Let Me Touch Your Mind Explained

Let Me Touch Your Mind
Type:Studio album
Artist:Ike & Tina Turner
Cover:IkeTina_TouchYourMind.jpg
Released:January 1973
Recorded:1972
Studio:Bolic Sound (Inglewood, CA)
Label:United Artists
Producer:Ike Turner, Andre Williams
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Prev Year:1972
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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.[1]

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 Worlds R&B chart.[2] "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.[3] 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.[4] [5] It was selected as one of Record World's Album Picks.[6] 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.'"[7]

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.[8]

Reissues

Let Me Touch Your Mind was reissued in 2011 by BGO Records on the compilation CD Workin' Together/Let Me Touch Your Mind.[9] In 2018, the album was reissued on CD by Universal Music.[10]

Chart performance

!Chart (1973)!Peakposition
US Billboard Bubbling Under Top LP's[11] 205

Notes and References

  1. February 10, 1973. Album Reviews. Cash Box. 22.
  2. November 18, 1972. The R&B Singles Chart. Record World. 34.
  3. April 21, 1973. Best Selling Soul Singles. Billboard. 30.
  4. News: February 15, 1973 . Off the Record: Soul . 2-B . The Atlanta Journal.
  5. News: March 31, 1973 . Records . A-8 . The Dispatch.
  6. January 27, 1973 . Album Picks . Record World . 22.
  7. February 3, 1973. Album Reviews. Billboard. 56.
  8. News: Crockett . Lane . March 20, 1973 . Liza Leads Albums . Six A . The Shreveport Journal.
  9. Web site: Workin' Together/Let Me Touch Your Mind - Ike & Tina Turner Songs, Reviews, Credits. AllMusic. en-us.
  10. Web site: Let Me Touch Your Mind - Ike & Tina Turner Releases. AllMusic. en-us.
  11. March 3, 1973. Bubbling Under The Top LP's. Billboard. 106.

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