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Simply the Best is surrounded by some of the best situations a compilation can hope for. Tina Turner's work for Capitol past Private Dancer was spotty, she made a bunch of appearances on soundtracks and other artists' albums, and most of the tracks on Private Dancer are good enough to own twice. Almost half of Private Dancer shows up on Simply the Best, but you don't have to endure the way the original album spiraled down into slick fizzle. Instead you have to endure a misguided, pumped-up house remix of "Nutbush City Limits," but that's it. Everything else here is either top-notch or campy, certifiable fun. A duet with Rod Stewart on "It Takes Two" supplies the fun along with the new track, "I Want You Near Me" (Turner to lover: "You're so good with your hands/To help me with a hook or zip"). The two other new tracks tacked to the end beat out most of the album cuts the collection passes on, plus you get the bombastic "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" without having to buy a dull soundtrack. The oldest cut by years is the monolithic "River Deep-Mountain High," which is a bona fide classic but sonically out of place here. Reprogram the disc to play it at the beginning or end, skip the new "Nutbush" completely, and you've got sparkling, nearly perfect overview of Turner's postcomeback career.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
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Holly Knight, Composer, Writer - Mike Chapman, Composer, Writer - Lee Curle, Assistant Sound Engineer - Elliot Lewis, Keyboards, Strings - Lance Ellington, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Edgar Winter, Saxophone - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Tessa Niles, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Pat Thrall, Guitar - PHILIPPE SAISSE, Keyboards - Dan Hartman, Producer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Paul Logus, Assistant Sound Engineer - Roger Davies, Producer, Backing Vocals - Art Wood, Drums - Phil Ashley, Bass Guitar, Keyboards - T M Wood, Bass Guitar - Gene Black, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar - James Ralston, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar - Tina Turner, Producer, Arranger, Vocals, MainArtist - Phillipe Saisse, Keyboards - Darren Allison, Assistant Sound Engineer - Tom Fritze, Sound Engineer - Tim Leitner, Assistant Sound Engineer - Mike Ging, Sound Engineer - Nick Froome, Sound Engineer - Andrew Scarth, Sound Engineer - T. M. Stevens, Bass Guitar
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Parlophone Records Limited
Holly Knight, Writer - Mike Chapman, Writer - Rupert Hine, Producer, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Programmer, Backing Vocals - Trevor Morais, Drums - Nicky Chinn, Writer - Cy Curnin, Backing Vocals - Roger Davies, Producer - Tina Turner, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Jamie West-Oram, Guitar - Stephen W. Tayler, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Alan Yoshida, MasteringEngineer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Ann Peebles, Writer - BERNARD MILLER, Writer - Terry Britten, Producer, Guitar - Don Bryant, Writer - John Hudson, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Tina Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards - Alan Yoshida, MasteringEngineer - Graham Broad, Drums
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Producer, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - Billy Livsey, Keyboards - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - John Hudson, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Graham Lyle, Writer - Tina Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Graham Jarvis, Drums, Drum Programmer - Simon Morton, Percussion - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards - Alan Yoshida, MasteringEngineer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Holly Knight, Vocals, Backing Vocals - Lee Curle, Assistant Sound Engineer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Dan Hartman, Producer - Greg Mathieson, Bass Guitar - Geoff Dugmore, Drums - Graham Lyle, Producer, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer - Paul Logus, Assistant Sound Engineer - TOMMY VICARI, MixingEngineer - Roger Davies, Producer, Backing Vocals - Gene Black, Guitar, Solo Guitar - James Ralston, Guitar - Tina Turner, Producer, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards, Strings - Darren Allison, Assistant Sound Engineer - Tom Fritze, Sound Engineer - Tim Leitner, Assistant Sound Engineer - Mike Ging, Sound Engineer, MixingEngineer - Casey Young, Keyboards - Gary Barnacle, Saxophone - Nick Froome, Sound Engineer - Albert Hammond Jr, Producer, Percussion, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Writer, Shaker - Andrew Scarth, Sound Engineer - James Ralstonn, Guitar
