In April of \u201899, Tina Turner opened the Divas Live <\/i>show, joined by Elton John, as the two were preparing to announce a joint world tour. These plans, though, were nixed by Tina during rehearsals for special after Elton had one of his famous tantrums following Tina\u2019s offer to show him the arrangement of \u201cProud Mary\u201d on the piano. John took umbrage at the non-musician playing his piano and Turner\u2019s zero tolerance for bad-tempered stars spelled the end for any plans the two had discussed. <\/p>\n
Tina, of course, famously once sent Wilson Pickett back across the Atlantic from London after he made one too many diva demands during rehearsals for her Break Every Rule <\/i>special in 1987.\u00a0 So following the Divas<\/i> fiasco, Turner and her manager flew back to London and by the time they landed, the pair had made plans for another full studio album and Tina had tentatively agreed to a final world tour.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
This time around, however, Tina wanted to record an album entirely of soul and R&B tracks, like the stuff she was hearing on the radio at the time and also a few dance tracks like her longtime pal Cher had recorded on her massively successful Believe<\/i> album. Mark Taylor (who wrote and produced \u201cBelieve\u201d) was called in and immediately got to work. Although he and his writing partner Brian Rawling would only end up writing one song for the project (the lush ballad \u201cDon\u2019t Leave Me This Way\u201d), the pair ended up producing the bulk of the record and along with a few others managed to make it a seamless blend of modern R&B and dance tracks.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Tina\u2019s singing on this album is flawless and the producers took great care not to drown her out (a problem on her previous album Wildest Dreams<\/i>) during the more up-tempo tracks. There are plenty of highlights to be found here and Tina enjoyed some of her best charting singles for some time. The album ended up far exceeding sales expectations and although it was heavily promoted, the major reason was the sheer quality of the material. Songs like \u201cFalling\u201d and the Bee Gees\u2019 penned \u201cI Will Be There\u201d come near the album\u2019s end but offer a chance for Tina to really show what a great singer she is.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Turner changes pace, though, for the menacing tone of \u201cGo Ahead,\u201d on which she puts the boot into her antagonist: \u201cWhy\u2019d you go \u2019head tear my heart out, why\u2019d you go \u2019head and hang me out to dry \/ Go ahead play your game, go ahead smear my name all over your blood red sky.\u201d\u00a0 Turner does get a chance to rock out on the retro soul of \u201cTwenty Four Seven,\u201d which is an ode to everlasting love. \u201cTalk To My Heart\u201d is another mid-tempo love song that could have been the album\u2019s sappy spot had it not been for Tina\u2019s soulful delivery. Turner also incorporated her past into the album as there are numerous gospel choirs on several choruses throughout the record (Turner grew up singing in church choirs as a child).\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Her past is also relived on the album\u2019s biggest hit, the dance track \u201cWhen The Heartache Is Over,\u201d which finds Turner lamenting: \u201cSometimes I look back in anger, thinking about all the pain \/ But I know that I\u2019m stronger without you and that I\u2019ll never need you again.\u201d In fact, many of these songs are easily the most personal Turner has ever recorded, as many of them feature references to her past, her relationship with her partner, and her religious beliefs (she is a devout Buddhist).\u00a0 Whatever You Need\u201d is another rootsy love song that is enhanced by a gospel flavour and vocals.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Possibly the most original song on the record is the superb minimalist groove of \u201cAbsolutely Nothing\u2019s Changed,\u201d which is an updated women\u2019s lament: \u201cI\u2019ll live to fight another day \/ I\u2019m bruised but I ain\u2019t broken.\u201d Turner\u2019s pal Bryan Adams guests on the uber-cool \u201cWithout You\u201d and the two again (as always) revel in each other\u2019s company. Last but not least is the slightly clich\u00e9d but soulful \u201cAll The Woman,\u201d in which Turner declares, \u201cI\u2019ve never been a winner but I still play the game.\u201d Who\u2019s she trying to kid with that one?\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Twenty Four Seven <\/i>just happens to be one of Tina\u2019s best albums due to her incredible singing and the team\u2019s tight but urban production. The songs are well-crafted for Tina and although it was a definite departure for her, she handled it with ease and clearly enjoyed the challenge.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
This album remains Turner\u2019s last studio album to date, and unfortunately, I think it will for some time yet, if not forever. It still sounds fresh today and it thoroughly deserved its runaway success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":30580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7487],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-42248","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\/42248","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=42248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42248"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}