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Tina Turner’s ‘Queen Of Rock ‘N Roll’ Retrospective LP

Brad LeBeau
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The late Tina Turner will be celebrated on the upcoming retrospective compilation, Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll, due out on Nov. 24 via Rhino Records. The 55-song set showcases Turner’s solo-billed singles from 1975 through 2020, including such Billboard Hot 100-charting hits as “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (a No. 1 from 1984), “The Best” and “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome).” The Billboard chart-topping artist died on May 24 at age 83.

Included on the collection is a reworked version of Turner’s “Something Beautiful Remains,” retitled to “Something Beautiful.” It was remixed by Turner’s longtime collaborator Terry Britten, who co-wrote and produced the original version of the song, released in 1996.

The Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll collection will be released via streaming services and as a five-vinyl LP box, a three-CD package, and a digital download album. An abbreviated 12-song version of the collection will simultaneously be issued on a single vinyl LP. All iterations of the album will include a foreword written by Bryan Adams. Turner and Adams scored a top 20-charting Hot 100 duet with “It’s Only Love,” released in 1985.

Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll also helps salute the 50th anniversary of the launch of Turner’s solo career in 1974 with her first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On!, which was released while she was still part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. While that album missed Billboard’s charts and didn’t launch any singles, the following year saw Turner secure her first solo chart hits. The Acid Queen album reached No. 155 on the Billboard 200 in 1975 and No. 39 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (then-named Soul LPs) rankings, and launched her first solo-billed hit song on Billboard’s charts: a cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love.” The single reached No. 61 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (then-named Hot Soul Singles).

Included on Queen of Rock ‘N’ Roll are all of Turner’s post-Ike & Tina Turner Revue hits on the Hot 100 – 17 in total from 1984 through 1996. In addition, non-Hot 100 hits that charted on other key Billboardcharts are represented, including “Afterglow,” “Cose Della Vita” (with Eros Ramazzotti), “Goldeneye,” “In Your Wildest Dreams” (featuring Barry White), “Look Me in the Heart,” “On Silent Wings,” “Open Arms,” “Tearing Us Apart” (with Eric Clapton), the 2020 remix of “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (with Kygo) and “When the Heartache Is Over.”

Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Tracklist

5LP
Side 1

  1. Whole Lotta Love (1975)
  2. Acid Queen (1976)
  3. Root, Toot Undisputable Rock’n Roller (1978)
  4. Viva La Money (1978)
  5. Sometimes When We Touch (1979)
  6. Music Keeps Me Dancin’ (1979)

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Side 2

  1. Let’s Stay Together (1983)
  2. Help (Edit) (1984)
  3. What’s Love Got To Do With It (1984)
  4. Better Be Good To Me (1984)
  5. Private Dancer (1984)
  6. I Can’t Stand The Rain (1985)

Side 3

  1. Show Some Respect (1985)
  2. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (1985)
  3. One Of The Living (1985)
  4. It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams) (1985)
  5. Typical Male (1986)
  6. Two People (1986)

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Side 4

  1. What You Get Is What You See (1987)
  2. Girls (1987)
  3. Break Every Rule (1987)
  4. Paradise Is Here (1987)
  5. Afterglow (1987)

Side 5

  1. Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
  2. Addicted to Love (Live in Europe) (1988)
  3. A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe) (1988)
  4. Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe) (1988)
  5. River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe) (1988)

Side 6

  1. The Best (Edit) (1989)
  2. Steamy Windows (1989)
  3. I Don’t Wanna Lose You (1989)
  4. Look Me In The Heart (1990)
  5. Foreign Affair (Edit) (1990)

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Side 7

  1. Be Tender With Me Baby (1990)
  2. It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
  3. Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version) (1991)
  4. Love Thing (1991)
  5. Way Of The World (1991)

Side 8

  1. I Want You Near Me (1992)
  2. I Don’t Wanna Fight (1993)
  3. Disco Inferno (1993)
  4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (1993)
  5. Proud Mary (1993)

Side 9

  1. Goldeneye (1995)
  2. Whatever You Want (1996)
  3. On Silent Wings (1996)
  4. Missing You (1996)
  5. In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White) (1996)
  6. Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)

Side 10

  1. When The Heartache Is Over (1999)
  2. Whatever You Need (2000)
  3. Open Arms (2004)
  4. Teach Me Again (with Elisa) (2017)
  5. What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix) (2020)
  6. Something Beautiful (2023 Version)

3CD/Digital/Streaming
CD1

  1. Whole Lotta Love
  2. Acid Queen
  3. Root, Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roller
  4. Viva La Money
  5. Sometimes When We Touch
  6. Music Keeps Me Dancin’
  7. Let’s Stay Together
  8. Help
  9. What’s Love Got To Do With It
  10. Better Be Good To Me
  11. Private Dancer
  12. I Can’t Stand The Rain
  13. Show Some Respect
  14. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
  15. One Of The Living
  16. It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
  17. Typical Male
  18. Two People
  19. What You Get Is What You See
  20. Girls

CD2

  1. Break Every Rule
  2. Paradise Is Here
  3. Afterglow
  4. Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
  5. Addicted to Love (Live in Europe)
  6. A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe)
  7. Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe)
  8. River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)
  9. The Best (Edit)
  10. Steamy Windows
  11. I Don’t Wanna Lose You
  12. Look Me In The Heart
  13. Foreign Affair
  14. Be Tender With Me Baby
  15. It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
  16. Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version)
  17. Love Thing
  18. Way Of The World

CD3

  1. I Want You Near Me
  2. I Don’t Wanna Fight
  3. Disco Inferno
  4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight?
  5. Proud Mary
  6. Goldeneye
  7. Whatever You Want
  8. On Silent Wings
  9. Missing You
  10. In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White)
  11. Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)
  12. When The Heartache Is Over
  13. Whatever You Need
  14. Open Arms
  15. Teach Me Again (with Elisa)
  16. What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo remix)
  17. Something Beautiful (2023 Version)

Abbreviated 1LP Version 
Side 1

  1. What’s Love Got To Do With It
  2. Let’s Stay Together
  3. Private Dancer
  4. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
  5. Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)
  6. River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe)

Side 2

  1. Steamy Windows
  2. I Don’t Wanna Lose You
  3. I Don’t Wanna Fight
  4. When The Heartache Is Over
  5. Proud Mary
  6. The Best

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Author: Al Denté

Photo: Heinrich Klaffs