{{for|the song from The Who's rock opera "Tommy"|The Acid Queen}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Infobox album | name = Acid Queen | type = studio | artist = Tina Turner | cover = Tina Turner - Acid Queen.png | alt = | released = August 1975 | recorded = 1975 | studio = Bolic Sound, Inglewood, California | genre = {{hlist|Rock|soul}} | length = 35:29 | label = *United Artists *EMI | producer = *Denny Diante *Spencer Proffer | prev_title = Tina Turns the Country On! | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Rough | next_year = 1978 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative covers | type = studio | cover = tinaturneracidqueen.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = 2005 re-release cover art }} {{Singles | name = Acid Queen | type = studio | single1 = Baby, Get It On | single1date = April 1975 | single2 = Whole Lotta Love | single2date = 1975 | single3 = Acid Queen | single3date = 1976 | single4 = Under My Thumb | single4date = 1977 }} }} {{Album reviews | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AM">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/acid-queen-mw0000674898|title=Acid Queen - Tina Turner|website=AllMusic|language=en-us}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Christgau's Record Guide'' | rev2Score = B<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: T|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=T&bk=70|access-date=March 17, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref> }} '''''Acid Queen''''' is the second solo studio album by Tina Turner. It was 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 first single, "Baby, Get It On", was a duet with Ike Turner, her musical partner and husband at the time. ''Acid Queen'' was her last solo album before their separation and her departure from Ike & Tina Turner Revue.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Othello|first1=Jeffrey|title=The Soul of Rock 'N Roll: A History of African Americans in Rock Music|date=June 15, 2012|publisher=BookBaby|isbn=9781623091163|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KyJfDQAAQBAJ&q=Tina+Turns+the+Country+On%21&pg=PT30|access-date=December 7, 2017}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==Background and songs== The ''Acid Queen'' album was inspired by Tina Turner's role as the Acid Queen in Ken Russell's film version of The Who's classic rock opera ''Tommy'', which also featured Elton John, Eric Clapton, Jack Nicholson, Ann-Margret, and starred Roger Daltrey.
Side A of the album consists of rock covers. In addition to 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". Turner recorded two different versions of "Acid Queen", one for the ''Tommy'' soundtrack produced by The Who and the other for her album produced by Denny Diante and Spencer Proffer.<ref name=":1" />
Side B was written and produced mainly by Ike Turner.<ref name="AM"/> It includes Ike & Tina Turner's last single together, the disco-influenced "Baby, Get It On" (No. 88 Pop, No. 31 R&B). Other singles include "Whole Lotta Love" (No. 61 R&B) released in 1975, and "Acid Queen" released in the UK in 1976. The track "Under My Thumb" was released as a single in Australia to promote Turner's tour, reaching No. 80 in 1977.
== Release and reissues == ''Acid Queen'' was released in August 1975, peaking at No. 155 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 39 on the R&B albums chart.<ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine|date=August 30, 1975|title=Billboard's Top Album Picks|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1975/Billboard%201975-08-30.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=52}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name="AM"/> It has since 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''. In November 2023, the album was made available on streaming services and as a digital download, marking its first release in any digital format.
