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Tina Turner: Foreign Affair

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Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1989.09.13
Time:
 52:26
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.officialtina.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2000.04.04
Price in €: 10,99



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[1] Steamy Windows (Tony Joe White) - 4:03
[2] Best (M.Chapman / H.Knight) - 5:28
[3] You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What) (Tony Joe White) - 3:45
[4] Undercover Agent for the Blues (Tony Joe White / L. White) - 5:20
[5] Look Me in the Heart (T. Kelly / B. Steinberg) - 3:42
[6] Be Tender with Me Baby (A. Hammond / H. Knight) - 4:18
[7] You Can't Stop Me Loving You (A. Hammond / H. Knight) - 4:00
[8] Ask Me How I Feel (A. Hammond / H. Knight) - 4:46
[9] Falling Like Rain (D. Munday / S. Stewart) - 4:03
[10] I Don't Wanna Lose You (A. Hammond / G. Lyle) - 4:20
[11] Not Enough Romance (Dan Hartman) - 4:04
[12] Foreign Affair (Tony Joe White) - 4:27

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


TINA TURNER - Arranger, Background Vocals

DAN HARTMAN - Organ, Synthesizer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Background Vocals, Moog Synthesizer, Drum Programming
GREG MATHIESON - Synthesizer Bass
LANCE ELLINGTON - Background Vocals
ALBERT HAMMOND - Background Vocals, Shaker
RUPERT HINE - Bass, Keyboards, Background Vocals, Drum Programming
HOLLY KNIGHT - Background Vocals
ESSRA MOHAWK - Songwriter
SANDY STEWART - Background Vocals
TONY JOE WHITE - Guitar, Harmonica, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer Bass
PHILLIP ASHLEY - Organ, Synthesizer, Flute, Piano, Strings, Keyboards, Bass Programming
GARY BARNACLE - Saxophone
GENE BLACK - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
JEFF BOVA - Organ, Strings, Horn, Synthesizer Bass
TIMMY CAPPELLO - Saxophone
DANNY CUMMINGS - Conga, Shaker
GEOFF DUGMORE - Drums
EDGAR WINTER - Saxophone
NICK GLENNIE-SMITH - Strings, Keyboards, Drum Programming, Synthesizer Bass, Bell Tree
MARK KNOPFLER - Guitar
ELLIOT LEWIS - Flute, Strings, Keyboards
J.T. LEWIS - Drums
GRAHAM LYLE - Background Vocals
EDDIE MARTINEZ - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar
DAVID MUNDAY - Background Vocals
TESSA NILES - Background Vocals
PHIL PALMER - Guitar
JAMES RALSTON - Rhythm Guitar
CARMINE ROJAS - Bass, Bass Guitar
PHILIPPE SAISSE - Flute, Chimes, Keyboards, Slap Bass
T.M. STEVENS - Bass, Bass Guitar
NEIL TAYLOR - Guitar, Slide Guitar
PAT THRALL - Guitar, Slide Guitar, Chugg
ART WOOD - Drums
CASEY YOUNG - Keyboards

DAN HARTMANN - Producer
TINA TURNER - Producer
ROGER DAVIES - Arranger, Producer, Management
GRAHAM LYLE - Producer
ALBERT HAMMOND - Producer
TONY JOE WHITE - Producer
RUPERT HINE - Producer

CHRIS LORD-ALGE - Engineer, Mixing
NICK FROOME - Engineer
ANDREW SCARTH - Engineer
MIKE GING - Engineer
TOMMY VICARI - Engineer
 

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1989 CD Capitol 91873
1989 CD Capitol CDP 7 91873 2
1989 CS Capitol 40002
1989 CS Capitol 91873
1996 CD Alliance 91873
1991 CS Alliance 91873

THE BEST - GRAMMY NOMINATION: Best rock vocal performance, female (89)



Turner's last studio album for Capitol was produced by the late Dan Hartman of "Instant Replay" disco fame; however, this was not a retro seventies-style album. This set was comprised of twelve mature, middle range, adult rock and pop songs. Turner tackled rock on "Steamy Windows" and "The Best" -- the latter a universal hit. She created fine club tracks such as "Falling Like Rain," "I Don't Wanna Lose You" and "Look Me In The Heart." Still, she cooled down long enough for a couple of gutbucket ballads in "Be Tender With Me Baby" and "Ask Me How I Feel." The most interesting cut was the scorching return to Turner's Delta roots on the flawless "Undercover Agent for the Blues" -- one of the finest pop-blues perfomances since B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone." Despite the slight musical style variations, the whole project was wrapped in an enticing pop style which gave it buoyancy and synthesis.

