Tina Turner
All the Best
(Parlophone/EMI)
Tina Turner isn't trying anymore. Hasn't been for years, in fact. And here's the proof.
All the Best, the 64-year-old soul-pop icon's two-disc retrospective, comes nearly 15 years after her hits set Simply the Best -- and doesn't improve on it in any significant way.
Sure, you get a few decent '90s soundtrack cuts, duets and singles like Missing You, GoldenEye and Tonight with David Bowie. And you get an old version of Proud Mary.
But calling tepid cuts from 1999's forgettable Twenty Four Seven her "Best" is a stretch. And the trio of new tracks are bland, overproduced throwaways. The rest is a rehash of Simply the Best, from the Private Dancer hits to the Ike and Tina oldies and the dated '90s synth-pop.
Call it Mostly the Best -- And a Lot of Stuff That Simply Isn't.
Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Nutbush City Limits
2. What You See is What You Get
3. Missing You
4. Open Arms
5. The Best
6. River Deep Mountain High
7. When The Heartache Is Over
8. Lets Stay Together
9. I Don't Wanna Fight
10. Whatever You Need
11. I Can't Stand The Rain
12. GoldenEye
13. I Don't Want To Lose You
14. Great Spirits
15. Proud Mary
16. Addicted to Love
Disc 2:
1. In Your Wildest Dreams
2. Private Dancer
3. Why Must We Wait
4. Typical Male
5. Tonight (with David Bowie)
6. Complicated Disaster
7. On Silent Wings
8. Something Special
9. We Don't Need Another Hero
10. Its Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
11. Cose Della Vita (with Eros Ramazotti)
12. Steamy Windows
13. Paradise is Here
14. Whats Love Got To Do With It
15. Better Be Good To Me
16. Two People
17. Something Beautiful Remains