BANANARAMA’S RELEASE 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITIONS OF TRUE CONFESSIONS
To celebrate 40 years of Bananarama’s 1986 release True Confessions, London Records has re-issued the album across a multitude of formats.
Originally released in June 1986, True Confessions was the third studio album by Bananarama and featured their first songwriting collaboration with the Stock Aitken Waterman (SAW) production team. The album included the hit single ‘Venus’, a hi-NRG cover of the 1969 Shocking Blue original. Their most commercially successful single, it reached No. 8 in the UK and No. 1 on the US Billboard Top 100 and Billboard Dance Charts.
In four short years Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward transformed from D.I.Y. girls about town to bonafide global superstars. True Confessions went on to achieve Gold Sales in the US (and Platinum in Canada), and was a big hit across Europe and Australasia.
This timely reissue of the album is also available across a variety of formats. The original members of the band have signed three special editions of the album, one featuring Sara, Keren and Siobhan housed in unique individual sleeves. Each version features the original album plus audio from each band member on their recollections around the album, as well as a bonus secret track. While the official store has exhausted the international allocation, a final bunch has been signed by the band and available from Banquet Records (shipping worldwide). The official store also features original 1986 merchandise including T-shirts, tote bags and badge sets.
This week also sees the release of three extra digital versions, each one with unique artwork. For a very limited time, iTunes hosts two new editions: a Rarities Edition (including the lost ‘Kelly’s Eye’ version of ‘Do Not Disturb’) and a Remix Edition with full versions of 2026 remixes by Richard X, Luke Mornay, The Alias and AMYL, as well as rare remixes by Leo Zero and original 1986 versions. Townsend Music hosts an exclusive ‘Obsessions Of Your Mind’ version with digital polaroids and more.
True Confessions (40th Anniversary Editions) is out now, via London Records. Available via https://store.bananarama.co.uk/
Photo Credit (1986): Martin Brading