Bill Carpenter - All Music Guide



Foreign Affair von 1989 war ein weiterer Meilenstein für Tina Turner nach ihrer Loslösung von Ike, dem Ehewüterich und dem darauffolgenden Karriereknick. Die vier Songs von Swamp-Fox Tony Joe White ragen hier meilenweit heraus, so das nervöse und schmuddelige "Steamy Windows", das dahinschleichende "Undercover Agent For The Blues" mit seinen gemeinen Südstaaten-Gitarrenriffs und natürlich der Titelsong selbst, auf dem Mark Knopfler neben White die Gitarre bedient. Auf diesen soulig rockenden Songs kommen ihre gesanglichen Fähigkeiten und ihre Katzenhaftigkeit perfekt herüber. Die restlichen Nummern sind zum Teil etwas gelackt und überproduziert, speziell das grelle "The Best". Aber, was soll's? Diese Nummer mit ihrem hymnischen Charakter wurde zu Tinas größtem Hit bis dato. Von Albert Hammond ("It Never Rains In Southern California", Ihr erinnert Euch?) und Graham Lyle stammt das entspannte "I Don't Wanna Lose You". Für die Zukunft wäre Tina vielleicht gut beraten, etwas erdigere, abgespecktere Songs mit geringerem Verfallsdatum zu bringen.

Ravi Unger - Amazon.de



Zwölf Songs, produziert von fünf Teams, Perlen darunter, aber auch Hänger. Vier Arbeiten von Oldie Albert Hammond, aber nur eine wirklich gute - You Can't Stop Me Loving You. Viermal Tony Joe White, aber nur in Steamy Windows kriegt die Diva Whites legendären Swamp-Sound annähernd hin. Super: Under- cover Agent For The Blues - so blue war Tina noch nie. * Klang.: 15-18

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In gewisser Weise hat Tina Turner ihren Stil gefunden: frische Midtempo- Rocker und gefühlvolle Balladen als ideale Plattform für ihren fordernden, lockenden, zornigen und auch mal schalkhaft auftrumpfenden Gesang: dazu ein Team renommierter Produzenten, Komponisten und Instrumentalisten. All diese Voraussetzungen erfüllt "Foreign Affair" in gleichem Maße wie das sensatio- nelle "Private Dancer" (1984) und der ebenfalls respektable Nachzieher "Break Every Rule" (1986)- mit einer Ausnahme: Es fehlen diesmal die wirk- lich herausragenden Songs. Statt Autoren der obersten Gewichtsklasse wie Mark Knopfler, Paul Brady, Heaven 17 oder Rupert Hine spitzten Leichtgewichte wie Albert Hammond, Dan Hartman und Tony Joe White die Feder. Das Ergebnis ist gediegener Main- stream, phantastisch gesungen natürlich, aber deswegen eben noch lange keine große Rockmusik. Technofuchs Rupert Hine etwa hält sich als Produzent von "Falling Like Rain" mit den für ihn typischen Sound-Ideen auffällig zurück. Und Mark Knopfler, der als Lieferant von "Private Dancer" die zweite Karriere der Soul-Lady nicht unwesentlich förderte, spielt hier nur im Titelstück eine dezente Gi- tarre. Immerhin kommunizierte Tina Turner im Studio diesmal nicht mit fertigen In- strumentalbändern wie bei den letzten Alben, sondern mit einer leibhaftigen Band - und das kommt ihrer stimmlichen Form sichtlich zugute. Und mit den beiden Tony-Joe-White-Kompositionen "Steamy Windows" und "Undercover Agent For The Blues" finden sich dann doch zwei wunderbar transparente und gitar- renorientierte Songs, die den Mainstream-Einheitsbrei auffrischen. ** Interpret.: 05-08 **Klang.: 07-08

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"Tina Turner in vokaler Bestform."

H. Kepler in Stereo 12/89:



"Featuring a number of songs by swamp rocker Tony Joe White, who also contributes some typical grungy guitar licks, the album is more rooted in blues than anything Turner had done in years, but its sound is grounded in contemporary rock. Her singing is more ebullient, her throaty moans deeply felt and sincere."

