Private Dancer

by Tina Turner

Overview

In 1984, a 45-year-old Tina Turner made one of the most amazing comebacks in the history of American popular music. A few years earlier, it was hard to imagine the veteran soul/rock belter reinventing herself and returning to the top of the pop charts, but she did exactly that with the outstanding Private Dancer. And Turner did so without sacrificing her musical integrity. To be sure, this pop/rock/R&B pearl is decidedly slicker than such raw, earthy, hard-edged Ike & Tina classics as "Proud Mary," "Sexy Ida," and "I Wanna Take You Higher." But she still has a tough, throaty, passionate delivery that serves her beautifully on everything from the melancholy, reggae-influenced "What's Love Got to Do With It" to the gutsy "Better Be Good to Me" to heartfelt remakes of the Beatles' "Help," Al Green's "Let's Stay Together," and David Bowie's "1984." A reflection on the emptiness of a stripper's life, the dusky title song is as poignant as it is depressing. Without question, this was Turner's finest hour as a solo artist. ~ Alex Henderson

Product Details

Release Date:	03/14/2000
Label:	Capitol / Parlophone
UPC:	0724385583322
Rank:	3831

Tracks

1. I Might Have Been Queen
2. What's Love Got to Do with It
3. Show Some Respect
4. I Can't Stand the Rain
5. Private Dancer
6. Let's Stay Together
7. Better Be Good to Me
8. Steel Claw
9. Help
10. 1984
11. I Wrote a Letter
12. Rock 'N' Roll Widow
13. Don't Rush the Good Things
14. When I Was Young
15. What's Love Got to Do with It
16. Better Be Good to Me
17. I Can't Stand the Rain

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tina Turner   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist,Vocals (Background)
B.E.F.   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Martyn Ware   Guest Artist,Synthesizer,Electronic Drums,Vocals (Background)
Glenn Gregory   Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Wilton Felder   Guest Artist,Bass,Saxophone,Guitar (Bass)
Joe Sample   Guest Artist,Piano,Synthesizer
Jeff Beck   Guest Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Ray Russell   Guest Artist,Guitar
Mark Knopfler   Guest Artist
Cy Curnin   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Rupert Hine   Guest Artist,Bass,Keyboards,Percussion,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Jessica Williams   Vocals (Background)
Nevil "Breeze" McKreith   Guitar
King's House School Choir   Choir/Chorus
Terry Britten   Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background),Guitar
Tommy Mandel   Keyboards
Graham Jarvis   Drums,Oberheim Synthesizer
Frank Ricotti   Percussion
Jamie West-Oram   Guitar,Vocals
John Carter   Percussion
John McGeoch   Guitar,Vocals
Nick Glennie-Smith   Keyboards
Alex Brown   Vocals (Background)
David Ervin   Synthesizer
Julian Diggle   Percussion
James Ralston   Guitar,Vocals
Bob Feit   Guitar (Bass)
Paul Jones   Harmonica
Carter   Percussion
David Baptiste   Saxophone
Nathaniel Augustin   Trombone
Kenny Moore   Piano,Vocals
Canute Wellington   Trumpet
Frank Riccotti   Percussion
Richie Zito   Guitar
Dave Taylor   Bass
The Hereafter   Vocals
Gwen Evans   Vocals (Background)
Mel Collins   Saxophone
Mickey Curry   Drums
David Bowie   Vocals,Featured Artist
Tim Cappello   Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone,Percussion
Hal Lindes   Guitar
Nick Plytas   Piano,Synthesizer
Alan Clark   Keyboards,Percussion
Trevor Morais   Drums
Simon Morton   Percussion
Keith Scott   Guitar
Holly Knight   Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Gary Barnacle   Saxophone
Graham Broad   Drums,Percussion
Charlie Morgan   Drums,Percussion
Tessa Niles   Vocals (Background)
Terry Williams   Drums
Billy Livsey   Keyboards
Ian Craig Marsh   Synthesizer
Gene Black   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
David T. Walker   Guitar
John Illsley   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Jack Bruno   Drums
Charles Fearing   Guitar
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Drums

Technical Credits

Christian Wright   Engineer,Digital Remastering
Michael Donald Chapman   Producer
Jeanette Obstoj   Composer
Neil Gammack   Composer
John Carter   Producer,Producer,Producer
Graham Jarvis   Drum Programming
Joe Sample   Producer
Humberto Gatica   Producer,Remixing,Remix Engineer
Jamie West-Oram   Composer
Mark Knopfler   Composer
Rupert Hine   Composer,Producer,Programming,Percussion Programming
Mike Chapman   Composer,Producer
Ann Peebles   Composer
Iggy Pop   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Geoff Pesche   Remastering Engineer
John S. Carter Jr.   Producer
David Ervin   Programming,Synthesizer Programming
Alan Yoshida   Mastering Engineer
Jeannette Obstoj   Composer
William Mitchell   Composer
Mark Chapman   Composer
D. Briggs   Composer
Jim Vallance   Producer,Composer
Prince   Composer
Daniel McCulloch   Composer
Martyn Ware   Engineer,Producer,Programming,Drum Programming,Arranger
Nicky Chinn   Composer
Sue Shifrin   Composer
Inga Rumpf   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Tom Kelly   Composer
Tom Snow   Composer
David Bowie   Composer
Wilton Felder   Producer
Al Green   Composer
David Cullen   Arranger,String Arrangements
Danny McCulloch   Composer
Holly Knight   Composer
Willie Mitchell   Composer
Ray Staff   Mastering Engineer
Terry Britten   Composer,Producer
James Osterberg   Composer
Paul Brady   Composer
Stephen W. Tayler   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Bernard Miller   Composer
Bob Clearmountain   Producer
Billy Steinberg   Composer
Ian Craig Marsh   Arranger,Engineer,Producer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Don Bryant   Composer
Barry Jenkins   Composer
Donald Bryant   Composer
F. Byron Clark   Engineer
Eric Burdon   Composer
Carter Lewis   Producer
Graham Lyle   Composer
Greg Walsh   Arranger,Engineer,Producer,Programming
Victor Briggs   Composer
John Hudson   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
John Weider   Composer
Walter Samuel   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
John Lennon   Composer
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler   Producer