Break Every Rule
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Break Every Rule is the sixth solo album by Tina Turner
, released on Capitol Records
in 1986.
, set high commercial standards, yet Break Every Rule sold very well worldwide. It reached #4 on the Billboard 200
, #2 on the UK albums chart
and #1 in Switzerland
, and also Germany
(for 12 weeks). The RIAA certified Break Every Rule platinum, denoting 1 million shipments in the United States. It was also certified platinum in some European countries including Germany and the UK.
The original A-side of the vinyl album was entirely produced by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten
, the team behind Turner's 1984 hit single "What's Love Got To Do With It", while side B included tracks produced by Bryan Adams
, Bob Clearmountain
, Mark Knopfler
and Rupert Hine
. Out of the album's eleven tracks, eight were released as singles, either in Europe or the U.S. or both; "Typical Male
" (U.S. #2) featuring Phil Collins
on drums, "What You Get Is What You See
" (U.S. #13) with Eric Clapton
on guitars, "Two People
" (Spain #1, U.S. R&B #9) , David Bowie
's "Girls
" (Poland #11), "Back Where You Started
" (U.S. Rock #9) co-written and produced by Bryan Adams
, "Afterglow
" (U.S. Dance #2) featuring Steve Winwood
on keyboards, "Break Every Rule
" (Poland #15) co-written and produced by Rupert Hine
and "Paradise Is Here
" (Ireland #24). Most of the 12" singles included extended or alternate mixes, live versions and/or non-album tracks, the majority of which still remain unreleased on compact disc. Turner also recorded other tracks during the sessions for the album with Steve Lillywhite
and Bryan Adams which remain unreleased.
Turner undertook a huge world tour to promote the album, including the record-breaking date in Rio de Janeiro
in which she played to 180,000 people. The concert was filmed and released on home video. Further dates from the European leg of her world tour were recorded and released as the live album Tina Live in Europe
in 1988.
Following the release of the Break Every Rule album Turner recorded the duet "Tearing Us Apart
" with Eric Clapton
, included on his Phil Collins
produced 1986 album August
and also issued as a single in early 1987.
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Tina Turner
Tina Turner is an American singer and actress whose career has spanned more than 50 years. She has won numerous awards and her achievements in the rock music genre have led many to call her the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".Turner started out her music career with husband Ike Turner as a member of the...
, released on Capitol Records
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
in 1986.
Overview
The album's predecessor, Private DancerPrivate Dancer
Private Dancer is the fifth solo album by Tina Turner, released on Capitol Records in 1984, which became her breakthrough solo album. Turner's success with the album came after several challenging years of going solo after a public divorce from husband and performing partner Ike Turner. It is her...
, set high commercial standards, yet Break Every Rule sold very well worldwide. It reached #4 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, #2 on the UK albums chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
and #1 in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, and also Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
(for 12 weeks). The RIAA certified Break Every Rule platinum, denoting 1 million shipments in the United States. It was also certified platinum in some European countries including Germany and the UK.
The original A-side of the vinyl album was entirely produced by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten
Terry Britten
Terry Britten is a prolific English singer-songwriter, who has written songs for Tina Turner and Sir Cliff Richard, Olivia Newton-John, Status Quo, Michael Jackson and many others.-Career:...
, the team behind Turner's 1984 hit single "What's Love Got To Do With It", while side B included tracks produced by Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
, Bob Clearmountain
Bob Clearmountain
Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He has worked with many prominent names in music including Bruce Springsteen , The Rolling Stones , Bryan Adams , Robbie Williams Bob Clearmountain is an award-winning American music engineer, mixer and producer. He...
, Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
and Rupert Hine
Rupert Hine
Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...
. Out of the album's eleven tracks, eight were released as singles, either in Europe or the U.S. or both; "Typical Male
Typical Male
"Typical Male" was the first single released from Tina Turner's 1986 album Break Every Rule. The song peaked at number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, and number three on the R&B Chart. It was also a success on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart and Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart...
" (U.S. #2) featuring Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
on drums, "What You Get Is What You See
What You Get Is What You See
"What You Get Is What You See" is a hit song by Grammy Award winning rock and soul singer Tina Turner, it was released as a single from Tina's Break Every Rule album...
" (U.S. #13) with Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
on guitars, "Two People
Two People
"Two People" was the third single from American singer Tina Turner's sixth solo album Break Every Rule, released in 1986. The song was written and produced by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, the team behind "What's Love Got to Do with It" and "We Don't Need Another Hero". "Two People" peaked at US...
" (Spain #1, U.S. R&B #9) , David Bowie
David Bowie
David Bowie is an English musician, actor, record producer and arranger. A major figure for over four decades in the world of popular music, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s...
