Sweet Rhode Island Red is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner released on United Artist Records in 1974.
[6] Sweet Rhode Island Red was recorded at the Ike & Tina Turner's Bolic Sound studio.
A majority of the songs from the album were written by Tina Turner, including the title track which was released as a single in February 1974.
Sidney Nelson wrote for the Evening Post (November 8, 1974):"Sweet Rhode Island Red" finds Ike and Tina Turner producing their high-octane rock-blues-soul combination with Tina breaking into her famous scream at regular, spine-chilling intervals.
Strangely, however, it is when she purrs her way through Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City," holding the power back that she really scores on this album.
The opener "Let Me Be There" is fine but for the rest, even Tina's dynamic delivery cannot raise mediocre material.