Love Explosion (album)

Love Explosion is Tina Turner's fourth solo album, released in March 1979 on the EMI label in the UK, Ariola Records in West Germany and United Artists in the United States. It was her second solo album to be released after she left husband Ike Turner and the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. The album features heavy influences of funk and disco.

Overview

Love Explosion was recorded in Europe and produced by one of the leading characters in French disco at the time, Alec R. Costandinos, who had worked with bands like Love And Kisses and Cerrone and also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1978 movie Thank God It's Friday. Love Explosion and its three singles, "Love Explosion" and "Music Keeps Me Dancin'" (both disco-oriented) and a mid-tempo cover of The O'Jays' 1972 soul classic "Back Stabbers", had minor success on the US and European charts. The album failed to receive any certifications and her record labels would part ways with her, making this Turner's last album on EMI (UK) or United Artists Records (US).

The album's track listing also includes two soulful ballads, "I See Home" and "Just A Little Lovin'", the latter originally recorded by Dusty Springfield on her 1969 album Dusty in Memphis. Love Explosion, just like the preceding Rough, was re-issued on CD by EMI in the early 1990s but is currently out of print.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love Explosion"	Lenny Macaluso, Pat Summerson	5:55
2.	"Fool For Your Love"	Leo Sayer, Michael Omartian	3:24
3.	"Sunset on Sunset"	Billy Livsley, David Courtney, Richard Niles	3:35
4.	"Music Keeps Me Dancin'"	Macaluso, Summerson	3:49
5.	"I See Home"	Allee Willis, David Lasley	5:19
6.	"Backstabbers"	Leon Huff, Gene McFadden, John Whitehead	3:34
7.	"Just a Little Lovin'"	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	3:12
8.	"You Got What I'm Gonna Get"	Chris Bennett, Molly-Ann Leikin	3:08
9.	"On the Radio"	Victor Carstarphen	3:49

Personnel

Tina Turner - vocals
Jean-Claude Chavanat - guitar
Tony Bonfils - bass
Bernard Arcadio - keyboards
André Ceccarelli - drums
Manu Roche - percussion
George Young, Laurence Feldman, Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
Lew Delgatto - baritone saxophone
Barry Rogers, Dave Taylor, Tom Malon, Wayne Andre - trombone
Alan Rubin, Randy Brecker - trumpet
George Marge - oboe
Arthur Simms, Stephanie de Sykes, Stevie Lange, Vickie Brown - background vocals
The Pat Halling String Ensemble - strings

Production

Produced by Alec R. Costandinos
Arranged and conducted by Raymond T. Knehnestky
Remixed at Trident Studios, London by Peter R. Kelsey
"Love Explosion" and "Sunset on Sunset" recorded at Trident Studios, London
"On the Radio" remixed at Red Bus Studios, London
Design: RIA Images
Photography: Calude Mougin

Tina Turner

Studio albums	Tina Turns the Country On! Acid Queen Rough Love Explosion Private Dancer Break Every Rule Foreign Affair Wildest Dreams Twenty Four Seven

Live albums	Tina Live in Europe VH1 Divas Live '99 Tina Live

Soundtracks	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome What's Love Got to Do with It

Compilations	Simply the Best The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties All the Best Tina! The Platinum Collection Love Songs

Videography	Private Dancer Tina Live: Private Dancer Tour Break Every Rule starring Tina Turner Rio '88 Do You Want Some Action! Live from Barcelona 1990 Simply The Best - The Video Collection What's Love Live Live In Amsterdam - Wildest Dreams Tour One Last Time Live in Concert Celebrate! The Best Of Tina Turner All the Best – The Live Collection Tina Live

Tours	Australian Tour The Tina Turner Show European Tour 1984 World Tour Private Dancer Tour Break Every Rule World Tour Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour What's Love? Tour Wildest Dreams Tour Twenty Four Seven Tour Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour

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Tina Turner singles

Acid Queen	"Baby Get It On" (with Ike Turner) "Whole Lotta Love" "Acid Queen"

Rough	"Viva La Money" "Root, Toot Undisputable Rock 'n Roller" "Sometimes When We Touch" "Night Time Is the Right Time"

Love Explosion	"Love Explosion" "Back Stabbers" "Music Keeps Me Dancin'"

Private Dancer	"Let's Stay Together" "Help!" "What's Love Got to Do With It" "Better Be Good to Me" "Private Dancer" "I Can't Stand the Rain" "Show Some Respect"

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" "One of the Living"

Break Every Rule	"Typical Male" "Back Where You Started" "Two People" "Girls" "What You Get Is What You See" "Break Every Rule" "Paradise Is Here" "Afterglow"

Tina Live in Europe	"Nutbush City Limits (Live)" "Addicted to Love (Live)" "Tonight (Live)" (with David Bowie) "A Change Is Gonna Come (Live)" "634-5789 (Live)" (with Robert Cray)

Foreign Affair	"The Best" "I Don't Wanna Lose You" "Steamy Windows" "Look Me in the Heart" "Foreign Affair" "Be Tender with Me Baby"

Simply the Best	"Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)" "Way of the World" "Love Thing" "I Want You Near Me" "(Simply) The Best" (with Jimmy Barnes)

What's Love Got to Do with It	"I Don't Wanna Fight" "Disco Inferno" "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" "Proud Mary (1993 Version)"

Wildest Dreams	"GoldenEye" "Whatever You Want" "On Silent Wings" "Missing You" "Something Beautiful Remains" "In Your Wildest Dreams" (with Barry White)

Twenty Four Seven	"When the Heartache Is Over" "Whatever You Need" "Don't Leave Me This Way" "Talk to My Heart"

All the Best	"Open Arms" "Complicated Disaster"

Guest singles	"Ball of Confusion" (with B.E.F.) "Tonight" (with David Bowie) "It's Only Love" (with Bryan Adams) "Tearing Us Apart" (with Eric Clapton) "It Takes Two" (with Rod Stewart) "Cose Della Vita" (with Eros Ramazzotti) "Teach Me Again" (with Elisa)

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