Tina Turner Albums Ranked

Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939) is an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Known as The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Turner rose to prominence as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as a solo performer. Turner is noted for her energetic stage presence, powerful vocals, trademark legs, and career longevity. Having sold over 100 million records, Turner is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. She has won 12 Grammy Awards, which include eight competitive awards, three Grammy Hall of Fame awards, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Turner was the first black artist and first female to cover Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone ranked her among the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Turner has her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the St. Louis Walk of Fame. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Ike Turner in 1991 and is a 2005 recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. Here are all of Tina Turner albums ranked.

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10. Tina Turns The Country On (1974)

“There are many highlights here including covers of “I’m Moving On”, “If You Love Me (Let Me Know)”, “Help Me Make It Through The Night”, and “Don’t Talk Now”. However, the standout jewel is Tina’s soaring rendition of Dolly Parton’s “There’ll Always Be Music”. That song was recorded by Dolly and Porter Wagoner for one of their duet albums and is forgotten by most Dolly fans. Written by Miss Parton, that song was actually written the same week as “I Will Always Love”! Tina, like Whitney Houston after her, actually makes this Dolly-penned song her own. It’s sung beautifully by Tina and you can hear Tina’s ardent faith in her vocals.”

9. The Collected Recordings (Sixties To Nineties) (1994)

“The version on the soundtrack is great – as the song is awesome, but in the films opening credits, there is a quite different mix. Both mixes need to be out. As is the same with many of her songs: there needs to be a complete collection featuring all the different mixes.”

8. Twenty Four Seven (1999)

“I have been a fan of Tina’s since “Private Dancer”, TWENTY FOUR SEVEN ranks at the very top of her work. From the declaration statement song: WHATEVER YOU NEED, to the “I’ll get over you song”: WHEN THE HEARTACHE IS OVER, to the tenderly kissed song: FALLING; the queen can’t help herself, she knows how to sing a song. The one song that I cannot get out of my head is the “classic” style (sans Ike) Tina: TWENTY FOUR SEVEN. For some reason that song reminds me of the every lasting “Proud Mary.” It thumps, jumps and proves that Ms Turner has a long way to go. She also provides with the angry yet womanly side of her with the “You have not changed”: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING’S CHANGED and the “Why don’t you just leave”: GO AHEAD.”

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7. Simply The Best (1991)

“This is a great compilation if you don’t feel like skipping around All the Best, her two disc greatest hits, for songs. You get all the staples and hits and roughly 7 or 8 tracks from the Private Dancer album. That just goes to show you how big of a record that baby was. Besides the basic TINA, you get some rockin’ newer songs such as Love Thing and Way of the World. Love Thing is about the most rock n’ roll song I’ve heard her sing! Tina’s hard rockin’ through her hits on this album.”

6. Tina Live In Europe (1988)

“”Tina live in Europe” contains her biggest hits live as a solo singer (without Ike) and it also contains duets with: David Bowie, Eric Clapton, Bryan Adams and Robert Gray. There’s a section on cd2 where Tina sings old classics such as “A change is gonna come” and “Midnight hour”. Tina delivers her best in songs like: “Help”, “Let’s stay together”, “Two people”, “A change is gonna come” and other ballads. But she also rocks with songs like: “Show some respect”, “Proud Mary”, “Typical male”, “Addicted to love” (a classic on Tina’s concerts) and “Better be good to me”.

5. What’s Love Got To Do With It? (1993)

“This soundtrack is fabulous. It has such a wide variety of her music. It covers a great range of her songs from her earliest stuff with Ike to some of her earlier stuff when she just got started on her own. The duets with Ike though were re-recorded without him and have the newer, richer sound to them. Personally, I think I like them better. If you’ve seen the movie and like the music, I strongly suggest getting this album”

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4. Wildest Dreams (1996)

“Every album from Tina gives us something different from her previous one..think this is why her popularity has remained so huge over the years. This album is fantastic, from the big singles Goldeneye, Whatever You want and On Silent Wings, but for me it’s the album tracks on here that make it so special. Something Beautiful Remains is lovely, All Kinds Of People is a classic Tina track that is just so catchy! But the biggie on here for me has always been Dancing In My Dreams – it’s heavenly!!!! Beautiful instrumentation and sung with haunting emotion.”

3. Break Every Rule (1986)

“”Typical Male” opens the album with a strongly synthesized orchestrated dance-funk number-as is the title song while “What You Get Is What You See” is an electronic honky tonk style country/soul dance number. “Two People” is a slow burning,creamy reggae/pop-jazz style number-same as with the slightly more upbeat “Till The Right Man Comes Along”-which brings in a Willie Mitchell/Al Green style Southern soul flavor back into the mix. “Afterglow” is a stripped down and sensuous smooth funk groover. “Girls” and the closing “I’ll Be Thunder’ are dynamic,arena friendly progressive pop/rock numbers. “Break Every Rule” has a bluesier feel from Bryan Adams. “Overnight Sensations” delivers a rockabilly style country/blues type riff via Knopfler. “Paradise Is Here” is a dramatic rock/gospel number.”

2. Foreign Affair (1989)

“The album will always be known for the song “The Best” a Major hit worldwide, and a great song in its own right to. But it would be wrong to just listen to that one, because of all the gems here. I already mentioned 3 of them, but “Look me in the heart” and “Undercover Agent for the Blues” and “I dont wanna lose you” are sweet too. Tina`s voice is at the top here. The songs are catchy rock at its best,the band is top notch and the songs are very well written. These songs are radio friendly songs that also can be played over and over again, they are eternal. Foreign Affair is a great song to play while driving with windows up and wind blowing in your hair.”

1. Private Dancer (1984)

“Private Dancer shows Tina’s diverse talents. Musical styles such as reggae (What’s Love) to rock (Better Be Good To Me, Steel Claw), R&B (Let’s Stay Together, without its success Private Dancer never would have happened, I Can’t Stand The Rain, and Show Some Respect), pop (Private Dancer, Help), and New Wave (1984) are represented here, and Tina masters them all with her soulful sexual raspy vocal delivery.”