Simply the Best

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Tina Turner

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I love Tina Turner, she's an incredble singer who has everything, style, voice, rhythm and incredible legs.

"Simply the best" is called one of the best years greatest hits albums. It was realesed in 1991 and includes some of Tina's greatest hits (I say some because actually there are a couple missing), it also includes 4 new songs (by 1991), one of them is a duo with Rod Steward. This album debuted at #1 in the British charts and remainded in the Top 50 for 3 straight years, the album was certified Platinum in the US and Multi-Platinum all over Europe, selling almost 10 million copies.

The songs are:

1-THE BEST.

The song made to #1, was nominated for a Grammy and it's considerated a classic.

2-BETTER BE GOOD TO ME.

Reached #5 in 1985 and won a Grammy award.

3-I CAN'T STAND THE RAIN.

Reached #4 in Europe.

4-WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT.

A #1 hit that was the best song of 1984 and won 3 Grammy awards.

5-I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU.

A hit in 1990 peaking at #6 in the British charts.

6-NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS (the 90's version).

Written by Tina in 1973, the song made it to #23.

7-WHAT YOU GET IS WHAT YOU SEE.

From 1986, the song reached #14 in 1987.

8-LET'S STAY TOGETHER.

This song opened the market walls in 1984 after her divorce, the song was a big hit, getting a Grammy nomination and peaking at #3.

9-RIVER DEEP-MOUNTAIN HIGH.

From 1966, this song was written by The Beatles songwritter/producer, Phil Spector. In the US peaked at #88 and at #2 in Europe. It's a real classic.

10-STEAMY WINDOWS.

Peaked at #13 and recived a Grammy nomination in 1990.

11-TYPICAL MALE.

This #1 hit also recived a Grammy nomination.

12-WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO.

Theme from the 1985 film "Mad Max III", the song peaked at #2 and recived a Grammy nomination. Actually another song from Mad max, performanced by Tina got the Grammy.

13-PRIVATE DANCER.

What a song...was written by hit singer Mark Knopher. The song made it to #7 in 1985.

14-LOOK ME IN THE HEART.

A beautiful pop song that was realesed only in Europe peaking at #26.

15-IT TAKES TWO.

This is a duet that Tina made in 1990 with Rod steward, the song was a big hit in Europe but never arrived to the US.

16-I WANT YOU NEAR ME.

Was a new song for this album.

17-WAY OF THE WORLD:

This was the first single for this album, the song made it to #3.

18-LOVE THING.

Was the socond and last single of the album.

I just gave a commercial detail of this album. I don't say much about Tina, because it's all music history.

Here are some big hits missing as the Grammy winners: "Addicted to love", "Back were you started","One of the living" and the #1 "Proud Mary".

There are also are Top 40 hits such as: "Two peolple", "Show some respect", "Foreign affair", "Be tender with me baby"and the Top 15 "It's only love" (a duet with Bryan Adams) between others.

Tina Turner is brilliant, that is a given. But this 'greatest hits' or 'Best Of' misses the mark in some respects. For starters, it only includes one big hit from the 70's (Nutbush City Limits) and that is remixed! What about "Acid Queen" or " Proud Mary"?

Thankfully, they have included the original of the 1966 hit "River Deep, Mountain High". Tina did several re-recordings of this classic - yet none of them match the magic of Phil Spector's work on the 1966 version.

This collection is similar to other compilations, in that it also includes brand new tracks (at the time of release). I hate it when record companies do this. This is valuable space that could have been used for the classics that have been omitted.

For casual fans only. True fans will want the "Private Dancer" album.