Live In Europe is Tina’s first solo live album, featuring recordings from her Private Dancer Tour and Break Every Rule Tour, plus some additional tracks from the concert at Camden Palace in 1986. The songs, including live versions of her duets with David Bowie, Bryan Adams, Eric Clapton and Robert Cray, were recorded at the N.E.C. in Birmingham; Wembley Arena in London; Camden Palace in London (UK); Westfalenhalle in Dortmund (Germany) and the Isstadion in Stockholm (Sweden). The album was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from April 2, 1988. In Europe, a total of five single have been released from this album.
Because in Japan, Australia and South America Tina was on tour sixteen months after the release of the Break Every Rule album, Live In Europe was released as two separate records under the different titles Tina Live in 1987 and More Live (or Tina Live Vol. II) in 1988. The tracklist differs depending on the country.
„To those who shared it with me, here is a fond reminder. To those who could not make it, here is a part of what you missed.“
Producer: John Hudson, Terry Britten
Photographer: Paul Cox, Terry O’Neill, Brian Aris
Illustration: Ann Field
Release: March 1988 / 1987 (Tina Live) / April 1988 (More Live)
Label: Capitol / EMI
Format: 2 Vinyl / 2 CD / 2 Cassette / Cartridge / Digital
Charts: Germany: #4 / UK: #8 / Europe: #4 / USA: #88
Certifications: UK: 1x Gold / Germany: 1x Gold
Grammy: Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (1989)
Captiol Records in North America decided not to release any regular single, but they issued a two disc promotional set with selected tracks from the album. Each disc features four tracks, one for rock stations and one for black outlets.
For the album Tina Live, a 12“ promotional sampler was released in Australia, featuring four tracks as well as a 7“ single in Japan with two song and an one sided insert with infos about the album and the songs.
Dos Personas is a Mexican 7“ promotional single with two songs from the album Live In Europe Vol. 1 & Vol. 2, featuring a promo sheet.
Last but not least, the record company in Japan released also for the album More Live a two track 7“ promo single, including an one sided insert with infos.