Simply The Best is the definitive career retrospective from Tina Turner — one of the most extraordinary and enduring entertainers in the history of popular music. Originally released in 1991, it spent over two years on the UK Albums Chart, achieved multi-platinum certification across the world, and has since established itself as one of the best-selling compilation albums of all time. This 18-track double LP draws on the finest recordings from her remarkable solo career — a career that saw her rise from the ashes of a troubled decade to become one of the most celebrated artists of the 1980s.
Tina Turner's resurgence in the 1980s is one of music's great comeback stories. Following years of personal hardship, she re-emerged in 1983 with a cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" that reached number six in the UK, before the release of Private Dancer (1984) turned her into one of the biggest stars on the planet. "What's Love Got to Do with It" became her first US number one single and won her three Grammy Awards at the 1985 ceremony — including Record of the Year and Song of the Year. The following years produced a string of equally celebrated hits that are all represented here.
The compilation opens with the anthem that bears her name — "The Best" — one of the most rousing and defiant songs in rock history, now inseparable from her legacy. "Private Dancer" is a career-defining ballad of quiet devastation; "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" from the Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome soundtrack was a massive international hit; and the duet with Rod Stewart on "It Takes Two" is a warm, soulful highlight. "Typical Male", "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "Steamy Windows" and "Better Be Good to Me" round out a tracklist that covers every shade of her remarkable talent.
Tina Turner is one of the best-selling artists of all time, with over 200 million records sold worldwide. She won 11 Grammy Awards, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, holds a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and set the record as the first female artist to have a top 40 hit in six consecutive decades in the UK. She passed away on 24 May 2023 — just weeks before this reissue was released — making this pressing a particularly poignant tribute to one of music's greatest ever performers.
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