Ike & Tina Turner - The Gospel According - Album

The Gospel According To Ike And Tina

Album (1974)

Ike & Tina Turner - The Gospel According - Album

The Gospel According To Ike And Tina remains as one of Ike & Tina's most obscure and underrated album and reflect one of the more unusual steps the couple took in their recording career. Musically, it features new arrangements of gospel standards with heavy use of Ike’s new synthesizers. The lead vocals are from Ike Turner, Tina Turner and from both together. The album was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from April 27, 1970 and received a Grammy nomination in 1975. It was reissued on compact disc on the double CD Sweet Rhode Island Red / The Gospel According To Ike & Tina.

Producer: Ike Turner
Recorded: Bolic Sound, October - November 1973
Release: April 1974 / Various (Reissue)
Photographer: Fred Valentine
Label: United Artists / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / CD
Grammy: Best Soul Gospel Performance (Nomination 1975)

Ike & Tina Turner - The Gospel According - Album

Tracks

  1. Father Alone 4:20
    2. Written by S. Taylor / Vocals by Ike Turner / Single in 1974
  2. Walk With Me (I Need You Lord To Be My Friend) 3:41
    3. Traditional / Arranged & Adapted by Ike Turner / Vocals by Tina Turner
  3. Glory, Glory 3:14
    4. Traditional / Arranged & Adapted by Ike Turner / Vocals by Tina Turner
  4. Just A Closer Walk With Thee 6:17
    5. Traditional / Arranged & Adapted by Ike Turner / Vocals by Ike Turner
  5. What A Friend We Have In Jesus 2:54
    6. Traditional / Arranged & Adapted by Ike Turner / Vocals by Tina Turner
  6. Amazing Grace 2:39
    7. Traditional / Arranged & Adapted by Ike Turner / Vocals by Ike & Tina Turner
  7. Take My Hand Precious Lord 2:53
    8. Written by T. A. Dorsey / Vocals by Ike Turner
  8. Nearer The Cross 2:30
    9. Written by C. W. Dieckmann, F. J. Crosby / Vocals by Tina Turner
  9. Our Lord Will Make A Way 3:43
    10. Traditional / Arranged & Adapted by Ike Turner / Vocals by Tina Turner
  10. When The Saints Go Marching In 3:07
    11. Traditional / Arranged & Adapted by Ike Turner / Vocals by Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner - The Gospel According - Promo

In the beginning there was an idea. Ike & Tina Turner wanted to re-examine their gospel roots in the light of their explosive pop/soul sound.

In the middle there was a recording session. And the results were so uplifting and exciting, that Ike & Tina went ahead and recorded all their favorite gospel songs.

In the end there is „The Gospel According to Ike & Tina“. A new album from Ike & Tina Turner on United Artists Records & Tapes. Been to church lately? — Billboard - May 25, 1974

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