Dreamtime (Tom Verlaine album)
| Dreamtime | ||||
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| Released | July 1981 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | A&R, RPM and Penny Lane Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Length | 38:21 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Tom Verlaine | |||
| Tom Verlaine chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 1994 Infinite Zero reissue | ||||
Dreamtime is the second solo studio album by American musician Tom Verlaine, released in 1981. "Without a Word" is a rewrite of "Hard On Love," an unreleased Television song performed live in 1974 and 1975.
The album was reissued in 1994 by Infinite Zero Archive/American Recordings label, with two bonus tracks drawn from the 1981 "Always" 7" & 12" single. It was reissued in 2008 by Collectors' Choice Music with no bonus tracks.
Track listing
All songs written by Tom Verlaine.
Side one
- "There's a Reason" – 3:39
- "Penetration" – 4:01
- "Always" – 3:58
- "The Blue Robe" – 3:54
- "Without a Word" – 3:17
Side two
- "Mr Blur" – 3:24
- "Fragile" – 3:27
- "A Future in Noise" – 4:13
- "Down on the Farm" – 4:49
- "Mary Marie" – 3:25
Bonus tracks (1994 CD reissue)
- "The Blue Robe" (alternate version) – 4:17
- "Always" (alternate version) – 4:09
Personnel
- Tom Verlaine – guitars, solos, vocals on all tracks; bass on "Penetration"
- Ritchie Fliegler – guitars on all tracks, except "Penetration"
- Fred Smith – bass on "Mr. Blur", "Down on the Farm", "There's a Reason" and "Without a Word"
- Donnie Nossov – bass on "Always", "Mary Marie", "Fragile", "The Blue Robe", "A Future in Noise" and bonus tracks
- Jay Dee Daugherty – drums on "Mr. Blur", "Down on the Farm", "There's a Reason", "Without a Word" and "Penetration"
- Rich Teeter – drums on "Always", "Mary Marie", "Fragile", "The Blue Robe", "A Future in Noise" and bonus tracks
- Bruce Brody – keyboards on "Always", "Mary Marie", end of "Penetration" and "Always" (alternate version)
- Technical
- Robert Clifford – engineer
- David Chenkin, John Terelle, Steve Ett – assistant engineers
- George Delmerico – design
- James Hamilton – photography
Charts
Album
| Year | Chart | Peak Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Billboard Pop Albums[11] | 177 |
Notes
- ^ Nastos, Michael G. "Dreamtime – Tom Verlaine". AllMusic. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1990). "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-73015-X. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-595-8.
- ^ Martin C. Strong (1998). The Great Rock Discography (1st ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 978-0-86241-827-4.
- ^ Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1.
- ^ "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Record Collector. p. 102.
1981's Dreamtime is a showcase for Verlaine's fretwork, the brittle, tense sound of early Television giving way to a much freer, resonant sound.
- ^ Nicholls, Mike (September 12, 1981). "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Record Mirror. p. 15.
- ^ Fricke, David (December 10, 1981). "Tom Verlaine: Dreamtime". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 4 June 2008. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Tom Verlaine". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 848–49. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- ^ Sheffield, Rob (1995). "Television". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 398–99. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ "allmusic (((Dreamtime > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))". Retrieved 2008-09-14.
