Private Dancer

This article is about the Tina Turner album. For songs of this name and other uses, see Private dancer.
Private Dancer

Standard cover art (original CD edition pictured)
Studio album by Tina Turner
Released May 29, 1984 (1984-05-29)
Recorded 1983–1984
Genre
Length 44:02
Label Capitol
Producer
Tina Turner chronology
Love Explosion
(1979)		 Private Dancer
(1984)		 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
(1985)
Singles from Private Dancer
  1. "Let's Stay Together"
    Released: 7 November 1983
  2. "Help!"
    Released: 25 February 1984
  3. "What's Love Got to Do with It"
    Released: 4 June 1984
  4. "Better Be Good to Me"
    Released: 12 September 1984
  5. "Private Dancer"
    Released: October 28, 1984 (US)
    17 February 1985 (UK)
  6. "I Can't Stand the Rain"
    Released: 1 March 1985
  7. "Show Some Respect"
    Released: 4 May 1985

Private Dancer is the fifth solo studio album by recording artist Tina Turner. Marking her debut with the record company, it was released by Capitol Records in May 1984. Recording sessions for the album took place at several studios in England and was overseen by four different production teams, including Rupert Hine, and Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh of Heaven 17. A radical departure from the rhythm and blues sound Turner had performed with her former husband and performing partner Ike Turner, the tracks in the album are a mixture of uptempos and ballads, which are basically inspired by pop and rock genres; it also features elements of smooth jazz and R&B. Worldwide record sales have topped 25 million.[1]

After several challenging years of going solo after divorcing Ike, Private Dancer propelled Turner in becoming a viable solo star, as well as one of the most marketable crossover singers in the recording industry. It became a worldwide commercial success, earning multi-platinum certifications in Australia, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. To date, it remains her best-selling album in North America. Private Dancer produced seven singles, including "What's Love Got to Do with It", "Better Be Good to Me", "Private Dancer", and "Let's Stay Together". Positively received by critics on release for Turner's ability to give energy and raw emotion to slickly produced professional pop/rock songs; its long term legacy is that the softening of her raw Southern soul style produced a "landmark" in the "evolution of pop-soul music".[2] The album was promoted throughout 1985 in a 177 date worldwide tour called the Private Dancer Tour.

Background and production

A&R man John Carter of Capitol Records is credited with relaunching the career of Tina Turner in the 1980s.[3] In 1983, despite opposition from within Capitol, he signed her and managed her first album for the label, Private Dancer. The album itself was produced in England using several different producers.[2]

"Let's Stay Together" was produced by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh of British band Heaven 17. Terry Britten produced the reggae-tinged "What's Love Got to Do with It". Rupert Hine produced "Better Be Good to Me", which had been written by Holly Knight, Mike Chapman, and Nicky Chinn, and most of the other songs.[4] John Carter produced "Private Dancer", which was written by Mark Knopfler and has a guitar solo by Jeff Beck. "Ball of Confusion", a cover of The Temptations song which was Turner's first collaboration with the B.E.F. (British Electric Foundation)/Heaven 17 production team and part of their collaborative 1982 album Music of Quality and Distinction Volume One was not included on the Private Dancer album. A recording of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" from the same sessions would re-appear in remixed form on B.E.F.'s Music of Quality and Distinction Volume Two in 1991. "Help!" was recorded with The Crusaders.

Release

The album was released on 29 May 1984 and became an outstanding commercial success. Private Dancer has been certified 5 × Platinum (5 million[5]) in the United States and sold around 250,000 copies each week for two months. Worldwide the album has been estimated to have sold over 20 million copies.[6]

The album produced a number of highly successful singles including "What's Love Got to Do with It" which went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for three weeks. At the 1985 Grammy Awards, Private Dancer won four of the six awards for which it was nominated. No less than seven of the album's ten tracks (nine in the U.S.) were released as singles: "Let's Stay Together", which was a UK Top 10 hit and a US Top 30 hit; "Help!"; "What's Love Got to Do with It"; "Better Be Good to Me"; "Private Dancer"; "I Can't Stand the Rain" and "Show Some Respect" (1985).

In 1997, EMI, the parent label of Capitol Records, released a digitally remastered Centenary Edition of the Private Dancer album on CD, then including four additional demo tracks recorded in late 1983 and early 1984 with the producer John Carter, first released as B-sides to some of the Private Dancer singles, as well as three extended 12" remixes. The album remains the only Tina Turner studio album to have been re-issued in digitally remastered form.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Robert ChristgauA-[8]

The critical reviews of the album were positive. The Los Angeles Times reviewer felt that her voice "melts vinyl".[9] Debby Miller, in a July 1984 Rolling Stone review, felt that the album was a powerful comeback, with Turner's voice "rasping but strong", and a range of songs that were all good in a "modern rock setting" that was "neither detached nor very fussy".[4] Robert Christgau felt that she was able to deliver with honesty the "middlebrow angst of contemporary professional songwriting" and remain in control of an album with four different production teams to give it a "seamless authority".[10]

Tour

Main article: Private Dancer Tour

A 177 date tour to promote the album took place from February 8, 1985 to December 28, 1985. Called the Private Dancer Tour, there were 60 shows in Europe, 105 in North America, 10 in Australia, and 2 in Japan. Opening acts in North America included Glenn Frey and Mr. Mister. As well as songs from the album, Turner performed hits from her time with Ike & Tina, such as "River Deep – Mountain High", "Nutbush City Limits", and "Proud Mary".

