Foreign Affair

Infobox Album |
Name = Foreign Affair
Type = Album
Artist = Tina Turner



Released =September 13 1989 (U.S.)
Genre = Pop, Rock, Soul
Length = 52:16
Label = Capitol
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:xu548qxtbtm4]

Last album = "Tina Live in Europe"
(1988)
This album = "Foreign Affair"
(1989)
Next album = "Simply the Best"
(1991)
Misc = Singles
Name = Foreign Affair
Type = studio
single 1 = 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
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 [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE5DD163EF934A35757C0A962958260 New York Times - 30 June 2007: Foreign Affairs sales of 6 million] ] . 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", "Steamy Windows", "I Don't Wanna Lose You", "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, "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" (Tony Joe White) – 4:03
#"The Best" (Mike Chapman, Holly 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" (Tom Kelly, Billy Steinberg) – 3:42
#"Be Tender With Me Baby" (David, Albert 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" (David Munday, Sandy Stewart) – 4:03
#"I Don't Wanna Lose You" (Hammond, Graham Lyle) – 4:20
#"Not Enough Romance" (Hammond, Lyle) – 4:04
#"Foreign Affair" (White) – 4:27

Personnel

* Tina Turner - lead vocals
* Tony Joe White - guitar, harmonica, synthesizers
* 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

Singles

References

succession box
before = "We Too Are One" by Eurythmics
title = UK number one album
years = September 30, 1989 – October 6, 1989
after = "The Seeds of Love" by Tears for Fears