True (Concrete Blonde song)

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Released1987
GenreAlternative rock[1]
Length2:59
LabelI.R.S.
"True"
Single by Concrete Blonde
from the album Concrete Blonde
Released1987
GenreAlternative rock[1]
Length2:59
LabelI.R.S.
Songwriters
Producers
Concrete Blonde singles chronology
"Still in Hollywood"
(1986)		 "True"
(1987)		 "Dance Along the Edge"
(1987)

"True" is a song from American rock band Concrete Blonde, released in 1987 as the second single from their debut studio album, Concrete Blonde (1986). The song was written by Johnette Napolitano and James Mankey, and produced by Earle Mankey and Concrete Blonde. The song reached number 42 on the US Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart.[2]

The song's music video was directed by Jane Simpson and produced by Tina Silvey for Silvey-Lee Productions. It achieved medium rotation on MTV.[3]

Critical reception

On its release, Cash Box wrote, "Somewhere between Suzanne Vega and Chrissie Hynde, Concrete Blonde's Napolitano has delivered one of the most compelling, searing performances of 1987 here. Like the name suggests, there is something tender, something tough to this group."[4] Billboard described "True" as a "tasty neo-Velvets tidbit, with Napolitano landing somewhere between Nico and Chrissie Hynde."[5]

In the UK, Len Brown of New Musical Express described "True" as being "as vulnerable as Velvet" and noted the contrast to its "as tough as a Tonka truck" B-side "Still in Hollywood". Brown added that the band were "blessed with the low (Mc)Kee vocals" of Napolitano.[6] Paul Massey of the Aberdeen Evening Express described Concrete Blonde as a "promising Los Angeles trio" with "True" being a "cool, mid-tempo rock ballad distinctive for Napolitano's fragile, edgy vocals".[7]

Formats

7-inch single (US and UK)[8][9]
No.TitleNotesLength
1."True" 2:59
2."True II"Instrumental2:22
7-inch single (Europe)[10]
No.TitleLength
1."True"2:59
2."Still in Hollywood"3:40
7-inch single (Australia)[11]
No.TitleLength
1."True"2:59
2."Cold Part of Town"3:10
7-inch promotional single (US)[12]
No.TitleLength
1."True"2:59
2."True"2:59
12-inch single (UK)[13]
No.TitleNotesLength
1."True" 2:59
2."It'll Chew You Up, and Spit You Out" 4:32
3."True II"Instrumental2:22
12-inch promotional single (US)[14]
No.TitleLength
1."True"2:59
2."Still in Hollywood"3:40

Personnel

Charts

References

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