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True Love (Pat Benatar album)

Field	Value
name	True Love
type	studio
artist	Pat Benatar
cover	True Love (Pat Benatar album cover).jpg
alt	black and white half-length photo of Pat Benatar looking up
released	April 9, 1991
genre	Jump blues
length	36:37
label	Chrysalis
producer	Neil Giraldo
prev_title	Wide Awake in Dreamland
prev_year	1988
next_title	Gravity's Rainbow
next_year	1993
misc	{{Singles
name	True Love
type	studio
single1	True Love
single1date	1991
single3	So Long
single3date	1991 (EU)

True Love is the eighth studio album, and ninth album overall, by American singer Pat Benatar, released on April 9, 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 US troops serving in the Gulf War, and was not included on foreign vinyl and cassette pressings of the album.

True Love was poorly received by critics, but reached No. 37 on the U.S. Billboard albums chart in May 1991.

Benatar was the May artist of the month for VH-1 in 1991 in support of the album.

Critical reception

True Love received generally negative reviews. Alex Henderson of AllMusic awarded the album 2 out of 5 stars, calling it "an album Benatar was eager to make" but that "the results aren't breathtaking". Eric Deggans, writing as part of MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide, awarded the album a "WOOF" rating, corresponding to 0 out of 5 stars, calling it "the biggest nail in her career coffin".

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

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

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1991)	Peak
position	Australian Albums (ARIA)	European Albums (Music & Media)	Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)
53
79
17

Year-end charts

Chart (1991)	Position	Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)
100

Certifications

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

References

"Pat Benatar Chart History: Billboard 200". [[Billboard (magazine).
Henderson, Alex. "Pat Benatar – True Love review". [[Rovi Corporation]].
Larkin, Colin. (2007). "[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]". [[Oxford University Press]].
Gary Graff & Daniel Durchholz (eds), ''MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide'', Visible Ink Press (Farmington Hills, MI, 1995; {{ISBN. 0787610372), p. 57.
Eddy, Chuck. "Album Reviews: Pat Benatar - True Love".
{{cite Ryan
(May 25, 1991). "European Top 100 Albums".
Pennanen, Timo. (2006). "Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972". [[Otava (publisher).
(December 21, 1991). "RPM 100 Albums (CDs & Cassettes) of 1991".
"Gold Platinum Search for Pat Benatar". [[Music Canada]].

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