ROLLING STONE ALBUM GUIDE ***1/2
 

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STEAMY WINDOWS

I was thinking about parking the other night
We was out on a back road
Me and my baby was just getting right
All our systems on overload
Radio blasting in the front seat
Turning out the music fine
And we was snuggled up in the back seat
Making up for lost time

Steamy windows
Zero visibility
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat

You can wine and dine with a man all night
With good intent
But there is something about a confrontation on a back road
Breaks down the difference

Steamy windows
Zero visibility
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat

Steamy windows
Ain't nobody can see
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat
There's a sound outside the front door
And I know that's just the wind
And it makes him snuggle up just a little bit closer
And start things happening again

Steamy windows
Ain't nobody can see
Steamy windows
Coming from the body heat


THE BEST

I call you when I need you, my heart's on fire
You come to me, come to me wild and wild
When you come to me
Give me everything I need
Give me a lifetime promises and a world of dreams
Speak a language of love like you know what it means
And it can't be wrong
Take my heart and make it strong baby

You're simply the best, better than all the rest
Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met
I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every word you say
Tear us apart, baby I would rather be dead

In your heart I see the star of every night and every day
In your eyes I get lost, I get washed away
Just as long as I'm here in your arms
I could be in no better place

You're simply the best, better than all the rest
Better than anyone, anyone I've ever met
I'm stuck on your heart, and hang on every word you say
Tear us apart, baby I would rather be dead

Each time you leave me I start losing control
You're walking away with my heart and my soul
I can feel you even when I'm alone
Oh baby, don't let go


YOU KNOW WHO (IS DOING YOU KNOW WHAT)

I heard some news this morning
And it almost devastated me
It hit my heart without a warning
The story is on the street
I overheard a conversation it was all about you
I can't believe what they're saying baby, it better not be true

They say you know who is doing you know what
How am I supposed to feel
You know who is doing you know what
I thought our love was real

They say you can't believe everything you hear
But you've got me feeling insecure
I thought you and I had a good thing going
Now baby I'm not so sure
I'm gonna have mixed emotions when I see you tonight
I’m afraid I see the true story when I look in your eyes

They say you know who is doing you know what
Baby I've got to know
You know who is doing you know what
I don't wanna let you go

I don't wanna be jumping to conclusions
I would rather keep my trust in you
Is your love for me just an illusion
Baby tell me is it true

You know who is doing you know what
I've got to keep my courage up
You know who is doing you know what
Are you gonna turn your back on love


UNDERCOVER AGENT FOR THE BLUES

He was my lover, he was working undercover
The fellow knew all of the moves
He really had me romping, bare footing stomping
He just kept igniting my fuse
He was blinded by the blackness of my long silk stocking
He would rock me with an optical illusion
And this ain’t how I thought it'd be
He just kept on keeping me in a state of total confusion

He took me for a ride
And rattled me down to my shoes
But I found out
He was an undercover agent for the blues

He never really needed love from any direction no
I was just an innocent bystander
He just kept getting kinkier, hook, line and sinker
Just too hot to handle

He took me by storm
It must have been a season for the fools
So bad
He was an undercover agent for the blues

He took me for a ride
And rattled me down to my shoes
But i found out
He was an undercover agent for the blues


LOOK ME IN THE HEART

Last night we tried to touch but we never got close
Last night we tried to talk, the words got caught in our throats
When we finally fell asleep
We couldn’t have been further apart

Look me in the heart
If you think that love is blind
Baby look me in the heart
And you’ll see that I’m so crazy about you baby
And it’s not in my mind
Can’t you look me in the heart
Look me in the heart

You try to say that I’m hiding from you
You act like a spy always looking for clues
You’ve read about my past
But why don’t we try to make a new start

Look me in the heart
If you think that love is blind
Baby look me in the heart
And you’ll see that I’m so crazy about you baby
And it’s not in my mind
Can’t you look me in the heart
Look me in the heart

Remember how good we used to be together
Remember baby, so be tender baby
Remember the love we said would last forever
I know we can make it like that again


BE TENDER WITH ME BABY

You got the right to tell me it's all over
It isn't like me to be begging you
Don't let go, don't let go
Just stay with me another day
When I'm not myself please understand me
I'm so confused I don't know what to do
But don't give up, don't give up
It just may take a little time

Be tender with me baby
I'm so affraid you'll go away
Be tender with me baby
Always, for always

I know that you've been patient with my weakness
And that you hate to see me cry
But I know, yes I know
I doesn't have to be this way
But I'm so lonely I could die

Be tender with me baby
I'm so affraid you'll go away
Be tender with me baby
Always, for always

Why does my heart keep hurting
Why do I feel like I do
I hope you see this is not really me
That it's just a phase that I'm going through


YOU CAN'T STOP ME LOVING YOU

You can run and you can hide
You can tell me you're untrue
You can play around with my feelings
Say you found somebody new
But there's one thing you can't do
You can't stop me loving you

You know I love you baby
Why do you treat me this way
I don't deserve this kind of treatment
And I'd have been so good like a lover should
And I'd have loved you anyway

You can run and you can hide
You can tell me you're untrue
You can play around with my feelings
Say you found somebody new
But there's one thing you can't do
You can't stop me loving you

