The Edge (Ike Turner album)

The Edge
The Edge
Studio album by Ike Turner featuring Tina Turner and Home Grown Funk
Released	1980
Studio	Bolic Sound
Genre	funk, R&B
Label	Fantasy Records
Producer	Ike Turner
Ike Turner chronology
Singles from The Edge
	"Party Vibes"; Released: 1980; "Shame, Shame, Shame"; Released: 1982;

The Edge is a studio album by Ike Turner released on Fantasy Records in 1980. The album was released two years after Turner's divorce from his musical partner Tina Turner.

Recording and release[]

The Edge features songs taken from Ike & Tina Turner's recording sessions together.^[1] Tina Turner sings lead on the recordings on the Side A, which include pop-rock hits such as "Only Women Bleed" by Alice Cooper and "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John. The B Side contains Ike Turner singing his compositions. The promotional single "Party Vibes"/"Shame, Shame Shame" charted at No. 27 on the Billboard Disco Top 100 chart in 1980.^[2] In 1982, the cover song "Shame, Shame, Shame" was released as a single in the Netherlands, charting at No. 47.^[3]

After Tina Turner released her successful Private Dancer album, Fantasy reissued Side A of The Edge as a mini-album in 1984. The cover song, "Lean On Me" by Bill Withers" was released as a single in 1984.

Critical reception[]

Reviewing the Tina Turner mini-album for Billboard, Nelson George noted that Turner's "interpretations of two Bill Withers classics 'Lean On Me' and 'Use Me,' were the stand stand out" tracks. He added that on 'Lean On Me,' Tina, with more than a little help from Ike's clever rearrangement, turns Withers' mid-tempo tribute to friendship into a frenzied gospel song."^[1]

Track listing[]

Side A
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Shame, Shame, Shame"	Sylvia Robinson	3:03
2.	"Lean on Me"	Bill Withers	3:36
3.	"Philadelphia Freedom"	Elton John, Bernie Taupin	4:12
4.	"Use Me"	Bill Withers	3:12
5.	"Only Women Bleed"	Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner	3:57

Side B
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Party Vibes"	Ike Turner	4:39
2.	"Lum Dum"	Ike Turner	3:35
3.	"No Other Woman"	Ike Turner	3:34
4.	"I Can't Believe It"	Ike Turner	3:35
5.	"I Don't Want Nobody"	Ike Turner	3:45

Chart performance[]

Single (A-side, B-side)	Year	Peak chart positions
Single (A-side, B-side)	Year	US Dance ^[2]	Netherlands ^[3]
"Party Vibes"/"Shame, Shame Shame"	1980	27	—
"Shame, Shame, Shame" b/w "Party Vibes"	1982	—	47
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that country.

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b George, Nelson (November 24, 1984). "The Rhythm & Blues". Billboard: 47.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Billboard Disco Top 100" (PDF). Billboard: 39. November 1, 1980.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ike & Tina Turner - Shame, Shame, Shame". Dutch Charts.

[:0-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b George, Nelson (November 24, 1984). "The Rhythm & Blues". Billboard: 47.

[:1-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Billboard Disco Top 100" (PDF). Billboard: 39. November 1, 1980.

[:2-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Ike & Tina Turner - Shame, Shame, Shame". Dutch Charts.

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Studio albums	Ike & Tina Turner's Kings of Rhythm Dance (1962) Rocks the Blues (1963) A Black Man's Soul (1969) Strange Fruit (1972) Blues Roots (1972) Bad Dreams (1973) The Edge (1980) Here and Now (2001) Risin' with the Blues (2006)
Compilations	I Like Ike! The Best of Ike Turner (1994) The Sun Sessions (2001) The Bad Man: Rare & Unreissued Ike Turner Produced Recordings 1962–1965 (2004) His Woman, Her Man: The Ike Turner Diaries (2004) Jack Rabbit Blues: The Singles of 1958–1960 (2011)
Singles	"Rocket 88" (1951) "Boxtop" (1958) " Box Top" (1959) "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" (1972) "Father Alone" (1974)
Recordings as sideman	"How Many More Years" (1951) "Moanin' at Midnight" (1951) "3 O'Clock Blues" (1951) "No More Doggin'" (1952) "Shake It Up and Go" (1952) "You Know I Love You (1952) "Double Trouble" (1959) "All Your Love (I Miss Loving)" (1959) "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong" (1961) Howling Wolf Sings the Blues (1962) Sweet Black Angel (1969) There's a Riot Goin' On (1971) "First Degree" (1997) "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" (2005)
Record labels	Prann Records Sony Records Teena Records Sonja Records Innis Records
Related topics	Ike Turner discography Songs written by Ike Turner Ike & Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner discography The Ikettes Bolic Sound Club Imperial Manhattan Club What's Love Got to Do with It (1993) Takin' Back My Name (1999) The Road to Memphis (2003)