Rough (album)

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Rough
Tina Turner - Rough.jpg
Studio album by
Tina Turner
ReleasedSeptember 1978
Recorded1977
Studio Conway, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length41:15
Label
Producer Bob Monaco
Tina Turner chronology
Acid Queen
(1975)		Rough
(1978)		 Love Explosion
(1979)
Singles from Rough
  1. "Viva La Money"
    Released: 1978
  2. "Root, Toot Undisputable Rock 'n Roller"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Sometimes When We Touch"
    Released: 1979
  4. "Fruits of the Night"
    Released: 1979
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rough is the third solo studio album by Tina Turner, released in September 1978 on the EMI label in the UK, Ariola Records in West Germany, and United Artists Records in the United States. This is Turner's first solo album released after her divorce from husband Ike Turner in 1978. Her first two solo albums, Tina Turns the Country On! (1974) and Acid Queen (1975), were released while she was still a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Although Rough received positive critical reception, it was not a commercial success.

Contents

Songs

Rough is made up of mostly blues and disco cover songs with a rock influence. [1] Just like the preceding Acid Queen, the album was an indication that Turner wanted to take her music into a rock-oriented direction.

The opening track, "Fruits of the Night", was co-written by Giorgio Moroder's longtime collaborator Pete Bellotte. Turner recorded a cover of Bob Seger's "Fire Down Below" for the album. It also includes Turner's first cover version of Elton John's "The Bitch Is Back", which she re-recorded in 1991 for the tribute album Two Rooms: Celebrating the Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin .

"Viva La Money" was the only single released in the United States. [2] Three additional singles were released in Europe: "Root Toot, Undisputable Rock & Roller", "Sometimes When We Touch", and "Fruits of the Night". None of the singles had chart success.

Critical reception

Billboard reviewed the album as an "adventurous variety of old and new material", adding that Turner's "delivery has lost none of its snap and crackle". [3]

Cash Box wrote that "she rocks rough and randy enough to make her pop and soul competitors quiver in their lizard skin tennis shoes. Turner mixes the intensity of the gospel choir with the promised pleasures of the turned-down bed to great effect." [4]

RecordWorld noted, "Turner's sassy vocals are always something to behold and her newest lp is certainly no exception." [5]

Joel Vance of Stereo Review wrote that "one hearing of 'The Bitch Is Back', 'Night Time Is the Right Time', 'Fire Down Below', or 'Root, Toot Undisputable Rock 'n Roller' will convince you that if Tina temporarily abdicated as the queen of steamy soul, she has now reclaimed her throne with a sweet vengeance." [6]

Reissues

The album was re-issued on CD by EMI in the early 1990s but is currently out of print. In November 2023, the album was made available on streaming services and as a digital download, marking its first release in any digital format.

The album was re-issued on LP and CD on November 15, 2024. [7]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Fruits of the Night"
4:05
2."The Bitch Is Back"
3:30
3."The Woman I'm Supposed to Be"Cliff Wade3:10
4."Viva La Money" Allen Toussaint 3:14
5."Funny How Time Slips Away" Willie Nelson 4:08
6."Earthquake & Hurricane" Willie Dixon 2:30
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."Root, Toot Undisputable Rock 'n' Roller"Gary Jackson4:29
8."Fire Down Below" Bob Seger 3:13
9."Sometimes When We Touch"
3:54
10."A Woman in a Man's World"
2:41
11."Night Time Is the Right Time" Leroy Carr 6:21

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Rough
Chart (2024)Peak
position
Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [8] 33

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References

  1. 1 2 "Rough - Tina Turner - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic .
  2. ↑ "Singles To Watch" (PDF). Cash Box: 17. December 2, 1978.
  3. ↑ "Top Album Picks: Billboard's Recommended LPs" (PDF). Billboard. October 7, 1978. p. 82.
  4. ↑ "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. October 7, 1978. p. 20.
  5. ↑ "Record World Album Picks" (PDF). Record World: 20. October 21, 1978.
  6. ↑ "rough%20tina%20turner" "Popular Discs and Tapes" (PDF). Stereo Review: 130. March 1979.
  7. ↑ "Tina Turner's First Four Solo Albums Set for Reissue". Rhino. September 2024. Retrieved September 18, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2024. 47. hét". MAHASZ . Retrieved November 27, 2024.
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