06 Thursday May 2021
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Buffalo, Each Time You Break My Heart, Felix Howard, Jean Baptiste Mondino, Levi, Madonna, Nick Kamen, Patrick Leonard, Shep Pettibone, Stephen Bray, Tell Me, True Blue
“If you didn’t have a crush on Nick Kamen in the 80s, you probably weren’t there.” – Matt Lucas Continue reading
30 Thursday Jun 2016
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Madonna’s third album, True Blue, was released on June 30, 1986. Recorded during the honeymoon period of her stormy marriage to Sean Penn, and revealing a sleeker, more sophisticated style, True Blue yielded a slew of classic pop singles, affirming Madonna’s status as one of the decade’s musical icons. Thirty years on, you can read my expanded review here.
01 Monday Dec 2008
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James Foley, Jean Baptiste Mondino, La Isla Bonita, Live to Tell, Madonna, Mary Lambert, Open Your Heart, Papa Don't Preach, Patrick Leonard, Sean Penn, Stephen Bray, True Blue
Released in early summer of 1986, Madonna’s third album, True Blue, reflects major changes in her star status since its predecessor, Like A Virgin. She was now a world-class celebrity, married to actor Sean Penn and living in a Beverly Hills mansion. Indeed, True Blue was dedicated ‘to my husband, the coolest guy in the universe’. Continue reading
