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 |  | The Best Tina Turner Album |  |
For all her prowess in the live arena Tina for some reason tends to be hit and miss with most of her albums. Private Dancer was a good album, but it didn't have a unified sound to it, Break Every Rule, in my humble opinion had too many sappy ballads (Girls is probably one of the most inane songs I've ever heard performed). Wildest Dreams was a few good singles and filler. But Foreign Affair tops them all. It opens you up with a bluesy rocker Steamy Windows, and it keeps you through the entire album. The album is an upbeat, bluesy record that is just so much fun to listen to. I love it. It's my favorite album. My favorite tracks are Steamy Windows, Look me In the Heart, Ask Me How I Feel, and Foreign Affair. I would include The Best, but I think her live rendentions of the song far outclass the recording. If you are new to Tina Turner, or only know her for What's Love...., get this album, you will not be disapointed. It combines many genres and is just simply a pleasure to listen to.
April 8, 2007 | | Possibly Tina's Strongest Album | |
Interstingly, this album was a much bigger hit overseas than here in the States. It went multipltinum overseas, while barely denting the Top 40 here. This shows that foreign fans can be more aware of true talent. This album really has very little weakness. The track "The Best", has become such a recognizable tune you tend to forget it came from this album. Two other tracks really stand out here for me: "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent For The Blues". The first is a return to her R&B roots with a really great blues guitar lick, and the latter a great blues tune given a great gritty reading by Ms Turner. The rest of the album is full of great tunes, and one wonders why the album never really caught on in the U.S. Anyway, this album has aged VERY well, and it sounds fresh and alive and full of energy. Not to say that Tina doesn't sing as hard or as well as she used to, but she really sells this album from down deep inside. Anybody else singing "The Best" sounds really silly. Get this album and be reintroduced to Tina again.
August 17, 2006| | | Desde 1990, mi disco preferido. | |
Este disco lo he escuchado ya no se cuantas veces. Yo tenia 16 años cuando recien salio y fue un bombazo en Europa. Tuve la suerte de ver a Tina en directo cuando hizo la gira de este disco y el show fue espectacular.
En Foreign affair podeis encontrar grandes exitos como The best (creo que esta cancion fue #1 en toda Europa y aun se escucha seguido en las radios), Steamy windows, otro gran exito al igual que I don't wanna lose you, que tambien fue #1 aqui en España, Be tender with me baby fue otro sencillo muy oido.
Mis canciones preferedias de este disco son The best, Ask me how I feel, Steamy windows, Undercovered agent, Look me in the heart, Falling like rain y Not enough romance in this world.
Tina muestra su gran habilidad y fuerza en este disco y me gusta mucho porque vuelve a sus raices en algun sentido como es el ejemplo de Undercovered agent.
Yo creo que All the best esta muy bien en el sentido de tener sus grandes canciones pero junto a este, son la pareja perfecta.
Ole shiquilla!!!.
February 10, 2005This is one of Tina's best albums and my favorite from the 80's not that Private Dancer isn't great too. I never even knew this album existed until 2001, when I was trying to find out what album the original version of 'Simply the Best' was on. We'll I'm glad I found this. Another rarity that Amazon.com had.
May 14, 2004| | | Very classy, remains as modern today as it was in 1989 | |
This is quite possibly Tina Turner's best solo album. Yes, "private Dancer" was a successful comeback album but it was a mixed bag of good and bad tracks. Next came "Break Every Rule" which was fun but commercial sounding. However, in 1989, she blessed us all with this very impressive album full of tracks that remain as fresh today as they did back in 1989. Tina moved away from the commercial synthesizer sound that featured on her previous two albums.
This album's highlights include the very impressive title track which I am surprised wasn't a massive hit single. It's that good. If you get a chance, check out the video for it on her "Simply the Best" DVD. Another great track on this album is "Steamy Windows" a cover of a great R&B classic. Tina makes it her own. The very catchy "I Don't Wanna Lose You" is also included on this album. The big hit single "The Best" is included on this album (probably my least favourite) but the song has its moments.
Even for semi- Tina fans, this is the album to get out of all her albums. Yet sadly overlooked on its initital release in 1989. January 4, 2004
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