Good Hearted Woman contains previously unreleased tracks from the Tina Turns The Country On recording session, released for the first time in 1979 on this album. The cover picture was taken from the Acid Queen photo session. After Tina’s comeback, it was reissued in 1985 under the title Goes Country with different cover pictures and with two additional medleys. In the meantime, all songs are available also digitally and in remixed versions and in 2021 it was released on compact disc with the original cover art and title.
Tina Turner has conquered every mountain in the music world except country….until now!!! Finally, the queen of soul and rock’n roll has attacked country songs with a fury never seen before. You’ve heard Tammy, Loretta, Barbara And Crystal, but now….make way for Tina Turner. Put this great album on your turntable and stand back. Hear country as you’ve never heard it before….Tina Turner style. Now….finally, on Playback Records, Tina Turner Goes…Country. Enjoy!!
Producer: Bob Scherl
Design: Linda Rozelle
Release: 1979 / August 1985 (Goes Country) / Various (Reissue) / 2021 (CD)
Label: Wagner / Playback (Goes Country) / Various (Reissue) / Good Time (CD)
Format: Vinyl / Cassette / CD / Digital
CashBox
November 24, 1979
Most people don't think of Tina Turner as a country artist, which is understandable because she isn't. However, on this album she records a collection of country songs in her own unique style and the result is an album many country programmers and listeners will enjoy. Best cuts include „If This Is Our Last Time,“ „We Had It All,“ „Soul Deep“ and „Freedom To Stay“.
Billboard
August 3, 1985
Playback Records, a North Miami Beach direct marketing label, begins this week cable promotion of its album „Tina Turner Goes Country.“ The collection of country songs has not been previously released, according to Jack Gale, president of Music Unlimited Inc., of which Playback is a subsidiary. Priced at $9.95, the Turner album will not be sold in stores, according to Gale. Initial promotion will be on the Nashville Network and the Satellite Program Network.
October 19, 1985
THE BIG NEWS at New York’s Sutra is a distribution deal with Playback, wherein Sutra is handling a country album recorded in the 70’s by Tina Turner. The first single, "Stand By Your Man“ is out now, with the album following in two weeks ...
Tracks
- Lay It Down 3:37
- Lovin’ Him Was Easier 4:17
- Good Hearted Woman 3:20
- If This Is Our Last Time 3:26
- Stand By Your Man 2:37
- Freedom To Stay 2.54
- We Had It All 3:20
- Soul Deep 2:34
- If It’s Alright With You 2:50
- You Ain’t No Women Enough To Take My Man 2:49
- Medley 3:14
- Medley 2:50
To promote the album, the D. Frazier written song If This Is Our Last Time was released as a promotional single in November 1979, and from the reissue Goes Country, the Tammy Wynette cover Stand By Your Man was released in America and Europe as a single with different b-side tracks in October 1985.