Dynamite! is Ike & Tina’s third studio album featuring six previously released singles as well as six new songs, including the very successful track It's Gonna Work Out Fine from 1961. The album was originally released in 1963 from Sue Records in America and was reissued several times on different labels, among others in 2004 on the double CD The Soul of Ike & Tina / Dynamite! as well as Dynamite / Dance from 2018. In 2014, it was also re-released in it’s original format on vinyl.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1963 / Various (Reissue)
Label: Sue / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / CD
Tracks
- You Should’ve Treated Me Right 3:41
- It’s Gonna Work Out Fine 3:03
- A Fool In Love 2:41
- Poor Fool 2:35
- I Idolize You 2:51
- Tra La La La 2:40
- Sleeples 2:56
- I’m Jealous 2:15
- Won’t You Forgive Me 2:42
- The Way You Love Me 1:55
- I Dig You 2:22
- Letter From Tina 2:37
Singles
It’s Gonna Work Out Fine was already a single in 1961 and was later included into the tracklist of the album Dynamite! and the LP It’s Gonna Work Out Fine. The duo performed it at several TV-Shows and live in their concerts.
A different version of the track Poor Fool was already released in 1960 on the b-side of the single You’re My Baby with the slightly different title A Fool Too Long. Ike & Tina promoted the song at the TV-Show American Bandstand in 1962. Another version is available on the rarities sampler Those Were The Days from 1991.
Tra La La La La is the second single with success in the Billboard R&B and pop charts. The track from the b-side is an edited version of the song „Changes Are“ from Ike & Tina’s debut album The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner.
You Should’a Treated Me Right is the last single, but was only a minor hit. A live version is available on the album Festival of Live Performances from 1970.
It’s Gonna Work Out Fine: June 1961 / November 1961 (UK) / February 1964 (Reissue) / USA: #2 (R&B) / #14 (Pop) / Grammy: Best Rock & Roll Vocal Performance (Nomination 1962)
Poor Fool: November 1961 / USA: #4 (R&B) / #38 (Pop)
Tra La La La La: March 1962 / USA: #9 (R&B) / #50 (Pop)
You Should’a Treated Me Right: June 1962 / USA: #89 (Pop)
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