Acid Queen (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Acid Queen
Type = Album
Artist = Tina Turner


Released = 1975
Recorded = 1975
Genre = Pop, R&B, Rock, Soul
Length =
Label = United Artists Records/EMI Music
Producer = Denny Diante
Spencer Proffer
Ike Turner
Reviews = Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpftxq95ldse]
Last album = "Tina Turns the Country On"
(1974)
This album = Acid Queen
(1975)
Next album = "Rough"
(1978)

"Acid Queen" is Tina Turner's second solo album, released in 1975 on the EMI Music label in the UK, and United Artists in the U.S. As it turned out, it was her last solo album to be released before she left husband Ike Turner and the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

"Acid Queen" takes its title from Tina Turner's role in Ken Russell's film version of The Who's classic rock opera "Tommy", which had also featured Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson and Ann Margret. Side A of the original vinyl album consists of rock covers. Besides a re-recorded version of the title track, it also contained the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb" and "Let's Spend the Night Together", The Who's "I Can See For Miles" and Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love". Side B was written and produced mainly by Ike Turner and includes what was to be the very last hit single for Ike & Tina Turner, the disco-influenced "Baby Get It On" (R&B #31, US #88). Other single releases include "Whole Lotta Love" (#61 R&B) and "Acid Queen", released in early 1976.

The "Acid Queen" album has been re-issued on both vinyl and CD with a series of different cover pictures by both EMI Music and its Dutch midprice subsidiary Disky Communications.

Track listing

Side A:
#"Under My Thumb" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) - 3:22
#"Let's Spend the Night Together" (Jagger, Richards) - 2:54
#"Acid Queen" (Pete Townshend) - 3:01
#"I Can See for Miles" (Townshend) - 2:53
#"Whole Lotta Love" (Bonham, Dixon, Jones, Page, Plant) - 5:24

Side B:
#"Baby Get It On" (performed by Ike & Tina Turner) (Ike Turner) - 5:34
#"Bootsy Whitelaw" (Turner) - 5:06
#"Pick Me Tonight" (Turner) - 3:13
#"Rockin' and Rollin'" (Turner) - 4:02

Personnel

* Tina Turner - lead vocals
* Ike Turner - vocals on "Baby Get it On"
* Ed Green - drums
* Henry Davis - bass guitar
* Ray Parker Jr. - guitars
* Spencer Proffer - guitars
* Jerry Peters - keyboard instruments
* Clarence McDonald - keyboards
* Jeffrey Marmelzat - keyboards
* Joe Clayton - congas
* Allen Lindgren - Arp, Moog & String ensemble
* Jimmie Haskell - Arp, Moog & String ensemble
* The Sid Sharp Strings - strings
* Tom Scott - saxophone, electric flute, piccolo trumpet
* Plas Johnson - saxophone
* Bill Perkins - saxophone
* Lew McCreary - trombone
* Tony Terran - trumpet
* Charley Finley - trumpet
* Denny Diante - percussion instruments

Production

* Tracks A1-A5 produced by Denny Diante & Spencer Proffer
* Recording and mixing engineer: Ron Malo
* Arranged by Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer, Jeffrey Marmelzat & Jimmie Haskell
* Strings and horns arranged by Jimmie Haskell
* Track B1 produced by Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer & Ike Turner
* Arranged by Ike Turner, Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer, Jeffrey Marmelzat & Jimmie Haskell
* Orchestration by Jimmie Haskell
* Track B2-B4 produced by Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer & Ike Turner
* Arranged by Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer, Jeffrey Marmelzat & Ike Turner
* Recording and mixing engineer: Ron Malo
* Orchestration by Jimmie Haskell