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True Blue is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Madonna, released on June 30, 1986, by Sire Records. She worked with Stephen Bray and Patrick Leonard on the album while co-writing and co-producing all the songs. Deemed as Madonna's most girlish album, True Blue deals with her visions of love, work, dreams as well as disappointments, and was inspired by her then husband Sean Penn, to whom Madonna dedicated the album. Musically, the songs on the album took a different direction from her previous endeavours, incorporating classical music in order to engage an older audience who had been skeptical of her music.

The album features instrumentation from acoustic guitars, drums, synthesizers and Cuban musical instruments. The topic for the songs range from love, freedom, and in the case of "Papa Don't Preach", social issues like teenage pregnancy. After its release, True Blue received generally positive reviews from critics. They complimented the album, with one calling it great dance-pop, and described it as the archetype of the late '80s and early '90s pop albums. They also praised the fact that Madonna's voice sounded stronger than it did on her previous efforts, while commending Madonna's skills as a singer, songwriter and entertainer.

True Blue was an immediate global success, reaching number one in then record-breaking 28 countries across the world, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. It spent 34 consecutive weeks at the top of the European Top 100 Albums chart, longer than any other album in history. It became the world's top-selling album of 1986, as well the biggest selling album of the 1980s by a woman and remains one of the best-selling albums of all time with sales of more than 25 million copies worldwide. All five singles released from the album reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100, with "Live to Tell", "Papa Don't Preach", and "Open Your Heart" peaking at number one.

Tracklist:

Papa Don't Preach"       

    Brian Elliot
    Madonna

    

    Madonna
    Stephen Bray

    4:29
"Open Your Heart"       

    Madonna
    Gardner Cole
    Peter Rafelson

    

    Madonna
    Patrick Leonard

    4:13
"White Heat"       

    Madonna
    Leonard

    

    Madonna
    Leonard

    4:40
"Live to Tell"       

    Madonna
    Leonard

    

    Madonna
    Leonard

    5:51
"Where's the Party"       

    Madonna
    Bray
    Leonard

    

    Madonna
    Leonard
    Bray

    4:21
"True Blue"       

    Madonna
    Bray

    

    Madonna
    Bray

    4:18
"La Isla Bonita"       

    Madonna
    Leonard
    Bruce Gaitsch

    

    Madonna
    Leonard

    4:02
"Jimmy Jimmy"       

    Madonna
    Bray

    

    Madonna
    Bray

    3:55
"Love Makes the World Go Round"       

    Madonna
    Leonard

    

    Madonna
    Leonard

    4:31
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