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Bad Dreams
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1973
RecordedMarch 1973
Studio Bolic Sound, Inglewood, California
Genre
Label United Artists
ProducerIke Turner, Warren Dawson, Soko Richardson
Ike Turner chronology
Blues Roots
(1972)
Bad Dreams
(1973)
The Edge
(1980)

Bad Dreams is a studio album by musician Ike Turner released on United Artists Records in 1973. [3] The album cover was illustrated by Mike Salisbury who also created the cover for the Ike & Tina Turner album Live! The World of Ike & Tina.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB [2]

Reviewing the album in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, Robert Christgau wrote:

After twenty years of raking it in from the shadows, he's finally figured out a way of applying his basically comic bass/baritone to rock and roll. Studio-psychedelic New Orleans, echoes of the Band and Dr. John, some brilliant minor r&b mixed in with the dumb stuff. My God—at the moment he's more interesting than Tina. [2]

Reissues

Bad Dreams was reissued in 2012 by BGO Records on the compilation CD Blues Roots/Bad Dreams. [4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ike Turner except where noted. [5]

Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."These Dreams" 2:53
2."That's How Much I Love You" Eddy Arnold, Wally Fowler, Graydon J. Hall2:52
3."One Nite Stand" 3:27
4."Don't Hold Your Breath" 3:45
5."(You Can Have) The City" 3:42
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Flockin' With You" 2:50
2."Take a Walk With Me" 3:36
3."Later for You Baby"Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones2:37
4."Rats" 4:00
5." I Love the Way You Love" Berry Gordy, Mikaljon (Mike Ossman, Al Abrams, John "Jun" O'Den)2:42

Personnel

Technical
  • Barry Keene, John Mills, Ike Turner - engineer
  • Mike Salisbury - design
  • W.T. Vinson - cover illustration

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Blues Roots/Bad Dreams - Ike Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ a b c d e Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN  089919026X. Retrieved August 4, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN  9780899190259 – via robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ "Ike Turner - Blues Roots/Bad Dreams". Discogs.
  5. ^ "Ike Turner - Bad Dreams". Discogs.