This came out in 2005 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
Tina Turner — or perhaps her record label — just isn’t trying anymore. Hasn’t been for years, in fact. And here’s the proof.
All The Best, the 64-year-old soul-pop icon’s two-disc retrospective, comes nearly 15 years after her hits set Simply The Best — and doesn’t improve on it in any truly significant way. Sure, you get a few decent ’90s soundtrack cuts, duets and singles like Missing You, GoldenEye and Tonight with David Bowie. And you get an old version of Proud Mary. But claiming that tepid cuts from 1999’s forgettable Twenty Four Seven are among her best is a stretch. And the trio of new tracks are just bland, overproduced throwaways. The rest is a rehash of Simply The Best, from the Private Dancer hits to the Ike and Tina oldies and dated ’90s synth-pop. Call it Mostly the Best — And a Lot of Stuff That Simply Isn’t.
