Album · 1986
True Confessions
by Bananarama
True Confessions is a 1986 pop album by Bananarama. It runs 11 tracks across 48 minutes.
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- 70 /100
- 10 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 48 min
- Runtime
- 120 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
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- Windsor StarB+
- Number One4/5
- AllMusic4/5
- Smash Hits8/10
- The Philadelphia Inquirer3/4
- The Baltimore Sun3.5/5
- Classic Pop3/5
- Stylus MagazineC
- Record Mirror3/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2.5/5
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True Confessions album cover
The True Confessions cover was designed by Dennis Cockell and Peter Barrett and photographed by Martin Brading.
- Design
- Dennis Cockell, Peter Barrett
- Photography
- Martin Brading
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 48 min
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True Confessions (40th Anniversary Edition)Anniversary edition · 2026 · 15 tracks
- 1True Confessions
- 2Ready or Not
- 3A Trick of the Night
- 4Dance with a Stranger
- 5In a Perfect World
- 6Venus
- 7Do Not Disturb
- 8Promised Land
- 9Cut Above the Rest
- 10More Than Physical
- 11Hooked on Love
- 12Venus (Richard X's Burning Flame '26 Edit)
- 13More Than Physical (Luke Mornay Jet Set '26 Edit)
- 14More Than Physical (The Alias Deep Down '26 Edit)
- 15More Than Physical (AMYL '26 Edit)
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About
True Confessions is the third album by the British girl group Bananarama. Released in 1986, the album was not a commercial success in the UK, but achieved their biggest sales and chart success in the U.S., where the first single "Venus" hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 (an achievement they never obtained in their home country). A majority of the album is produced by Tony Swain and Steve Jolley (who produced their second album). With the exception of "Venus" and "More Than Physical" (later given a garage music remix for its single version), which began Bananarama's association with the Stock, Aitken & Waterman songwriting and production team, much of the album has adult contemporary leanings. On March 19, 2007, Bananarama's first six studio albums were re-issued by Rhino Records. All re-issues are remastered and each includes several bonus tracks, consisting of B-sides and remixes.
In brief
- When was True Confessions released?
- True Confessions was released in 1986.
- How many tracks are on True Confessions?
- True Confessions has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 48 minutes.
- What genre is True Confessions?
- True Confessions is catalogued under Pop, Synthpop, Dance-Pop.
- What BPM is True Confessions?
- True Confessions runs at a median tempo of 120 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to True Confessions?
- Listeners of True Confessions also rate Thriller by Michael Jackson, Greatest by Duran Duran, Hunting High and Low by a-ha.
True Confessions at a glance
- Label
- London Records
- Produced by
- Stock Aitken Waterman
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