''True Love'' is the eighth studio album, and ninth album overall, by American singer

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, released in 1991. The album is a combination of covers and original tracks of jump blues, which Benatar recorded with husband

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, Myron Grombacher and the

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horn section and drummer. The CD edition of the album included the seasonal standard "

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" as a bonus track, which was released to the US Troops serving in the

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, and was not included on foreign vinyl and cassette pressings of the album. ''True Love'' reached No. 37 on the U.S. '' Billboard'' album chart. Benatar was the May artist of the month for

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in 1991 in support of the album.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

– vocals *

– guitars * Charlie Giordano – piano, organ, accordion *

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– bass *Myron Grombacher – drums on tracks 1 and 10 * Lenny Castro – percussion ;Roomful of Blues *Greg Piccolo –

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

* Doug James – baritone saxophone *Rick Lataille – alto saxophone *Carl Querfurth –

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

*Bob Enos –

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

*John Rossi – drums

Production

– producer *Gordon Fordyce – engineer, mixing of tracks 4, 8, 11 *Frank Linx – assistant engineer. mixing of tracks 4, 8, 11 *Ed Thacker – mixing *

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– mastering at Precision Lacquer

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References

External links

"True Love" at discogs
{{Authority control 1991 albums Pat Benatar albums Chrysalis Records albums Jump blues albums Blues albums by American artists