Commercial success
While Foreign Affair didn't perform as well as Turner's previous albums Private Dancer and Break Every Rule in the US, where it failed to crack the Top 30 in the Billboard 200, it was a worldwide hit, selling over 6 million copies.[2] It entered the UK Albums Chart at #1 (Turner's first album to do so there) and went on to sell over 1.5 million copies in the UK. The album also reached number one in numerous countries including Germany and Sweden and topped the overall European Chart for 4 weeks.
B-sides
Title |
Single(s) |
"Bold and Reckless" |
"The Best" |
"Stronger Than the Wind" |
"I Don't Wanna Lose You" |
"Steel Claw" (Live) |
"Look Me in the Heart" |
Personnel
- Tina Turner – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 3, 7–8, 10)
- Tony Joe White – guitar (tracks 1, 3–4, 12), harmonica (1, 3), synthesizer (1, 4)
- Dan Hartman – acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 6, 8, 11), keyboards (2–3, 11), piano (1, 3–4), Hammond organ (1, 4), programming (5, 11), synthesizer (11), background vocals (2, 5)
- Eddie Martinez – rhythm guitar (tracks 1, 3–4), all guitars (5)
- Neil Taylor – guitar (track 1)
- James Ralston – rhythm guitar (tracks 2, 6–8), all guitars (10)
- Gene Black – rhythm guitar (track 2, 7–8), guitar solos (6–7), All guitars (10)
- Pat Thrall – guitar (track 2, 8, 11), additional lead guitar (6)
- Phil Palmer – guitar (track 9)
- Mark Knopfler – guitar (track 12)
- Elliot Lewis – strings (track 2, 8), additional keyboards (2, 8), flute (11)
- Nick Glennie-Smith – strings (track 10, 12), keyboards (10, 12), synthesizer (12)
- Gary Barnacle – All saxophones (tracks 1, 12), saxophone (10)
- Edgar Winter – saxophone (track 2)
- Tim Cappello – saxophone (track 5, 8)
- Phil Ashley – keyboards (track 2, 7), bass guitar (2), Hammond organ (6), synthesizer (6), strings (6–8), piano (8), flute (8)
- Philippe Saisse – additional keyboards (tracks 2–3, 6–8), bass guitar (3), flute (5), chimes percussion (7)
- Casey Young – keyboards (track 10)
- Jeff Bova – synthesizer (track 3), horn section (1, 4–5), Hammond organ (4), strings (5)
- Carmine Rojas – bass guitar (tracks 1, 4–5)
- T. M. Stevens – bass guitar (tracks 2–3, 6–8, 11)
- Rupert Hine – bass, programming, keyboards, background vocals (track 9)
- J.T. Lewis – drums (tracks 1, 3–5)
- Art Wood – drums (tracks 2, 6–8)
- Geoff Dugmore – drums (track 10)
- Albert Hammond – percussion, shaker, background vocals (track 10)
- Danny Cummings – percussion (tracks 3–4), congas (7)
- Lance Ellington – background vocals (tracks 2–3, 5, 7–8, 11)
- Tessa Niles – background vocals (tracks 2–3, 5–8, 11)
- Sandy Stewart – background vocals (track 9)
- David Munday – background vocals (track 9)
- Roger Davies – background vocals
- Graham Lyle – background vocals (track 10)
- Holly Knight – background vocals (track 10)
Production
- Dan Hartman – record producer all tracks unless otherwise noted
- Roger Davies – executive producer, producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You" & "Foreign Affair", arranger "Look Me In the Heart"
- Tina Turner – executive producer, producer "The Best" & "Ask Me How I Feel", arranger "The Best" and "Ask Me How I Feel"
- Rupert Hine – producer "Falling Like Rain"
- Albert Hammond – producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
- Graham Lyle – producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
- Tony Joe White – producer "Foreign Affair"
- Chris Lord-Alge – sound mix
- Andrew Scarth – sound engineer
- Mike Ging – sound engineer
- Nick Froome – sound engineer
- Darren Allison – sound engineer (assistant)
- Tim Leitner – sound engineer (assistant)
- Lee Curle – sound engineer (assistant)
- Paul Logus – sound engineer (assistant)
- Tom Fritze – sound engineer Hit Factory NYC
- Overdubs recorded at Ezee Studios (London), Mayfair Studios (Primrose Hill, London), and Swanyard Studios (London)
Certifications and sales
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Singles
Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
1989 |
"Steamy Windows" |
Hot Dance Music/Club Play |
13 |
1989 |
"Steamy Windows" |
Billboard Hot 100 |
39 |
1989 |
"The Best" |
Mainstream Rock Tracks |
6 |
1989 |
"The Best" |
Billboard Hot 100 |
15 |
1989 |
"Look Me in the Heart" |
Adult Contemporary |
4 |
1989 |
"Foreign Affair" |
Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks |
39 |
1990 |
"I Don't Wanna Lose You |
Adult Contemporary |
8 |
European promotional-only single
Year |
Single |
Chart |
Position |
1990 |
"You Can't Stop Me Loving You" |
Polish music chart |
20 |
References
- ↑ Bil Carpenter (1989-09-13). "Foreign Affair - Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- 1 2 "Dan Hartman Dies; Songwriter Was 43". The New York Times. April 7, 1994. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
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- ↑ "Hits of the World" (PDF). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. October 28, 1989. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
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- ↑ http://www.pophistorydig.com/topics/tag/tina-turner-cd-sales
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- ↑ Fernando Salaverri (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
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