True Confessions

1. Intro

2. Dope

3. Segue

4. Miss Thang

5. Pussycat

6. For the Record

7. Bustin

8. Brothers and Sisters

9. True Confession

10. Cold Thang

11. Bambi (Rap)

12. Girl O' My Dreams

13. Somebody's Got to Love Her

14. Love

15. Brothers and Sisters (Reprise)

16. Miss Thang [Vasquez Ice Mix]

Tracks:

True Confessions
Ready or Not
Trick of the Night
Dance with a Stranger
In a Perfect World
Venus
Do Not Disturb
Cut Above the Rest
Promised Land
More Than Physical
Hooked on Love
Ghost [*]
White Train [*]
More Than Physical [Single Version][*]
Scarlett [*]
Trick of the Night [Single Version][*]
Set on You
Riskin' a Romance [*]

Album Description

2007 digitally remastered and expanded reissue of this 1986 album by the most successful British girl group in Pop history featuring seven bonus tracks: 'Ghost', 'White Train', 'More Than Physical' (Single Version), 'Scarlett', 'A Trick Of The Night' (Single Version), 'Set On You' and 'Riskin' A Romance' 18 tracks total including the hits' Venus', 'More Than Physical' and more. Warner

Album Details

2007 Digitally Remastered Reissue of the British Trio's Third Album from 1986! a Very Long Time Coming, this Release Will Finally Satisfy the Girls' Legions of Fans that have Awaited it for So Many Years. This Set Solidified the Girls Internationally by their Association with the Stock, Aitken, Waterman Production Team that Helped them Storm the Dancefloors of the 80's. They Took the Girl's Cover of the Shocking Blue Classic "Venus" and Turned it Into a Club Smash Hit that also Topped the Pop Charts around the World! this Edition also Includes Seven Tracks that Didn't Appear on the Original Release.

Customer Reviews:

Classic Bananarama.......2007-05-12

True Confessions is classic Bananarama, always a good listen. Of course all the tracks sound clearer, and sharper remastered, a big bonus. New songs never heard before like Set On You, White Train, and especially Scarlett are a real treat to discover. Scarlett should have been included on this album, not sure why it wasn't. This remastered album is a must for Bananarama fans everywhere.

Another great reissue!!!!.......2007-03-30

This one is even darker in tone than Bananarama (1984), although Venus & More Than Physical are dance-pop classics, the rest of the album is still very worth while and more bonus tracks make this a must for die-hard Bananarama fans (like me). Skip the US reissue and get this one instead, you won't be dissapointed.

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True Confessions (Singles = A's & B's)
The Undertones
Manufacturer: Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007TKG94
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

Teenage Kicks
True Confessions
Smarter Than U
Emergency Cases
Get Over You
Really Really
She Can Only Say No
Jimmy Jimmy
Mars Bars
Here Comes the Summer
One Way Love
Top Twenty
You've Got My Number (Why Don't You Use It?)
Let's Talk About Girls
My Perfect Cousin
Hard Luck (Again)
I Don't Wanna See You Again

Tracks:

Wednesday Week
I Told You So
It's Going to Happen
Fairly in the Money Now
Julie Ocean
Kiss in the Dark
Beautiful Friend
Life's Too Easy
Love Parade
Like That
Got to Have You Back
Turning Blue
Bye Bye Baby Blue
Chains of Love
Window Shopping for New Clothes

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They've got it, yeah baby, they've got it!

True Confessions
Bananarama
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Bananarama

ASIN: B00000E5K1
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

True Confessions
Ready or Not
Trick of the Night
Dance with a Stranger
Perfect World
Venus
Do Not Disturb
Cut Above the Rest
Promised Land
More Than Physical
Hooked on Love

Customer Reviews:

They've got it, yeah baby, they've got it!.......2003-10-30

Following hard on their self-titled album, True Confessions still found Keren Woodward, Siobhan Fahey, and Sarah Dallin sticking with producers Mike Jolley and Tony Swain, with the notable exception of two songs, one of which would break them into the US in a big way, even more than their earlier hit "Cruel Summer." There are a few surprises on this album, including their tackling jazz and rap.

The title track sports a bass rhythm synth and drum machine and the instrumentation seems smoother and richer, although with a reduced tempo compared to adrenalized burst of their Deep Sea Skiving songs. With string-synths and other keyboards slightly reminiscent of Eurythmics, "Ready Or Not" seem to drown out the girls' harmonies in this mid-paced dance number.

With a weird swirling keyboards opening, followed by a sax, the drum-machine backed ballad "Trick Of The Night" was the Rams' third single here on the night life, focusing on a lady's man who has a different life. "but the wind comes through you try to sell your soul/everyway you go it's a long way/now you're no longer just the boy next door/when they were falling in love with that clean cut smart change of style/just for a lttle while." When I first heard it, I questioned its validity as a single. Now, I think it's one of their best.

"Dance With A Stranger" is another low-key delight that missing link between light Brit-pop and samba or easy jazz, what with the piano, vibes and percussion. The lush string synths kick in during the chorus: "before we kiss the world goodbye (it's only a breath away)/one more dance before you die (so tender as the music plays)/there's no emotion only passion in your cry/love is the last thing on your mind when you dance with a stranger." And this verse vividly adds to this portrait of loneliness on a dance floor. "the spinning room the cold caress/I try to hide my loneliness/cheek to cheek we let the evening drift by/the hollow mask has disappeared/we drown our love through salty tears/the state of night is like a racing car/ I now see you for what you really are." The sax solo that comes in really adds to the jazz flavour of this standout cut.

