Workin' Together is Ike & Tina’s most successful studio album, which reached gold status in America. It features also the most most successful single of the duo with Proud Mary, a rock styled cover version originally from the band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song „Funkier Than A Mosquita's Tweeter“ was written by Tina’s sister Alline and was later covered by Nina Simone. Some of the songs were credited to Eki Renrut, which is Ike Turner’s name in backwards. The album was reissued on the double CD Workin’ Together / Let Me Touch Your Mind in 2011.
Producer: Ike Turner
Recorded: A Bolic Sound
Photographer: Herb Kravitz
Design: Ron Wolin
Release: December 1970 / 2011 (CD)
Label: Liberty
Format: Vinyl / Cartridge / Reel Tape / CD
Charts: USA: #3 (r&b), #25 (pop) / Germany: #12
Certifications: USA: 1x Gold
Tracklist
- Workin’ Together 3:35
- (As Long As I Can) Get You When I Want You 2:24
- Get Back 3:05
- The Way You Love Me 2:40
- You Can Have It 3:30
- Game Of Love 2:48
Billboard Review
November 21, 1970
Nobody works harder than Ike & Tina Turner and workin’ together they take top material, rip it up, and resoul „Proud Mary,“ „Let It Be,“ „Get Back“ and „Ooh Poo Pah Doo“ their way. The duo gather a full head of funky, raucous steam, hitting only the heights of energy and excitement on the title romp, plus more of Ike's super rhythm workouts. Can't keep this kind of 'up' music down.
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Rolling Stone Magazine
"… John Fogerty hasn’t heard a thing until
he hears Tina do 'Proud Mary.'
The spoken introduction done over
guitar and Ike singing the song
in the background is perfect.
The pick-up from the slow portion
of their arrangement
to the up-tempo one is done
with precision and flash."
Jon Landau
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