Come Together features beside original Ike Turner material also two cover versions from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, as well as the very successful single I Want To Take You Higher, which was originally released from the band Sly & The Family Stone. A different version of the title track with an orchestra background instrumentation can be found on the soundtrack album All This And World War II from 1976. The album was reissued several times, among others in 2010 on the double CD Come Together / Nuff Said. In Germany, the album was reissued under the different title Pop Gold in 1978 with a different cover artwork. In Japan, it was originally released with an alternate gatefold cover and on red vinyl.
Producer: Ike Turner
Photographer: Rhonda Graham, Ed Caraeff
Release: May 1970 / 1978 (Pop Gold) / Various (Reissue)
Label: Liberty / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl (Gatefold, Colored) / Cartridge / Reel Tape / Cassette / CD
Charts: USA: #13 (R&B)
- It Ain’t Right (Lovin’ To Be Lovin’) 2:38
- Too Much Woman (For A Hanpecked Man) 2:37
- Unlucky Creature 2:26
- Young And Dumb 2:53
- Honky Tonk Women 3:10
- Come Together 3:42
- Why Can’t We Be Happy 3:56
- Contact High 2:18
- Keep On Walking (Don’t Look Back) 2:12
- I Want To Take You Higher 2:55
- Evil Man 3:29
- Doin’ It 2:40
That wailing woman is not Little Red Riding Hood. It’s Tina Turner, the woman. Pumping, screaming, moving for her man, Ike. Ike & Tina Turner the life lovers. "Come Together“ - Ike & Tina Turner - An Album, Cartridge & Cassette — Rolling Stone (June 11, 1970)
It’s been said: Give the public what they want. Give them your best. Give them one hundred percent. Give them entertainment in every sense of the word. Come Together - Ike & Tina Turner. Now it’s been done!
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