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Phil Palmer, Guitar - Andy Hamilton, Saxophone - Richard Cottle, Keyboards - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - ROBIN HANCOCK, Engineer - Dave Dorrell, Producer, MixingEngineer - Roger Davies, Producer - Tina Turner, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - John Thirkell, Trumpet - C.J. MacKintosh, Producer, Programmer, Instruments, MixingEngineer - Timmy Cappello, Saxophone - Steve Hamilton, Horn - Steve Sedelnick, Percussion
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Drums, Guitar, Programmer, Writer, Bass - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - John Hudson, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Graham Lyle, Mandolin, Writer - Roger Davies, Producer - Tina Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards - Mike Ging, AssistantEngineer - Stuart Furusho, MasteringEngineer - Richard Elen, SoundDesigner - Terry Britten , Producer, Bass Guitar
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
William Mitchell, Writer - Martyn Ware, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Backing Vocals, Drum Programmer, Electronic Drums - Glenn Gregory, Backing Vocals - al jackson jr., Writer - Frank Ricotti, Percussion - Al Green, Writer - Greg Walsh, Producer, Arranger, Engineer, Programmer - Walter Samuel, MixingEngineer - Roger Davies, Producer - Tina Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Plytas, Piano, Synthesizer - Alan Yoshida, MasteringEngineer - Gary Barnacle, Saxophone - Ray Russell, Guitar
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
PHIL SPECTOR, Writer - Jeff Barry, Writer - Ellie Greenwich, Writer - Ike Turner, Vocals - Tina Turner, Vocals - Ike and Tina Turner, MainArtist
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1970, 1991 Capitol Records, LLC. All rights reserved.
Tony Joe White, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Writer, Synthesizer, Harmonica - Neil Taylor, Guitar - Lee Curle, Assistant Sound Engineer - Jeff Bova, Horn - Eddie Martinez, Guitar, Rhythm Guitar - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Dan Hartman, Producer, Organ, Hammond Organ, Piano - Paul Logus, Assistant Sound Engineer - Roger Davies, Backing Vocals - Tina Turner, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - CARMINE ROJAS, Bass Guitar - Darren Allison, Assistant Sound Engineer - Tom Fritze, Sound Engineer - Tim Leitner, Assistant Sound Engineer - Mike Ging, Sound Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Gary Barnacle, Saxophone - Nick Froome, Sound Engineer - Andrew Scarth, Sound Engineer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1989 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, Bass - Phil Collins, Drums - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - Tessa Niles, Vocals, Backing Vocals - John Hudson, Engineer, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - Graham Lyle, Writer - Tina Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards - Mike Ging, Engineer, AssistantEngineer - Tim Cappello, Saxophone - Stuart Furusho, MasteringEngineer - Richard Elen, SoundDesigner - Terry Britten , Producer, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1986 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Terry Britten, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Writer - Charlie Morgan, Drums, Percussion - John Hudson, Sound Engineer, MixingEngineer - Graham Lyle, Writer - Tina Turner, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards - Tim Cappello, Saxophone - Graham Broad, Percussion - The Kings House School Choir, Choir
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1985 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Humberto Gatica, RemixingEngineer - Mel Collins, Saxophone - John Carter, Producer, Percussion - Jeff Beck, Guitar - Alan Clark, Keyboards, Percussion - Mark Knopfler, Writer - Terry Williams, Drums - Roger Davies, Producer - Tina Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Stephen W. Tayler, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Alan Yoshida, MasteringEngineer - Hal Lindes, Guitar - John Illsley, Bass Guitar - Julian Diggle, Percussion
