Airwaves (Ike & Tina Turner album)

Airwaves
Airwaves
Compilation album by Ike & Tina Turner
Released	1978
Label	United Artists
Producer	Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner chronology

Last updated February 02, 2024

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AllMusic	^[1]
The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul	^[2]

Airwaves is a compilation album by Ike & Tina Turner, released on United Artists Records in 1978, the year their divorce was finalized.^[3]^[4] It features previously unreleased recordings and alternative versions of non-album tracks that the duo released in the 1960s,^[5] including the first single credited to Tina Turner, "Too Many Ties That Bind." The album was reissued by BGO Records on the compilation CD Delilah's Power/Airwaves in 2011.^[1]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Many Ties That Bind"	Ike Turner, J.R. Bailey, Johnny Northern	2:25
2.	"Strange"	Billy Preston, Ike Turner	3:01
3.	"He Don't Love You"	Ike Turner	2:32
4.	"Flee Flee Fla"	Ike Turner	2:19
5.	"Honey Child Baby"	Ike Turner	1:52

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Just Want Your Love Sometime"	Ike Turner	3:14
2.	"We Need An Understanding"	Ike Turner, J.R. Bailey, Johnny Northern	2:03
3.	"Two Is A Couple"	Ike Turner	2:21
4.	"It's My Time Now"	Ike Turner	3:28
5.	"Dear John"	Ike Turner	2:27

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References

1 2 "Delilah's Power/Airwaves - Ike & Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
↑ Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 338.
↑ Turner, Tina. (1986). I, Tina. Loder, Kurt. (1st ed.). New York: Morrow. ISBN 0688060897. OCLC 13069211.
↑ Wynn, Ron. (1985). Tina, the Tina Turner story. Macmillan. ISBN 0026322102. OCLC 12214800.
↑ Gulla, Bob (2008). Icons of R & B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists who Revolutionized Rhythm. ABC-CLIO. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-313-34044-4.

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[AM-1] 1 2 "Delilah's Power/Airwaves - Ike & Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.

[CL-2] Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of R&B and Soul. Virgin. p. 338.

[3] Turner, Tina. (1986). I, Tina. Loder, Kurt. (1st ed.). New York: Morrow. ISBN 0688060897. OCLC 13069211.

[4] Wynn, Ron. (1985). Tina, the Tina Turner story. Macmillan. ISBN 0026322102. OCLC 12214800.

[5] Gulla, Bob (2008). Icons of R & B and Soul: An Encyclopedia of the Artists who Revolutionized Rhythm. ABC-CLIO. p. 186. ISBN 978-0-313-34044-4.

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