Outta Season is a heavy blues album produced by Tina Turner and Bob Krasnow.[2] The controversial album cover features the Turners (Ike on the front and Tina on the back) in whiteface eating watermelon. The art direction was by Tom Wilkes and photography by Barry Feinstein.[3][4] As a sarcastic statement, Amos and Andy are credited for the design & photography on the album due to the history of the characters wearing blackface.[5]
The album contains the track "I Am a Motherless Child," which is based on the negro spiritual "City Called Heaven".[6] The first single, "I've Been Loving You Too Long," peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 23 on the Billboard R&B chart in April 1969.[7] The second single "Crazy 'Bout You Baby" was only released in the UK.[8]
The 'now' sound is blues, and the blues are now the sound of Ike and Tina Turner. This newly-recorded set features the vet R&B/Pop duo in a more contemporary framework than ever before, with increase emphasis on instrumental happenings. Material includes such blues standards as "Honest I Do," "My Babe," "Rock Me Baby," "Crazy 'Bout You Baby" and "Mean Old World" as well as several Ike or Tina originals and Otis Redding's "I've Been Loving You Too Long."[1]
