Foreign Affair 3619684 225284625 2008-07-12T21:53:04Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{otheruses2|Foreign affairs}} {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Foreign Affair | | Type = [[Album]] | | Artist = [[Tina Turner]] | | Cover = Foreign_Affair.jpg | | | Released =[[September 13]] [[1989]] <small>([[United States|U.S.]])</small> | | Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Soul music|Soul]] | | Length = 52:16 | | Label = [[Capitol records|Capitol]] | | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:xu548qxtbtm4] | | Last album = ''[[Tina Live in Europe]]'' <br />(1988) | | This album = ''Foreign Affair'' <br />(1989) | | Next album = ''[[Simply the Best (album)|Simply the Best]]'' <br />(1991) | | Misc = {{Singles | Name = Foreign Affair | Type = studio | single 1 = [[The Best (song)|The Best]] | single 1 date = [[02 September]] [[1989]] | single 2 = [[I Don't Wanna Lose You]] | single 2 date = [[18 November]] [[1989]] | single 3 = [[Steamy Windows]] | single 3 date = [[17 February]] [[1990]] | single 4 = [[Foreign Affair (song)|Foreign Affair]] | single 4 date = [[05 May]] [[1990]] | single 5 = [[Look Me In The Heart]] | single 5 date = [[11 August]] [[1990]] | single 6 = [[Be Tender With Me Baby]] | single 6 date = [[13 October]] [[1990]] }} }} '''''Foreign Affair''''' is the seventh solo album by [[Tina Turner]], released on [[Capitol Records]] in 1989. Although the album did not perform as well as ''[[Private Dancer]]'' and ''[[Break Every Rule]]'' in the U.S., it was a world-wide hit, selling over 6 million copies<ref>[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DD163EF934A35757C0A962958260 New York Times - 30 June 2007: Foreign Affairs sales of 6 million]</ref>. This made ''Foreign Affair'', mainly produced by the late [[Dan Hartman]], another great hit album for Tina Turner and her solo career, topping most of the European albums charts. In Europe it also spun off no less than six highly successful single releases; "[[The Best (song)|The Best]]", "[[Steamy Windows]]", "[[I Don't Wanna Lose You]]", "[[Foreign Affair (song)|Foreign Affair]]", "[[Look Me In The Heart]]" and "[[Be Tender With Me Baby]]". The album included four tracks written by [[Tony Joe White]], besides "Steamy Windows" and the title track also "You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)" and "Undercover Agent For The Blues" and four by [[Albert Hammond]]; "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "Be Tender With Me Baby", "You Can't Stop Me Loving You" and "Not Enough Romance". While the album failed to crack the top 30 of the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], ''Foreign Affair'' hit #1 on the [[UK Top 75]] and sold over 200,000 copies in its 1st week. ==Track listing== '''Side A''' #"[[Steamy Windows]]" (White) – 4:03 #"[[The Best (song)|The Best]]" (Chapman, Knight) – 5:28 #"You Know Who (Is Doing You Know What)" (White) – 3:45 #"Undercover Agent For The Blues" (White, White) – 5:20 #"[[Look Me In The Heart]]" (Kelly, Steinberg) – 3:42 #"[[Be Tender With Me Baby]]" (David, Hammond) – 4:18 '''Side B''' #"You Can't Stop Me Loving You" (David, Hammond) – 4:00 #"Ask Me How I Feel" (Hammond, Knight) – 4:46 #"Falling Like Rain" (Munday, Stewart) – 4:03 #"[[I Don't Wanna Lose You]]" (Hammond, Lyle) – 4:20 #"Not Enough Romance" (Hammond, Lyle) – 4:04 #"[[Foreign Affair (song)|Foreign Affair]]" (White) – 4:27 ==Personnel== * [[Tina Turner]] - [[lead vocals]] * [[Tony Joe White]] - [[guitar]], [[harmonica]], [[synthesizer]]s * [[Dan Hartman]] - guitar, [[keyboards]] * Eddie Martinez - guitar * Neil Taylor - guitar * James Ralston - guitar * Gene Black - guitar * Pat Thrall - guitar * Phil Palmer - guitar * [[Mark Knopfler]] - guitar * Elliot Lewis - strings, keyboards * [[Nick Glennie-Smith]] - strings, keyboards * [[Gary Barnacle]] - [[saxophone]] * [[Edgar Winter]] - saxophone * Timmy Cappello - saxophone * Phil Ashley - keyboards * [[Philippe Saisse]] - keyboards * Casey Young - keyboards * Jeff Bova - [[synthesizer]] * Carmine Rojas - [[bass guitar]] * T.M. Stephens - bass * [[Rupert Hine]] - bass * J.T. Lewis - [[drums]] * Art Wood - drums * Geoff Dugmore - drums * [[Albert Hammond]] - [[percussion]], [[background vocals]] * [[Danny Cummings]] - percussion * Lance Ellington - background vocals * [[Tessa Niles]] - background vocals * Sandy Stewart - background vocals * David Munday - background vocals * [[Roger Davies]] - background vocals * [[Graham Lyle]] - background vocals * [[Holly Knight]] - background vocals ==Production== * [[Dan Hartman]] - [[record producer]] all tracks unless otherwise noted * [[Roger Davies]] - executive producer, producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You" & "Foreign Affair" * [[Tina Turner]] - executive producer, producer "The Best" & "Ask Me How I Feel" * [[Rupert Hine]] - producer "Falling Like Rain" * [[Albert Hammond]] - producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You" * [[Graham Lyle]] - producer "I Don't Wanna Lose You" * [[Tony Joe White]] - producer "Foreign Affair" * [[Chris Lord-Alge]] - [[sound mix]] * Andrew Scarth - sound engineer * Mike Ging - sound engineer * Recorded at The Hit Factory, New York, New York. ==Chart Performance== '''Album''' {| class="wikitable" width="250px" !align="left"|Chart (1989) !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|Austrian Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|German Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Norwegian Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Swedish Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|UK Albums Chart |align="center"|1 |- |align="left"|Dutch Albums Chart |align="center"|6 |- |align="left"|US Billboard 200 Chart |align="center"|31 |- |align="left"|US Billboard R&B Chart |align="center"|83 |- |} '''Singles''' {| class="wikitable" width="550px" !align="left"|Year !align="left"|Single !align="left"|Chart !align="left"|Position |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Steamy Windows" |align="left"|Hot Dance Music/Club Play |align="left"|13 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Steamy Windows" |align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100 |align="left"|21 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"The Best" |align="left"|Mainstream Rock Tracks |align="left"|6 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"The Best" |align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100 |align="left"|15 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Look Me In The Heart" |align="left"|Adult Contemporary |align="left"|4 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Foreign Affair" |align="left"|Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks |align="left"|39 |- |align="left"|1989 |align="left"|"Foreign Affair" |align="left"|The Billboard Hot 100 |align="left"|33 |- |align="left"|1990 |align="left"|"I Don't Wanna Lose You |align="left"|Adult Contemporary |align="left"|8 |- |} ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Tina Turner albums]] [[Category:1989 albums]] {{Tina Turner}}