True Love is the eighth studio album, and ninth album overall, by American singer Pat Benatar, released in 1991. The album is a combination of covers and original tracks of jump blues, which Benatar recorded with husband Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher and the Roomful of Blues horn section and drummer. The CD edition of the album included the seasonal standard "Please Come Home for Christmas" as a bonus track, which was released to the US Troops serving in the Gulf War, and was not included on foreign vinyl and cassette pressings of the album.
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Released | April 9, 1991 | |||
Genre | Jump blues | |||
Length | 36:37 | |||
Label | Chrysalis | |||
Producer | Neil Giraldo | |||
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Singles from True Love | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Rolling Stone | [2] |
True Love reached No. 37 on the U.S. Billboard album chart.[3]
Benatar was the May artist of the month for VH-1 in 1991 in support of the album.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Bloodshot Eyes" | Hank Penny, Ruth Hall | 2:49 |
2. | "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss" | B.B. King | 3:15 |
3. | "So Long" | Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher | 3:59 |
4. | "I've Got Papers on You" | King, Jules Taub | 2:23 |
5. | "I Feel Lucky" | Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher | 4:31 |
6. | "True Love" | Giraldo, Pat Benatar | 4:42 |
7. | "The Good Life" | Giraldo, Grombacher | 4:11 |
8. | "Evening" | Mitchell Parish, Harry White | 3:43 |
9. | "I Get Evil" | Tampa Red | 3:12 |
10. | "Don't Happen No More" | Obie Jessie | 2:43 |
11. | "Please Come Home for Christmas" (CD edition bonus track) | Gene Redd, Charles Brown | 3:09 |
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Year-end charts edit
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Country | Organization | Year | Sales |
Canada | CRIA | 1991 | Gold (+ 50,000)[15] |