{"id":41133,"date":"2008-10-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/tina\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T00:00:00","slug":"tina","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/tina\/","title":{"rendered":"Tina!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tina Turner officially retired from the stage upon the completion of her 2000 world tour.\u00a0 There was a brief burst of activity in 2004 when she released a double CD compilation, All The Best,<\/i> and promoted it on several TV and radio spots.\u00a0 Although having stated she would continue to record and despite revealing in late 2006 that she was working on a new album, no full album of new material has since surfaced.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

This year was to be another enjoyed by the retired Queen of Rock doing \u201ca lot of nothing,\u201d which according to her included such mundane tasks as rearranging the furniture in her homes in Switzerland<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and France<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, respectively. Sounds like fun. \u00a0But all of that was to change after Tina performed with Beyonce at this year\u2019s Grammy Awards, which then led her neighbor Sophia Loren to declare her break over, ordering Turner to get back to work.\u00a0 She finally relented and here we are.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Tina! <\/i>is really only a promotional tool to accompany the new world tour, which kicks off on October 3rd<\/sup> in Kansas City<\/st1:place><\/st1:city>.\u00a0 It will be a \u201cgreatest hits\u201d show and this 18-track disc pretty much represents her finest moments post Ike, save for two which I\u2018ll get to shortly.\u00a0 A phenomenal live performer, Turner has now sold more concert tickets than any other solo performer, and still no other woman has ever filled stadiums fronting a rock band as Turner has for the last twenty-plus years. <\/o:p><\/i><\/p>\n

So the great thing about Tina! <\/i>is the live recordings added in lieu of the original studio versions.\u00a0 I\u2019m always surprised team Turner continues to use the \u201886 recording of \u201cAddicted To Love\u201d from Camden Place instead of the more beefed up versions from either of her more recent tours, but it rocks just the same and puts Palmer\u2019s original to shame.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cI Can\u2019t Stand The Rain\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s Stay Together\u201d were taken from Turner\u2019s record-breaking fifteen-month-long Wildest Dreams Tour of 96\/97.\u00a0 They are lifted from the unplugged section of the show and highlight Turner\u2019s soulful delivery and the late great Kenny Moore on piano and backing vocals.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

The scorching anthem \u201cThe Best\u201d was recorded at Wembley Stadium during her last tour (Twenty Four Seven) before a crowd of 80,000.\u00a0 If the twin guitar assault and Turner\u2019s blasting vocals aren\u2019t enough to get your blood pumping, then I don\u2019t know what will.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Another highlight is Phil Spector\u2019s original production of \u201cRiver Deep, Mountain High.\u201d\u00a0 In its day (1966), the song failed to find an audience in America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>; it was too black for the pop stations and too pop for the black stations, and radio failed to support it. \u00a0England<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and Europe<\/st1:place>, however, were a different story and the song became a massive international hit for Tina.\u00a0 It is, of course, today viewed as a classic and Spector\u2019s \u201cWall Of Sound\u201d never sounded better.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Bluesy rocker \u201cSteamy Windows,\u201d,the cheeky pop\/rock of \u201cWhat You Get Is What You See,\u201d and the synth-driven rock of \u201cBetter Be Good To Me\u201d all sound as fresh and energizing as they did during their prime.\u00a0 The original album version of \u201cThe Acid Queen\u201d is here as well in all its \u201870s rock glory.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Curiously, the selected version of \u201cProud Mary\u201d is the re-recorded one taken from Turner\u2019s \u201993 soundtrack to her biopic.\u00a0 It\u2019s still true to Ike and Tina\u2019s original take and comes complete with Tina\u2019s spoken word intro. Also taken from the soundtrack is \u201cI Don\u2019t Wanna Fight,\u201d which is one of Turner\u2019s finest moment of the \u201890s.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

Speaking of Ike, his only appearance here is on the original version of her self-penned ditty \u201cNut Bush City Limits.\u201d\u00a0 Ike was a hell of a guitarist and his funk-fueled arrangement still sounds fresh today.\u00a0 \u201cWe Don\u2019t Need Another Hero\u201d is still bigger than Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:state> and remains one of Turner\u2019s greatest vocal performances.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

No hits collection would be complete without the big ones from her \u201884 comeback LP Private Dancer.\u00a0 <\/i>The title track and \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got To Do With It\u201d are included here and it\u2019s still great to hear the raw rocker practice some vocal restraint to accompany the pop arrangements of the day.\u00a0 Tina\u2019s \u201995 James Bond theme \u201cGoldeneye\u201d (penned by Bono and The Edge) gets a look in and is the only track included from her previous two studio albums.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Rounding out this collection are the obligatory new songs.\u00a0 \u201cIt Would Be A Crime\u201d is stylistically and lyrically mundane, to say the least, and is the only flat spot on this stunning set.\u00a0 The other newbie, however, is great.\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m Ready\u201d finds Tina in a defiant and inspired mood and surprisingly, it is easily one of her best songs for quite some time.<\/o:p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

In closing, I\u2019ll say this: there are lots of ways Turner and her manager Roger Davies could have chosen to celebrate her return to the stage.\u00a0 Her solo albums are long overdue to be remastered and re-issued.\u00a0 No live album of her previous three world tours has been released, much to my dismay, as it\u2019s easily the only way to truly experience her rare talents.\u00a0 Live films of shows dating back to 1983 have yet to see life on DVD.\u00a0 Hopefully, this tour will be filmed at some point.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they did take the easy road here. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

But having said all of that, this is great introduction to the lady especially if you\u2019re not familiar with the bulk of her work.\u00a0 Welcome back Miss Tina, why don\u2019t you stay awhile?<\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":29541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[7487],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-41133","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-tina-turner","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41133"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41133"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}