Let Me Touch Your Mind
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{{Infobox album
| name = Let Me Touch Your Mind
| type = Studio album
| artist = Ike & Tina Turner
| cover = IkeTina_TouchYourMind.jpg
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| released = January 1973
| recorded = 1972
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| studio = Bolic Sound (Inglewood, CA)
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| label = United Artists
| producer = Ike Turner, Andre Williams
| prev_title = Feel Good
| prev_year = 1972
| next_title = Live! The World of Ike & Tina
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Let Me Touch Your Mind
| type = studio
| single1 = Let Me Touch Your Mind
| single1date = September 1972
| single2 =Early One Morning
| single2date = January 1973
}}
}}
Let Me Touch Your Mind is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released on United Artists Records in 1973.
Recording and release
Let Me Touch Your Mind was recorded at the Turners' Bolic Sound studio in 1972. The album package was designed to resemble a paper fortune teller.{{Cite journal|date=February 10, 1973|title=Album Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1973/Cash-Box-1973-02-10.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=22}}
The title track, "Let Me Touch Your Mind," was written by Oliver Sain and was released as the lead single in 1972. It reached No. 30 on Record World's R&B chart.{{Cite journal|date=November 18, 1972|title=The R&B Singles Chart|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/72/RW-1972-11-18.pdf|journal=Record World|pages=34}} "Early One Morning," The B-side to the non-album track "With A Little Help From My Friends," reached No. 47 on the Billboard Soul Singles chart in 1973.{{Cite magazine|date=April 21, 1973|title=Best Selling Soul Singles|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-04-21.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=30}} Roger Whittaker is credited as the songwriter, but the Turners rendition is a cover of Little Richard's "Early One Morning" which was released in 1958. Another track, "Help Him," was released later in 1973 as the B-side to the hit single "Nutbush City Limits." Both songs were written by Tina Turner.
Critical reception
The album received positive reviews at the time of its release.{{Cite news |date=February 15, 1973 |title=Off the Record: Soul |pages=2-B |work=The Atlanta Journal}}{{Cite news |date=March 31, 1973 |title=Records |pages=A-8 |work=The Dispatch}} It was selected as one of Record World
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Billboard (February 3, 1973): "It is burningly energetic soul with Tina's uniquely sexy showmanship way out front on display, in a well-conceived program of Turner originals and covers. Duos next hit could be the slow-cooking title tune or Tina's lecture on mating 'Help Him.'"{{Cite magazine|date=February 3, 1973|title=Album Reviews|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-02-03.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=56}}
The Shreveport Journal (March 20, 1973):
This husband-wife act has been a big attraction on the soul circuit for several years. Foremost cut is the title ballad which is done in a lengthy, sensuous rendition by Tina. Best known for her all-stops-out belting, she demonstrates that technique on "Popcorn" and "Annie Had a Baby." The rest of the repertoire is the expected polished blues the two do so well.{{Cite news |last=Crockett |first=Lane |date=March 20, 1973 |title=Liza Leads Albums |pages=Six A |work=The Shreveport Journal}}
Reissues
Let Me Touch Your Mind was reissued in 2011 by BGO Records on the compilation CD Workin' Together/Let Me Touch Your Mind.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/workin-together-let-me-touch-your-mind-mw0002176795|title=Workin' Together/Let Me Touch Your Mind - Ike & Tina Turner {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}} In 2018, the album was reissued on CD by Universal Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/let-me-touch-your-mind-mw0000859415/releases|title=Let Me Touch Your Mind - Ike & Tina Turner {{!}} Releases|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}
Track listing
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| title1 = Let Me Touch Your Mind
| length1 = 3:59
| title2 = Annie Had a Baby
| length2 = 2:43
| title3 = Don't Believe Her
| length3 = 2:52
| title4 = I Had a Notion
| length4 = 2:44
| title5 = Popcorn
| length5 = 3:08
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| headline = Side A
| writer5 = Tina Turner
| writer4 = Tina Turner
| writer3 = Ike Turner
| writer2 = Henry Glover, Lois Mann
| writer1 = Oliver Sain
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| all_writing =
| title1 = Early One Morning
| length1 = 3:38
| title2 = Help Him
| length2 = 3:42
| title3 = Up On the Roof
| length3 = 2:55
| title4 = Born Free
| length4 = 3:20
| title5 = Heaven Help Us All
| length5 = 3:12
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| headline = Side B
| writer1 = Roger Whittaker (credited), Little Richard (uncredited)
| writer2 = Tina Turner
| writer3 = Gerry Goffin, Carole King
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| writer4 = John Barry, Don Black
| writer5 = Ron Miller
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Chart performance
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|+ !Chart (1973) !Peak position |
| US Billboard Bubbling Under Top LP's{{Cite magazine|date=March 3, 1973|title=Bubbling Under The Top LP's|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1973/Billboard%201973-03-03.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=106}}
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References
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Category:Ike & Tina Turner albums
Category:Albums produced by Ike Turner