Rough (album)
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| Studio album by Tina Turner | |||||
| Released | 1978 | ||||
| Genre | Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul | ||||
| Label | EMI Music/Ariola Records/United Artists | ||||
| Producer | Bob Monaco | ||||
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Rough is Tina Turner's third solo album, released in 1978 on the EMI Music label in the UK, Ariola Records in West Germany and United Artists in the U.S. This was the first solo album she recorded without Ike Turner. Her first two solo albums Tina Turns the Country On (1974) and Acid Queen (1975) were both recorded while she was still married to Turner and a member of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.
The album was made up of rock songs, instead of the soul and R&B music she performed with the revue, but the album was recorded at the height of the disco era and also includes influences from that genre, the opening track "Fruits of the Night" was for example co-written by Giorgio Moroder's longtime collaborator Pete Bellotte. Bob Seger's "Fire Down Below" was later recorded by Bette Midler for the 1979 movie The Rose. Turner would record a second version of Elton John's "The Bitch Is Back" in 1991 on the tribute album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin. Rough just like the four singles released, "Viva La Money", "Root Toot, Undisputable Rock & Roller", "Sometimes When We Touch", a cover of Dan Hill's ballad, and "Night Time Is The Right Time", met with fairly limited commercial success on their release. Rough was however, just like the preceding Acid Queen and the following Love Explosion, a clear indication on which direction Turner wanted to take her career, combining rock with influences from contemporary pop and dance music.
The album was re-issued on CD by EMI Music in the early 1990's but is currently out of print.
[edit] Track listing
Side A:
- "Fruits Of The Night" (E. & V. Zanki, Pete Bellotte) - 4:05
- "The Bitch Is Back" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 3:30
- "The Woman I'm Supposed To Be" (C. Wade) - 3:10
- "Viva La Money" (A. Toussaint) - 3:14
- "Funny How Time Slips Away" (Willie Nelson) - 4:08
- "Earthquake & Hurricane" (W. Dixon) - 2:30
Side B:
- "Root, Toot Undisputable Rock 'N Roller" (G. Jackson) - 4:29
- "Fire Down Below" (Bob Seger) - 3:13
- "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill, B. Mann) - 3:54
- "A Woman In A Man's World" (H. David, A. P. Jordan) - 2:41
- "Night Time Is The Right Time" (L. Carr) - 6:21
[edit] Personnel and production
Strings and horns arranged by Rick Kellis
Assitant engineer - Phil Moore
Engineer (recording and re-mix) - Roger Harris
Horns - Dennis Faris , Jeff "Dino" Deane , L.A. Horns, The , Rick Kellis
Mastered By - John Golden
Producer - Bob Monaco
Assistant producer - Jill Harris
Strings - The Gerald Lee String Company
Recorded and mixed at Conway Recording Studio, Hollywood
Mastered at Kendun Recorders
[edit] External Link
Youtube Video showing Tina Turner performing "The Woman I'm Supposed to Be" [1]
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