Tina Turner – Rough LP

Tina Turner – Rough

Tina Turner’s third solo studio album Rough reissued on vinyl and CD for the first time in 20 years. 1978’s Rough saw Turner depart from the high-octane rock and soul sound of previous albums. Recently separated from her husband and musical partner Ike Turner, this album carved a new musical identity blending disco and blues with the opening track “Fruits of the Night” and Bob Segar’s “Fire Down Below.” Billboard dubbed the album as an “adventurous variety of old and new material,” adding that Turner’s “delivery has lost none of its snap and crackle.”

Tina has sold over 200 million records and has had ten UK top ten hit singles and nine UK top 10 albums and was the first female artist to have a top 40 hit in six consecutive decades in the UK. Her albums combined are 20x platinum in the UK and 9x platinum in the US whilst also achieving huge sales throughout the rest of the world. She has won eight Grammy Awards and been nominated for 25. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as part of Ike & Tina Turner and again as a solo act in 2021, has stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and St. Louis Walk of Fame. Her 1988 Break Every Rule tour, broke the world record for the largest paying audience at a solo concert, with 184,000 at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro and Rolling Stone Magazine named her #17 in 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and #63 in 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Tracklist:
1. Fruits of the Night
2. The Bitch is Back
3. The Woman I’m Supposed to Be
4. Viva La Money
5. Funny How Time Slips Away
6. Earthquake & Hurricane
7. Root, Toot Undisputable Rock ‘n’ Roller
8. Fire Down Below
9. Sometimes When We Touch
10. A Woman in a Man’s World
11. Night Time is the Right Time

Label: Parlophone
Released: 1978/2024