Love Explosion (album)

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Love Explosion

Studio album by Tina Turner

Released

March 1979

Recorded

1979

Genre

Pop, disco, rock, soul

Length

36:05

Tina Turner chronology

Rough
(1978)

Love Explosion
(1979)

Private Dancer
(1984)

Singles from Love Explosion

"Music Keeps Me Dancin'"
Released: 1979
"Love Explosion"
Released: 1979
"Backstabbers"
Released: 1979

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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 Livsey, David Courtney, Richard Niles	3:35
4.	"Music Keeps Me Dancin'"	Lenny Macaluso, Pat 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
Emmanuel "Manu" Roche - percussion
George Young, Lawrence Feldman, Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone
Lew Delgatto - baritone saxophone
Barry Rogers, David Taylor, Tom Malone, Wayne Andre - trombone
Alan Rubin, Randy Brecker - trumpet
George Marge - oboe
Arthur Simms, Stephanie de Sykes, Stevie Lange, Vicki Brown - background vocals
The Pat Halling String Ensemble - strings
Georges Rodi - synthesizer programming

Production

Produced by Alec R. Costandinos
Mike Ross-Trevor, Scott Litt, Geoff Calver, Peter R. Kelsey - engineers
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: Claude Mougin

References

↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-explosion-mw0000842339

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! Love Songs

Videography	Tina Turner Live: Nice 'N' Rough Tina Live: Private Dancer Tour One Last Time Live in Concert All the Best – The Live Collection Tina Live

Tours	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

Related articles	Discography Awards Ike & Tina Turner I, Tina What's Love Got to Do with It

Book:Tina Turner

Tina Turner singles

Acid Queen	"Baby Get It On" "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" "Addicted to Love" "Tonight" "A Change Is Gonna Come" "634-5789"

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"

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

Wildest Dreams	"GoldenEye" "Whatever You Want" "On Silent Wings" "Missing You" "Something Beautiful Remains" "In Your Wildest Dreams"

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

All the Best	"Open Arms" "Complicated Disaster"

Guest singles	"Ball of Confusion" "Tonight" "It's Only Love" "Tearing Us Apart" "It Takes Two" "Cose della vita - Can't Stop Thinking of You" "Teach Me Again"

Book:Tina Turner

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