Wildest Dreams (Tina Turner album)

Wildest Dreams
Studio album by Tina Turner
Released April 22, 1996
Recorded Summer 1995–Early 1996
Genre
Label Parlophone
Producer
Tina Turner chronology
The Collected Recordings – Sixties to Nineties
(1994)		 Wildest Dreams
(1996)		 Twenty Four Seven
(1999)
Alternative cover
U.S. cover art
Singles from Wildest Dreams
  1. "GoldenEye"
    Released: November 7, 1995
  2. "Whatever You Want"
    Released: March 23, 1996
  3. "On Silent Wings"
    Released: June 8, 1996
  4. "Missing You"
    Released: July 25, 1996
  5. "Something Beautiful Remains"
    Released: October 19, 1996
  6. "In Your Wildest Dreams"
    Released: December 21, 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
The Daily VaultB−[4]

Wildest Dreams is the ninth solo album by Tina Turner, released on Parlophone/Virgin in 1996. It went double platinum in the United Kingdom and in Europe.

Overview

The album includes the song "GoldenEye", the theme to the James Bond film of the same name. It was written by Bono and The Edge of the Irish band U2 and was recorded and released as a single in 1995. The song "Confidential" was written and co-produced for Turner by the British group the Pet Shop Boys. The band's singer and lyricist, Neil Tennant, sings backing vocals on the track. The original Pet Shop Boys demo (with Tennant on vocals) can be found on the 2001 2-disc re-release of their album Very. "Unfinished Sympathy" is a cover of the Massive Attack song. The track "All Kinds of People" was co-written by Sheryl Crow. "In Your Wildest Dreams" was later re-recorded as a duet with Barry White and released as a single, reaching #32 in the UK Singles Chart. The duet version is included on the U.S. version of the album, which has a different track listing, released some six months after it was first issued in Europe and most other parts of the world, and features an alternate cover. The album also features guest vocals from Sting on the track "On Silent Wings" which peaked at #13 in the UK. Wildest Dreams includes a total of six European single releases; "GoldenEye", "Whatever You Want"—co-written by Taylor Dayne, "On Silent Wings", Turner's cover version of John Waite's "Missing You", "Something Beautiful Remains" and the title track "In Your Wildest Dreams".

In 1997 the album was released as a limited edition special pack in Europe with a bonus disc including remixes, non-album tracks and live recordings from Turner's concert in Amsterdam on the Wildest Dreams Tour. The two-disc edition was released with the same cover picture as the U.S. album.

Track listings

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do What You Do"  Terry Britten, Graham Lyle, Conner Reeves4:23
2."Whatever You Want"  Arthur Baker, Taylor Dayne, Fred Zarr4:52
3."Missing You"  Mark Leonard, Chas Sandford, John Waite4:36
4."On Silent Wings" (featuring Sting)James Ralston, Tony Joe White6:12
5."Thief of Hearts"  Jud Friedman, Hellmut Hattler, Joo Kraus, Allan Rich4:05
6."In Your Wildest Dreams" (featuring Barry White)Mike Chapman, Holly Knight5:33
7."GoldenEye" (Single edit)Bono, The Edge3:27
8."Confidential"  Chris Lowe, Neil Tennant4:39
9."Something Beautiful Remains"  Britten, Lyle4:20
10."All Kinds of People"  Sheryl Crow, Kevin Gilbert, Eric Pressley4:43
11."Unfinished Sympathy"  Robert Del Naja, Daddy G, Shara Nelson, Jay Sharp, Andrew Vowles4:30
12."Dancing in My Dreams"  Mark Cawley, Kye Fleming, Brenda Russell12:05
13."Love is a Beautiful Thing" (Japanese bonus track)Seth Swirsky3:45

B-sides

Title Single(s)
"Do Something" "On Silent Wings"
"The Difference Between Us" "Missing You"

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 14
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[8] 7
Canadian Albums (RPM)[9] 29
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[10] 5
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[11] 4
European Albums (Top 100)[12] 2
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[13] 3
French Albums (SNEP)[14] 14
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[15] 2
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[16] 10
Italian Albums (FIMI)[17] 2
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[18] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[19] 6
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[20] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC)[21] 5
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[22] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[23] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[24] 1
UK Albums (OCC)[25] 4
US Billboard 200[26] 61
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[27] 26

Year-end charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[28] 9
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[29] 20
French Albums (SNEP)[30] 26
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[31] 12
Italian Albums (Hit Parade)[32] 37
Norwegian Vår Period Albums (VG-lista)[33] 17
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[34] 9
UK Albums (OCC)[35] 27
Chart (1997) Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[36] 39

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[37] Platinum 50,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[38] Gold 50,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[39] Gold 32,622[39]
France (SNEP)[40] 2× Gold 246,800[41]
Germany (BVMI)[42] Platinum 500,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[43] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[44] Gold 25,000*
Poland (ZPAV)[45] Gold 50,000*
Sweden (GLF)[46] Gold 50,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[47] Platinum 50,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[48] 2× Platinum 600,000^
United States (RIAA)[49] 475,000[50]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[51] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*
Worldwide 6,000,000[52]

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom April 22, 1996 Parlophone CD 724383768424
United States September 3, 1996 Virgin Records
United Kingdom November 1, 1996 Parlophone 2CD 724385377129

References

  1. ↑ Almusic review
  2. ↑ Rolling Stone review
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  4. ↑ "The Daily Vault Music Reviews :". dailyvault.com.
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