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Tina Turner Private Dancer Turns 30

by Music-News.com on May 12, 2015

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Warner Music have announced the release of a very special 30th anniversary edition of Private Dancer, the breakthrough solo album of the world’s most loved singers and performers, Tina Turner.

Originally released in June 1984, Private Dancer features hits from the eight Grammy Award winning artist including ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’, ‘Better Be Good To Me’, ‘Private Dancer’ and ‘Let’s Stay Together’. Private Dancer ‘ 30th Anniversary Edition will be available on Monday 29 June.

The classic album Private Dancer was a huge global success on its release in 1984 and went multi-platinum in several countries including the UK, Australia, Canada, Germany and the US. The album was voted in Rolling Stone’s The 100 Greatest Albums of the 80s and widely considered as one of the greatest comeback albums on the decade.

This special anniversary edition includes the original tracks re-mastered along with a second disc of 12’ mixes, b-sides and three non-album singles, plus the duet with Bryan Adams ‘It’s Only Love’. The collection also features the track ‘Ball Of Confusion’ (That’s What The World Is Today) (with B.E.F.) recorded with Martin Ware from Heaven 17, and which later lead to him producing the lead single from the album ‘Let’s Stay Together’ ‘ a single that soon became the biggest selling 12’ record in American history.

Private Dancer ‘ 30th Anniversary Edition Tracklist
Disc 1 ‘ the classic ‘remastered’ album tracks

1. I Might Have Been Queen
2. What’s Love Got To Do With It
3. Show Some Respect
4. I Can’t Stand The Rain
5. Private Dancer
6. Let’s Stay Together
7. Better Be Good To Me
8. Steel Claw
9. Help!
10. 1984

Disc 2 ‘ the ‘extras’

1. Ball Of Confusion (With B.E.F) Remix
2. I Wrote A Letter
3. Rock ‘N’ Roll Widow
4. Don’t Rush The Good Things
5. When I Was Young
6. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby
7. Tonight (With David Bowie) [Live At The Nec, Birmingham]
8. Let’s Pretend We’re Married (Live)
9. What’s Love Got To Do It (Extended 12′ Remix)
10. Better Be Good To Me (Extended 12′ Remix)
11. I Can’t Stand The Rain (Extended 12′ Remix)
12. Show Some Respect (Extended Mix)
13. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
14. One Of The Living
15. It’s Only Love (With Bryan Adams)

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