True (Spandau Ballet album)

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True
Studio album by Spandau Ballet
Released	March 4, 1983
Genre	Pop Synthpop New Romantic
Length	35:36
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer	Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Spandau Ballet chronology
Diamond (1982) True (1983) Parade (1984)

True was the third studio album by British New Romantic band Spandau Ballet, released in March 1983. It was heavily influenced by jazz, soul, and R&B. It reached #1 on the UK charts, the top twenty in America and in numerous countries around the world. The title track was a top five single in America, and in 1991 was sampled by the spiritual hip-hop act PM Dawn on their single "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss", R&B music act Lloyd Polite "You (f. Lil Wayne)", Filipino singer Arnee Hidalgo and on rapper Nelly's track "N Dey Say".

Other singles from the album included "Gold" (a #2 UK hit and a Top 30 hit in the U.S.), "Lifeline", "Communication" and "Pleasure". Later releases by the band never equalled the success of True, and they broke up six years later.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Pleasure" – 3:31
2. "Communication" – 3:41
3. "Code of Love" – 5:11
4. "Gold" – 4:51
5. "Lifeline" – 3:36
6. "Heaven is a Secret" – 4:27
7. "Foundation" – 4:08
8. "True" – 6:29

[edit] Personnel

• Tony Hadley - vocals
• Gary Kemp - guitar, background vocals
• Martin Kemp - bass
• Steve Norman - saxophone
• John Keeble - drum

[edit] Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1983	UK	1
1983	Billboard 200	19

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Position
1983	True	Billboard Hot 100	4
1983	True	Adult Contemporary	1
1983	Gold	Billboard Hot 100	27
1983	Gold	Adult Contemporary	17