Ike & Tina Turner - The Best of Ike & Tina Turner [CEMA]

CEMA's The Best Of Ike & Tina Turner covers the stints the duo spent with Sue in the early '60s and Liberty in the late '60s and early '70s. The first found them playing hopped-up R&B and having some hits like "A Fool in Love," "I Idolize You," and "It's Gonna Work Out Fine." The second phase found them breaking through to the rock audience; with the exception of the Phil Spector-produced "River Deep, Mountain High," the tunes here are hard-driving, rocked-out covers of hits like Ccr's "Proud Mary" and The Stones' "Honky Tonk Women." Not to be outdone, Ike also wrote some standout songs around this time, like "Nutbush City Limits" and "Sexy Ida, Pt. 2."..... Read More