Product: Tina Turner: Live in Amsterdam (1996)
Rating: 5.0
An exciting large-scale event including many of Tina's most popular numbers
This DVD recorded in Amsterdam comes from Tina's Wildest Dreams tour which was a spectacular success playing over 150 concerts to some 3,000,000 people. By the time this concert was recorded everything had become so familiar to the performers - instrumentalists and dancers, that the whole event progresses with all the natural ease of breathing.The track list contains 20 of her most popular hits as well as one bonus and features her regular band who perform with totally slick professionalism as one would expect. The three dancers complement Tina with dancing of great precision. Tina herself, is the ball of energy that she always is, with a tremendous ability to communicate through her songs and with her rapturous audience.The recording is in 4:3 visual format but is clear and captures the excitement and immediacy of the event. The sound is presented in DD 5.1 and stereo. This is cut at a slightly lower level than usual so the volume needs turning up to compensate and to add body to a slightly bass-light recording.As a compilation of a considerable number of Tins's most popular hits performed at white heat this disc will be hard to beat. I would therefore expect it to be much appreciated by anyone who warms to the Tina Turner phenomenon and would suggest that this is a good 5 stars worth even allowing for the slight sound reservations as above.