True Love (Pat Benatar album)

True Love
True Love
Studio album by Pat Benatar
Released	April 9, 1991
Genre	Jump blues
Length	36:37
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Neil Giraldo
Pat Benatar chronology
Singles from True Love
	"True Love"; Released: April 15, 1991; "Payin' the Cost to Be the Boss"; Released: 1991 (promo); "So Long"; Released: 1991 (Europe only);

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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

Personnel[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Pat Benatar – vocals
Neil Giraldo – guitars
Charlie Giordano – piano, organ, accordion
Chuck Domanico – bass
Myron Grombacher – drums on tracks 1 and 10
Lenny Castro – percussion

Roomful of Blues

Greg Piccolo – tenor saxophone
Doug James – baritone saxophone
Rick Lataille – alto saxophone
Carl Querfurth – trombone
Bob Enos – trumpet
John Rossi – drums

Production[edit]

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[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for *True Love*
Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	53
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[5]	22
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	52
European Albums (Music & Media)^[7]	79
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[8]	17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[9]	30
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[10]	30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[11]	39
UK Albums (OCC)^[12]	40
US Billboard 200^[13]	37

Year-end charts[edit]

Year-end chart performance for *True Love*
Chart (1991)	Position
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[14]	100

Certifications[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ Henderson, Alex. "Pat Benatar – True Love review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
^ Eddy, Chuck. "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar - True Love". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 30, 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
^ "Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 28.
^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1533". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Pat Benatar – True Love" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
^ "European Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 8, no. 21. May 25, 1991. p. 25. OCLC 29800226 – via World Radio History.
^ 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.
^ "Charts.nz – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2014.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
^ "Pat Benatar Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". Music Canada. Retrieved July 16, 2014.

External links[edit]

"True Love" at discogs

[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.

[album-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.

[group=-5] "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1533". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

[ac_Netherlands_Pat_Benatar-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.

[ac_New_Zealand_Pat_Benatar-9] "Charts.nz – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 30, 2019.

[ac_Sweden_Pat_Benatar-10] "Swedishcharts.com – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 3, 2014.

[ac_Switzerland_Pat_Benatar-11] "Swisscharts.com – Pat Benatar – True Love". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

[ac_UK2_-12] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 21, 2021.

[ac_Billboard200_Pat_Benatar-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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v t e Pat Benatar
Discography
Studio albums	In the Heat of the Night Crimes of Passion Precious Time Get Nervous Tropico Seven the Hard Way Wide Awake in Dreamland True Love Gravity's Rainbow Innamorata Go
Live albums	Live from Earth
Compilations	Best Shots Synchronistic Wanderings Greatest Hits Ultimate Collection
Singles	"I Need a Lover" "Heartbreaker" "You Better Run" "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" "Treat Me Right" "Hell Is for Children" "Fire and Ice" "Shadows of the Night" "Love Is a Battlefield" "We Belong" "Invincible" "All Fired Up" "Don't Walk Away" "Everybody Lay Down"
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