The album was re-issued on LP and CD on November 15, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/article/tina-turners-first-four-solo-albums-set-for-reissue|title= Tina Turner's First Four Solo Albums Set for Reissue|website=Rhino|date=September 2024|access-date=September 18, 2024}}</ref>
== Critical reception == ''Billboard'' gave the album a positive review, noting the "strong production from Denny Diante, Spencer Proffer (and Ike on side two)....Ms. Turner's gruff vocals are perfect for the raucous British material she has chosen, while side two, though soul oriented, should also reach the pop fans with its strong Sid Sharp string arrangements."<ref name=":1" /> By contrast, Dave Mash of ''Rolling Stone'' criticized the album. He stated, "The primary flaw in the rock-classics side of ''Acid Queen'' rests not with the singer but with her producers, Denny Diante and Spencer Proffer. The arrangements here are the opposite of what seems sensible," adding that the "material also seems ill-chosen."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/acid-queen-96920/|title=Acid Queen|last=Marsh|first=Dave|date=November 6, 1975|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>
Reviewing ''Acid Queen'' in ''Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies'' (1981), Robert Christgau said: "Her rock myth reconfirmed cinematically, Tina quickly turns out two from the Who (only fair), two from the Stones (who else?), and one from Led Zep ('Whole Lotta Love,' brilliant, I trust R. Plant has his big twelve-inch in a sling at this very moment). With bass lines lifted whole from the originals the singing almost doesn't matter. And what rocks most mythically? I. Turner's cleverly entitled 'Baby—Get It On.'"<ref name="CG" />
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Rob Theakston wrote: "''Acid Queen'' is thus an immensely enjoyable affair from start to finish. Her version of Led Zep's 'Whole Lotta Love' takes the dynamics of the original and turns them upside down to deliver an affair that is on par with some of Isaac Hayes' finest moments.<ref name="AM"/>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | headline = Side A | title1 = Under My Thumb | writer1 = {{hlist|Mick Jagger|Keith Richards}} | length1 = 3:22 | title2 = Let's Spend the Night Together | writer2 = {{hlist|Jagger|Richards}} | length2 = 2:54 | title3 = Acid Queen | writer3 = Pete Townshend | length3 = 3:01 | title4 = I Can See for Miles | writer4 = Townshend | length4 = 2:53 | title5 = Whole Lotta Love | writer5 = {{hlist|John Bonham|Willie Dixon|John Paul Jones|Jimmy Page|Robert Plant}} | length5 = 5:24 }} {{Track listing | headline = Side B | title6 = Baby, Get It On | note6 = Ike & Tina Turner | writer6 = Ike Turner | length6 = 5:34 | title7 = Bootsey Whitelaw | writer7 = Turner | length7 = 5:06 | title8 = Pick Me Tonight | writer8 = Turner | length8 = 3:13 | title9 = Rockin' and Rollin' | writer9 = Turner | length9 = 4:02 | total_length = }} {{track listing | headline = 1991 CD release bonus tracks | title10 = I Know | note10 = Ike & Tina Turner | writer10 = Barbara George | length10 = 3:22 | title11 = Crazy 'Bout You Baby | note11 = Ike & Tina Turner | writer11 = Sonny Boy Williamson II | length11 = 3:26 | title12 = I've Been Loving You Too Long | note12 = Ike & Tina Turner | writer12 = {{hlist|Otis Redding|Jerry Butler}} | length12 = 3:55 }}
==Personnel== * Tina Turner – lead vocals * Ike Turner – co-lead vocals on "Baby Get It On", producer (Side B), arranger * Ed Greene – drums * Henry Davis – bass guitar * Ray Parker Jr. – guitar * Spencer Proffer – guitar, producer (tracks: A1–A5, B1–B4), arranger * Jerry Peters, Clarence McDonald – keyboards * Jeffrey Marmelzat – keyboards, arranger * Joe Clayton – congas * Alan Lindgren – ARP, synthesizer, string ensemble * Jimmie Haskell – ARP, synthesizer, orchestration, producer (tracks: B2–B4), string and horn arrangements * The Sid Sharp Strings – strings * Tom Scott – saxophone, flute * Plas Johnson, Bill Perkins – saxophone * Lew McCreary – trombone * Tony Terran, Charles Findley – trumpet * Julia Tillman Waters, Kim Carnes, Maxine Willard Waters – backing vocals * Denny Diante – producer (tracks A1–A5, B1–B4), arranger, percussion * Ron Malo – recording, mixing
== Chart performance == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |+Chart performance for ''Acid Queen'' !Chart (1975) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kent|first=David|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|pages=314}}</ref> | align="center" |75 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tape<ref name=":0">{{Cite magazine|date=October 18, 1975|title=Soul LPs, Top LPs & Tapes|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1975/Billboard-1975-10-18.pdf|magazine=Billboard|pages=35, 72}}</ref> | align="center" |155 |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Soul LPs<ref name=":0" /> | align="center" |39 |- !scope="row"|US ''Cash Box'' Top Albums 101–200<ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 18, 1975|title=Cash Box Top Albums 101 to 200|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-10-18.pdf|journal=Cash Box|pages=110}}</ref> | align="center" |119 |- !scope="row"|US ''Record World'' Albums 101–150<ref>{{Cite journal|date=October 11, 1975|title=The Album Chart 101–150|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/70s/75/RW-1975-10-11.pdf|journal=Record World|pages=37}}</ref> | align="center" |139 |}
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