Description
Tina Turner – Simply The Best / Capitol Records Audio CD 1991 / C2 97152
UPC 077779715220
Simply the Best is the first greatest hits compilation by Tina Turner, released on October 22, 1991, by Capitol Records.
The album includes Turner's most popular hits since her comeback in the early mid-1980s. It also includes three new songs that were previously unreleased: "Love Thing" (UK Airplay No. 13), "I Want You Near Me" (No. 22 UK), and "Way of the World" (UK Airplay No. 6 and UK No. 13) as well as a re-recorded dance version of Turner's classic "Nutbush City Limits", all of which were also issued as singles in 1991 and 1992. The album is Turner's biggest seller in the UK where it sold 2.1 million copies. It was certified 8× platinum in the UK and stayed on the UK charts for over 140 weeks. The album sold over 7 million copies worldwide.
The compilation was released with a different track listing in the US with the songs "Addicted to Love (Live)" and "Be Tender with Me Baby" being replaced by "What You Get Is What You See" and "Look Me in the Heart". In Australia, a limited edition of the album was also released and features a five-track bonus disc. It includes a re-recording of "The Best" as a duet with Jimmy Barnes, which was retitled "(Simply) The Best" and was released as a single, as well as a fourth new song called "I'm a Lady", which was released in other regions as the B-side to "Love Thing".
| Label: | Capitol Records – C2 97152 |
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| Format: |
CD, Compilation
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| Country: | Canada |
| Released: |
1991 |
| Genre: | Electronic, Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop |
| Style: | House, Rhythm & Blues, Pop Rock, Soul, Synth-pop |
Tracklist:
| 1 |
Tina Turner– | The Best |
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4:08 |
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| 2 | Tina Turner– | Better Be Good To Me |
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3:38 |
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| 3 | Tina Turner– | I Can't Stand The Rain | 3:42 |
| 4 | Tina Turner– | What's Love Got To Do With It | 3:48 |
| 5 | Tina Turner– | I Don't Wanna Lose You |
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4:18 |
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| 6 | Tina Turner– | Nutbush City Limits (The 90's Version) |
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3:42 |
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| 7 | Tina Turner– | What You Get Is What You See | 4:26 |
| 8 | Tina Turner– | Let's Stay Together |
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3:37 |
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| 9 | Tina Turner– | River Deep - Mountain High |
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3:38 |
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| 10 | Tina Turner– | Steamy Windows | 4:03 |
| 11 | Tina Turner– | Typical Male | 4:15 |
| 12 | Tina Turner– | We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) | 4:14 |
| 13 | Tina Turner– | Private Dancer |
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4:00 |
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| 14 | Tina Turner– | Look Me In The Heart | 3:39 |
| 15 | Tina Turner Duet With Rod Stewart– | It Takes Two |
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4:11 |
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| 16 | Tina Turner– | I Want You Near Me | 3:52 |
| 17 | Tina Turner– | Way Of The World |
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4:24 |
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| 18 | Tina Turner– | Love Thing |
| 4:27 |
- Backing Vocals – Albert Hammond (tracks: 5), Cy Curnin (tracks: 2), Dan Hartman (tracks: 14), Glenn Gregory (tracks: 8), Graham Lyle (tracks: 5), Holly Knight (tracks: 5), King's House School Choir (tracks: 12), Lance Ellington (tracks: 1, 14), Martyn Ware (tracks: 8), Terry Britten (tracks: 4, 16), Tessa Niles (tracks: 1, 4, 6, 11, 14, 16), Tina Turner (tracks: 2, 5, 17)
- Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards – Dan Hartman (tracks: 1)
- Backing Vocals, Saxophone, Organ, Tambourine – Tim Cappello (tracks: 17, 18)
- Bass – Bob Feit (tracks: 17, 18), Carmine Rojas (tracks: 10, 14), Carol Kaye (tracks: 9), Greg Mathieson (tracks: 5), John Illsley (tracks: 13), T.M. Stevens (tracks: 1)
- Bass Guitar – Bernard Edwards (tracks: 15)
- Bass, Backing Vocals – Terry Britten (tracks: 11, 12)
- Bass, Drums – Terry Britten (tracks: 7, 16)
- Bass, Keyboards, Percussion, Backing Vocals – Rupert Hine (tracks: 2)
- Drums – Art Wood (2) (tracks: 1), Earl Palmer (tracks: 9), Geoff Dugmore (tracks: 5), Graham Broad (tracks: 3, 12), Graham Jarvis (tracks: 4), J.T. Lewis (tracks: 10, 14), Jack Bruno (tracks: 17, 18), James Gordon (tracks: 9), Phil Collins (tracks: 11), Rave Calmer (tracks: 15), Terry Williams (3) (tracks: 13), Trevor Morais (tracks: 2)
- Electric Guitar – Pat Thrall (tracks: 1)
- Electric Piano, Organ – Dan Hartman (tracks: 10)
- Electric Upright Bass – Jimmy Bond (tracks: 9)
- Engineer, Mixed By – Chris Lord-Alge (tracks: 17), John Hudson (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 11, 12)
- Executive Producer – Roger Davies
- Flute, Soloist – Philippe Saisse (tracks: 14)
- Guitar – Barney Kessel (tracks: 9), Don Peake (tracks: 9), Gene Black (tracks: 1, 5, 17, 18), Hal Lindes (tracks: 13), James Ralston (tracks: 1, 5, 17, 18), Jamie West-Oram (tracks: 2), Jeff Golub (tracks: 15), Phil Palmer (tracks: 6), Ray Russell (tracks: 8), Terry Britten (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 16)
- Horns – Jeff Bova (tracks: 10, 14), Steve Hamilton (tracks: 6)
- Keyboards – Alan Clark (tracks: 13), Billy Livsey (tracks: 4), Casey Young (tracks: 5), Chuck Kentis (tracks: 15), Nick Glennie-Smith (tracks: 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 16, 17), Ollie Marland (tracks: 17, 18), Phil Ashley (tracks: 1), Philippe Saisse (tracks: 1), Richard Cottle (tracks: 6)
- Keyboards, Strings – Elliot Lewis (tracks: 1)
- Lead Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Harmonica, Bass – Tony Joe White (tracks: 10)
- Mandolin – Graham Lyle (tracks: 7)
- Mixed By – John Hudson (tracks: 16)
- Percussion – Charlie Morgan (tracks: 12), Frank Capp (tracks: 9), Frank Ricotti (tracks: 8), Gene Estes (tracks: 9), Julian Diggle (tracks: 13), Simon Morton (tracks: 4)
- Piano – Harold Battiste (tracks: 9), Kenny Moore (tracks: 17, 18), Larry Knechtel (tracks: 9)
- Piano, Synthesizer – Nick Plytas (tracks: 8)
- Producer – Dan Hartman (tracks: 1, 10, 14), Terry Britten (tracks: 3, 4, 7, 11, 12, 16)
- Rhythm Guitar – Eddie Martinez (tracks: 10, 14)
- Saxophone – Edgar Winter (tracks: 1), Gary Barnacle (tracks: 5, 8, 10), James Horn* (tracks: 9), Mel Collins (tracks: 13), Plas Johnson (tracks: 9), Tim Cappello (tracks: 11, 12, 14, 16)
- Saxophone, Soloist – Jimmy Roberts (tracks: 15)
- Slide Guitar, Guitar – Neil Taylor (tracks: 10)
- Soloist, Electric Guitar – Jeff Beck (tracks: 13)
- Trumpet – John Thirkell (tracks: 6), Roy Caton (tracks: 9)
