As has been said, yes, the amp needs a 'phono' input, which is different from 'all the other' inputs, which are 'line level' inputs.
The phono input is much more sensitive, and also has a special RIAA equalisation response, as mentioned.
If the amp does not have a phono input, then you can get external phono pre-amps which you can pass the signal through.
Also, some turntables *might* have a phono pre-amp built-in, and provide a line level output, but I've not come across such a thing.
Probably not relevant in relation to the equipment we are discussing, but phono inputs also come in 2 flavours: Moving Magnet (MM) and Moving Coil (MC), to suit the pickup cartridge on the turntable.
The pickup cartridges on the turntable can be one or the other.
99.9% will be MM.
An unspecified cartridge on the turntable can be assumed to be MM, and an unspecified amp phono input will be MM.
A MC cartridge is a rather more expensive and specialised bit of kit, (typically a several hundreds of quid for the pickup cartridge alone) and needs the correspondingly more expensive and specialised MC phono input, which most amps won't have, or only have as a cost++ option, and then only on higher-end kit.
If it doesn't say, and you don't need to re-mortgage your house, then you can assume MM.
