Anyone know this album?

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Yep

I still can't decide which version of this song is better, hers or Dorothy Moore...

Underrated album, but to me that song was the best thing from it.

That, and "woman in a man`s world"

I have Private Dancer and everything that came after it, but I've never explored her earlier recordings.

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What a conincidence! I was just thinking about starting a thread about this album. I looked up this album because it was her first solo album after breaking from Ike and it seems more of a true indication of the music she wanted to make than her commercial comeback with PD. "Funny..." is an awesome song! It's a willie nelson original right? I also didn't know this was the first cover she did of EJ's "The Bitch is Back", a new version appeared on the EJ tribute album Two Rooms in 1991. Jeez how autobiographical does "Woman in a Man's World" sound? Makes you wonder how much she kept the show together when Ike was strung out.

Overall though I think this album shows Tina was more at home with a gritty sound than the glossy pop she started doing in the 80's and 90's.

Y'all P fans know she's released a live take on "Let's Pretend We're Married"? I love her version of "Addicted to Love" too.

On a side note, has Tina ever penned a lyric?

It's a shame she never did a high budget blockbuster album with duets and a gritty sound. Imagine all the duets and guest she could have attracted... Santana had been wanting to work with her for years before she sang on "Game of Love" (she was replaced anyway by Michelle Branch, Record Company decision I assume). A perfect song for he would have been "It's only Rock 'N Roll (but I like it).

Also, if you find the "Love explosion" album, GRAB IT....

and for the other "post-Ike - pre-What`s love got to do with it" albums....

Turns the country on (1974)

01. Good Hearted Woman
02. If It's All Right With You
03. Stand By Your Man
04. If This Is Our Last Time
05. Loving Him Was Easier
06. Soul Deep
07. We Had it All
08. You Aint Woman Enough
09. Freedom to Stay
10. Lay it Down

Acid queen (1975)

01 - Under My Tumb
02 - Let's Spend The Night Together
03 - Acid Queen
04 - I Can See For Miles
05 - Whole Lotta Love
06 - Baby-Get It On
07 - Bootsey Whitelaw
08 - Pick Me Tonight
09 - Rockin' and Rollin'

I only have "Acid Queen" and "Rough". I've read about the country album from her book, but I've never heard of the other album(Love Explosion) untill right now.

This is when she used to record those "cheap hotel material" as she put it, right?

Harlepolis said:

I only have "Acid Queen" and "Rough". I've read about the country album from her book, but I've never heard of the other album(Love Explosion) untill right now.

This is when she used to record those "cheap hotel material" as she put it, right?

Well, her love explosion has some good songs, but the country album sounds like demos or something, boring...

Isn`t there an album of outtakes or something called "dues paid", are you familiar with it?

This is a pretty good Tina biography:

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The author also give his opinion on all her albums, including the Ike & Tina ones.

His Cher & Bette Midler ones aren't bad either, now do Linda Ronstadt.

Hudson said:

This is a pretty good Tina biography:

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The author also give his opinion on all her albums, including the Ike & Tina ones.

His Cher & Bette Midler ones aren't bad either, now do Linda Ronstadt.

Are you fimiliar with this, too?

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I don't have a good experience with Aretha's bio work, so I'm kinda cagey about reading this one even though I'm really intrested.

SunnySkies said:

Harlepolis said:

I only have "Acid Queen" and "Rough". I've read about the country album from her book, but I've never heard of the other album(Love Explosion) untill right now.

This is when she used to record those "cheap hotel material" as she put it, right?

Well, her love explosion has some good songs, but the country album sounds like demos or something, boring...

Isn`t there an album of outtakes or something called "dues paid", are you familiar with it?

Not fimiliar with it I'm afraid

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Is it any good? As for the "country" album, I remember her saying that she was very proud of the fact that she put all of her effort into it solo without any interference from Ike. Being her 1st solo album and all...

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I haven't read that one but I liked the three I read. They're mostly entertaining for the fans. If you're just a casual reader who's not a fan of her work you would probably be bored with it. I wouldn't recommend the Cher, Bette, or Tina books to people that weren't very interested in their lives and recordings.

Also he has their best interests in mind, I think he only writes about people he loves.

Thats good to hear.

I need to read a bio that has an objective view about Aretha's music, most of the drivel I read focuses on her early Atlantic recordings and huff right pass her early years in Columbia or the later Atlantic/Arista recordings.

There should be information about her albums in there, not full chapters for each one, but if it's like the other three he should cover all of them.

the rough album was ok now her country album is first class

Tina also looked her best after she shortly left Ike

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Although I have them in my collection, I don't care much for either the "Rough" or "Love Explosion" CDs. If anyone's interested, they are both readily available as U.K. imports.