IKE & TINA TURNER /NUTBUSH CITY LIMITS UA-LA180-F (-73) US

The couple's nineteenth album and to my taste an excellent one. Five cuts penned by Tina, two by Ike and three covers, among the latter a re-recording of "River Deep, Mountain High". Among Tina's songs are the autobiographical title track, about the Mississippi town where she grew up, and "Club Manhattan", an ode to the place where she first met Ike. Both those tracks stone hard soul and that goes for most of the rest of the album too. Slow or up-tempo it's all with lots of nerve and tons of feeling. She sings like her life depended on it and the backing is soo tight. Good listening all through. My only reservation would be the rough re-recording of "River Deep, Mountain High". Not that it's bad in any way, but I prefer the original version as more melodic with more sentiment. They would go on to record two more albums before breaking up 1976 - allegedly due to Ike's cocaine addiction and violent behaviour - but here they still sound very together, producing an harmonic result. Full album below. Issued and reissued all over the world on vinyl and CD, in some countries cassette and/or 8-track. Australian 1988 CD on EMI (432010-2). Also as Capitol 10xFile, AAC. Premiere US had label as shown here in a glossy cover. (YZÄ*)  (FÄV)