Golden Empire (Ike & Tina Turner album)

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Golden Empire
Ike-Tina-Album-Golden-Empire.jpg
1986 reissue
Compilation album by
Ike & Tina Turner
ReleasedNovember 1985
GenreR&B, soul music, funk rock
LabelStriped Horse
ProducerIke Turner
Ike & Tina Turner chronology
Get Back
(1985) 		Golden Empire
(1985) 		Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner
(1991)
Singles from Golden Empire
  1. "Living For The City"
    Released: 1985
  2. "Golden Empire"
    Released: 1985
  3. "Shake A Hand"
    Released: 1986
  4. "Raise Your Hand (U Got To)"
    Released: 2005

Golden Empire is a 1985 compilation album of unreleased songs and remixed versions of songs previously released by R&B duo Ike & Tina Turner.[1] In 1986, it was reissued on CD with 10 additional tracks. All tracks were produced, engineered, and arranged by Ike Turner; remastered and remixed by Striped Horse Records chief Carlo Nasi and Philadelphia International veteran engineer Don Murray.[2] Between 1985 and 2005, a total of four singles were released from the album.

Content[]

The album contains R&B standards such as "I Know (You Don’t Want Me No More)" and "Shake a Hand." There are also contemporary songs — Stevie Wonder's "Living For The City" which the Ike and Tina previously covered for their album Sweet Rhode Island Red, and Ike Turner originals.

In 1985, the two singles were released by Striped Horse, "Living For The City" and "Golden Empire." The following year when the album was reissued, "Shake A Hand" was released as a single. Twenty years after the album was originally released, the track "Raise Your Hand" was remixed by various DJ's and released as "Raise Your Hand (U Got To)" from different labels in 2005.[3]

Critical reception[]

People (May 12, 1986):

Ike's original songs are mixed with tightly knit arrangements of R&B standards — "I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)" and "Shake a Hand." Ike's lyrics often are swaggering, especially on the title cut, but Tina sings them with palpable conviction... Tunes such as Ike’s "Bootsie Whitelaw" and Troy Seals and Don Goodman's "Mississippi Rolling Stone" are poignant reminders of Ike's and Tina's productive if sometimes tumultuous years together. They also show that as dynamic as Tina is today, nobody ever got more out of her musically than Ike."[4]

Track listing[]

All tracks written by Ike Turner, except where noted.

1986
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mississippi Rolling Stone"Don Goodman, Troy Seals3:38
2."Living For The City"Stevie Wonder3:40
3."Golden Empire" 3:45
4."I'm Looking For My Mind" 3:09
5."Shake A Hand"Joe Morris3:36
6."Bootsie Whitelaw" 4:03
7."Too Much Man For One Woman" 3:04
8."I Know (You Don't Want Me No More)"Barbara George3:25
9."Rockin' And Rollin'"William Nobles3:14
10."Never Been To Spain"Hoyt Axton2:58
11."Sugar, Sugar"Jeff Barry, Andy Kim2:42
12."Push" 5:05
13."Raise Your Hand" 2:30
14."Tina's Prayer" 3:02
15."Chicken" 3:22
16."If You Want It" 2:38
17."Let's Get It On" 2:42
18."You're Up To Something" 3:52
19."You're Still My Baby"Chuck Willis2:10
20."Jesus" 3:28

References[]

  1. ^ "New Releases" (PDF). Billboard: 26. November 2, 1985.
  2. ^ "Ike & Tina Turner – Golden Empire". Discogs.
  3. ^ "Ike & Tina Turner vs. Gauzz – Raise Your Hand (U Got To)". Discogs.
  4. ^ "Picks and Pans Review: Golden Empire". People.com. May 12, 1986.
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