Acid Queen

For the song from The Who's rock opera "Tommy", see The Acid Queen.

Acid Queen

Studio album by Tina Turner

Released

August 1975

Recorded

1975

Genre

Pop, R&B, rock, soul

Length

35:29

Label

United Artists, EMI

Producer

Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer, Ike Turner

Tina Turner chronology

Tina Turns the Country On!
(1974)

Acid Queen
(1975)

Rough
(1978)

Alternative covers

2005 re-release cover art

Singles from Acid Queen

"Baby Get It On"
Released: 1975
"Whole Lotta Love"
Released: 1976
"Acid Queen"
Released: 1976

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	B^[2]

Acid Queen is Tina Turner's second solo album, released in 1975 on the EMI label in the UK, and on United Artists in the US. Although it is a Tina Turner solo album, the very first single, "Baby Get It On", was a duet with Ike Turner, Tina Turner's musical partner and husband at the time. As it turned out, it was her last solo album to be released before she left Ike Turner and the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

Overview

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, Ann-Margret, and starred Roger Daltrey.

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 and Tina Turner and includes what was to be the last moderately successful R&B single for Ike & Tina Turner, the disco-influenced "Baby Get It On" (US #88, R&B #31). 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. The first release of the album on CD included three "bonus" tracks taken from the 1969 Ike & Tina Turner albums The Hunter and Outta Season.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Under My Thumb"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	3:22
2.	"Let's Spend the Night Together"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	2:54
3.	"Acid Queen"	Pete Townshend	3:01
4.	"I Can See for Miles"	Pete Townshend	2:53
5.	"Whole Lotta Love"	John Bonham, Willie Dixon, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant	5:24
6.	"Baby Get It On" (Ike & Tina Turner)	Ike Turner, Tina Turner	5:34
7.	"Bootsy Whitelaw"	Ike Turner, Tina Turner	5:06
8.	"Pick Me Tonight"	Ike Turner, Tina Turner	3:13
9.	"Rockin' and Rollin'"	Ike Turner, Tina Turner	4:02

1991 CD release bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
10.	"I Know" (Ike & Tina Turner)	Barbara George	3:22
11.	"Crazy 'Bout You Baby" (Ike & Tina Turner)	Sonny Boy Williamson II	3:26
12.	"I've Been Loving You Too Long" (Ike & Tina Turner)	Otis Redding, Jerry Butler	3:55

Personnel

Tina Turner – lead vocals
Ike Turner – vocals on "Baby Get It On"
Ed Greene – 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

References

↑ Allmusic review
↑ Christgau, Robert (1975). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice (New York). Retrieved 2012-04-27.

Tina Turner

Studio albums	Tina Turns the Country On! Acid Queen Rough Love Explosion Private Dancer Break Every Rule Foreign Affair Wildest Dreams Twenty Four Seven

Live albums	Tina Live in Europe VH1 Divas Live '99 Tina Live

Soundtracks	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome What's Love Got to Do with It

Compilations	Simply the Best The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties All the Best Tina! Love Songs

Videography	One Last Time Live in Concert All the Best – The Live Collection Tina Live

Tours	Private Dancer Tour Break Every Rule World Tour Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour What's Love? Tour Wildest Dreams Tour Twenty Four Seven Tour Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour

Related articles	Discography Awards Ike & Tina Turner I, Tina What's Love Got to Do with It

Book:Tina Turner

Tina Turner singles

Acid Queen	"Baby Get It On" "Whole Lotta Love" "Acid Queen"

Rough	"Viva La Money" "Root, Toot Undisputable Rock 'n Roller" "Sometimes When We Touch" "Night Time Is the Right Time"

Love Explosion	"Love Explosion" "Back Stabbers" "Music Keeps Me Dancin'"

Private Dancer	"Let's Stay Together" "Help!" "What's Love Got to Do With It" "Better Be Good to Me" "Private Dancer" "I Can't Stand the Rain" "Show Some Respect"

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	"We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" "One of the Living"

Break Every Rule	"Typical Male" "Back Where You Started" "Two People" "Girls" "What You Get Is What You See" "Break Every Rule" "Paradise Is Here" "Afterglow"

Tina Live in Europe	"Nutbush City Limits" "Addicted to Love" "Tonight" "A Change Is Gonna Come" "634-5789"

Foreign Affair	"The Best" "I Don't Wanna Lose You" "Steamy Windows" "Look Me in the Heart" "Foreign Affair" "Be Tender with Me Baby"

Simply the Best	"Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)" "Way of the World" "Love Thing" "I Want You Near Me" "(Simply) The Best"

What's Love Got to Do with It	"I Don't Wanna Fight" "Disco Inferno" "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" "Proud Mary"

Wildest Dreams	"GoldenEye" "Whatever You Want" "On Silent Wings" "Missing You" "Something Beautiful Remains" "In Your Wildest Dreams"

Twenty Four Seven	"When the Heartache Is Over" "Whatever You Need" "Don't Leave Me This Way"

All the Best	"Open Arms" "Complicated Disaster"

Guest singles	"Ball of Confusion" "Tonight" "It's Only Love" "Tearing Us Apart" "It Takes Two" "Cose della vita - Can't Stop Thinking of You" "Teach Me Again"

Book:Tina Turner

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