Foreign Affair

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Foreign Affair
Foreign Affair cover
Studio album by Tina Turner
Released September 13, 1989 (U.S.)
Genre Pop, Rock, Soul
Length 52:16
Label Capitol
Professional reviews
Tina Turner chronology
Tina Live in Europe
(1988)		 Foreign Affair
(1989)		 Simply the Best
(1991)
Singles from Foreign Affair
  1. "The Best"
    Released: 02 September 1989
  2. "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
    Released: 18 November 1989
  3. "Steamy Windows"
    Released: 17 February 1990
  4. "Foreign Affair"
    Released: 05 May 1990
  5. "Look Me In The Heart"
    Released: 11 August 1990
  6. "Be Tender With Me Baby"
    Released: 13 October 1990

Foreign Affair is the seventh solo album by Tina Turner, released on Capitol Records in 1989. Although the album did not perform as well as Private Dancer and Break Every Rule in the U.S., it was a world-wide hit, selling over 6 million copies[1]. This made Foreign Affair, mainly produced by the late Dan Hartman, another great hit album for Tina Turner and her solo career, topping most of the European albums charts. In Europe it also spun off no less than six highly successful single releases; "The Best", "Steamy Windows", "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "Foreign Affair", "Look Me In The Heart" and "Be Tender With Me Baby". The album included four tracks written by Tony Joe White, besides "Steamy Windows" and the title track also "You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)" and "Undercover Agent For The Blues" and four by Albert Hammond; "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "Be Tender With Me Baby", "You Can't Stop Me Loving You" and "Not Enough Romance".

While the album failed to crack the top 30 of the U.S. Billboard 200, Foreign Affair hit #1 on the UK Top 75 and sold over 200,000 copies in its 1st week.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

Side A

  1. "Steamy Windows" (White) – 4:03
  2. "The Best" (Chapman, Knight) – 5:28
  3. "You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)" (White) – 3:45
  4. "Undercover Agent For The Blues" (White, White) – 5:20
  5. "Look Me In The Heart" (Kelly, Steinberg) – 3:42
  6. "Be Tender With Me Baby" (David, Hammond) – 4:18

Side B

  1. "You Can't Stop Me Loving You" (David, Hammond) – 4:00
  2. "Ask Me How I Feel" (Hammond, Knight) – 4:46
  3. "Falling Like Rain" (Munday, Stewart) – 4:03
  4. "I Don't Wanna Lose You" (Hammond, Lyle) – 4:20
  5. "Not Enough Romance" (Hammond, Lyle) – 4:04
  6. "Foreign Affair" (White) – 4:27

[edit] Production

[edit] Chart Performance

Album

Chart (1989) Position
Austrian Albums Chart 1
German Albums Chart 1
Norwegian Albums Chart 1
Swedish Albums Chart 1
Swiss Albums Chart 1
UK Albums Chart 1
Dutch Albums Chart 6
US Billboard 200 Chart 31
US Billboard R&B Chart 83


Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Steamy Windows" Hot Dance Music/Club Play 13
1989 "Steamy Windows" The Billboard Hot 100 21
1989 "The Best" Mainstream Rock Tracks 6
1989 "The Best" The Billboard Hot 100 15
1989 "Look Me In The Heart" Adult Contemporary 4
1989 "Foreign Affair" Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks 39
1989 "Foreign Affair" The Billboard Hot 100 33
1990 "I Don't Wanna Lose You Adult Contemporary 8

[edit] References

  1. ^ New York Times - 30 June 2007: Foreign Affairs sales of 6 million
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