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1984 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Lee Curle, Assistant Sound Engineer - Lance Ellington, Backing Vocals - Jeff Bova, Horn, Strings - Eddie Martinez, Guitar - Billy Steinberg, Writer - TOM KELLY, Writer - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, MixingEngineer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - PHILIPPE SAISSE, Flute - Dan Hartman, Producer, Programmer, Backing Vocals - Paul Logus, Assistant Sound Engineer - Roger Davies, Producer, Arranger, Backing Vocals - Tina Turner, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - CARMINE ROJAS, Bass Guitar - Darren Allison, Assistant Sound Engineer - Tom Fritze, Sound Engineer - Tim Leitner, Assistant Sound Engineer - Mike Ging, Sound Engineer - J.T. Lewis, Drums - Tim Cappello, Saxophone - Nick Froome, Sound Engineer - Andrew Scarth, Sound Engineer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd a Warner Music Group Company, ℗ 1989 Parlophone Records Limited
William Stevenson, Writer - Sylvia Rose Moy, Writer - Chuck Kentis, Keyboards - Steve MacMillan, Engineer - Stephen Marcussen, MasteringEngineer - BERNARD EDWARDS, Producer, Bass Guitar, MixingEngineer - ROD STEWART, Producer, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Tina Turner, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - JEFF GOLUB, Guitar - Gil Morales, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Rave Calmer, Drums - Jimmy Roberts, Solo Saxophone - Bryant Arnett, Assistant Mixing Engineer - John Karpowich, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Malcom Cullimore, Production Co-ordinator
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1990 WEA Records BV
Terry Britten, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer, Drum Programmer - Tessa Niles, Backing Vocals - ROBIN HANCOCK, Engineer - John Hudson, MixingEngineer - Graham Lyle, Writer - Tina Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards - Mike Ging, Engineer - Timmy Cappello, Saxophone
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Kenny Moore, Piano - Ollie Marland, Keyboards - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Producer, MixingEngineer - Graham Lyle, Producer, Writer - Roger Davies, Producer - Gene Black, Guitar - James Ralston, Guitar - Tina Turner, Vocals, Backing Vocals, MainArtist - Nick Glennie-Smith, Keyboards - Jack Bruno, Drums - Timmy Cappello, Solo Saxophone, Backing Vocals - Bob Feit, Bass Guitar - Albert Hammond Jr, Producer, Writer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Holly Knight, Writer - Kenny Moore, Piano - Ollie Marland, Keyboards - CHRIS LORD-ALGE, Producer, MixingEngineer - Roger Davies, Producer - Gene Black, Lead Guitar - James Ralston, Guitar - Tina Turner, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Talley Sherwood, AssistantEngineer - Jack Bruno, Drums - Timmy Cappello, Organ, Saxophone, Tambourine, Backing Vocals - Bob Feit, Bass Guitar - Albert Hammond Jr, Writer
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company
Album review
Simply the Best is surrounded by some of the best situations a compilation can hope for. Tina Turner's work for Capitol past Private Dancer was spotty, she made a bunch of appearances on soundtracks and other artists' albums, and most of the tracks on Private Dancer are good enough to own twice. Almost half of Private Dancer shows up on Simply the Best, but you don't have to endure the way the original album spiraled down into slick fizzle. Instead you have to endure a misguided, pumped-up house remix of "Nutbush City Limits," but that's it. Everything else here is either top-notch or campy, certifiable fun. A duet with Rod Stewart on "It Takes Two" supplies the fun along with the new track, "I Want You Near Me" (Turner to lover: "You're so good with your hands/To help me with a hook or zip"). The two other new tracks tacked to the end beat out most of the album cuts the collection passes on, plus you get the bombastic "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" without having to buy a dull soundtrack. The oldest cut by years is the monolithic "River Deep-Mountain High," which is a bona fide classic but sonically out of place here. Reprogram the disc to play it at the beginning or end, skip the new "Nutbush" completely, and you've got sparkling, nearly perfect overview of Turner's postcomeback career.
© David Jeffries /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:12:43
- Main artists: Tina Turner
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone UK
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd ℗ 1991 Parlophone Records Ltd. All rights reserved. Unauthorized reproduction is a violation of applicable laws. Manufactured by Parlophone Records Ltd,
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