Tina Live in Europe is the first live album

Live album

A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

 by Tina Turner

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...

 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

Break Every Rule Tour

The Break Every Rule Tour is the fourth worldwide concert tour by American singer Tina Turner. The tour supported her second album Break Every Rule. It was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola and broke box office records in 13 different countries...

but also from the 1985 Private Dancer Tour

Private Dancer Tour

The Private Dancer Tour is a 1985 concert tour by the American singer Tina Turner. In conjunction with her multi-platinum selling album Private Dancer, the tour helped to establish Turner as a major solo artist and live performer and is often considered one of the best comebacks in music...

, as well as the 1986 Tina Turner: Break Every Rule HBO special recorded in London

London

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 at the Camden Palace

Camden Palace

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 (now Koko), masquerading as Le Club Zero in Paris, also released on video. The double album reached #8 the UK. In 1989 the album won a Grammy Award

Grammy Award

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 for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.

The double CD version of Tina: Live in Europe includes four bonus songs not featured on the original double vinyl

Gramophone record

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 album. Certain limited editions of the double LP in turn included a bonus one-sided 7" single featuring an exclusive remix of "Two People" (Tender Mix), which remains unreleased on CD.

Tina: Live In Europe spun off five single releases; "Nutbush City Limits

Nutbush City Limits

"Nutbush City Limits" is a semi-autobiographical rock and roll song written and originally performed by Tina Turner in which she commemorates her rural hometown of Nutbush, Tennessee. Released June 1973, shortly before her separation from then-husband and musical partner Ike Turner, "Nutbush City...

", a cover of Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love

Addicted to Love (song)

Tina Turner has made "Addicted to Love" a regular feature of her live shows since 1986, although her version did not make it onto the market until two years later....

, "Tonight" with 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...

, "A Change Is Gonna Come

A Change Is Gonna Come (song)

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" and "634-5789

634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)

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" with Robert Cray

Robert Cray

Robert Cray is an American blues guitarist and singer. A five-time Grammy Award winner, he has led his own band, as well as an acclaimed solo career.-Career:...

, the most successful being "Addicted to Love" which since has become a mainstay in Turner's live repertoire and later included on the European editions of 1991 hits compilation Simply the Best.

Track listing

Disc 1
Disc 2

B-sides

Title	Single(s)
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Personnel

• Tina Turner - vocals

The Tina Turner Band;

• Jamie Ralston - guitar, vocals
• Laurie Wisefield - guitar
• Bob Feit - bass guitar, vocals
• Jack Bruno - drums
• Stevie Scales - percussion
• John Miles
  John Miles (musician)
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   - keyboards, vocals
• Ollie Marland - keyboards, vocals
• Deric Dyer - saxophone, keyboards

The Musicians;

• Jamie West-Oram - guitar, backing vocals
• Don Snow
  Don Snow
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   - keyboards, vocals
• Tim Cappello - keyboards, saxophone
• Alan Clark
  Alan Clark (keyboardist)
  Alan Clark is an English musician who was the first and main keyboardist for the British rock band Dire Straits.- Biography :...
  
   - keyboards
• Kenny Moore - keyboards
• Gary Barnacle
  Gary Barnacle
  Gary Barnacle is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work Gary Barnacle (born 1959, Dover, England) is a saxophonist/flautist, brass instrument arranger, composer and producer, primarily noted for session work, live work...
  
   - saxophone

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak Position
Dutch Albums Chart	2
Swiss Albums Chart	3
Austrian Albums Chart	4
German Albums Chart	4
Swedish Albums Chart	8
UK Albums Chart	8
Norweigen Albums Chart	16
New Zealand Albums Chart	27
Canadian Albums Chart	34
US Billboard Albums Chart	86

Production

• Produced & Mixed by John Hudson (tracks: 1.01, 1.02, 1.04-1.07, 1.09, 1.11, 1.12, 2.01-2.04, 2.06, 2.07, 2.11, 2.13, 2.14)
• Assisted by Mike Ging
• Produced by Terry Britten (tracks: 1.03, 1.08, 1.10, 1.13, 1.14, 2.05, 2.08-2.10, 2.12)
• Executive Producer Roger Davies
  Roger Davies (manager)
  Roger Davies is an Australian born business manager and music producer with a long career in the music industry. His career has taken him from working as a roadie in Australia in the early 1970s to managing some of the most successful female pop/rock performers in the world including Olivia...
  
  
• Recorded at NEC Birmingham, Wembley Arena London, Camden Palace London, Westfallenhalle Dortmund West Germany, Isstadion Stockholm Sweden.
• Mixed at Mayfair Studios - London
  London
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