Guess Who's Back On Top?: This Week's Smash Hit: True Blue

It's been exactly 30 years this year since Madonna gave us her best ever. To me, the most qualified and amazing album she's ever done. True Blue. After releasing her then sensational album Like A Virgin, Madonna gained herself an edgy image but with True Blue she's attepmted to give a girl-next door image with the theme of the album. Unlike her previous album Like A Virgin, she wrote all the songs on her own, inspired by her then husband Sean Penn (she's dedicated the album to him) and her experiences. The album talks about her wanting to keep her child and believing in his lover (Papa Don't Preach), wanting her lover to opening up to her (Open Your Heart), personal worries and fears which leads to one of her most brilliand and personal ballad (Live To Tell), enjoying herself (Where's The Party & Love Makes The World Go Round and true love (True Blue).

Released on 30 June 1986, True Blue became #1 in the USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand and all around Europe, giving her first appearance on Guiness Book Of World Records by selling 25 million records worldwide.

On the cover, we see the queen on the profile posing fiercely with her bleached short hair as she holds her head up against the blue background. The image fastly became one of her most iconic images throughout her career. In the US the artwork didn't include her name and title but they've added the title and her name so they didn't take a chance with her popularity in Europe. On the innersleeve, it reads ''This album is dedicated to my husband, the coolest guy in the universe'' to dedicate the album to her then husband Sean Penn.

The album features my most favourite Madonna song ever ''White Heat'' along with Open Your Heart, True Blue & Live To Tell. With the song White Heat including famous lines of James Cagney from the 1949 movie White Heat, the song is one of the most creative and iconic songs that she's ever done by paying tribute to the good times of Hollywood and proving people that a pop song can be edgy, creative and decent.

TRACKLIST

1) Papa Don't Preach
2) Open Your Heart
3) White Heat
4) Live To Tell
5) Where's The Party
6) True Blue
7) La Isla Bonita
8) Jimmy Jimmy
9) Love Makes The World Go Round