Sweet Rhode Island Red
{{Infobox album
| name = Sweet Rhode Island Red
| type = studio
| artist = Ike & Tina Turner
| cover = IkeTina RhodeIsland.jpg
| alt =
| released = October 1974
| recorded = February – June 1974
| studio = Bolic Sound (Inglewood, California)
| genre =
- Rock{{Cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/ike-tina-turner-the-ike-tina-turner-story-2496208428.html|title=Ike & Tina Turner: The Ike & Tina Turner Story|website=PopMatters|language=en-us|date=October 11, 2007}}
- soul
| length =
| label = United Artists
| producer = {{hlist|Ike Turner|Claude Williams|Warren Dawson|Soko Richardson|Gerhard Augustin}}
| prev_title = The Gospel According to Ike & Tina
| prev_year = 1974
| next_title = Greatest Hits
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Sweet Rhode Island Red
| type = studio
| single1 = Sweet Rhode Island Red
| single1date = February 1974
| single2 = Sexy Ida
| single2date = August 1974
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sweet-rhode-island-red-the-gospel-according-to-ike-tina-mw0000213944|title=The Sweet Rhode Island Red/The Gospel According To Ike & Tina - Ike & Tina Turner {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}
}}
Sweet Rhode Island Red is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released on United Artist Records in 1974.{{Cite web|url=https://secondhandsongs.com/release/57205|title=Tracks on Sweet Rhode Island Red - Ike and Tina Turner (October 1974) {{!}} SecondHandSongs|website=secondhandsongs.com}} The album was created exclusively for the international market.{{Cite journal|date=September 14, 1974|title=Ike and Tina Tour|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/70s/1974/CB-1974-09-14.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=29}} It was available in the US through the Columbia Record Club.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Ike-And-Tina-Turner-Sweet-Rhode-Island-Red/release/6141985|title=Ike And Tina Turner – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Club Issue)|website=Discogs}}{{dubious|date=August 2019}} The album charted at No. 41 in Australia.
Recording and content
Sweet Rhode Island Red was recorded at the Ike & Tina Turner's Bolic Sound studio. A majority of the songs from the album were written by Tina Turner, including the title track which was released as a single in February 1974. "Sweet Rhode Island Red" peaked at No. 43 on the Billboard R&B chart, No. 43 in Germany, No. 17 in Italy and No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Sweet+Rhode+Island+Red+by+Ike+&+Tina+Turner&id=78445|title=Sweet Rhode Island Red (song by Ike & Tina Turner) Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=www.musicvf.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ike+%26+Tina+Turner&titel=Sweet+Rhode+Island+Red&cat=s|title=Ike & Tina Turner - Sweet Rhode Island Red|website=Dutch Charts}}
The follow-up single "Sexy Ida" was released in two versions: the funk rhythmic A-side, "Sexy Ida (Part 1)", and the up-temp B-side, "Sexy Ida (Part 2)". "Sexy Ida (Part 1)" reached No. 29 on Billboard R&B chart and No. 65 on the Billboard Hot 100.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/ike-tina-turner|title=Ike & Tina Turner Chart History|magazine=Billboard}} In Europe it peaked at No. 51 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 35 in Italy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.musicvf.com/song.php?title=Sexy+Ida+(Part+1)+by+Ike+&+Tina+Turner&id=19841|title=Sexy Ida (Part 1) (song by Ike & Tina Turner) ••• Music VF, US & UK hits charts|website=www.musicvf.com}} "Sexy Ida (Part 2)" features rock musician Marc Bolan on guitar.{{Cite book|title=Bolan: The Rise and Fall of a 20th Century Superstar|last=Paytress, Mark.|date = 5 November 2009|isbn=9780857120236|edition=Rev.|location=London|oclc=954133096}} It peaked at No. 85 on the Hot 100 and No. 9 on the R&B chart.{{Cite magazine|date=November 9, 1974|title=Hot 100/Hot Soul Singles - Sexy Ida (Part 2)|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/70s/1974/Billboard%201974-11-09.pdf|magazine=Billboard}} Both songs were included on the album in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.{{Cite web |title=Ike & Tina Turner – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Netherlands) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7891013-Ike-Tina-Turner-Sweet-Rhode-Island-Red |website=Discogs}}{{Cite web |title=Ike & Tina Turner – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Germany) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/9591995-Ike-Tina-Turner-Sweet-Rhode-Island-Red |website=Discogs}}{{Cite web |title=Ike And Tina Turner* – Sweet Rhode Island Red (Italy) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2664388-Ike-And-Tina-Turner-Sweet-Rhode-Island-Red |website=Discogs|date=1974 }}
Critical reception
Sidney Nelson wrote for the Evening Post (November 8, 1974):
"Sweet Rhode Island Red" finds Ike and Tina Turner producing their high-octane rock-blues-soul combination with Tina breaking into her famous scream at regular, spine-chilling intervals. Strangely, however, it is when she purrs her way through Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City," holding the power back that she really scores on this album. The opener "Let Me Be There" is fine but for the rest, even Tina's dynamic delivery cannot raise mediocre material.{{Cite news |last=Nelson |first=Sidney |date=November 8, 1974 |title=Turn Table |pages=10 |work=Evening Post |location=Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England}}
Reissues
Sweet Rhode Island Red was digitally remastered and released by BGO Records in 2012 on the compilation CD Sweet Rhode Island Red/The Gospel According To Ike & Tina.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sweet-rhode-island-red-the-gospel-according-to-ike-tina-mw0000213944/releases|title=The Sweet Rhode Island Red/The Gospel According To Ike & Tina – Ike Turner, Ike & Tina Turner, Tina Turner {{!}} Releases|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side A
| title1 = Let Me Be There
| writer1 = John Rostill
| length1 = 3:22
| title2 = Living for the City
| writer2 = Stevie Wonder
| length2 = 3:40
| title3 = I Know
| writer3 = Barbara George
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 = Mississippi Rolling Stone
| writer4 = Don Goodman, Troy Seals
| length4 = 3:02
| title5 = Sugar Hill
| writer5 = Tina Turner
| length5 = 3:07
| title6 = Sexy Ida (Part 1)
| note6 = Included in select countries
| writer6 = Tina Turner
| length6 = 2:30
| total_length =
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side B
| title1 = Sweet Rhode Island Red
| writer1 = Tina Turner
| length1 = 3:06
| title2 = Ready for You Baby
| writer2 = Tina Turner
| length2 = 3:11
| title3 = Smooth Out the Wrinkles
| writer3 = Tina Turner
| length3 = 3:45
| title4 = Doozie
| writer4 = Tina Turner
| length4 = 2:50
| title5 = Higher Ground
| writer5 = Stevie Wonder
| length5 = 3:40
| title6 = Sexy Ida (Part 2)
| note6 = Included in select countries
| writer6 = Tina Turner
| length6 = 3:03
| total_length =
}}
Chart performance
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for Sweet Rhode Island Red !scope="col"|Chart (1975) !scope="col"|Peak |
| scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{Cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|pages=314}}
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References
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Category:United Artists Records albums
Category:Rock albums by American artists
Category:Soul albums by American artists