Wildest Dreams
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{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Wildest Dreams
| Type = Studio album
| Artist = [[Tina Turner]]
| Cover = Tina Turner - Wildest Dreams (US).jpg
| Released = April 22 1996 (Europe), September 3 1996 (US)
| Recorded = Summer 1995-Early 1996
| Genre = [[Soul]],[[Pop music|Pop]]
| Length =
| Label = [[Parlophone Records]] [[UK]]/[[Virgin Records]] [[US]]
| Producer = [[Trevor Horn]], [[Terry Britten]]
| Reviews =
* [[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|2}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzfoxq8hldje link]
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|3}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/tinaturner/albums/album/124281/review/5941084/wildest_dreams link]
| Last album = ''[[The Collected Recordings - Sixties to Nineties]]'' <br /> (1994)
| This album = '''Wildest Dreams''' <br /> (1996)
| Next album = ''[[Twenty Four Seven (album)|Twenty Four Seven]]'' <br /> (1999)
| Misc =
{{Singles
| Name = Wildest Dreams
| Type = studio
| single 1 = [[Goldeneye (song)|GoldenEye]]
| single 1 date = [[18 November]] [[1995]]
| single 2 = [[Whatever You Want (Tina Turner Song)|Whatever You Want]]
| single 2 date = [[23 March]] [[1996]]
| single 3 = [[On Silent Wings]]
| single 3 date = [[08 June]] [[1996]]
| single 4 = [[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]
| single 4 date = [[27 July]] [[1996]]
| single 5 = [[Something Beautiful Remains]]
| single 5 date = [[19 October]] [[1996]]
| single 6 = [[In Your Wildest Dreams (song)|In Your Wildest Dreams]]
| single 6 date = [[21 December]] [[1996]]
}}
{{Extra album cover 2
| Upper caption = International cover
| Type = album
| Cover = Tina Turner - Wildest Dreams.jpg
| Lower caption =
}}
}}
'''''Wildest Dreams''''' is the ninth solo album by [[Tina Turner]], released on [[Parlophone]]/[[Virgin Records|Virgin]] in [[1996]], which went double [[platinum]] in the [[UK]] and on the European Charts.
The song "[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]", recorded and released in 1995, was the theme of the [[James Bond]] film of the same name. It was written by [[Bono]] and [[The Edge]] of the Irish band [[U2 (band)|U2]]. 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 rerelease of their album ''[[Very (album)|Very]]''. "[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" is a cover of the [[Massive Attack]] song. The track "All Kinds of People" was written by [[Sheryl Crow]] and features the singer on backing vocals. [[Tina Turner]] also released a duet with [[Barry White]] called "[[In Your Wildest Dreams]]" which reached #32 in the UK, the duet version was included on the U.S. version of the album which had a different track list, released some six months after it was first issued in Europe and most other parts of the world, and then also with an alternate cover. The album also featured guest vocals from [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] on the track "[[On Silent Wings]]" which peaked at #13 in the UK. ''Wildest Dreams'' included a total of six European single releases; "[[Goldeneye (song)|GoldenEye]]", "[[Whatever You Want (Tina Turner Song)|Whatever You Want]]" - co-written and originally recorded by [[Taylor Dayne]], "[[On Silent Wings]]", Turner's cover version of [[John Waite]]'s "[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]", "[[Something Beautiful Remains]]" and the title track "[[In Your Wildest Dreams (song)|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==
'''European Edition'''
#"Do What You Do" (Britten, Lyle, Reeves) - 4:23
#"[[Whatever You Want (Tina Turner Song)|Whatever You Want]]" (Baker, Dayne, Zarr) - 4:52
#"[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]" (Leonard, Sandford, Waite) - 4:36
#"[[On Silent Wings]]" (featuring [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]) (Ralston, White) - 6:12
#"Thief Of Hearts" (Friedman, Hattler, Krause, Rich) - 4:05
#"[[In Your Wildest Dreams (song)|In Your Wildest Dreams]]" (featuring [[Antonio Banderas]]) (Chapman, Knight) - 5:33
#"[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" (Single edit) (Bono, The Edge) - 3:27
#"Confidential" (Lowe, Tennant) - 4:39
#"[[Something Beautiful Remains]]" (Britten, Lyle) - 4:20
#"All Kinds Of People" (Crow, Gilbert, Presley) - 4:43
#"[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" (Del Naja, Marshall, Nelson, Sharp, Vowles) - 4:30
