite Madonna songs. The song, the lyrics, Madonna's voice are amazing on this song. My favorite version of this song is the Shep Pettibone dance remix. At over 10 minutes long, its a great dance song.
Its great that 25 years later, this album doesn't sound 'dated' like most 80's records do. I can listen to this album over and over. Every true music fan should have this album in their music collection. So if you don't have this album yet, get it NOW!!!
John
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