Break Every Rule is the sixth solo studio album by Tina Turner. It was released on September 8, 1986, through Capitol Records.[4] It was the follow-up to Turner's globally successful comeback album, Private Dancer, released two years earlier. The lead single "Typical Male" peaked at number two for three consecutive weeks in October 1986, while "Two People" and "What You Get Is What You See" reached the top 20. "Back Where You Started" earned Turner her third consecutive Grammy Award for Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female in 1987. It was Turner's first solo album of original songs.[5]
Composition
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The original A-side of the vinyl album was entirely produced by Graham Lyle and Terry Britten, the team behind Turner's 1984 single "What's Love Got to Do with It", while side B included tracks produced by Bryan Adams, Bob Clearmountain, Mark Knopfler and Rupert Hine. Out of the album's eleven tracks, eight were released as singles, either in Europe or the United States or both; "Typical Male" (U.S. No. 2) featuring Phil Collins on drums, "What You Get Is What You See" (U.S. No. 13), "Two People" (Spain No. 1, U.S. R&B No. 18), David Bowie's "Girls" (Poland No. 11), "Back Where You Started" (U.S. Rock No. 18) co-written and produced by Bryan Adams, "Afterglow" (U.S. Dance No. 2) featuring Steve Winwood on keyboards, "Break Every Rule" (Poland No. 15) co-written and produced by Rupert Hine and "Paradise Is Here" (Ireland No. 24).
Most of the 12-inch singles that were released from the album included extended or alternate mixes, live versions and/or non-album tracks, many of which would not see a release on compact disc until the Deluxe Edition box set of Break Every Rule in 2022. Turner also recorded other tracks during the sessions for the album with Steve Lillywhite and Bryan Adams; "Don't Turn Around", produced by Adams, was released as a B-side, but the others remain unreleased.
Following the release of the Break Every Rule album Turner recorded the duet "Tearing Us Apart" with Eric Clapton, included on his Phil Collins-produced 1986 album August and also issued as a single in early 1987.
Commercial performance
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Break Every Rule was a commercial success worldwide. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200, No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 1 in Switzerland, and also Germany (for 12 weeks). The album sold over 5 million copies worldwide within its first year of release.[6] The RIAA certified Break Every Rule platinum,[7] denoting 1 million shipments in the United States. It was also certified 2× platinum in countries including Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Canada.
Tour
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Main article: Break Every Rule World Tour
Turner undertook a huge world tour to promote the album, including a record-breaking date in Rio de Janeiro in which she played to 180,000 people. The concert was filmed and released on home video. Further dates from the European leg of her world tour were recorded and released as the live album Tina Live in Europe in 1988, which won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance.
Track listing
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Standard edition
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producers
Length
1.
"Typical Male"
Terry Britten
Graham Lyle
Britten
4:18
2.
"What You Get Is What You See"
Britten
Lyle
Britten
4:31
3.
"Two People"
Britten
Lyle
Britten
4:11
4.
"Till the Right Man Comes Along"
Britten
Lyle
Britten
4:11
5.
"Afterglow"
Britten
Lyle
Britten
4:30
6.
"Girls"
David Bowie
Erdal Kızılçay
Britten
4:56
7.
"Back Where You Started"
Bryan Adams
Jim Vallance
Adams
Bob Clearmountain
4:27
8.
"Break Every Rule"
Rupert Hine
Jeannette Obstoj
Hine
4:02
9.
"Overnight Sensation"
Mark Knopfler
Knopfler
Neil Dorfsman
4:40
10.
"Paradise Is Here"
Paul Brady
Knopfler
Dorfsman
5:35
11.
"I'll Be Thunder"
Hine
Obstoj
Hine
5:21
2022 expanded edition bonus disc
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Producers
Length
1.
"Don't Turn Around"
Albert Hammond
Diane Warren
Adams
Clearmountain
4:16
2.
"Havin' a Party"
Sam Cooke
Martyn Ware
3:57
3.
"Take Me to the River"
Al Green
Mabon Lewis Hodges
Ware
4:03
4.
"Typical Male" (12" Dance Mix)
Britten
Lyle
Britten
7:07
5.
"Two People" (Dance Mix)
Britten
Lyle
Britten
8:24
6.
"What You Get Is What You See" (Extended Dance Mix)
Britten
Lyle
Britten
6:28
7.
"The Tina Turner Montage Mix"
Various
Les 'The Mixdoctor' Adams
8:54
8.
"Break Every Rule" (Extended Dance Mix)
Hine
Obstoj
Hine
8:45
9.
"Afterglow" (Vocal Dance Mix)
Britten
Lyle
Britten
Murray Elias
Justin Strauss
7:09
10.
"Paradise Is Here" (Live Full Length Version)
John Hudson
Knopfler
Dorfsman
7:25
2022 deluxe edition third bonus disc (Tina Live in Rio '88 CD)
No.
Title
Length
2022 deluxe edition fourth bonus disc (Tina Live in Rio '88 DVD)
No.
Title
Length
2022 deluxe edition fifth bonus disc (Camden Palace, London '86 and Promo Videos DVD)
No.
Title
Length
B-sides
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Title
Single(s)
"Don't Turn Around"
"Typical Male"
"Havin' a Party"
"Two People"
"Take Me to the River"
"Girls" and "What You Get Is What You See"
"In the Midnight Hour" (live)
"Paradise Is Here"
Personnel
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Musicians
Tina Turner – lead vocals, backing vocals (8, 11)
Nick Glennie-Smith – keyboards (1–6), string arrangements (4)
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