Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter

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Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
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ReleasedJuly 2, 2002
Recorded1969–1974
Genre Funk [1]
Label Stateside
Producer Ike Turner
Ike & Tina Turner chronology
The Kent Years
(2000)
Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter
(2002)
His Woman, Her Man: The Ike Turner Diaries
(2004)
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Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter is a 2002 compilation album by Ike & Tina Turner released on Stateside Records. The songs were originally recorded from 1969 to 1974 and released on the albums Come Together (1970), Working Together (1970), 'Nuff Said (1971), Feel Good (1972), and Let Me Touch Your Mind (1973). [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter" Alline Bullock 2:36
2."What You Don't See (Is Better Yet)"Calvin Lane, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, Leon Ware 3:16
3."I Wanna Jump"Ike Turner2:33
4."I'm Just Not Ready for Love" (The Ikettes)Ike Turner2:15
5."Young and Dumb"Ike Turner2:52
6."The Game of Love"Eki Renut2:48
7."Whole Lotta Love" (From Tina Turner's solo album Acid Queen ) John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant 4:42
8."I Love Baby"Calvin Lane, Philip Reese, Ike Turner2:22
9."Up on the Roof" Gerry Goffin, Carole King 2:57
10."Too Much Woman (For a Hen Pecked Man)"Ike Turner2:35
11."Baby, What You Want Me to Do"Alline Bullock2:30
12."(Long as I Can) Get You When I Want You"George Jackson, Raymond Moore2:24
13."Bolic"Tina Turner2:30
14."Tell the Truth"Ike Turner, Leon Ware2:54
15."The Chopper"Tina Turner2:38
16."I Want to Take You Higher" Sylvester Stewart 2:53
17."Doin' It"Ike Turner2:43
18."Can't You Hear Me Calling"Leon Ware, Ike Turner2:27
19."I Like It"Tina Turner1:59
20."Popcorn"Tina Turner3:09
21."Help Him"Tina Turner3:43

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References

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