True Love
Studio album by
Pat Benatar
ReleasedApril 9, 1991
GenreJump blues
Length36:37
LabelChrysalis
ProducerNeil Giraldo
Pat Benatar chronology
Wide Awake in Dreamland
(1988)		 True Love
(1991)		 Gravity's Rainbow
(1993)
Singles from True Love
  1. "True Love"
    Released: April 15, 1991
  2. "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss"
    Released: 1991 (promo)
  3. "So Long"
    Released: 1991 (Europe only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]

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.

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.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Bloodshot Eyes"Hank Penny, Ruth Hall2:49
2."Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss"B.B. King3:15
3."So Long"Remus Harris, Russ Morgan, Irving Melsher3:59
4."I've Got Papers on You"King, Jules Taub2:23
5."I Feel Lucky"Neil Giraldo, Myron Grombacher4:31
6."True Love"Giraldo, Pat Benatar4:42
7."The Good Life"Giraldo, Grombacher4:11
8."Evening"Mitchell Parish, Harry White3:43
9."I Get Evil"Tampa Red3:12
10."Don't Happen No More"Obie Jessie2:43
11."Please Come Home for Christmas" (CD edition bonus track)Gene Redd, Charles Brown3:09

Personnel

Musicians

Roomful of Blues

Production

  • Neil Giraldo – producer
  • Gordon Fordyce – engineer, mixing of tracks 4, 8, 11
  • Frank Linx – assistant engineer. mixing of tracks 4, 8, 11
  • Ed Thacker – mixing
  • Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Lacquer

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
Canada CRIA 1991 Gold (+ 50,000)[15]

References

  1. ↑ Henderson, Alex. "Pat Benatar – True Love review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ Eddy, Chuck. "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar - True Love". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 28.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1533". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pat Benatar – True Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  7. ↑ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 21. May 25, 1991. p. 25. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
  8. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  9. ↑ "Charts.nz – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Pat Benatar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
  14. ↑ "RPM 100 Albums (CDs & Cassettes) of 1991". RPM. Vol. 55, no. 3. December 21, 1991. p. 14. ISSN 0033-7064 – via Library and Archives Canada.
  15. ↑ "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
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