Tina Turner - Good Hearted Woman - Album

Good Hearted Woman

Album / Singles (1979)

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, reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from August 3, 1985. 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!!

Photographer: Brian Aris (Reissue)
Producer: Bob Scherl
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

Tina Turner - Good Hearted Woman - Album

Tracks

  1. Lay It Down 3:37
    2. Written by G. Thomas
  2. Lovin’ Him Was Easier 4:17
    3. Written by K. Kristofferson
  3. Good Hearted Woman 3:20
    4. Written by W. Jennings, W. Nelson
  4. If This Is Our Last Time 3:26
    5. Written by D. Frazier
  5. Stand By Your Man 2:37
    6. Written by B. Sherrill, T. Wynette
  6. Freedom To Stay 2.54
    7. Written by W. Hoover
  7. We Had It All 3:20
    8. Written by D. Fritts, T. Seals
  8. Soul Deep 2:34
    9. Written by W. Carson
  9. If It’s Alright With You 2:50
    10. Written by K. O’Dell, L. Henley
  10. You Ain’t No Women Enough To Take My Man 2:49
    11. Written by L. Lynn
    Only on some Reissues
  1. Medley 3:14
    2. Lay It Down, Lovin' Him Was Easier
  2. Medley 2:50
    3. Stand By Your Man, We Had It All, Soul Deep, You Ain't Woman Enough To Take My Man
Tina Turner - If This Is Our Last Time - Single

If This Is Our Last Time

was released as a promotional single to promote the album Good Hearted Woman.

Most people don't think of Tina Turner as a country artist, which is understandable because she isn‘t. However, on „Good Hearted Woman“ 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.
CashBox - November 24, 1979

  1. If This Is Our Last Time 3:25
  2. We Had It All 3:23

Release: November 1979
Format: 7“ Vinyl

Stand By Your Man

is a cover from from Tammy Wynette and was released as a single in America and Europe with different b-side tracks, together with the re-issue of the album under the different title Goes Country.

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.
Billboard - October 19, 1985

  1. Stand By Your Man 2:44
    Additional tracks:
  1. Lovin’ Him Was Easier 4:20
    2. From the American release
  2. Good Hearted Woman 3:30
    3. From the European release
  3. Lay It Down 3:37
    4. From the 7" promotional record

Writer: T. Wynette, Billy Sherrill
Producer: Bob Scherl
Photographer: Brian Aris
Release: October 1985 (USA) / 1987 (Europe)
Label: Playback / Perfil
Format: 7“ Vinyl / CD

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