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Ancient Heart  - #126

Tikaram, Tanita

1988 Reprise 1/1/88

Interesting cover and heard her while I was shopping in J&R.  It is a good album but she was late in releasing additional albums and for sure she was forgotten.  A Twist in My Sobriety is the best of the bunch but she has unique and wonderful phrasing and an unusual sensibility in the rest of her songs.  I like this one.

Purchased: 1/1/91 -  $12.99

Rated: 4

Songs Of New York - #63

Torme, Mel

1983 Atlantic 1/1/83

This guy has been around for ever.  And thank you for that.  He is ranked by some with Ella Fitzgerald.  I don't know, maybe but he is good.  This album is something I love and hate at different times.  Just like the city I live in and just like the city he sings about.

Purchased: 5/1/91 -  $14.99

Rated: 4

Best Loved Operetta Arias - #199

Traumland Operette

1988 EMI Laser

A fun album for anyone who likes Operetta.  This is a good buy, all in German

Purchased: 1/1/89 - J&R $4.99

Rated: 4

Last Of The Red Hot Mamas, The Legerndary- #660

Tucker, Sophie

1994 Parade 1/1/94

My curiosity about Sophie as being a predecessor to the likes of Bette Midler got me to buy this album.  The music here is not much more than a curiosity because it is difficult to spot the legendary Tucker in it all.  The quality is better than one might expect and there is some fun stuff here.

Purchased: 7/11/98 - J&R $9.99

Rated: 3

Break Every Rule - #182

Turner, Tina

1986 Capitol

Purchased: 1/1/88 - Columbia House $10.00

Rated: 3

Private Dancer - #281

Turner, Tina

1984 Capitol

This album brought Tina back from the Dead.  It catapulted her back to the top of the heap as a performer.  WELCOME BACK TINA.  This is great music.

Purchased: 1/1/87 - Columbia House $14.99

Rated: 5

Simply The Best - #21

Turner, Tina

1991 Capitol 10/22/91

A greatest hits release.  It is so amazing that this album has less appeal than "Private Dancer" even tho it has more hits.  The mix is as important sometime than the music.  This is good stuff though, you cannot help but like this amazing artist survivor.

Purchased: 11/1/93 -  $11.99

Rated: 4

Twenty Four Seven - #700

Turner, Tina

1999 Virgin 12/7/99

Hmm, is this Tina good, don't know, still waiting for a second and third listen

Purchased: 2/21/00 - Target $13.99

Rated: 3

More Than A Mood - #384

Turrentine, Stanley

1992 Musicmasters 2/13/92

Turrentine is good but I am looking for a CD version of "West Side Highway"  The 90's are at their end and I have been looking for the CD version since 1982.

Purchased: 2/1/93 -  $10.99

Rated: 4