"Foreign affair" is one of those albums that you just must have.
Tina Turner is a legend in music and everybody thinks that her 1984 hit album "Private dancer" it's her best because of the several Top 10 hits, the bunch of Grammy awards that it won and the almost 20 million copies it sold but "Foreing affair is more than that. Tina is at her very best (I'm not saying that she is not good anymore)I mean her look, she was still with her long hair, her voice, her lyrics and singing were stronger.
"Foreign affair" besides being and album full of strengh and fantastic lyrics and sounds was a very big hit. It sold almost 10 million copies, was nominated for several Grammy awards and has classic hits such as the #1 "The best", and the Top 16 singles "Steamy windows", "Be tender with me baby", "Foreign affair", "I don't wanna lose you" and "Look me in the heart".
This album was produced by Tina and hit singer/producer Tony Joe White who actually wrote some of the songs for the album.
Whether you're a Tina's fan or not you must have this one, really you won't be sorry at all.

This is the best Tina album ever made! 12 classic tracks by the QUEEN OF ROCK!!!! I love it. The highlights of the album are "Steamy Window" "Ask Me How I Feel" Undercover Agent For The Blues" and "The Best" ALL HAIL THE QUEEN OF ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This album is a climax in musical perfection. Only when listening to this album at full blast riding in a car can one truly apreciate this album. Tina Turner always said this album described the feeling you get on a very good day, "with the wind in your hair." Tina is right. This album is a masterpiece and an amazing journey that shall never be repeated.

There are very few albums that become classics and I consider great records. Tina Turner's "Foreign affair" (1989-Capitol/emi) is one of them. Tina Turner hasn't released any bad albums since "Private Dancer" in 1984, but few of them really stand out and become classics. "Break every rule" (1986) was fun. "Wildest Dreams" (1996) was loaded with collaborations with other stars and "Twenty four seven" (1999/2000) was good but not great. Only "Private Dancer" and "Foreign Affair" have turned out the songs we still often hear today on European Radio. "Foreign Affair" is still Tina's most popular album in Europe to date. It is easy to understand why. The record contains so many different genres of music that it still sounds fresh even more than ten years after release. It was Tina's first collaboration with southerner Tony Joe white. She recorded his sassy "steamy windows" and it became a huge hit on mainland Europe at the end of 1989. The single also reached nr. 8 on the UK charts early 1990. Three other Tony JW songs were recorded for this album most notibly her bluesy rendition of "Undercover agent for the blues". European critics hailed it as a return to her roots. The title track, also written by White sounded like the best of Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler did do the guitar solo on the track. Other songs on the album include "The best", undoubtably Europe's biggest hit in the fall of 1989, The Graham Lyle song "I don't wanna lose you" ( he also wrote "What's love got to do with it") which was also a UK and European smash hit + the fantastic Hammond/Knight songs "be tender with me baby" and "ask me how I feel". Foreign affair has sold more than 6 million copies to date in Europe. Why the album only reached gold status in the US and never made it to Platinum is still one of the greatest mysteries in pop music... A must for not only every Tina Turner fan, but a must for everybody who loves popular music.

Interstingly, this album was a much bigger hit overseas than here in the States. It went multipltinum overseas, while barely denting the Top 40 here. This shows that foreign fans can be more aware of true talent. This album really has very little weakness. The track "The Best", has become such a recognizable tune you tend to forget it came from this album. Two other tracks really stand out here for me: "Steamy Windows" and "Undercover Agent For The Blues". The first is a return to her R&B roots with a really great blues guitar lick, and the latter a great blues tune given a great gritty reading by Ms Turner. The rest of the album is full of great tunes, and one wonders why the album never really caught on in the U.S. Anyway, this album has aged VERY well, and it sounds fresh and alive and full of energy. Not to say that Tina doesn't sing as hard or as well as she used to, but she really sells this album from down deep inside. Anybody else singing "The Best" sounds really silly. Get this album and be reintroduced to Tina again.