You're gonna drive me crazy honey
Why are you so blind
Cool, aw you think you're so cool now, baby
But you just can't see all the love in me
When I give you all the time

I know I'm gonna be fine
You ain't gonna pull my chain
I ain't gonna change my mind

How do you feel baby
I bet you feel real tall
Why did you leave your manhunt, honey
When I give you love and it's not enough
And you try to make me look small


ASK ME HOW I FEEL

Oh I’m waiting in the storm, ask me how I feel
When things are going wrong, why don’t you ask me how I feel
The night is awful cold, ask me how I feel
You’re much too loose to hold, why don’t you ask me how I feel

I close my eyes to follow you
To my surprise you’re so untrue
And I’m crying, I’m dying

Oh I’m waiting in the storm, ask me how I feel
When you keep me hanging on, why don’t you ask me how I feel
The waters run so deep, ask me how I feel
When i don’t get any sleep, why don’t you ask me how I feel

And when you’re down you lean on me
You’re a fool, too blind to see
That I’m crying, I’m dying

Oh I’m waiting in the storm, why don’t you ask me how I feel
What the hell is going on, why don’t you ask me how I feel
When you stay out late at night, ask me how I feel
When you think that i’m uptight, why don’t you ask me how I feel oh

You don’t treat me tender no matter what I do
But I'm the great pretender

I’m waiting in the storm, ask me how I feel
What the hell is going on?
When you stay out late at night
You never ask me how I feel, you just say that I'm uptight
When you're down, I do for you
And now I find that you're untrue


FALLING LIKE RAIN

Really brings me down, I don’t know how
That you can say you’re not my kind
Couldn’t find a cloud for miles around
Why do you change your story line
It all goes gray again sometimes I don’t know when
To come out of the storm
It feels like forty days and forty nights I’ve been
Beating on your door

I’m falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I’m coming down around ya
I will always think about you

My sentimental ways don’t seem to phase you
I don’t ever wanna force your hand
If you met me one time, just half the way
I could meet you where you are
Just meet me where I am
Cause every now and then you’ve gotta drive right in
Deeper than deep
You take a chance and then you give the wheel a spin
Anyone can see

I’m falling like rain
Oh I, I love ya, love ya, love ya
Falling like rain
Oh I, I’m coming down around ya
I will always think about you


I DON'T WANNA LOSE YOU

Women of a certain age
They learn to rely and judge all his responses
Having played the mating game
She doesn't waste time cause all that she wants is
Really honest emotions
Ones he can't help but show
Though I hardly know your name
I know about love and I know

I don't wanna lose you
I don't even wanna say goodbye
I just wanna hold on
To this true love, true love

Women who have made mistakes
Are a little affraid, they don't like taking chances
She will play the waiting game
She's never impressed by those manly advances
I know I've only just met you
Maybe I should know better
But when you look at me that way
There's something inside that's so right

I don't wanna lose you
I don't even wanna say goodbye
I just wanna hold on
To this true love, true love
I don't wanna lose you
And I always wanna feel this way
Cause everytime I'm with you
I feel true love, true love

Tell me you're real
You're not pretending
Let's make a deal
My heart's depending on you


NOT ENOUGH ROMANCE

Should've never made eye contact
Should've been a heart of stone
When you stopped me to say hello
Would've been twice as easy
To just say no
Cause I don’t wanna lose at love again
But as a couple we were quite handsome
And the moon was out that night
So we let our hearts go dancing
If that thing is missing in my life

There’s not enough romance in this world
There’s not enough romance in this world
There’s too many people thinking only of themselves
You gotta give love for its return

Wanna sing about new lovers
Stand up against the odds
Nothing can change a thing that strong
And myself I know my emotions
I got my love to share
And when you need something so tender
What you’re looking for is so rare

There’s not enough romance in this world
There’s not enough romance in this world
You gotta believe in what your heart tells you is right
And i’m here to say that i believe in love

We take a lot of chances playing some foolish games
But that’s the only price that you gotta pay
We gotta keep believing hungry hearts run free
Everybody needs a good loving
It’s anything you want it to be


FOREIGN AFFAIR

A one in a million chance
You know the moment that you crossed over the line
A casual glance
No one has to read between the lines
In the south of France it was spring time
Special feelings come alive
There's romance in the air, so they say
Love could be a small cafe away

Love is a piece of cake
And making love is all there is to eat
It's a heart out of a lamb
When yoy start to feel forever in a kiss
But you must remember there's no point of refuge
You only have a part in a lover's play
And you could be the one left in the dark
If someone takes a shortcut to your heart

All too soon you're touching for the last time
No one has to tell you how it is
It's just a memory two people share
File it under foreign affair

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