Track Listing
1. I Might Have Been Queen
2. Private Dancer
3. Let's Stay Together
4. Better Be Good to Me
5. Steel Claw
6. Help
7. 1984
8. I Wrote a Letter
9. Rock 'N' Roll Widow
10. Don't Rush the Good Things
11. When I Was Young
12. What's Love Got to Do With It? - (Extended Version)
13. Better Be Good to Me - (Extended Version)
14. I Can't Stand the Rain - (Extended Version)
15. What's Love Got to Do With It?
16. Show Some Respect
17. I Can't Stand the Rain
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Cy Curnin, Glenn Gregory, Jeff Beck, Joe Sample, Martyn Ware, Ray Russell, Rupert Hine, Wilton Felder | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Tina Turner (vocals); Terry Britten (guitar, background vocals); Jeff Beck, Ray Russell, David Walker (guitar); Wilton Felder (saxophone, bass); Gary Barnacle (saxophone); Joe Sample (piano, synthesizer); Rubert Hine (keyboards, bass, programming, background vocals); Nick Glennie Smith (keyboards); Greg Walsh (synthesizer, programming); John Illsley (bass); Terry Williams, Ndugu Chancler (drums); Simon Morton, Frank Ricotti (percussion); Martyn Ware (programming, background vocals); David Ervin (programming); Cy Curnin, Tessa Niles, Glen Gregory, Gwen Evans, Jessica Williams, Alex Brown (background vocals).
Producers include: Rupert Hine, Terry Britten, Joe Sample, Wilton Felder, Ndugu Chancler.
Engineers include: John Hudson, Greg Walsh, F. Byron Clark.
U.K. remaster adds seven songs.
In 1984, Tina Turner mounted one of the greatest comebacks in music history. Coming after many years without a hit, PRIVATE DANCER proved to be a monster seller for Turner, spawning three smash singles. At 45 years old, Turner was a superstar-again.
PRIVATE DANCER is the strongest album of Turner's career. The infectious "What's Love Got to Do With it" became an MTV staple. The title track, written by Mark Knopfler, features Jeff Beck on guitar. Beck truly shines on the rockin' "Steel Claw," where he delivers a blistering solo. Turner lends her distinctive, throaty vocals to Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" and David Bowie's "1984." Bonus tracks abound on this deluxe reissue. The rocker "I Wrote a Letter" finds Turner proclaiming that her lover can "make a white girl sing the blues." "Rock N Roll Widow" is a tender tale of a wife left lonely while her musician husband is on the road. "Don't Rush the Good Things" is an up-tempo number that stresses the importance of enjoying life. "When I Was Young" is a non-repentant look back on Turner's wild years. PRIVATE DANCER is a fantastic effort by one of the premier female rockers.
Editorial Reviews
Ranked #47 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s survey.
Rolling Stone
4 Stars - Excellent - ...Turner never gives less than total commitment to the songs...Grammy awards soon followed the album's release...elevating Turner to the status of one of pop's foremost divas...
Q (10/01/1995)
Rolling Stone Ranked #47 in Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums Of The 80s survey.
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