Private Dancer

by Tina Turner

Overview

In 1984, a 45-year-old Tina Turner made one of the most amazing comebacks in the history of American popular music. A few years earlier, it was hard to imagine the veteran soul
ock belter reinventing herself and returning to the top of the pop charts, but she did exactly that with the outstanding Private Dancer. And Turner did so without sacrificing her musical integrity. To be sure, this pop
ock/R&B pearl is decidedly slicker than such raw, earthy, hard-edged Ike & Tina classics as "Proud Mary," "Sexy Ida," and "I Wanna Take You Higher." But she still has a tough, throaty, passionate delivery that serves her beautifully on everything from the melancholy, reggae-influenced "What's Love Got to Do With It" to the gutsy "Better Be Good to Me" to heartfelt remakes of the Beatles' "Help," Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," and David Bowie's "1984." A reflection on the emptiness of a stripper's life, the dusky title song is as poignant as it is depressing. Without question, this was Turner's finest hour as a solo artist.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/14/2000
Label:	Parlophone (Wea)
UPC:	0724385583322
catalogNumber:	558333
Rank:	954

Tracks

1. I Might Have Been Queen
2. What's Love Got to Do With It
3. Show Some Respect
4. I Can't Stand the Rain
5. Private Dancer
6. Let's Stay Together
7. Better Be Good to Me
8. Steel Claw
9. Help
10. 1984
11. I Wrote a Letter
12. Rock N Roll Widow
13. Don't Rush the Good Things
14. When I Was Young
15. What's Love Got to Do With It
16. Better Be Good to Me
17. I Can't Stand the Rain

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tina Turner   Primary Artist,Background Vocals
Jeff Beck   Guitar,Electric Guitar
Joe Sample   Synthesizer,Piano
Jessica Williams   Background Vocals
Ray Russell   Guitar
Rupert Hine   Bass,Percussion,Keyboards,Background Vocals
John Illsley   Bass
David T. Walker   Guitar
Gary Barnacle   Saxophone
Terry Britten   Guitar,Background Vocals
Graham Broad   Drums
Alex Brown   Background Vocals
Carter   Percussion
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Drums
Alan Clark   Keyboards
Mel Collins   Saxophone
Cy Curnin   Background Vocals
Julian Diggle   Percussion
Gwen Evans   Background Vocals
Charles Fearing   Guitar
Wilton Felder   Bass,Saxophone
Nick Glennie-Smith   Keyboards
Glenn Gregory   Vocals,Background Vocals
Graham Jarvis   Drums
Hal Lindes   Guitar
Billy Livsey   Keyboards
Trevor Morais   Drums
Simon Morton   Percussion
Nick Plytas   Synthesizer,Piano
Martyn Ware   Background Vocals
Jamie West-Oram   Guitar
Terry Williams   Drums
Richie Zito   Guitar
Frank Riccotti   Percussion

Technical Credits

Green   Composer
Joe Sample   Producer
Rupert Hine   Programming,Producer,Percussion Programming
Willie Mitchell   Composer
Terry Britten   Composer,Producer
Donald Bryant   Composer
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Producer
F. Byron Clark   Engineer
David Cullen   String Arrangements
Wilton Felder   Producer
Humberto Gatica   Remixing
John Hudson   Engineer
Graham Lyle   Composer
Walter Samuel   Engineer
Greg Walsh   Arranger,Programming,Producer,Engineer
Martyn Ware   Arranger,Programming,Producer,drum programming
Al Jackson   Composer
Mike Chapman   Composer
John Carter   Producer
John Carter   Producer