Bad Dreams (Ike Turner album)

Bad Dreams is a studio album by musician Ike Turner released on United Artists Records in 1973.[1] 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.

Bad Dreams
Studio album by Ike Turner
Released	July 1973
Recorded	March 1973
Studio	Bolic Sound
Genre	Blues, funk rock, R&B
Label	United Artists
Producer	Ike Turner, Warren Dawson, Soko Richardson
Ike Turner chronology
Blues Roots (1972) Bad Dreams (1973) The Edge (1980)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B [3]

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.[3]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"These Dreams"		2:53
2.	"That's How Much I Love You"	E. Arnold/W. Fowler/J. Grayson Hall	2:52
3.	"One Nite Stand"		3:27
4.	"Don't Hold Your Breath"		3:45
5.	"(You Can Have) The City"		342

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Flockin' With You"	2:50
2.	"Take A Walk With Me"	3:36
3.	"Later For You Baby"	2:37
4.	"Rats"	4:00
5.	"I Love The Way You Love"	2:42

References

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