Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll: Vinyl 5LP Boxset Tina Turner

To celebrate 50 years since the start of Tina Turner’s iconic solo career, ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ is a huge compilation of 55 tracks that compiles an incredible anthology of Tina’s legendary solo career through her singles. From her cover of ‘Whole Lotta Love’ all the way up to the Kygo remix of ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’ in 2020, this is the first time her whole singles collection has been released as one set. Released on 24 November 2023. This comes as 3CD set with a foreword from Bryan Adams, Tina Turner’s long-time friend and collaborator. 

To celebrate the legacy of the undeniable and inimitable Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll, this collection also features a new version of ‘Something Beautiful Remains’ retitled to simply ‘Something Beautiful’. The track has been reworked by legendary producer and long-time collaborator of Tina, Terry Britten, and is an emotive and fitting final tribute to the power of her legacy that Terry made shortly after her passing, he said “Dear Tina, the experience of working with you could never be repeated, but in my heart something beautiful remains. Love, Terry”.

Tina’s first release as a solo artist was the 1974 album ‘Tina Turns The Country On!’ whilst still touring and releasing albums as duo Ike & Tina Turner Revue. The album spawned no singles but in 1975 upon the release of her second album – ‘Acid Queen’ – her cover of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Whole Lotta Love’ was released which kicks off this set which goes on to including duets with other legendary performers like David Bowie, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart as well as some of the most unforgettable and celebrated pop and rock singles of all time such as ‘What’s Love Got To Do With It’, ‘Private Dancer’, ‘We Don’t Need Another Hero’, ‘The Best’, ‘Steamy Windows’, ‘I Don’t Wanna Lose You’, ‘Disco Inferno’ to name but a few. 

Tina has sold over 200 million records and has had ten UK top ten hit singles and nine UK top 10 albums and was the first female artist to have a top 40 hit in six consecutive decades in the UK. Her albums combined are 20x platinum in the UK and 9x platinum in the US whilst also achieving huge sales throughout the rest of the world. She has won eight Grammy Awards and been nominated for 25. She was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, has stars on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame and St. Louis Walk of Fame. Her 1988 Break Every Rule tour, broke the world record for the largest paying audience at a solo concert, with 184,000 at the Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro and Rolling Stone Magazine named her #17 in 100 Greatest Singers of All Time and #63 in 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Tracklist:
Side A
1. Whole Lotta Love (1975)
2. Acid Queen (1976)
3. Root, Toot Undisputable Rock’n Roller (1978)
4. Viva La Money (1978)
5. Sometimes When We Touch (1979)
6. Music Keeps Me Dancin’ (1979)

Side B
1. Let’s Stay Together (1983)
2. Help (Edit) (1984)
3. What’s Love Got To Do With It (1984)
4. Better Be Good To Me (1984)
5. Private Dancer (1984)
6. I Can’t Stand The Rain (1985)

Side C
1. Show Some Respect (1985)
2. We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (1985)
3. One Of The Living (1985)
4. It’s Only Love (with Bryan Adams) (1985)
5. Typical Male (1986)
6. Two People (1986)

Side D
1. What You Get Is What You See (1987)
2. Girls (1987)
3. Break Every Rule (1987)
4. Paradise Is Here (1987)
5. Afterglow (1987)

Side E
1. Tearing Us Apart (with Eric Clapton)
2. Addicted to Love (Live in Europe) (1988)
3. A Change is Gonna Come (Live in Europe) (1988)
4. Tonight (with David Bowie) (Live in Europe) (1988)
5. River Deep, Mountain High (Live in Europe) (1988)

Side F
1. The Best (Edit) (1989)
2. Steamy Windows (1989)
3. I Don’t Wanna Lose You (1989)
4. Look Me In The Heart (1990)
5. Foreign Affair (Edit) (1990)

Side G
1. Be Tender With Me Baby (1990)
2. It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart)
3. Nutbush City Limits (The 90’s Version) (1991)
4. Love Thing (1991)
5. Way Of The World (1991)

Side H
1. I Want You Near Me (1992)
2. I Don’t Wanna Fight (1993)
3. Disco Inferno (1993)
4. Why Must We Wait Until Tonight? (1993)
5. Proud Mary (1993)

Side I
1. Goldeneye (1995)
2. Whatever You Want (1996)
3. On Silent Wings (1996)
4. Missing You (1996)
5. In Your Wildest Dreams (with Barry White) (1996)
6. Cose della Vita (with Eros Ramazzotti)

Side J
1. When The Heartache Is Over (1999)
2. Whatever You Need (2000)
3. Open Arms (2004)
4. Teach Me Again (with Elisa) (2017)
5. What’s Love Got to Do With It (Kygo Remix) (2020)
6. Something Beautiful (2023 Version)