Lora's Album Review - 4/13

[lora]

Tina Turner
Simply The Best
1991

A lot of my favorite Tina songs came after the release of this compilation, so I'm a little disappointed. But it's not a bad collection.

1. The Best
One of my favorite songs of Tina's. Everything on the track just really pulls together and her vocals are great.

2. Better Be Good To Me
This one is mediocre. The drums are really cool and the chorus sounds great, but the verses are just sour. That's the only word I can think of to describe it.

3. I Can't Stand The Rain
By far, the best version I've heard of this song. I can actually sit and listen to it. Other times it's really annoying and, well, just bad.

4. What's Love Got To Do With It
A lot of people would say this is overplayed, but I have never gotten tired of it yet. Love the keyboards in this and Tina's vocals are great. And of course there's the lyrics...

5. I Don't Wanna Lose You
Very good. The lyrics are excellent and I love the saxophone.

6. Nutbush City Limits (The 90's Version)
I've never even heard the 60's version. I've got a feeling I would like it better. This one is a dance mix. Ew.

7. What You Get Is What You See
This first verse totally rocks. I love it.

8. Let's Stay Together
Interesting take on the Al Green classic.

9. River Deep - Mountain High
Even though this song is good, this recording is a little rough around the edges.

10. Steamy Windows
Excellent bass and drums on this song. Like it.

11. Typical Male
From the song title, I would've thought this was a song of female empowerment and independence. Damn it! It's not. I'd like it a lot better if it were, but the song itself is decent.

12. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Another favorite of mine. And no, I never saw the movie.

13. Private Dancer
I had a friend in middle school who used to do an impression of Tina Turner singing this song. It was so hilarious...

14. Look Me In The Heart
A little repetitive.

15. It Takes Two duet with Rod Stewart
I was hoping Hot Legs would be on here! But this is a decent substitute.

16. I Want You Near Me
One of the weakest songs on here. It just doesn't do much for me.

17. Way Of The World
The lyrics of this are a lot like the previous song. I don't care much for this one either.

18. Love Thing
Excellent guitar on this song, but that's about the best thing on this track.

[SAT-I need more room!!]

Boy this is just typical-the one song by Tina I can tolerate, Better Be Good to Me, you call mediocre! LOL!

Actually, the best thing I have EVER heard from her is It's Only Love with Bryan Adams. It was on his album, which is why it doesn't show up on her collections.

6. This was covered on Seger's Live Bullet album.

15. I am assuming this is a cover of Marvin & Kim's song?

Although I'm not a big fan, I have memories of hearing these songs on top 40 radio, especially number 12.

Nice review!

[lora]

SAT-Sissy's said:

Boy this is just typical-the one song by Tina I can tolerate, Better Be Good to Me, you call mediocre! LOL!

Actually, the best thing I have EVER heard from her is It's Only Love with Bryan Adams. It was on his album, which is why it doesn't show up on her collections.

6. This was covered on Seger's Live Bullet album.

15. I am assuming this is a cover of Marvin & Kim's song?

Although I'm not a big fan, I have memories of hearing these songs on top 40 radio, especially number 12.

Nice review!

Typical, huh?

15. Yes, it sure is. I don't know any other songs by the name actually.

And I'm sure you've heard a lot of number 4 also.

[Ken]

SAT-Sissy's said:

Boy this is just typical-the one song by Tina I can tolerate, Better Be Good to Me, you call mediocre! LOL!

Actually, the best thing I have EVER heard from her is It's Only Love with Bryan Adams. It was on his album, which is why it doesn't show up on her collections.

6. This was covered on Seger's Live Bullet album.

15. I am assuming this is a cover of Marvin & Kim's song?

Although I'm not a big fan, I have memories of hearing these songs on top 40 radio, especially number 12.

Nice review!

Very well done Lora

It took me quite awhile to get used to Tina's voice. I do like a few of her tunes - The original version of "Nutbush" is very good so if you get the chance you should have a listen to it.

Why they need to stick these remixes on is a real mystery to me , anyway other faves include River Deep , The Best and Better Be Good To Me.

[Laura--I wuv u all :)]

SAT-Sissy's said:

Boy this is just typical-the one song by Tina I can tolerate, Better Be Good to Me, you call mediocre! LOL!

I like quite a few of her songs, including that one. The other day, though, I had the TV on the '80s satellite music channel and they were playing that--and it was the SHORT version! That made me so mad I couldn't even listen to it all the way through! What a ripoff! Why do record companies always put out shorter versions of songs? ? From what I've read, the artists don't approve of it either!

[lora]

Ken said:

Very well done Lora

It took me quite awhile to get used to Tina's voice. I do like a few of her tunes - The original version of "Nutbush" is very good so if you get the chance you should have a listen to it.

Why they need to stick these remixes on is a real mystery to me , anyway other faves include River Deep , The Best and Better Be Good To Me.

Better Be Good To Me has grown on me a little more with each listen, but initially I wasn't too impressed. And I liked River Deep, but the recording here sounded almost like a bootleg the quality was so poor.

[lora]

Laura--Jonathan's said:

I like quite a few of her songs, including that one. The other day, though, I had the TV on the '80s satellite music channel and they were playing that--and it was the SHORT version! That made me so mad I couldn't even listen to it all the way through! What a ripoff! Why do record companies always put out shorter versions of songs? ? From what I've read, the artists don't approve of it either!

Shortening songs just takes away from it so much. If a song were like seven or eight minutes long (or more) I would understand. But songs nowadays are so short, it's not gonna kill airtime too much to play a longer number.

[Pete70s]

Lora said:

I liked River Deep, but the recording here sounded almost like a bootleg the quality was so poor.

If it's the original version from '66, then what you are hearing is the Phil Spector "Wall Of Sound".

[lora]

Pete70s said:

If it's the original version from '66, then what you are hearing is the Phil Spector "Wall Of Sound".

I'm not familiar with it. What does that mean?

[Dawn]

Nice review, Lora!

So many of these songs bring back memories of my high school days. I wasn't familiar with Tina until I heard 'What's Love Got to Do With It' back in '84, which I loved from first listen. 'Let's Stay Together' and 'Typical Male' are also excellent.

I agree about 'River Deep Mountain High' - the recording does seem a little unpolished.