The spoken word intro spells out the grim tone of the low-key dance song "Love is easy. No complications, in a perfect world" However, the cold hopelessness of the world make sit far from perfect: "His heart is willing/but the world's so cold/oh, how he longs for someone real to hold." The Rams have it down when they sing "All we need is understanding/love is easy/maybe tomorrow we'll try again (no complications)/in a perfect world."

With their infectious cover of The Shocking Blue's "Venus", the Rams dip their toes in the Stock-Aitken-Waterman ocean they would be swimming in with their Wow album. A deservedly #1 hit in the US, with the jangly guitar, bopping drum machine, and Mike Stock's keyboards. This is the most danceable hit for the Rams, until equally body-slammers such as "Love In The First Degree" and "I Want You Back" from Wow, came along.

"Do Not Disturb" is nice danceable fun about a weekend for two spent alone that turns cloudy when the girl turns up alone. Could've been a single. "A Cut Above The Rest" is slowed filler, while "Promised Land" is passable dance fare.

The second Stock-Aitken-Waterman song here, "More Than Physical" flopped Stateside, but this second single wasn't all that bad even though it's a comedown compared to "Venus."

The sermonizing anti-drug "Hooked On Love" features rapped verses and sung choruses. From a twelve-year old sucking on butane gas to a girl found in a pool of blood, the Rams say there's a better drug.

The trio would sign on with S-A-W for their next album (Exit Swain and Jolley) which would yield seven singles, including two that became dance chart 12" mixes. WOW! With the exception of the lesser tracks, True Confessions show the Rams evolving in their sound, showing their aptitude in doing lower-key tracks.

True Confessions (Singles = A's & B's)
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BETTER THAN A BEST OF OR GREATEST HITS COLLECTION

Not Perfect: Should Have Re-released "All Wrapped Up"

True Confessions (Singles = A's & B's)
The Undertones
Manufacturer: Sbme Castle Us
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DZTKU
Release Date: 2003-11-04

Tracks:

TEENAGE KICKS
TRUE CONFESSIONS
SMARTER THAN U
EMERGENCY CASES
GET OVER YOU
REALLY REALLY
SHE CAN ONLY SAY NO
JIMMY JIMMY
MARS BARS
HERE COMES THE SUMMER
ONE WAY LOVE
TOP TWENTY
YOU'VE GOT MY NUMBER (WHY DON'T YOU USE IT)
LET'S TALK ABOUT GIRLS
MY PERFECT COUSIN
HARD LUCK
I DON'T WANNA SEE YOU AGAIN

Tracks:

WEDNSDAY WEEK
I TOLD YOU SO
IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
FAIRLY IN THE MONEY NOW
JULIE OCEAN
KISS THE DARK
BEAUTIFUL FRIEND
LIFE'S TOO EASY
THE LOVE PARADE
LIKE THAT
GOT TO HAVE YOU BACK
TURNING BLUE
BYE BYE BABY BLUE
CHAIN OF LOVE
WINDOW SHOPPING FOR NEW CLOTHES

Customer Reviews:

BETTER THAN A BEST OF OR GREATEST HITS COLLECTION.......2004-06-22

The Undertones had superb B-sides like the brilliant MARS BAR, SMARTER THAN YOU, WINDOW SHOPPING FOR NEW CLOTHES, TURNING BLUE,
and, well, just about ALL of their B-sides! This set is worth it for MARS BAR alone, the quintessential Undertones song!
This is simply an AWESOME collection, because most of the A-sides are even better!!! If you get ONE Undertones COLLECTION, this is the one to get!!!

Not Perfect: Should Have Re-released "All Wrapped Up".......2004-04-20

Back in the day I bought this 2 lp collection of all the Undertones 7" singles, a' and b's called All Wrapped Up. Mind you the 12" some of singles had live tracks and remixes not included sadly on the original vinyl. With that said True Confessions totally flounders in that they included the LP version (demo?) of Julie Ocean instead of the FAR superior and slick single version. To me this completely tarnishes this collection.....At least I have the out of print Best of Rykodisc release for cd completist sake...Over all however, this collection is amazing, well worth it....

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True Confessions

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000IJ7J34
Release Date: 2006-11-28

Album Description

Japanese pressing reissue. London. 2006.

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Confessions of a Teenage Bobcat Trapper

Manufacturer: Luke Wallin
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA4B3U
Release Date: 2004-08-03

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TC Ellis Was "Dope"

True Confessions
TC Ellis
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000008FD8
Release Date: 1991-05-28

Tracks:

Intro
Dope
Segue
Miss Thang
Pussycat
For the Record
Bustin
Brothers and Sisters
True Confession
Cold Thang
Bambi (Rap)
Girl O' My Dreams
Somebody's Got to Love Her
Love
Brothers and Sisters (Reprise)
Miss Thang [Vasquez Ice Mix]

Customer Reviews:

TC Ellis Was "Dope".......2003-09-15

T.C. Ellis was the Minneapolis new jack swingin', soul-pop teen crooner who got his first huge break when contributing to Prince's Graffiti Bridge in 1990. His 1991 debut, True Confessions, generated two R&B hits; "Miss Thang," and "Pussycat," while a highly respected team of pro's work behind the mix board and in the studio; Prince (Arranger, Composer, Producer), David Z. (Mixing), Prince's Brownmark (Bass, Mixng), George Clinton (Vocals, Producer), and the very talented William Payne (Vocals, Multi Instruments). This would be the first and unfortunatley the last album T.C. Ellis would ever make, later contributed vocals to albums with Kneegirl, Tree63, and En Vogue.