True Confessions by Bananarama

True Confessions, Bananarama's third album, came out on London Records on 30 June 1986, with Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward still the trio up front. Tony Swain and Steve Jolley produced most of it, but the big news was a first team-up with Stock Aitken Waterman, who took charge of two tracks and brought their high-gloss dance-pop sheen with them.

The sparkling centerpiece is their cover of Shocking Blue's "Venus", which went all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and became the group's biggest hit yet. "Do Not Disturb", "More Than Physical" and "A Trick of the Night" were singles too. At home it only reached number 46 at first, though it climbed to number 15 in America, their best showing there. The last laugh came decades later: the 40th anniversary edition in September 2026 took it to number six in the UK, the band's highest-charting album at home.

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