Sweet Rhode Island Red
Sweet Rhode Island Red | ||||
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Studio album by Ike & Tina Turner | ||||
Released | October 1974 | |||
Recorded | February – June 1974 | |||
Studio | Bolic Sound (Inglewood, California) | |||
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Label | United Artists | |||
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Singles from Sweet Rhode Island Red | ||||
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Sweet Rhode Island Red is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released on United Artist Records in 1974.[3] The album was created exclusively for the international market.[4] It was available in the US through the Columbia Record Club.[5][dubious – discuss] The album charted at No. 41 in Australia.[6]
Recording and content
Sweet Rhode Island Red was recorded at the Ike & Tina Turner's Bolic Sound studio. A majority of the songs from the album were written by Tina Turner, including the title track which was released as a single in February 1974. "Sweet Rhode Island Red" peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard R&B chart, No. 43 in Germany, No. 17 in Italy and No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart.[7][8]
The follow-up single "Sexy Ida" was released in two versions: the funk rhythmic A-side, "Sexy Ida (Part 1)", and the up-temp B-side, "Sexy Ida (Part 2)". "Sexy Ida (Part 1)" reached No. 29 on Billboard R&B chart and No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.[9] In Europe it peaked at No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 35 in Italy.[10] "Sexy Ida (Part 2)" features rock musician Marc Bolan on guitar.[11] It peaked at No. 85 on the Hot 100 and No. 9 on the R&B chart.[12] Both songs were included on the album in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.[13][14][15]
Critical reception
Sidney Nelson wrote for the Evening Post (November 8, 1974):
"Sweet Rhode Island Red" finds Ike and Tina Turner producing their high-octane rock-blues-soul combination with Tina breaking into her famous scream at regular, spine-chilling intervals. Strangely, however, it is when she purrs her way through Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City," holding the power back that she really scores on this album. The opener "Let Me Be There" is fine but for the rest, even Tina's dynamic delivery cannot raise mediocre material.[16]
Reissues
Sweet Rhode Island Red was digitally remastered and released by BGO Records in 2012 on the compilation CD Sweet Rhode Island Red/The Gospel According To Ike & Tina.[17]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Let Me Be There" | John Rostill | 3:22 |
2. | "Living for the City" | Stevie Wonder | 3:40 |
3. | "I Know" | Barbara George | 3:17 |
4. | "Mississippi Rolling Stone" | Don Goodman, Troy Seals | 3:02 |
5. | "Sugar Hill" | Tina Turner | 3:07 |
6. | "Sexy Ida (Part 1)" (Included in select countries) | Tina Turner | 2:30 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sweet Rhode Island Red" | Tina Turner | 3:06 |
2. | "Ready for You Baby" | Tina Turner | 3:11 |
3. | "Smooth Out the Wrinkles" | Tina Turner | 3:45 |
4. | "Doozie" | Tina Turner | 2:50 |
5. | "Higher Ground" | Stevie Wonder | 3:40 |
6. | "Sexy Ida (Part 2)" (Included in select countries) | Tina Turner | 3:03 |
Chart performance
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] | 41 |
References
- ^ a b "Ike & Tina Turner: The Ike & Tina Turner Story". PopMatters. October 11, 2007.
- ^ "The Sweet Rhode Island Red/The Gospel According To Ike & Tina - Ike & Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ "Tracks on Sweet Rhode Island Red - Ike and Tina Turner (October 1974) | SecondHandSongs". secondhandsongs.com.
- ^ "Ike and Tina Tour" (PDF). Cash Box: 29. September 14, 1974.
- ^ "Ike And Tina Turner – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Club Issue)". Discogs.
- ^ a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 314. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Sweet Rhode Island Red (song by Ike & Tina Turner) Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com.
- ^ "Ike & Tina Turner - Sweet Rhode Island Red". Dutch Charts.
- ^ "Ike & Tina Turner Chart History". Billboard.
- ^ "Sexy Ida (Part 1) (song by Ike & Tina Turner) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts". www.musicvf.com.
- ^ Paytress, Mark. (5 November 2009). Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar (Rev. ed.). London. ISBN 9780857120236. OCLC 954133096.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "Hot 100/Hot Soul Singles - Sexy Ida (Part 2)" (PDF). Billboard. November 9, 1974.
- ^ "Ike & Tina Turner – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Netherlands)". Discogs.
- ^ "Ike & Tina Turner – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Germany)". Discogs.
- ^ "Ike And Tina Turner* – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Italy)". Discogs. 1974.
- ^ Nelson, Sidney (November 8, 1974). "Turn Table". Evening Post. Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. p. 10.
- ^ "The Sweet Rhode Island Red/The Gospel According To Ike & Tina – Ike Turner, Ike & Tina Turner, Tina Turner | Releases". AllMusic.
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