Love Explosion


Love Explosion is Tina Turner's fourth solo studio album, released in March 1979 on the EMI label in the Europe, Ariola Records in West Germany and United Artists Records in the UK. The album was created for the European market. It was her second solo album released after she left husband Ike Turner and the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. The album failed to chart, so Turner lost her recording contract. Love Explosion would be her last album until the critically acclaimed Private Dancer in 1984.

Recording and release

Love Explosion was recorded in Europe and produced by one of the leading characters in French disco at the time, Alec R. Costandinos, who had worked with bands like Love And Kisses and Cerrone and also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1978 movie Thank God It's Friday. The album features heavy influences of funk and disco.
The track listing includes two soulful ballads, "I See Home" and "Just A Little Lovin'", the latter originally recorded by Dusty Springfield on her 1969 album Dusty in Memphis. The disco track "Love Explosion" was released as a single in Australia, while "Music Keeps Me Dancin'" was released in Europe. A mid-tempo cover of The O'Jays' 1972 soul classic "Back Stabbers" was released as a promotional single in the UK. There were no singles released in the United States. The singles and the album failed to chart, so United Artists Records and Turner parted ways.

Reissues

Love Explosion was re-issued on CD by EMI in the early 1990s but is currently out of print.

Track listing

Personnel