True Blue
by Madonna

Album
True Blue by Madonna
Year: 1986
Release date: 1986-06-30
Overall rank: 1,424th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 357 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 20 albums of 1986 (19th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (223rd)
Award Best albums of all time (1,424th)

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Madonna bestography

True Blue is ranked 4th best out of 29 albums by Madonna on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Madonna is Ray Of Light which is ranked number 622 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,715.

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True Blue rankings

True Blue rankings summary
Overall rank: 1,424th | 1980s rank: 223rd | 1986 rank: 19th  Overall chart history
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True Blue ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 357 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.7.


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True Blue forum mentions

This album has been referenced 18 times on the forums, Explore the wider forum discussion to see what members have said about it.
From pedro1976 06/30/2026 11:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“Release date: 1986-06-30 (40th Year Anniversary)”
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From BestEverAlbums 06/27/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5356): By marco17
“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. (1996) 2. by (1990) 3. by (1987) 4. by (1975) 5. by (1973) 7. by by (1989) 10. (1982) 11. by (2010) 12. (1977) 13. by (1971) 14. by by (1993) 16. by (1987) 17. by (2015) 18. by (1965) 19. by (2019) 20. by (2021) 21. by by (1973) 23.…”
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From pedro1976 02/17/2024 20:56 in What album are you listening to right now?
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True Blue comments

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From 08/08/2013 05:53 | #83513 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Albums like Ray Of Light and Like A Prayer are artistically superior, but just for no frills pure pop, this is Madonna at the top of her game
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From 07/06/2016 20:33 | #170715 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
As with most, if not all Madonna albums, the singles taken from it are great, the rest is just filler, but that's disposable pop for you. (Edited)
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From 09/01/2014 04:13 | #120923 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
as i mentioned in a forum post, one of my most memorable musical moments happened while i was on a summer study program in japan in 1986. our class hiked up to the top of Mt. Fuji, and along the way we were passed by two guys who were carrying a boombox that was blasting "Papa Don't Preach". it really was a pretty surreal moment :-)
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From 04/19/2017 17:25 | #189522 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
After the album "True Blue", Madonna truly became female superstar of the 1980's with male superstars Micheal Jackson and Prince. My favourite tracks are "Live to Tell" and " True Blue.
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From 06/21/2012 13:18 | #44959 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
My all time favorite album ever!!! Every single track is brilliant. My most favorite are "La Isla Bonita" and "Papa Don't Preach". Madonna's voice is stunning here. And that short haircut is so cool. She was very stylish back then
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