Simply the best

Simply the best
Compilation album by Tina Turner
Publication (s)	October 22, 1991
Label (s)	Capitol Records
Format (s)	CD, record , music cassette
Genre (s)	Rock , Pop , R&B
Title (number)	18th
chronology Foreign Affair (1989) Simply the best What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

Simply the Best is a compilation album by Tina Turner . It was released on Capitol Records in October 1991 . The album reached number 4 in Germany , number 2 in Great Britain , number 3 in Switzerland , number 8 in Austria and number 113 in the USA .

history

Simply the Best summarized Tina Turner's greatest hits since her comeback in the 1980s and also offered some new songs. These included Love Thing (UK Airplay Charts No.13), I Want You Near Me (No.22 in Great Britain) and Way of the World (UK Airplay Charts No.6 and No.13 in the singles charts) as singles released between 1991 and 1992 . It also included a dance version of Turner's hit Nutbush City Limits . The album is Turner's best-selling in the UK - it is one of the best-selling of all time with 2.1 million copies sold. It went 8x platinum there and stayed in the charts for 140 weeks. Over 7 million copies were sold worldwide.

In the US, the album was released with a slightly modified track list. There Addicted to Love (Live) and Be Tender With Me Baby were replaced by What You Get Is What You See and Look Me in the Heart . In Australia a limited edition was released with an additional bonus disc. There a version of The Best was released in a duet with Jimmy Barnes . The title of the compilation is also taken from the chorus of The Best .

criticism

On the website Allmusic.com the reviewer gave 4.5 out of 5 stars. The album is an "almost perfect" compilation of Turner's career after her comeback.

Track list

International version

1. The Best - 4:10
2. What's Love Got to Do with It - 3:50
3. I Can't Stand the Rain - 3:44
4. I Don't Wanna Lose You - 4:18
5. Nutbush City Limits - 3:44
6. Let's Stay Together - 3:39
7. Private Dancer - 4:01
8. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) - 4:14
9. Better Be Good to Me - 3:40
10. River Deep - Mountain High - 3:37
11. Steamy Windows - 4:02
12. Typical Male - 4:14
13. It Takes Two - 4:13
14. Addicted to Love - 5:04
15. Be Tender with Me Baby - 4:17
16. I Want You Near Me - 3:53
17. Way of The World - 4:19
18. Love Thing - 4:28

US version

1. The Best (7 "edit) Chapman, Knight 4:10
2. Better Be Good to Me (7 "edit) Chapman, Chinn, Knight 3:40
3. I Can't Stand the Rain Bryant, Miller, Peebles 3:44
4. What's Love Got to Do with It Britten, Lyle 3:50
5. I Don't Wanna Lose You Hammond, Lyle 4:18
6. Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version) Turner 3:44
7. What You Get Is What You See Britten, Lyle 4:28
8. Let's Stay Together (7 "edit) Green, Jackson, Mitchell 3:39
9. River Deep - Mountain High (Ike & Tina Turner) Barry, Greenwich, Spector 3:37
10. Steamy Windows White 4:02
11. Typical Male Britten, Lyle 4:14
12. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) (7 "edit) Britten, Lyle 4:14
13. Private Dancer (7 "edit) Knopfler 4:01
14. Look Me in the Heart Kelly, Steinberg 3:41
15. It Takes Two (with Rod Stewart) Moy, Stevenson 4:13
16. I Want You Near Me Britten, Lyle 3:53
17. Way of the World Hammond, Lyle 4:19
18. Love Thing Hammond, Knight 4:28

Video DVD

1. The Best
2. Better Be Good To Me
3. I can't stand the rain
4. What's Love Got To Do With It
5. Typical times
6. Private dancer
7. We don't need another hero
8. What You Get Is What You See
9. I don't wanna lose you
10. Look Me In The Heart
11. Addicted To Love
12. Steamy Windows
13. Break every rule
14. Foreign Affair
15. Tonight
16. Let's stay together
17. Be Tender With Me Baby
18. It takes two
19. Nutbush City Limits
20. Love thing
21. What's Love Got To Do With It

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	3 × platinum	210,000
Belgium (BEA)	2 × platinum	100,000
Germany (BVMI)	3 × gold	750,000
Finland (IFPI)	platinum	58,539
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	gold	50,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	platinum	15,000
Netherlands (NVPI)	platinum	100,000
Norway (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Austria (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	50,000
Sweden (IFPI)	platinum	100,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	2 × platinum	100,000
Spain (Promusicae)	platinum	100,000
United States (RIAA)	platinum	1,773,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	8 × platinum	2,400,000
All in all	4 × gold 27 × platinum	6,226,539

Main article: Tina Turner / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ charts.de
2. ↑ Simply the Best - Tina Turner: Awards. AllMusic
3. ↑ Best-Selling Albums of All Time (UK) Everyhit
4. ↑ Top Selling Albums 1991. TSORT
5. ↑ Allmusic.com
6. ↑ cd-rom.de
7. ↑ Chart Watch Extra: The Ageless Tina Turner ( Memento from September 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )