{"id":41486,"date":"2009-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/wildest-dreams\/"},"modified":"2009-05-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-16T00:00:00","slug":"wildest-dreams","status":"publish","type":"review","link":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/reviews\/wildest-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildest Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a nearly two-year break, Tina Turner was approached to record a Bono\/The Edge composition for the theme song of the new James Bond movie Goldeneye<\/i>.\u00a0 Being unable to resist, it set the wheels in motion for Turner to begin recording her ninth studio album, Wildest Dreams<\/i>.\u00a0 By the time recording finished, the aforementioned song would be a part of a nearly hour-long, twelve track album of new material, her first since \u201889\u2019s Foreign Affair<\/i>. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

The album starts off well enough with a seriously groovy rocker \u201cDo What You Do,\u201d which proves two things right off the bat: one, Tina\u2019s pipes are still in fine form and two, Tina is a rocker through and through.\u00a0 Her vocal delivery here is slightly understated and there\u2019s no shrieking to be heard, which complements the funk inspired arrangement perfectly.\u00a0 Next up is one of Turner\u2019s best vocal performances ever \u2013 too bad it\u2019s a dreadful song.\u00a0 \u201cWhatever You Want\u201d is a car crash of styles due to producer Trevor Horn throwing everything he possibly could into the mix.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cMissing You\u201d (the John Waite power ballad) is covered here (rather pointlessly, if you ask me).\u00a0 I understand that Tina loved the song and was eager to perform it on the inevitable tour, but why she had to include it here, I\u2019ll never know. The video, however, served as the soundtrack for the Hanes ads that Turner appeared in (flashing her famous pins, flogging pantyhose) and was paid handsomely for.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cOn Silent Wings\u201d is a welcome relief.\u00a0 Co-written by Tony Joe White and Turner\u2019s longtime guitarist James Ralston, it\u2019s a beautiful ballad that gives Tina another chance to show off her stunning soulful voice.\u00a0 Seriously, if any of you doubt her vocal ability, then search this one out and forever hold your peace.\u00a0 It\u2019s simply a beautiful song, and for once, Mr. Horn left well enough alone, giving the song a simple but uplifting arrangement.\u00a0 Sting graces the song with his distinctive voice in the final choruses.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cThief Of Hearts\u201d is a curious number that just doesn\u2019t hit the spot.\u00a0 Europop arrangement and daft lyrics aside, it\u2019s always fun to listen to, but you\u2019ll soon forget it.\u00a0 \u201cIn Your Wildest Dreams\u201d is one of Turner\u2019s sexiest recording to date.\u00a0 A sly R&B groove is given life by Turner purring \u201cOh baby\u201d twice for maximum effect.\u00a0 The US version of this album featured the track as a duet with love god Barry White (the animated video is a hoot); however, I prefer the solo version released on the European and Australian album.\u00a0 It\u2019s catchy and sexy and builds beautifully into a soulful climax before Antonio Banderas raps a little Spanish.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cGoldeneye\u201d provided one of the highlights of the live show, featuring Turner emerging from a massive golden eye above the stage.\u00a0 It\u2019s not as much of a standout here, but as a Bond song it\u2019s pretty good \u2013 not exactly in the Shirley Bassey stakes but nowhere near as vile as Madonna\u2019s effort or the jumpy a-ha song. <\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cConfidential\u201d was given to Turner years earlier by Pet Shop Boys Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe.\u00a0 It finally was given life here with the boys graciously providing backing vocals. This is followed by the album\u2019s highlight, \u201cSomething Beautiful Remains.\u201d\u00a0 The groove is again R&B and Tina\u2019s singing has never been more soulfully graceful.\u00a0 <\/o:p><\/p>\n

Penned by \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got To Do With It\u201d authors Terry Britten and Graham Lyle, the prolific lyrics seem to give Tina great delight, being that the sentiments are so close to her own beliefs: \u201cWe are living in world of stars and dust \/ Between heaven and all that surrounds us \/ We are travellers here, spirits passing through \/ And the love we give, is all that will endure.\u201d<\/o:p><\/p>\n

\u201cAll Kinds Of People\u201d is the most poppy song here, and although it\u2019s not great, it does get the job done nicely.\u00a0 Again, though, it\u2019s utterly forgettable. The album closes with \u201cDancing In My Dreams,\u201d which sounds like the perfect Olympic Games anthem.\u00a0 Another Trevor Horn special, he even brought in The Durham Choir for this one.<\/o:p><\/p>\n

So, in closing, I\u2019ll say this: it\u2019s not her best, but it\u2019s far from her worst. It\u2019s a little too slick and cluttered for my taste and there\u2019s not enough rock either.\u00a0 It hasn\u2019t aged all that well due to the production values of the mid-\u201890s.\u00a0 Tina handled the vocally demanding arrangements with ease and once and for all proved herself as a tremendous singe, making even horrible songs bearable to hear more than once.\u00a0 When it\u2019s good, though, it\u2019s very good; the problem is, there\u2019s not enough good stuff here to get that excited about.\u00a0 But If you love R&B, you\u2019ll probably enjoy this one more than I do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":29868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7487],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-41486","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-tina-turner","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/41486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=41486"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=41486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}