Simply the Best (album)

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Simply the Best
Simply the Best cover
Greatest hits by Tina Turner
Released 1991
Recorded 1966-1991
Genre Pop, R&B
Label Capitol
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4.5/5 stars [1]
Tina Turner chronology
Foreign Affair
(1989)		 Simply The Best
(1991)		 What's Love Got to Do with It
(1993)
Singles from Simply the Best
  1. "It Takes Two (duet with Rod Stewart)"
    Released: 1990
  2. "Nutbush City Limits (The 90's Version)"
    Released: 1991
  3. "Way Of The World"
    Released: 1991
  4. "Love Thing"
    Released: 1992
  5. "I Want You Near Me"
    Released: 1992

Simply the Best is the name of Tina Turner's 1991 "best of" compilation album of her most popular hits since her comeback in the early 1980s. It also included three new songs "Love Thing", "I Want You Near Me", "The Way Of The World" as well as a re-recorded dance version of "Nutbush City Limits", all of which were also issued as singles in 1991 and 1992. The album is Turner's biggest seller in the UK, and the 58th biggest selling album of all time in the UK[1]. Simply The Best was in the UK album chart for 383 weeks. The album sold 10 million copies worldwide[2].

The compilation was released with different track listings in the U.S. and the rest of the world. On the U.S. edition the tracks "Addicted To Love" (Live) and "Be Tender With Me Baby" were replaced by "What You Get Is What You See" and "Look Me in the Heart".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Best" (7" Edit) (Chapman, Knight) - 4:10
  2. "What's Love Got To Do With It?" (Britten, Lyle) - 3:50
  3. "I Can't Stand The Rain" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) - 3:44
  4. "I Don't Wanna Lose You" (Hammond, Lyle) - 4:18
  5. "Nutbush City Limits" (The 90's Version) (Turner) - 3:44
    • Original version appears on Ike & Tina Turner 1973 album Nutbush City Limits
  6. "Let's Stay Together" (7" Edit) (Green, Jackson, Mitchell) - 3:39
  7. "Private Dancer" (7" Edit) (Knopfler) - 4:01
  8. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (7" Edit) (Britten, Lyle) - 4:14
  9. "Better Be Good To Me" (7" Edit) (Chapman, Chinn, Knight) - 3:40
  10. "River Deep-Mountain High" (Original 1966 version) (Barry, Greenwich, Spector) - 3:37
    • From 1966 Ike & Tina Turner album River Deep - Mountain High
  11. "Steamy Windows" (White) - 4:02
  12. "Typical Male" (Britten, Lyle) - 4:14
  13. "It Takes Two" (duet with Rod Stewart) (Moy, Stevenson) - 4:13
  14. "Addicted to Love" (Live - Single Mix) (Palmer) - 5:04
  15. "Be Tender with Me Baby (David, Hammond) - 4:17
  16. "I Want You Near Me" (Britten, Lyle) - 3:53
    • Previously unreleased recording
  17. "Way Of The World" (Hammond, Lyle) - 4:19
    • Previously unreleased recording
  18. "Love Thing" (Hammond, Knight) - 4:28
    • Previously unreleased recording

U.S. Version

  1. "The Best" (7" Edit) (Chapman, Knight) - 4:10
  2. "Better Be Good To Me" (7" Edit) (Chapman, Chinn, Knight) - 3:40
  3. "I Can't Stand The Rain" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) - 3:44
  4. "What's Love Got To Do With It?" (Britten, Lyle) - 3:50
  5. "I Don't Wanna Lose You" (Hammond, Lyle) - 4:18
  6. "Nutbush City Limits" (The 90's Version) (Turner) - 3:44
    • Original version appears on Ike & Tina Turner 1973 album Nutbush City Limits
  7. "What You Get Is What You See" (Britten, Lyle) - 4:28
  8. "Let's Stay Together" (7" Edit) (Green, Jackson, Mitchell) - 3:39
  9. "River Deep-Mountain High" (Original 1966 version) (Barry, Greenwich, Spector) - 3:37
    • From 1966 Ike & Tina Turner album River Deep - Mountain High
  10. "Steamy Windows" (White) - 4:02
  11. "Typical Male" (Britten, Lyle) - 4:14
  12. "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" (7" Edit) (Britten, Lyle) - 4:14
  13. "Private Dancer" (7" Edit) (Knopfler) - 4:01
  14. "Look Me In The Heart" (Kelly, Steinberg) - 3:41
  15. "It Takes Two" (duet with Rod Stewart) (Moy, Stevenson) - 4:13
  16. "I Want You Near Me" (Britten, Lyle) - 3:53
    • Previously unreleased recording
  17. "Way Of The World" (Hammond, Lyle) - 4:19
    • Previously unreleased recording
  18. "Love Thing" (Hammond, Knight) - 4:28
    • Previously unreleased recording

[edit] Chart Performance

Chart (1991) Peak
Position
Dutch Albums Chart 1
UK Albums Chart 2
Swiss Albums Chart 3
German Albums Chart 4
Swedish Albums Chart 5
Norwegian Albums Chart 6
Austrian Albums Chart 8
Finnish Albums Chart 19
New Zealand Albums Chart 19
Belgium Albums Chart 23
US Billboard R&B Chart 99
US Billboard 200 Chart 113

[edit] References

  1. ^ Everyhit - Best-Selling Albums of All Time (UK)
  2. ^ TSORT Top Selling Albums 1991
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