At that time already incomplete, obsolete today

The present Hitsammlung "Simply the Best" bribed with their appearance in 1991 already by large incomplete and a very fixed on Britain songs selection. While the albums "Private Dancer" and "Foreign Affair" with 5 or 4 single hits are placed on "Simply The Best", is successful to the same extent the 1986 No. 1 album "Break Every Rule" only by a single hit ( "Typical Male") represented.

The explanation is only at second glance: The other 4 singles from "Break Every Rule" were in England all with little success in the singles chart was. From Hitsammlung an internationally successful singer but can you expect to be taken into account more than just one country at a Hitsammlung. The other singles from "Break Every Rule", namely "Two People" and "What you get is what you see" were at least 10 or Top Top 20 hits in the US, Germany and rest of Europe, a much larger catchment area. The same applies for "One of the Living", also a British flop, but Top 10 or Top 15 hit in Germany and the United States, moreover winner of the highest award music, the Grammy. From the album "Foreign Affair" certainly would have been enough the first 3 singles, because here additionally represented 4th single "Be tender with me baby" even in England was not a great success.

The then 4 new songs on the Hitsammlung, including a (totally failed) techno-inspired recasting of the 70s classic "Nutbush City Limits" should certainly increase the incentive to buy at that time, but do not reach the least the Hitqualitäten the past. Much more you get the feeling that the record company in 1991 just had to publish this Best of CD and a couple of admissions hermussten on the fly as a bonus that sound but more like previous recording sessions trashed pieces landed.

So a total of 5 songs, of which at least 3 should make way to the aforementioned missing here great Tina Turner hits. The (continental) European and North American fans has done with Universal Records this compilation no great favor. Today is "Simply the Best" already become redundant by the 2004 double CD All the Best that I attach any fans warmly and is often stored similarly priced also at Amazon, despite double length.