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
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [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]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "These Dreams" | 2:53 | |
| 2. | "That's How Much I Love You" | Eddy Arnold, Wally Fowler, Graydon J. Hall | 2:52 |
| 3. | "One Nite Stand" | 3:27 | |
| 4. | "Don't Hold Your Breath" | 3:45 | |
| 5. | "(You Can Have) The City" | 3:42 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Flockin' With You" | 2:50 | |
| 2. | "Take a Walk With Me" | 3:36 | |
| 3. | "Later for You Baby" | Eddie "Guitar Slim" Jones | 2:37 |
| 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
- ^ a b c d e f "Blues Roots/Bad Dreams - Ike Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: T". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 9780899190259 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ "Ike Turner - Blues Roots/Bad Dreams". Discogs.
- ^ "Ike Turner - Bad Dreams". Discogs.