Twenty Four Seven (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Twenty Four Seven
Type = studio
Artist = Tina Turner


Released = Start date|1999|10|28|df=yes
(see release history)
Recorded = Late Winter/Spring 1999
Genre = Soul, Dance, Pop
Length = 47:09
Label = Parlophone Records UK/Virgin Records US
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfoxqykld6e~T1 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tinaturner/albums/album/260671/review/5946772/twenty_four_seven link]
Last album = "Wildest Dreams"
(1996)
This album = Twenty Four Seven
(1999)
Next album = "All the Best"
(2004)
Misc =Singles
Name = Twenty Four Seven
Type = studio
single 1 = When the Heartache Is Over
single 1 date = 1999
single 2 = Whatever You Need
single 2 date = 2000
single 3 = Talk To My Heart
single 3 date = 2000
single 4 = Don't Leave Me This Way
single 4 date = 2000 Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = album


Lower caption = Limited edition

"Twenty Four Seven" is the tenth solo album by Tina Turner, released on Parlophone/Virgin in 1999. It reached #9 in the UK Albums Chart. It also reached #21 on the Billboard 200, selling 60,000 copies in its 1st week. Singles released from the album include "When the Heartache Is Over", "Whatever You Need", "Talk To My Heart" and "Don't Leave Me This Way". The album was produced by Mark Taylor and Brian Rawling, the team behind Cher's "Believe", Johnny Douglas (Kylie Minogue, George Michael, All Saints etc.), Terry Britten and Absolute, best-known for their work with British pop acts like Lisa Stansfield, Will Young, Atomic Kitten, Girls Aloud, Gareth Gates, and S Club 7. Bryan Adams guests on both the title track and "Without You".

In 2000 the album was released as a limited edition special pack with a bonus disc including live recordings from Turner's 60th birthday celebration in London in November 1999 as well as the promo videos for "When the Heartache Is Over" and "Whatever You Need".

"Twenty Four Seven" is Turner's last full-length studio album to date.

Track listing

#"Whatever You Need" (Courtenay, Roberts) - 4:49
#"All the Woman" (Ackerman, Watkins, Wilson) - 4:03
#"When the Heartache Is Over" (Reid, Stack) - 3:44
#"Absolutely Nothing's Changed" (Britten, Okane) - 3:43
#"Talk to My Heart" (Douglas, Lyle) - 5:08
#"Don't Leave Me This Way" (Barry, Rawling, Taylor) - 4:19
#"Go Ahead" (House, Little) - 4:20
#"Without You" (May, Watkins, Wilson) - 4:06
#"Falling" (Connell, Fraser) - 4:21
#"I Will Be There" (Gibb, Gibb,Gibb) - 4:37
#"Twenty Four Seven" (Britten, Dore) - 3:47

Limited edition bonus disc

"All tracks recorded live in London, November 1999 unless otherwise noted"'
#"Twenty Four Seven" (Britten, Dore) - 3:56
#"River Deep - Mountain High" (Spector, Barry, Greenwich) - 4:00
#"When the Heartache Is Over" (Reid, Stack) - 3:48
#"Whatever You Need" (Courtenay, Roberts) - 4:44
#"Don't Leave Me This Way" (Barry, Rawling, Taylor) - 4:23
#"Talk to My Heart" (Douglas, Lyle) - 5:03
#"Hold On I'm Coming" (Hayes, Porter) - 3:01
#"All the Woman" (Ackerman, Watkins, Wilson) - 4:01
#"When the Heartache Is Over" (Promo Video)
#"Whatever You Need" (Promo Video)

Personnel

* Tina Turner - lead vocals
* Absolute - various instruments
* Terry Britten - acoustic & electric guitars, background vocals
* Pete Lincoln - acoustic guitar
* Johnny Douglas - guitar, keyboards, bass guitar, drums, turntables
* Graham Stack - guitar, keyboards, programming
* Alan Ross - guitar
* Phil Palmer - guitar
* Adam Phililps - guitar
* Phil Hudson - guitar
* Milton McDonald - guitar
* The London Musicians Orchestra - strings
* Peter Hope Evans - harmonica
* Steve Sidwell - trumpet
* Mike Stevens - horns
* Duncan Mackay - horns
* Nichol Thompson - horns
* Dave Clews - Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, programming
* Marcus Brown - Hammond C-3 organ, keyboards, synthesizer, drums, percussion, programming
* Mark Taylor - keyboards, programming
* Bruno Bridges - keyboards, programming
* Pino Palladino - bass, fuzz bass
* Tracy Ackerman - background vocals

Production

* Absolute - record producer tracks: 2, 8, 10
* Johnny Douglas - producer tracks: 1, 5, 7, additional production tracks: 2, co-producer track 2
* Terry Britten - producer tracks: 4, 9, 11
* Brian Rawling - producer tracks 2, 6
* Mark Taylor - producer tracks 2, 6
* Bryan Adams - lead vocals and backing vocals tracks on number 8 "Without You" and number 11 "Twenty Four Seven"
* Marc Lane - sound engineer
* Ren Swan - sound engineer
* Paul Wright - sound engineer

Charts

Singles - Billboard

Release history