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Spandau Ballet: True

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Label: Chrysalis Records
Released: 1983.03.04
Time:
 35:36
Category: Synthpop, New Wave
Producer(s): Steve Jolley, Tony Swain
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Media type: CD
Web address: www.spandauballet.com
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Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Pleasure (G.Kemp) - 3:35
[2] Communication (G.Kemp) - 3:40
[3] Code of Love (G.Kemp) - 5:11
[4] Gold (G.Kemp) - 4:51
[5] Lifeline (G.Kemp) - 3:36
[6] Heaven Is a Secret (G.Kemp) - 4:27
[7] Foundation (G.Kemp) - 4:08
[8] True (G.Kemp) - 6:30

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Tony Hadley - Synthesizer, Vocals
Gary Kemp - Guitar, Vocals, Keyboards, Piano
Martin Kemp - Bass, Vocals
Steve Norman - Guitar, Percussion, Saxophone, Vocals
John Keeble - Drums, Vocals

Jess Bailey - Additional Keyboards

Tony Swain - Engineer, Producer, Remastering
Steve Jolley - Producer
Richard Lengyel - Assistant Engineer, Engineer
Tim Young - Remastering
David Band - Art Direction, Artwork, Illustrations
Jo Brooks - Project Coordinator
Nigel Reeve - Project Coordinator

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Recorded at the Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas in October-November 1982.



By 1983, with the new romantic movement they'd sprung from a rapidly fading memory, the members of Spandau Ballet showed they had no intention of traveling the same path. Always ambitious, the British quintet really got down to business: Gone were the kilts, frilly shirts, and makeup - as well as the sometimes chilly electronics of their first two albums. Instead, after recording at Compass Point Studios in the sun-soaked Bahamas, the group turned up in smartly tailored suits, with a sleek and mainstream sound to match. That came courtesy of producers Steve Jolley and Tony Swain, who gave Spandau the sort of pop-R&B sheen that had produced hits for clients like Imagination. And it also reflected the growing skill of guitarist Gary Kemp, the band's primary songwriter, who crafted a set of tunes aimed squarely at the charts. The one that succeeded most spectacularly, of course, was the title cut, a glossily-updated Motown-style ballad that became one of the decade's biggest hits - aided by a video that cast singer Tony Hadley as a young Frank Sinatra, crooning about the sound of his soul. But Kemp had more arrows in his quiver, as well; the catchy soft disco of "Communication" and "Lifeline" coyly suggests, rather than demands, listeners' presence on the dancefloor, while the suave, spy flick-inspired "Gold" finally gives Hadley an appropriately rich setting for his dramatic warble. Some listeners at the time called the album an MOR sellout, but its slick surfaces remain tough to resist, and while none of the cuts generate the excitement of past singles like "To Cut a Long Story Short" or "Chant No. 1," True remains Spandau Ballet's most consistent and best all-around album.

Dan LeRoy - All Music Guide



True is the third studio album by British band Spandau Ballet. It was released in March 1983 on Chrysalis Records. While Spandau Ballet's first two albums earned them European popularity, True made them worldwide stars and was heavily influenced by jazz, soul and R&B. It reached number 1 on the UK charts, the Top 20 in the United States, and charted in numerous countries around the world. The title track spent four weeks at number 1 on the UK singles charts and went to number 4 in the United States.

Other singles from the album included "Gold" (a no. 2 UK hit and a Top 30 hit in the U.S.), "Lifeline", "Communication", and "Pleasure". Later album releases by the band never equalled the success of True. "True" was remastered on CD and stereo SACD in 2003 for its 20th anniversary. In June 2010, a special edition was released on 2 CDs and DVD as part of the 2010 Spandau Ballet reissues series, featuring remastered 12" remixes and B-sides, plus a live concert. In 2008, the album was given away free with copies of the Daily Mail newspaper.

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