TINA! is a compilation album, released just in time for Tina Turner's long awaited 50th Anniversary Tour, which started on October 1 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City (USA). The tracklist includes some of her greatest hits and most of the songs she performed live at the tour. As a special bonus, it features also two live songs, recorded at the Amsterdam Arena in 1996, released for the first time on CD and two previously unreleased tracks. The American version comes with a gatefold sleeve with some different pictures as the European jewel case version. In 2009, the album was expanded to a three-disc Platinum Collection in Europe to coincide with the European leg of the tour. The digital release of the album features alternative versions of two songs: The original 1966 version of River Deep - Mountain High was replaced with the 1973 re-recording and the Acid Queen original soundtrack version with the version from Tina’s Acid Queen solo album.
Photographer: Andrew Macpherson
Release: September 2008 (USA) / October 2008 (Europe)
Label: Capitol / EMI
Format: CD / Digital
Charts: Germany: #21 / USA: #61 (Pop), #28 (R&B)
The American promo for the album comes in a jewel case with a front and back inlet. The tracklist and the description features an additional live track with The Best, recorded at Wembley Stadium. Unfortunately, this must be a mistake, because it's the same studio version from the Foreign Affair album as on the official release.
Additionally, three promotional singles were released in Europe for radio stations. The single edit of Private Dancer was issued in Ireland to promote the forthcoming concerts at the O2 arena in Dublin and also the two new tracks It Would Be A Crime and I’m Ready have been released just in time for the European leg of the 50th Anniversary Tour.