Workin' Together/(As Long As I Can) Get You When I Want You/Get Back/The Way You Love Me/You Can Have It/Game Of Love/Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter/Ooh Poo Pah Doo/Proud Mary/Goodbye So Long/Let It Be
Workin' Together from the soul duo Ike & Tina Turner finds them moving steadily in a rock direction that would come to fruition in Tina Turner's solo career. Includes the US No. 4 cover of Proud Mary. (US:25)
"This is classic soul, and that's a good, even at times great thing. Proud Mary was a huge hit, and did the Creedence original proud. Get Back does the same with The Beatles. Tina was the guts to be sure, but Ike knew his stuff, and the arrangements and band are super tight."
"Workin' Together marks the explosive duo's final step towards a white rock audience. Besides those early Sue singles, they were never really interested in black audiences anyway. If they spent the 1960s playing the 'chitlin' circuit', now it was payback time."
"In reality, nothing really drastically changed - all those years Ike played mean guitar, Tina always provided those frenzied vocals and The Ikettes have always been her Greek chorus in the background - the Turners successfully metamorphosed into a soul-rock act. The only difference is that this time they didn't cover black artists like in the past but white rockers and their repertoire - Turnerized versions were inevitably grittier and funkier."
"Workin' Together is an album with one of the finest 'peace' anthems of the 70s. The title song is one that is very relevant today; the sound is fresh and very well performed by the famed duo. It especially shows Tina's turn toward the rock music that would support her career for decades. This album also has the electrifying Get Back - Tina makes the song all her own like no other. And Tina made history by recording Proud Mary - this track shines on this album, it is as hot as ever."
"The opening title song and of course the smash version of Proud Mary are strong examples of what is often called "rock 'n' soul", a sound that has much of rock 'n' roll's brashness with some of the churchy cleanliness of 60s soul."
"The soulful, raspy voice of Tina and the groovy playing of The Kings of Rhythm make this album something special. The Ike and Tina Turner Revue was maybe an act which was the best at covering songs and making them sound nice and rough."
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