Deep Dream (album)

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Deep Dream
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ReleasedApril 12, 2019 (2019-04-12)
StudioKitten Robot Studios
Length49:25
Label Rehlein Music
Producer Richard James Simpson, Jack Waterson, Paul Roessler, Mark Reback, Jill Emery
Richard James Simpson chronology
Sweet Birds of Youth
(2017)
Deep Dream
(2019)
Sugar the Pill
(2021)
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Deep Dream is the second solo studio album by American rock musician Richard James Simpson, released in April 2019 by Rehlein Music. [2] It contains 17 songs, most of them written by Simpson with three co-written by his former Teardrain bandmate, bassist Jill Emery, and one co-written by Dustin Boyer. Two songs feature members of Simpson's 1990s band Teardrain. Most of the tracks were produced by Simpson himself, with three produced by Paul Roessler, and one by Teardrain and Jack Waterson. The album features Don Bolles from the Germs, Dustin Boyer from the John Cale band, and Ygarr Ygarrist from Zolar X. [3] [4] It combines traditional songs with several short experimental pieces. Simpson was inspired by David Bowie's late 1970s albums Low and Heroes , as well as the work of film composers Pino Donaggio, Fred Karlin, Michael Small, and Vangelis. [5]

Contents

The album was recorded in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and at Paul Roessler's Kitten Robot Studios. [6] It was mastered by Geza X, who previously worked with Simpson on his 2017 debut album Sweet Birds of Youth.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ProducerLength
1."Dream 1" Richard James Simpson Richard James Simpson0:09
2."ON2U"SimpsonSimpson2:12
3."Know"SimpsonSimpson4:31
4."Ice on Your Lips"SimpsonSimpson0:32
5."Mary Shoots 'Em First"Simpson Paul Roessler 5:25
6."Free"SimpsonRoessler3:15
7."Half Brother, Half Clouds"SimpsonSimpson1:49
8."I Couldn't Be Happier" (feat. Teardrain)SimpsonSimpson2:23
9."Job" (feat. Teardrain)Simpson, Jill Emery Simpson, Emery, Mark Reback, Jack Waterson5:00
10."My Psychedelic Mother"SimpsonSimpson3:16
11."The Giver"SimpsonSimpson2:15
12."Pieces of You"Emery, SimpsonSimpson3:40
13."Sugar Blue Inn"SimpsonSimpson3:31
14."Primrose Bob"SimpsonSimpson3:11
15."The Walls Have Ears"Simpson, EmerySimpson1:34
16."Human (Like I Versus Like Me)"Simpson, Dustin Boyer Simpson2:18
17."Cell"SimpsonRoessler4:35

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the Deep Dream liner notes. [6]

Musicians

Production

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References

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  6. 1 2 Deep Dream (CD booklet). Richard James Simpson. Rehlein Music. 2019.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)