's "Girls
Girls (Tina Turner song)
"Girls" is a single released by American Grammy Award-winning rock/R&B singer Tina Turner, from her 1986 album Break Every Rule. This song was written by David Bowie and Erdal Kizilcay and produced by Terry Britten. Phil Collins plays drums on the recording...
" (Poland #11), "Back Where You Started
Back Where You Started
"Back Where You Started" was the second single released by rock/soul singer Tina Turner from her Break Every Rule album. The song was written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance, and produced by Adams and Bob Clearmountain. It was the second collaboration between Turner and Adams, their first being the...
" (U.S. Rock #9) co-written and produced by Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
, "Afterglow
Afterglow (Tina Turner song)
"Afterglow" is the name of a song recorded by Tina Turner, written and produced by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle. It appeared on her 1986 album Break Every Rule, and featured Steve Winwood on keyboards. The song was the eighth and final song from the album to be released as a single, if only in the...
" (U.S. Dance #2) featuring Steve Winwood
Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence "Steve" Winwood is an English international recording artist whose career spans nearly 50 years. He is a songwriter and a musician whose genres include soul music , R&B, rock, blues-rock, pop-rock, and jazz...
on keyboards, "Break Every Rule
Break Every Rule (song)
"Break Every Rule" is a single recorded by Grammy Award winning pop/rock singer Tina Turner. It was the title track to both Turner's 1986 album of the same name and the name of her 1986/1987 world tour. It was released as a single in early 1987 to support the album and the tour. The song found...
" (Poland #15) co-written and produced by Rupert Hine
Rupert Hine
Rupert Neville Hine is an English musician, songwriter and prolific record producer, having produced albums for artists including Kevin Ayers, Tina Turner, Howard Jones, Saga, The Fixx, Bob Geldof, Thompson Twins, Stevie Nicks, Chris de Burgh, Suzanne Vega, Rush, Underworld, Duncan Sheik, and ...
and "Paradise Is Here
Paradise Is Here
"Paradise Is Here" is a song written by Paul Brady and available on his 1987 album Primitive Dance. The song was also recorded by Tina Turner, for her album Break Every Rule, and Cher for her twenty-second album It's a Man's World....
" (Ireland #24). Most of the 12" singles included extended or alternate mixes, live versions and/or non-album tracks, the majority of which still remain unreleased on compact disc. Turner also recorded other tracks during the sessions for the album with Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite
Steve Lillywhite is an English Grammy Award winning record producer. Since he began his career in 1977, Lillywhite has been credited for working on over 500 records and has collaborated with a variety of musicians including XTC, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Dave Matthews Band, U2, Peter Gabriel,...
and Bryan Adams which remain unreleased.
Turner undertook a huge world tour to promote the album, including the record-breaking date in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
in which she played to 180,000 people. The concert was filmed and released on home video. Further dates from the European leg of her world tour were recorded and released as the live album Tina Live in Europe
Tina Live in Europe
Tina Live in Europe is the first live album by Tina Turner and was released in 1988.-Overview:This album is compiled of live performances made between the years 1985 and 1987, the majority of which are from Turner's Break Every Rule Tour but also from the 1985 Private Dancer Tour, as well as the...
in 1988.
Following the release of the Break Every Rule album Turner recorded the duet "Tearing Us Apart
Tearing Us Apart
"Tearing Us Apart" is a song recorded by English blues/rock guitarist and singer Eric Clapton on his 1986 album August, produced by Phil Collins. The song was about "the committee", the group of Pattie Boyd's friends whom Clapton blamed for coming between Pattie and him...
" with Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...
, included on his Phil Collins
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, LVO is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist and actor best known as a drummer and vocalist for British progressive rock group Genesis and as a solo artist....
produced 1986 album August
August (album)
August is an album by blues rocker Eric Clapton, released in 1986. Primarily produced byPhil Collins, in association with longtime Clapton associate Tom Dowd, it became Clapton's biggest-selling LP to date....
and also issued as a single in early 1987.