Legacy

Alex Henderson, in a retrospective AllMusic review, says that the album was slicker than her R&B classics recorded with Ike & Tina, but she was still able to sing with a throaty passion to deliver her finest solo production.[11] Stephen Holden has written in The New York Times that by using her English producers to soften her raw Southern soul style, discarding the "blaring horns, frenzied percussion and gospel calls and responses", the album became a "landmark" in the "evolution of pop-soul music".[2]

Michael Lydon, in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, says that the album's lyrical themes embodied her persona of a "tough, sexy woman schooled in a tough world", and that her vocal delivery overcomes the slick production, with her "indomitable soul" unifying the multiple producers.[12] In 1989, the album was ranked #46 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 100 Greatest Albums of the '80s. In 2003, the TV network VH1 named Private Dancer the 95th greatest album of all time. Slant Magazine listed the album at #63 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s" saying "Both a personal liberation and sonic redemption, Private Dancer established Turner not only as a genuine diva, but a bona fide force of nature".[13]

Track listing

Original US vinyl/cassette edition

Side one
  1. "I Might Have Been Queen" (Hine, Obstoj) – 4:10
  2. "What's Love Got to Do with It" (Britten, Lyle) – 3:49
  3. "Show Some Respect" (Britten, Shifrin) – 3:18
  4. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:41
  5. "Better Be Good to Me" (Chapman, Chinn, Knight) – 5:10
Side two
  1. "Let's Stay Together" (Green, Jackson, Mitchell) – 5:16
  2. "1984" (Bowie) – 3:09
  3. "Steel Claw" (Brady) – 3:48
  4. "Private Dancer" (Knopfler) – 7:11

Original international edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Might Have Been Queen"  Jeanette Obstoj, Rupert Hine, Jamie West-Oram4:10
2."What's Love Got to Do with It"  Terry Britten, Graham Lyle3:48
3."Show Some Respect"  Britten, Sue Shifrin3:18
4."I Can't Stand the Rain"  Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard Miller3:41
5."Private Dancer"  Mark Knopfler7:11
6."Let's Stay Together"  Willie Mitchell, Al Green, Al Jackson, Jr.5:16
7."Better Be Good to Me"  Holly Knight, Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman5:11
8."Steel Claw"  Paul Brady3:48
9."Help!"  John Lennon, Paul McCartney4:30
10."1984"  David Bowie3:09

Remastered editions

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[14] 7
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[15] 1
Canadian Albums (The Record)[16] 1
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[17] 3
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18] 5
French Albums (SNEP)[19] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20] 2
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14] 46
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[21] 2
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[22] 5
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 7
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 3
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 2
US Billboard 200[26] 3
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27] 1
Chart (2015) Peak
position
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[28] 10

Year-end charts

Chart (1984) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[29] 17
Canadian Albums (RPM)[30] 8
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[31] 9
French Albums (SNEP)[32] 71
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[33] 17
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[34] 27
Norwegian Autumn Period Albums (VG-lista)[35] 6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] 6
UK Albums (OCC)[37] 18
US Billboard 200[38] 39
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[38] 11
Chart (1985) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[39] 1
Canadian Albums (RPM)[40] 28
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[41] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[42] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[43] 15
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[44] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[45] 16
US Billboard 200[46] 5
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[47] 2
Chart (1986) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[48] 78

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[49] 2× Platinum 140,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[50] 7× Platinum 700,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[51] Gold 33,464[51]
France (SNEP)[52] Gold 108,400[53]
Germany (BVMI)[54] 5× Gold 1,250,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[55] Platinum 15,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[56] Platinum 100,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[57] 3× Platinum 900,000^
United States (RIAA)[58] 5× Platinum 5,000,000^
Summaries
Worldwide 25,000,000[6]

^shipments figures based on certification alone

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
1985 "Better Be Good to Me" Best Female Rock Vocal Performance
1985 "What's Love Got to Do with It?" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
1985 "What's Love Got to Do with It?" Record of the Year
1985 "What's Love Got to Do with It?" Song of the Year

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "Passings: Bill Summers, John S. Carter, Ruth C. Cole". Los Angeles Times 24 May 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  4. 1 2 Debby Miller (5 July 1984). "Tina Turner: Private Dancer : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  5. ↑ Official Tina Turner Fan Club Biography
  6. 1 2 "'Carter,' Veteran Producer and A&R Exec, Dead at 65". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. May 12, 2011. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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  8. ↑ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=1588&name=Tina+Turner
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  10. ↑ Robert Christgau. "Robert Christgau: CG: Tina Turner". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
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  13. ↑ "The 100 Best Albums of the 1980s | Feature". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
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