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Nutbush City Limits(album)

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Nutbush City Limits
Studio albumby
Ike & Tina Turner
ReleasedNovember 1973
RecordedJune – September 1973
StudioBolic Sound(Inglewood, California)
Genre
Length32:37
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerIke Turner
Ike & Tina Turnerchronology
Live! The World of Ike & Tina
(1973) 		Nutbush City Limits
(1973) 		The Gospel According to Ike & Tina
(1974)
SinglesfromNutbush City Limits
  1. "Nutbush City Limits"
    Released: August 1973
  2. "River Deep, Mountain High 1974"
    Released: March 1974

Nutbush City Limitsis a studio album byIke & Tina Turnerreleased onUnited Artists Recordsin 1973. The album is noted for the hit single "Nutbush City Limits",which became a staple in their live shows.

Recording and release

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Nutbush City Limitswas recorded at Ike & Tina Turner'sBolic Soundstudio between June and September 1973. Five of the ten tracks on the album were written byTina Turner,including "Nutbush City Limits",which peaked at No. 11 onBillboardHot Soul Singles,No. 22 on theBillboardHot 100,and No. 4 on theUK Singles Chart.[2][3][4]She wrote the song "Club Manhattan" as an ode to theManhattan Club,the nightclub where she met Ike Turner inEast St. Louis, Illinois.[5]

The album includes a different version of their classic song "River Deep – Mountain High",which was released as a single in France. The song" Make Me Over "was re-recorded by Tina and re-titled" Tina's Wish "for the 1993 soundtrack albumWhat's Love Got to Do with It.

The album peaked at No. 21 on theBillboardSoul LPchart and No. 163 on theTop LPs.[6][7]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[9]

The album received positive critical reception.Billboardreviewed it as "simply the best thought-out Ike & Tina album in many moons."[10]Cash Boxnoted that "this album is one of the best dance LPs of the year and features Tina's singing at its best as well as lke's capable leadership."[11]

Record World(December 1, 1973): "The title cut is a big single for the torrid Turners and they have filled out their new album with plenty of red hot rock and soul on songs like 'River Deep, Mountain High,' 'Drift Away,' 'Club Manhattan' and 'Make Me Over.' Ike's production is so hot you'll need an asbestos needle."[1]

Reissues

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The album was reissued byRaven Recordson the compilation CDNutbush City Limits/Feel Goodin 2006.[12][13]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nutbush City Limits"Tina Turner2:55
2."Make Me Over"Ike Turner3:05
3."Drift Away"Mentor Williams3:20
4."That's My Purpose"Tina Turner4:38
5."Fancy Annie"Tina Turner2:20
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."River Deep, Mountain High"Phil Spector,Jeff Barry,Ellie Greenwich4:02
2."Get It Out of Your Mind"Ike Turner3:20
3."Daily Bread"Tina Turner2:45
4."You Are My Sunshine"Charles Mitchell,Jimmie Davis3:22
5."Club Manhattan"Tina Turner2:50
Total length:32:37

Chart performance

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Chart performance forNutbush City Limits
Chart (1974–1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[14] 13
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[15] 4
Germany (GfK Entertainment charts)[15] 21
USBillboardTop LP's[7] 163
USBillboardSoul LP's[6] 21
USCash BoxTop 100 Albums 101–175[16] 134
USRecord WorldR&B LP[17] 26

Certifications

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Certifications forNutbush City Limits
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[18] Platinum 50,000^

^Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^abc"Album Picks"(PDF).Record World:12. December 1, 1973.
  2. ^"Hot 100"(PDF).Billboard.November 17, 1973. p. 32.
  3. ^"Hot Soul Singles"(PDF).Billboard.November 3, 1973. p. 30.
  4. ^"Ike & Tina Turner".Official Charts.
  5. ^Turner, Ike. (1999).Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner.Cawthorne, Nigel. London: Virgin.ISBN1-85227-850-1.OCLC43321298.
  6. ^ab"Soul LP's"(PDF).Billboard.February 16, 1974.
  7. ^ab"Top Lp's"(PDF).Billboard.January 19, 1974.
  8. ^"Nutbush City Limits/Feel Good - Ike & Tina Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits".AllMusic.
  9. ^Christgau, Robert(1981)."Consumer Guide '70s: T".Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies.Ticknor & Fields.ISBN089919026X.RetrievedMarch 17,2019– via robertchristgau.
  10. ^"Top Album Picks - Pop"(PDF).Billboard.November 24, 1973. p. 42.
  11. ^"Album Reviews - Pop Pics"(PDF).Cash Box:35. November 24, 1973.
  12. ^"Nutbush City Limits/Feel Good - Ike & Tina Turner | Releases".AllMusic.
  13. ^"Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits/Feel Good".Discogs.2006.
  14. ^Kent, David (1993).Australian Chart Book 1970–1992.St Ives,N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 314.ISBN0-646-11917-6.
  15. ^ab"Ike & Tina Turner - Nutbush City Limits".Dutch Charts.
  16. ^"Top 100 Albums 101 To 175"(PDF).Cash Box:28. February 2, 1974.
  17. ^"The R&B LP Chart"(PDF).Record World:38. February 9, 1974.
  18. ^Ike & Tina Turner Nutbush City Limits Australian Platinum Album Awardat theWayback Machine(archived 20 November 2020)
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