#"Dancing In My Dreams" (Cawley, Fleming, Russell) - 6:45
'''U.S. Edition'''
#"[[Missing You (John Waite song)|Missing You]]" (Alternate Mix) (Leonard, Sandford, Waite) - 4:40
#"[[In Your Wildest Dreams (song)|In Your Wildest Dreams]]" (duet with [[Barry White]]) (Chapman, Knight) - 5:29
#"[[Whatever You Want (Tina Turner Song)|Whatever You Want]]" (Alternate Mix) (Baker, Dayne, Zarr) - 4:31
#"Do What You Do" (Britten, Lyle, Reeves) - 4:23
#"Thief Of Hearts" (Friedman, Hattler, Krause, Rich) - 4:05
#"[[On Silent Wings]]" (featuring [[Sting (musician)|Sting]]) (Ralston, White) - 6:12
#"[[Something Beautiful Remains]]" (Britten, Lyle) - 4:20
#"Confidential" (Lowe, Tennant) - 4:39
#"The Difference Between Us" (Holand, Celli, Levan) - 4:32
#"All Kinds Of People" (Crow, Gilbert, Presley) - 4:43
#"[[Unfinished Sympathy]]" (Del Naja, Marshall, Nelson, Sharp, Vowles) - 4:30
#"[[GoldenEye (song)|GoldenEye]]" (Soundtrack album version) (Bono, The Edge) - 4:46
#"Dancing In My Dreams" (Cawley, Fleming, Russell) - 6:45
#Hidden track: "Something Beautiful Remains" (Joe Urban Remix Edit) (Britten, Lyle) - 4:00
'''Limited edition bonus disc'''
#"In Your Wildest Dreams" (duet with Barry White) (Single Edit) (Chapman, Knight) - 3:48
#"Something Beautiful Remains" (Joe Urban Remix Edit) (Britten, Lyle) - 4:00
#"The Difference Between Us" (Holand, Celli, Levan) - 4:32
#"[[River Deep Mountain High]]" (Live, Amsterdam 1996) (Spector, Barry, Greenwich) - 3:59
#"[[We Don't Need Another Hero]]" (Live, Amsterdam 1996) (Britten, Lyle) - 6:04
#"[[Private Dancer (song)|Private Dancer]]" (Live, Amsterdam 1996) (Knopfler) - 9:01
#"[[Steamy Windows]]" (Live, Amsterdam 1996) (White) - 3:37
#"[[The Best (song)|The Best]]" (Live, Amsterdam 1996) (Chapman, Chinn, Knight) - 7:13
#"[[On Silent Wings]]" (Live, Amsterdam 1996) (Ralston, White) - 5:27
==Personnel==
* Tina Turner - [[lead vocals]]
* Sting - [[vocals]]
* [[Barry White]] - vocals (U.S. edition)
* Gavin Wright - orchestra leader
* C-n-A - [[guitar]], [[keyboards]]
* Terry Britten - guitar, [[bass guitar]], [[background vocals]]
* Trevor Rabin - guitar, background vocals
* Tim Pierce - guitar
* J.J. Belle - guitar
* Dominic Miller - guitar
* David Rainger - guitar
* Chris "Snake" Davis [[horn instrument|horns]]
* John Thirkell - horns
* Andy Hamilton - horns
* Steve Hamilton - horns
* Peter Thoms - horns
* Andy Bush - horns
* Charles Olins - [[piano]]
* [[Neil Tennant]] - keyboards, background vocals
* [[Chris Lowe]] - keyboards
* [[Lol Creme]] - [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* Toby Chapman - keyboards
* Garry Hughes - keyboards
* [[Jamie Muhoberac]] - keyboards
* Richard Cottle - keyboards
* Reggie Hamilton - bass
* Andy Hess - bass
* Keith Le Blanc - [[drums]]
* Graham Broad - drums
* Eric Ansten - drums
* Richie Stevens - drums
* Mike Higham - drums
* [[Trevor Horn]] - background vocals
* [[Tessa Niles]] - background vocals
* Lisa Fisher - background vocals
* Miriam Stockley - background vocals
* Conner Reeves - background vocals
* The Durham Choir - [[choir]]
==Production==
* [[Terry Britten]] - [[record producer]] tracks: 1, 9
* [[Trevor Horn]] - producer tracks 2 to 6, 10, 12
* [[Bono]] - executive producer track 7
* [[The Edge]] - executive producer track 7
* [[Nellee Hooper]] - producer track 7
* Chris Porter - producer track 8
* [[Pet Shop Boys]] ([[Chris Lowe]] & [[Neil Tennant]]) - producers track 8
* Garry Hughes - producer track 11
* Andres Levan & Camus Mare Celli - producers "The Difference Between Us" from an original production by Trevor Horn
* Tim Weidner - [[sound engineer]]
* Brian Tench - sound engineer
* Chris Porter - sound engineer
==Chart Performance==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart
! Peak Position
|-
| [[Switzerland|Swiss]] Top 50
| '''1'''
|-
| [[New Zealand]] Top 40
| '''1'''
|-
| [[Austria]] Top 40
| 2
|-
| [[Belgium]], [[Flanders]] Top 40
| 3
|-
| [[Finland]] Top 40
| 3
|-
| [[Netherlands]] Top 100
| 4
|-
| [[UK]] Top 75 Albums
| 4
|-
| [[Sweden|Swedish]] Top 60
| 5
|-
| [[Norway]] Top 40
| 6
|-
| [[France|French]] Top 50
| 14
|-
| [[U.S.]] [[Billboard 200]]
| 61
|}
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable"
!Region
!width="120"|Date
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center"|[[U.K|United Kingdom]]||align="center"|[[April 22]] [[1996]]
|-
|rowspan="1" align="center"|[[U.S|United States]]||align="center"|[[September 3]] [[1996]]
|}
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