Track listing
B-sides
| Title | Single(s) |
|---|---|
| "Don't Turn Around Don't Turn Around "Don't Turn Around" is a popular song written by Diane Warren and Albert Hammond. It was originally recorded by Tina Turner as the B-side to the single "Typical Male" in 1986. Warren is said to have been disappointed that Turner's record company treated the song as a B-side and never included it on... " |
"Typical Male" |
| "Havin' a Party" | "Two People" |
| "Take Me to the River Take Me to the River "Take Me to the River" is a 1974 song written by singer Al Green and guitarist Mabon "Teenie" Hodges. Hit versions were recorded by both Syl Johnson and Talking Heads... " |
"Girls" and "What You Get Is What You See" |
| "In the Midnight Hour In the Midnight Hour "In the Midnight Hour" is a song originally performed by Wilson Pickett in 1965 and released on the 1966 album The Exciting Wilson Pickett. It was composed by Pickett and Steve Cropper at the historic Lorraine Motel in Memphis where Martin Luther King, Jr. would later be murdered in April 1968... " (Live) |
"Paradise Is Here" |
Personnel & Production
- Tracks 1-6 Arranged & Produced By Terry Britten. Tracks 1-5 Published By MYaxe Music Ltd./Good Single Ltd. (PRS)/Almo Music Corp./Chappell & Co. Inc. Track 6 Published By Jones Music America. Recorded By John Hudson, with assistance by Mike Ging. Mixed By John Hudson. Ambisonics Surround SoundSurround soundSurround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
Courtesy of Richard Elen. Tessa NilesTessa NilesTessa Niles is an English singer, best known as a backing singer for a wide variety of artists.-Early life and career:Born in Kent, Niles began her professional singing career, as both a lead and a backing vocalist, in 1979...
: Vocal Backing (all); Terry Britten: Guitars & Bass (all), Drum Programming (tracks 2, 4 & 5), Vocal Backing (tracks 3, 4, & 5); Phil Collins: Drums & Percussion (tracks 1 & 6); Jack Bruno: Drums & Percussion (tracks 3 & 5); Tim Capello: SaxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
(track 1). - Track 7 Arranged & Produced By Bryan Adams & Bob Clearmountain. Published By Irving Music Inc./Badams Communications Inc./Calypso Toonz. Recorded & Mixed By Bob Cleasrmountain, with additional recording by Steve Rinkoff, Paul Hamilton, Mark McKenna & Richard Moakes. Bryan Adams: Rhythm GuitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, Piano, Vocal Backing; Keith Scott: Lead Guitar; Tommy Mandel: OrganOrgan (music)The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
; Dave Taylor: Bass; Mickey Curry: Drums; Jim Vallance: Percussion. - Tracks 8 & 11 Arranged & Produced By Rupert Hine. Published By A.J.M. Creative Services/"Rats" Said The Tyrant/CBS Songs Limited/April Music. James West-Oram: Guitars. Rupert Hine: All Other Instruments, Vocal Backing.
- Tracks 9 & 10 Produced By Mark KnopflerMark KnopflerMark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
& Neil Dorfsman. Track 9 Published By Straitjacket Songs Ltd./Almo Music Corp. Track 10 Published By Rondor Music Ltd./Almo Music Corp. Engineered & Mixed By Neil Dorfsman, with assistance by Richard Moakes. Mark Knopfler: Guitars; Guy Fletcher: Keyboards; Albert Boekholt: Programming; Micky Feat: Bass; Jamie Lane: Drums; Frank Ricotti: Percussion; Samantha Brown, Margot Buchanan, Jimmy Chambers, George Chambers: Vocal Backing- Mastered By Stephen Marcussen & Stuart Furusho at Precision Lacquer, LALos ÁngelesLos Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
- Mastered By Stephen Marcussen & Stuart Furusho at Precision Lacquer, LA
Chart performance
| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| German Albums Chart | 1 |
| Swiss Albums Chart | 1 |
| Austrian Albums Chart | 2 |
| Dutch Albums Chart | 2 |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | 2 |
| Swedish Albums Chart | 2 |
| UK Albums Chart | 2 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 4 |
| New Zealand Albums Chart | 4 |
| US Billboard Albums Chart | 4 |
| US R&B Albums Chart | 7 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | "Back Where You Started" | Mainstream Rock Tracks | 9 |
| 1986 | "Two People" | Adult Contemporary | 3 |
| 1986 | "Two People" | Hot R&B/Hip Hop Singles & Tracks | 9 |
| 1986 | "Two People" | Billboard Hot 100 | 20 |
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | Hot Dance Music/Club Play | 2 |
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 2 |
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | Billboard Hot 100 | 2 |
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 10 |
| 1986 | "Typical Male" | Adult Contemporary | 16 |
| 1986 | "Afterglow" | Hot Dance Music Club Play | 2(5) |
| 1986 | "Afterglow" | Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales | 1(3) |
| 1986 | "Afterglow" | Adult Contemporary | 20 |
| 1987 | "Break Every Rule" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 3 |
| 1987 | "Break Every Rule" | Billboard Hot 100 | 44 |
| 1987 | "What You Get Is What You See" | Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks | 5 |
| 1987 | "What You Get Is What You See" | Billboard Hot 100 | 13 |